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Friday 1st Feburary Got alot done this afternoon and got some new things sorted this week so will post an update :) - Recieved my brakes (Brembo Max, Ferodo DS2500 all around and Black diamonds for the rear) - Fitted new alternator and Aux belt - Reconditioned Gearbox (looks new :O) -...

boring topic i know! bump :D

When refitting the engine into my 172 including re-fitting fly wheel etc is there any torque settings to tighten the bolts up i need to follow? /carl

lol! poor rich, i havent been to a Cliosport meet for ages as they are always on sundays when i work :( Would love to take my 172 on the track but not sure if i wanna risk it yet :o /carl

aye only seen your car once when mark brought it to halfords, will have to have a better look sometime :) /carl

aye ill be going, my bro and his girlfriend are going aswell. Will be camping again i think /carl

you lot camping again this year? /carl

Looking to treat my 172 to some new mats, not sure what to go for to be honest. Im stuck between some renault ones, justmatz ones or just some cheap ones from Halfords. 1. Renault Comfort Evolution mat £40.00 Custom-made, colours match vehicle interior. 2. Justmatz Do they still do...

lol who you been talking to? ;) erm it should be running by sunday hopefully! /carl

lol its not worth it :rasp: just buy a ph1 172 next year or so :) /carl

exactly the same as what im doing to mine so would also like pics :D

na the gold will be going for scrap as its just a shell. Will be selling all the contents from it though so when im finished ill give you a shout and the choice of what you want is yours :) /carl

im saving my cleaning energy for my new silver one lol. That will require atleast a 2 day clean so :rasp: erm dont think so to be honest mate, what sort of things are you after? I will be selling my blue one like it is apart from alloys i think. /carl

nope the rep will be sold as a replica :) /carl

yeah sure mate, will need a clean mind as its soo dirty lol. Aint had the time to look after it recently :( /carl

saw you having a quick nosey as you went past mine today at that junction baz ;) Yours is looking great btw, love the height of it. /carl

Tuesday 29th January : UPDATE Not much to update on but thought i would add a couple more pics. a sexy looking inlet manifold, fuel rail guard and engine cover ;) Also sent away the gearbox to get checked over and refurb'd. Ordered a new alternator and new gaskets. /carl

we'll have to have a photo session when my 172 is running :)

looks way better baz! mind you im sure you said you had calmed the driving down abit? thats not what ive been seeing around QE ;)

i know i heard :dapprove: couldnt have had the weekend off as ive booked next weekend off ready to fit the 172 engine so i had no choice. /carl

must apologise for my dad driving about taking photos for me as i had work all day, i heard he stopped and had a word with you ash_gtt? :quiet: /carl

The 1.2 at its greatest :D

it cost me £2.9k which is pretty much as high as i would go. The rest of the stuff is perfect with full service history etc. The engine so far owes me £150 but soon i will be making money on buying that gold car ;)

lol :D this one came from ebay actually, problem it was in High Wycombe tho. only 4.5 hours from Co Durham :(

Engine from the gold car (cup 172 engine) is going in the silver one. The engine from the silver one must have slipped a couple of teeth on cam belt as it has bent some valves and put a dent into one of the pistons. Will be selling parts of the silver engine as spares though if anyone is...

yeah that is the plan aslong as i can get insured on it :)

From (Friday night): During (Saturday Morning): After (Saturday Lunchtime): :D full write up in my Project thread: http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=296524 /carl

Day 2: Saturday 27th Jan 2008 How the day started (7am) Drained and removed the aircon and the piping to make room to remove engine With the aircon removed now was time to remove water piping and to move the loom + ecu to one side of the bay. Took quite some time due to the mass amount of...

Day 1: Friday 26th Jan 2008 Bonnet Removed Front bumper removed Xenons Removed All ready for the early start on saturday.

Replacing Clio 172 Engine (Project ) After finishing my replica i felt that the only way to go was to fit the real thing, the 2.0ltr from a 172. This led me to purchasing this beauty: Failed conversion with a Clio cup engine which has only covered 16k miles. After looking at all the things...