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Lol, well I'll be doing mine in the next week or so, so I will let you know how I get on ;) So the pinch bolt is the cotter pin? Am I reading that correctly?

Lol, that sounds more like it Rich! I've had the hub off before, so to speak, so didn't think it'd take much more to remove the ball joint. b33fy - had it confirmed that they're £58 plus VAT each so that sounds about right.

Thanks, that guide will help alot - I wont be doing the top mounts just yet though. Oh and what's the cotter pin? Never heard of that before, everything else I understand.

There's four in total; 1, Upper engine. 2, Upper gearbox 3, Lower gearbox 4, Dogbone The rubber block is the lower box mount.

K-Tec do mate :)

Excellent, thanks Jordan :)

Ok cheers, will give Renault a call tomorrow and see if I can drag a price out of them for both arms :) Don't suppose anyone's got a P/N to hand? :o

Yeah sounds like the best idea - thanks for the advice guys :) Will have a nosey over at GSF etc cheers Jord.

ClioSpares (amongst others) list the lower ball joints for circa £30 a side. Lower arms are listed on the bay for around £40 - £50 a side and I think they include the joints - seems like the logical option.

Really? Thought that bumped up the price quite a bit mate? *edit* Just looking now - do the lower arms generally come with the lower ball joint too? Could help keep costs down.

Cheers Danny, this the kind of thing you mean? Or is this one worth the £3 extra?

Ah yeah cheers, thought I'd seen another one somewhere!

Do I need a joint splitter for this? Thinking of refreshing the 182 and want to replace both lower ball joints before it's MOT in May :)

So there's the top engine mount, gearbox mount (under the battery) and the twisted dogbone mount. Is that them all? Sorry for mini-hijack, thinking of doing this myself :)

Lol, I just need to master the cam belt setup and then I'm there! :rasp:

Glad the exhaust is getting some positive feedback :) Car looks well Carl, lose the aerial though hey? ;)

Have you checked the correct operation of your brake lights since adjusting the switch? Park with the rear of the car against something that reflects well and try the brakes whilst looking in your mirror. You need to allow a few mm of travel in the pedal before the lights illuminate...

£1K - £1.5K in my opinion. Doesn't seem to be a massive call for them at present.

Yeah my guess would be the resistor-pack thingy.

Haha, yeah room for three small ones at a push ;) Anyone is welcome to come for a blast with me :)

Yeah sorry Ben, was referring to Cal - keep offering to give him a passenger ride ;)

Lol, hoped you'd take it in Jest mate :D Might finally get to come out in the RB at this one then? ;)

Roughly, and I mean roughly - 130 to 140 bhp ATW. So many varying figures banded about it's hard to state a transmission loss, but somewhere around 15/16% seems acceptable from what I've read.

Probably 155 - 165bhp standard seems the norm.

Yeah a sports cat will improve low down torque, as will a decat. Sports cat is more environmentally friendly - less noise and less pollution ;)

It should be noticeable yeah - just don't do what a lot of people do and add the +bhp figures for each mod together and expect to come out with close to 200bhp ;) lol. The mods you list will compliment eachother and depending on how good your standard engine is I would expect to see 170-175...

Thanks for the info Craig :) I haven't checked but I'm sure RS Tuning were offering a 'drive in drive out' S/C kit for around the £3K mark, but as I say I haven't checked. I think for me it would have to be ITB's, as you say - they are more 'proven' on the Clio scene at present.

Almost, but slightly more restrictive. They're more expensive but will pass an MOT (or should).

7 bhp from a sports cat is hopeful in my opinion. The mods you've listed will give gains but they'll be minimal. Perhaps bigger/better brakes and a superior suspension set up would enable you to drive faster/better? Have you had your Cup RR'd standard?

So what are the advantages/disadvantages of ITB's over say a S/C? At £3k + VAT fitted we're in S/C territory really and I just wondered why one would be preferred over the other? Realistically what gains are expected from ITB's?