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Theres also a lot of young lads that have a tendancy to exagerate the power of there cars. Without a RR graph or physical proof ie Qtr mile times i dont believe anything i read on here.
Just for the record
Cam cover bolt has been overtightened - common fault nothing to worry about if yours is the same. There £15 + vat from us and i will supply the bolt
Pump timed up properly ?
Lucas epic R864 fuel pump knackered ?
Advance solenoid valve ? ( usual cause of your problem )
Based on engine number F8Q 630 / 632
lol @ capri fast 20 yrs ago....
They were nothing compared to the more modern machinery that was about. The X flow lump, pinto and V6 lumps were outdated and slow compared to the likes of the 5 Turbo, uno turbo, Golf GTi's of the same era. The capri isnt a bad looking car i suppose but it was...
Ran a 13.4 @ 106mph with the Clio in F4R guise @ York dragstrip. The fastest N/A cup owned by Timmo ( very few mods but a bloody good driver ) ran a 13.9 @ 99 mph.
In TT guise my QTD was 11.7 @ 117 mph done at Santa Pod in 2006. Have all time slips to prove and a trophy ;)
The car did a...
Very common fault and it will take out your engine. The belt will either snap or a tensioner collapses. In return this throws the aux belt into the path of the cambelt which blows your lump. My advice is change the cambelt, the aux belt and all the tensioners every 36k.
One thing that people...
The gearbox is fitted with an hydraulic slave cylinder to operate the clutch mechanism instead of a conventional cable used in older cars. When these break its the equivalent of a clutch cable snapping.
When the car was built i took the clutch mechanism from a Golf GT TDi, the gearbox and...
50 % negative feed back ????
Quote "Item condition was not as described - looked well used and was very dirty"
Gem - You been selling your old knickers on Ebay ???
Wossner ?? heard bad tales about these...
Just frop a VAG lump in the car its a hell of a lot less messin around and you will be guaranteed 400 bhp + with reliability ( including the gearbox to )
Hell buy the Clio TT and and use it as a donor car
You wont find a buyer on here - people are to scared to put there money into a car like this. Maybe if it had a panel filter, 17"s, sub, amp and a kit it would be snapped up. Mans car this and theres to many boys about
I would buy it back - just the wrong time
VW geeks man - used to pull ap the the VW shows in the Clio and they no like.......there own breed in a mongrel handing there ass to them. After the blowings the would just go to some corner and wax there Vorsprung durch teknic with one hand and have there c0ck in the other lookin at some 78 Gti