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It's just a flat floor. Nothing exciting I'm afriad. Cheers M

Remember though Fred, you should always use a red insulated angle grinder for electrical work! :rasp: Cheers M

It could be throttle body (or rather one of the TPS sensors contained within it) or Pedal position sensor. The failure mode is the same for both. Hence the need to read the fault code to identify what has failed and avoid changing a component which may be good. Cheers M

Throttle body or throttle pedal - specificaly there is a failure in one of the throttle position sensors or one of the pedal position sensors. DBW relies on two lots of sensors at each end with both required to confirm the actual pedal position and throttle position. A failure in one of these...

First job is to desolder that ECU connector Fred! Cheers M

Mine is feeling particularily flat at the moment - I'm just putting it down to valve seat regression. Cheers M

Emerald is alright. It's still not perfect but it is a touch better than Vems ;-) MBE 992 would be perfect for yours. It's bomb proof and Cosworth use it for the Caterham lumps at the moment. Supports simple VVT too if required, got CAN on it as well so you can feed a dash/logger straight off...

The EM36 has CAN and uART for Telemetry so there will be some differences between that and a 710 but probably very similar hardware wise bar the missing bits. The Gems X series stuff is pretty bloody good to be honest, it competes with our Pectel stuff quite succesfuly. Cheers M

Also very bad for flow if you smash them out as you essentialy have a large expansion chamber sat in the front sectiion of the exhaust. Smash it out and hammer a suitable diameter bit of pipe down it. What we used to do on the Esprit V8's ;-) Cheers M

Spot on, absolutely, 100% correct. Knock control can be a hugely important factor in efficency and performance but unless you have access to the OEM's data or the kit and equipment required to calibrate knock control effectively then you're wasting your time. Add to this the fact that most OEM...

You await to be educated? Well you certainly need it but don't think I'm doing it for free sunshine. EFI101 might be a decent start because quite frankly you couldn't be more wrong with the above statement!! Cheers M

The standard ECU is a sealed unit. Most aftermarket ones are not i.e. have exposed RS232 connectors or similar. Cheers M

If you want to make a decent gain in power and assuming the lump is okay to begin with then standard everything bar decat, panel filter, Cat 428's and a map. Should see getting on for 190bhp then and a much more useable power band. Cheers M

Almost identical to CatCams 420 profile as these are ground at the upper tolerance of Renault spec to meet FIA Group N Rally Regs. Cheers M

What can you do? We might as well knock a 4 pot kit together and make some money then ;-) Chaps - its a 1000 Kilo'ish car with 280mm discs and a pretty big pad area. Spend the money elsewhere! Cheers M

Even if you're doing track days, on slicks, can drive and have a sequential box is questionable if its worth it. Clio Cup racers could still lock the wheels up from a decent speed on hot slicks! Nowt wrong with standards in good order with the right bits IMHO. Cheers M

Second hand decent exhaust - there's a yozza in the classifieds. ITG filter element and a set of Cat 428 Cams + a map. Jobs a good un and you should just sneak in under the grand mark. 185bhp no problems, 190 with matched inlets and a few misc tweeks. Cheers M

Not if 350 quid is too much! Cheers M

Clutchnet will make you something. Cheers M

You don't want them. Especialy not for track days, its way too hard to keep the tyre temp up when every Tom, Dick and Harry is getting in your way. Spoils the day IMHO as you spent more time with cold slicks going slower than you do with warm slicks going fast. Okay you can run a really...

Assuming the person calibrating the car is capable then the 422's can be on ITB's. For 422's you will need to change valve springs. I recomend (as do Cat) the Cat 862 springs. There is a fair bit more cost involved in this as unless you want to get clever you will need to remove the head to...

See my post above, its the old Laguna 1.8 engine. It's a nice install and obviously the Renault base appeals to me but the MSD Opel S2000 is a true work of art. Get a look at one if you can - its an engineering master piece! Was at MSD a couple of months ago doing some trouble shooting on the...

Bit of both. At that price point they are all much of a muchness with distinct advantages and disadvantages to each one. E.G. Emerald - can be flaky in high ambients but great for a K-Series. Omex/Gems Mini - No Can, No DBW, Really needs to be mounted out of the engine bay as its not a sealed...

Where ever possible you should aim to keep the OEM engine management system on a modern car. The amount of money invested into them is huge and their performance is way above a fair percentage of aftermarket ECU's. One popular aftermarket system on an equaly popular car I can't get more than 27...

Where's this controversy come from? Quite interested to know because the test data I have seen has been extremely positive. To give you some idea Mountune are the guys behind the JP1 engine package, FPA and F2 engine packages and all the Ascari BMW engine packages. They know their onions! Has...

Absolutely fantastic lot. I've seen the test data from a Mountune project where these bodies at 38mm were matching the flow capacity of 45mm Jenvies with a hell of a lot more velocity, we were involved on the engine control side of it. I'm not aware of any previous testing done on F4's, if...

Plastic tank closest to the passenger side suspension turret is the power steering res. Washer fluid filler is on the scuttle panel, black cap just in front of the windscreen. Cheers M

I've put 6K on my 172 Cup since early December. Long drives are more common than short ones for me! Did Cambridge to NEC and back on Thurs, Fri and Sat! Cheers M

The XTrac 4WD boxes for transverse engine installs aren't too bad. Circa 20K - 25K starting point with a rear diff, prop and mechanical gear change actuation. Cheers M

It's the kind of thing I'd do for a proper race car prep - although I'd probably bond and rivet a carbon fibre panel in, idealy as a semi stressed member. Just welding a flat sheet over it won't really give you anything! Cheers M