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Its been too cold on my days off to work on any of the cars, i did go out the other day to do some work but was met with this and quicky thought, naaaaa few days later, its a bit milder and a few deliveries had arrived!!! Sits quite well, hopefully it will settle a little more at the...

Transmech clutches are garbage that's probably part of the problem, your right that the bite point is high on them but not right at the top of the pedal travel as your experiencing.

My mrs has a diesel mk5 clio and the lane assist detects puddles in the middle of the road (where the grooves are from years of traffic passing on the same spot) as a white line and throws the car at the kerb. It stays deactivated now! properly dangerous!

The short answer is, the DCI is massively more economical but costs a lot more to fix when they go wrong, effectively writes the car off when/if it fails. - But it may go for 10 years and 100k without failing! but they are getting old now. 1.4 16v will probably do 40-45mpg in comparison to...

my pair are outside this week too! need to get them back in ASAP!!

i usually relocate mine to the wheely bin

Quite reasonable priced at Kam Racing too for the brembo discs and ds2500

you have already hit the nail on the head, engine swap is the only real solution and its not worth while when you can just buy a 197 which is a lot more than just a more powerful engine, the chassis setup is night and day. You would have been better buying the 1.2 turbo if you want tuning...

I use brembo HC discs, Mintex 1144s and from cold in terms of a road pad they are absolutely fine, and with a bit of heat in them they are fantastic! Ive never done any track days on them but for fast road work they are brilliant.

Love a 22B but I cant help but feel it would be a horrible experience driving one after paying that sort of cash for it!

Surely the whole point of a group buy is going to a supplier and requesting a discount on a bulk order, and not a manufacturer giving a huge discount on orders for a single brand? Sounds fishy, but I don't use social media so who knows!!

Not been a massive update for the last few weeks, Been plodding away when i get an hour here and there on days off! Its back on its wheels, everything's wired in, just got the fuel lines to swap, exhaust to fit and a final top up of the fluids and it should run! Waiting on an autodoc...

Or download the free app and get it for free. I know times are tough but you joined a forum to make £1.99 minus eBay fees trying to sell radio codes to members,

You won't get any difference from that, waste of money

last time i done mine it got head and shoulders, scrubbed with a paint brush and rinsed in the shower, just make sure its proper dry before you put it back together lol

as above, mine have usually had one or more plugs that don't work and never notice until the weather gets proper cold, but they still start ok so I usually just leave them lol

Its not a bad job if you have experience doing similar types of jobs, as said above, just work thought it a step at a time, remember drain the gearbox oil before you remove the passengers side drive shaft as it will empty its self!! If your doing it on the deck in your garage, give yourself 2...

I got £100 for a 1.2 cat and £40 for a manifold with a cat on it from northern refine last week.

This used to be the case and I would assume they probably still use the "library" of maps for older stuff but for new stuff they are just modifying a tom tom map of turkey and flashing that on.

The Napa shafts are usually ok too, if I remember right they are somthing daft like 3 years warranty too!

Flat out today, I start a new job tomorrow which is going to write off most of my free time so I set out this morning to get torn into this and get it to a point where I can do an hour here and there when I get time. Not many photos as I was just working away all day but finally the 1.6 is in...

All the parts were here so i got some time on this today. New manifold without a cat (or any cracks!!) good upgrade! Fitted the bargain £25 clutch! Got the block all cleaned up and painted, cambelt, water pump and aux belt changed, and everything got a good degrease and clean with a wire...

my gates one was the actual thermostat that had failed.

My gates one failed within 6 months on my 197, i fitted a genuine one from RPD last week but i see they are now showing out of stock, have you contacted them for an estimated date?

You won't find anything off the shelf, you will.need to go custom/universal.

Worth noting that for the last 18 months they have done a £100 off deal, so they are probably one of the cheapest remaps about, so while they may not be the company they used to, they are cheap!

I've used them on 5 of my cars, and always had a great experience. They used to get a model in, do all the development on their rolling road then offer the map out, tried and tested. I've had a few cars custom mapped before on a rolling road and never been happy with the end result (apart from...

I just keep getting deeper and deeper on this thing!! - When I done the rear brakes I found that the rear brake pipes on the beam had been cut and joined at some point, assume due to an MOT failure which is odd as the rest of the pipes are like new! - Luckily they are still available from...

Yes there is!!!!

I found to be fair they sometimes come up on ebay for about £40 delivered each, find a good condition one, buy it, then sell your damaged one for £40 delivered and it ends up costing you about £15-£20 to swap to a good condition wheel, i done that on my 1.2 runabout and now have a full set of...