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i feel your passion pal but there no way i would pay £300odd for an air filter, i know there good but they dont give many more horses for the money difference.

180- 190 ft/lb torque is max it will handle 200ish but wont last long , ive blown 2 and my third is on its way out (uprated) and my car doesnt have major mods

all the fast 172's have vipers go for one of them and you can pick them up for £150 now

plugs are £31 including VAT from my local factors (general traffic) the proper NGK ones, i fitted bosch and they lasted 4000 miles

speedo is mechanical so wont show up as a fault. the sensor is £30 new and just plugs into the back of the gear box.

£250 for a cambelt on 172? yes its feasable but theywill use a powertrain cambelt kit (£60) and gates aux belt i would always use genuine renault parts

172 Et 45

cut the cat out and weld a new pipe in bobs your uncle makes the most power according to chris n nics cup

front and rear springs will fit, front dampers wont , rear dampers will hubs will but you have to change the bearing and knuckle to make the drive shaft fit

head work - reprofile the head so more air gets in etc benr is the one to speak to, that combined with an inlet match and some of freds cams and you'll be rocking, speak to fred as he can put some very nice packages together for you

how much do you want to spend standard mods are exhaust airfilter manifold re-map then you can move onto to things like inlet manifold match (bottom half) Cams head work IMO suspension would be the first stop as it will enable you to take corners faster etc then a disk/pad upgrade to...

back of the gearbox next to the gear box earth point

18's in the right offset

some lovley cars there best post some up of mine

who did your re-map? was it Live map or re-flash? R-sport/grp N programs give you a sooty exhaust as does a de-cat, i have a dynojet wide band commander AFR meter with decat and r-sport it runs within the correct range and mt exhaust is filthy from deposits!

you buy a decent valver for the money you would spend converting yours. unless your RL is cherished then trade up

run it until the light comes on , there is a gallon in the tank at the point. put a tenner in and see what you get. i get about 70 miles for that (cup engine) if its miles different may have a problem. if your going to check for fuel leaks the most obvious place to start is to check the fuel...

does anyone know who makes the williams or valver oil temp/ pressure gauges? thanks for any info

how many gallons does say you have used in the 200 miles?

The metal cage (arrowed) rubs against the wiring (circled) check this for any frayed wiring can cause all sorts of upsets

how much was left when you put the tenner in?

The Ecu should compensate really, you can get your standard ECU remapped by pmurray and other such as ktec or bb tuning for about £200

remove the slam pannel and they undertay and the fuel rail protector its pretty easy to change the Rad, you will need to remove the air-con parts etc but you dont need to remove the bumper, a new nissins rad will only cost you £70. it may not be the rad it may be the lower coolant pipe looking...

if its the mini ATX case its a normal sized , normal connectors PSU if its the scissors case then its a normal 20 PIN ATX connector but its a funny size. you can get them on ebay for around £20 its the motherboards that wont fit in other case's

cost wise i would go for an uprated alt and a bigger battery ie: clio diesel battery see how you get on then, if it fails you then upgrade to a split charge system

they can change the bearings for a small charge, i only found out due to my cup alternator going and renault not having an exchange part in stock so wanted £300 for a new one arse to that you could also run a split charge system with the uprated alt as vinny says with yellow top batteries

take yours to an alternator re-coiler they can re-coil it to be more powerful at around £50 i had mine re-coiled for £60 70amps to 100amps

ive got one and love it £150 for new one not including the brake light!

please measure it before you buy, its not hard is it? my bird has a similar car her hole spacing is a bit less but it will stretch to 58mm

for the struts you need to measure but all the ones ive worked on have been 58mm