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as above what is the diameter on 172 engine? i could measure it but im 40 miles away from the car and its a hell of a journey just for that :rolleyes: cheers

quickest to answer what goes here? (the arrowed bit :rolleyes: ) it looks like a fpr maybe to me? but im too lazy to do any investigation :rasp: fankoo :clown:

does anyone with diologys (sp?) know the part number for the lower part of a 172 engine mount (the bit that bolts to the chassis) also anyone know how much they are from renault? not having much luck finding a second hand one :(

right i have searched but just want to clarify something i am fitting a pair of sparco sprint 5 seats (side mounted), so i've looked at subframes to mount them im not bothered about runners (only me driving it so once its set up its all good) so i was thinking of getting these...

someone on here posted a pic up of some speedline decals they put on their alloys, cant remember who it was now anyone know where i can get them? cheers

can someone confirm the bolt size i need to screw into the torsion bar ends, i found a bolt that fits but not sure what size it is? maybe M10? cheers

for those that dont know of this 'dealership' heres their site (just keep scrolling down) http://www.walkers-garage.co.uk/walkers/listings/index.html the yellow one at £40k is pure car p**n :evil: they have to get a window cleaner in every day after me and my bro have drooled over there...

would someone help me out and pm me a reg of a ph1 172 with 2 lambdas? very important the car has 2 lambdas :D thanks

Right i was gonna wait until i had made further progress before posting this up but here it is anyway after having thoughts of selling my 106 for a faster motor i came to the decision of keeping my wee pug and buying a track/weekend toy that i could do up in my spare time. wasnt sure what i...

right its nearly time to order my cage, but i am torn between these 2 off the shelf ones for my mk1 valver sparco - part number 00723161 (if this is wrong i have some other numbers :) ) omp - part number AB/105p/144 option 3 is to have a custom made one, but not sure on the costs of...

anyone know what size they SHOULD be? if they are supposed to be 11mm then someone has royally round mine off:mad: and if they are 10mm then there must be loads of surface rust cos its nowhere near big enough looks like im gonna have to chop the pipe, put a new union on and buy a brake pipe...

bumper to bumper, the odd nudge or bit of rubbing (rubbing is racing after all!) and some sideways action http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ow92av1NavM

right as far as i am aware rusty arches cant contribute to an mot fail? is that right? also how bad does the sill have to be to make it a fail? the lip (where jacking points are) on mine is fairly bad in one or two places, but it hasnt spread to the sill 'body' if you get what i mean? anyone...

im off to see an engineering place today (handy as they work in the unit next door) about making me a roll cage is there anything particular that needs to be done to make a roll cage safe/strong. i was basically going to take a pic of a cage in that fits the clio and ask them to make something...

am i right in thinking the 172's had a problem with release bearing failing (normally somewhere around the 60k mark?) im sure i have read it on here a few times only reason i ask is that i ordered a clutch fork and release bearing (come as a kit) from renault and when it arrived at the main...

anyone else got any more vids like this? http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uKQH3EUz2sI bit of heel-toeing on this but love the noise of the v8 :clap: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=qdWSyrqEnE4

think it was saturday early afternoon you pulled out of the road that leads to the hospital going towards wetherby, then you turned off towards the showground/sainsburys (surely you werent parking the vee in sainsburys car park :eek: :) )

right not your usual 'where can i get one' blah blah blah been thinking about this for the last few days and it has been driving me mad :mad: what is there to stop you making/customising your own short shift from the existing gear lever? would it be a case of cutting a few cms from the...

can i have a pic of it and the bracket please, ive been told there are 2 types of bracket and i dont know which one i need!!

is the gearbox from a 2.0 16v megane to suit f7r the same as a williams box? i need a new box for the 172 engine but undecided whether to use a 172 box or this one? how much different is the 172 unit to the williams? ie ratios etc as im led to believe they mount up the same? ta

when i bought the car off the previous owner he handed me the keys and said right the main key works the drivers door and none of the others (pass door and tailgate locks are paggered), then pointed to the immobiliser dongle jobby and said what it was for, then there was another smaller key on...

anyone using 4 bonnet pins on a mk1? every pic i have seems to show just 2 towards the rear? any complications in using 4 pins? ta

or will i have to make my own?

right i am on a proper mission to get all the parts i need to complete the 172 conversion, one of them on my list is a clutch release bearing and arm the 172 engine i bought has a clutch on it (the engine has done around 20k so i am very tempted to leave it be and get some use out of it)...

right ive managed to find a cable throttle 172 engine with loom and ecu, trouble is its a later one with 2 lambda's and the loom didnt come with them attached do i need both plugging in as i was going to put a sleeve on one and plug the other into the decat. will the ecu throw a wobbler if i...

is k-tec the cheapest place to get the cambelt kit?? (a belt and 2 tensioners £88.13) anywhere else do it for less?

well saturday was an 'interesting' day :S borrowed my brother in laws van and went to pick up a trailer i was borrowing off a friend of a friend (never seen this trailer before but was told the lad uses it to transport land rovers!) This thing was rotten to high heaven! just driving down...

looking at possible options for an engine conversion in the valver criteria - want to use standard ecu from engine (not got the funds for aftermarket managment) wants to be relatively hassle free (dont mind some fabrication and jiggery pokery) doesnt want to have done high miles and need...

been on here freelancing for a few weeks, decided that seeing as i pick up my valver on saturday it was better if i paid up and became a full member :D so thats it your stuck with me now :rasp: currently own a modified peugeot 106 1.4 quiksilver and will be keeping it as my daily driver...

http://www.europerformance.co.uk/pages/products/product_info.mhtml?id=179225 are they the right coilovers for a 95 clio valver? i understand the - 98 (up to 1998) but what does B/C 57 stand for? any opinions/comments on the fk kit? cheers