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been to FCS last year for the first time, however it wasn't only the meet i did it for. also the night before/after with the dutch guys, eating at beefeater together :) however that was with the DCI which makes it a LOT more payable!

I'm not sure mate, bit expensive for such a short trip. But i'll think it over :) if i do i'll be certain to let you know.

Thanks mate :D you should see it in the flesh once!

lol, engine is just back in with it's mods, nothing to be done over winter as i'm on a working "holiday" :P

some recent pics of my 9 F7R Turbo at the Renault Tuning Club (NL) end of the season meet. for all pictures watch: http://www.renault-tuning.com/viewtopic.php?p=2325673#2325673

What Chip is trying to explain is the handling (ability of the car to turn etc.) won't be affected by the steering wheel, it's just the 'feel' that changes

To back up Chip and stay academical in here, when in traffic it could be possible the heat dissipates from the rased bonnet. However when you'r driving the pressure at the windshield will climb and at the bonnet will be the exact opposite. So in theory you would be getting air in at the end of...

Although he might have some things people would do differently it's pretty pathetic how he get's slayed!The standard "why don't you just buy a 172" are even stupider! Please respect this as afaik he is one of the first known on here to tune the tce engine, with a bit of luck he'll keep up with...

this is great! indeed, why didn't Renault came up with stuff like this?

lol, that's why i ask. i never told you that. the ones with greater pcd are fiat coupe ones. not 406 coupe

lol, which mate told you so?

well atleast the jc5's are beefier than jb3's. and tbh i do think lot's of gearbox failures are driver induced! personally i don't get why you are going through such hassle when the solution is already there. with a bit of luck Mike(?) still has the head. i believe the only thing to accomodate...

i meant you'll leave the BE untouched bar the arp bolts. but fair enough i get the point if you're rebuilding it better to do it right at once. mwm has fitted the inlet mani on the 172 head before right? if you like the mani you could adapt it to the 172 head and just buy some low CR pistons...

Looks great now! What a difference :D

I've had a few jc and jb's split up. It isn't too hard really. There's a manual floating around the internet which would be of help. But are you seriously considering spending that much money on the Clio? Afaik the pistons will do the exact same cr in either of the engines. So f4r pistons will...

Yes :)

Wow that's weird! There is an increasing number of user in the NL but i've never heard of anything like this (yet). If you continue using them i don't think it'll be pleasant with this in the back of your head... never know when they're going to fail and how.

Find some shaft or something like it to keep the upper springs and balls in, once you put the case over you'll automaticaly push the shafts out. Won't need mechanic no.2 in that way.

Tadaa, probably this one is blocked off so the dumpvalve he/they placed becomes active

Do you have the workshop manual that goes round on the net? It'll pretty much guide you trough it. I recently done one, the first time i put it together it only selected 1-2, turned out the fork of the selector shaft of fifth was in te wrong place jamming the rest. Took the housing off, aligned...

Would've helped completing it though :p

There is a guy in Germany with 4x4 1000+hp on sqs gears so i reckon they'll hold :) Search Bobaturbo or bobamotoring on youtube

No problem mate. Bedtime for me!

Well i guess now you have these figures you could work it out :) i have some 225 pistons in great nick which i would sell so just let me know!

Well if the head takes a stock 11:1 cr to 9:1 fitting 9:1 pistons will really get it down too much! I think f7r pistons would be a better option...

F4rt 8,48cc's and f7r 4,217cc's

It has dish depth and middled diameter so won't be much work for you to calculate the volume right :p F4r's dish is negligable, the valvepockets probably are more cc's than the dish.

Lol, as for straight line speed i reckon it wouldn't be too hard. I compared f7r, f4r and f4rT piston next to eachother and judging by the measurements and comparing oe cr's the chamber volumes of the 3 are pretty much the same. The reasona 197 head has more volume is the 197 engine uses domed...