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Re: West Mids Rolling Road - Saturday 19th May
iirc they need alot of heat in them to work correctly give it some beans;)
Thanks adam if i can get my lazy ass up i shall fetch them after work
;)
be in about 5pm don't forget my freebie;)
I think meganes could do with something like this (they probably have)as my old one used to blow the back window out when the doors were shut!! happened twice so i got shot of it lol.
Windscreen bloke said it was something to do with the air pressure having no where to go and the shape of the...
Thanks for all the replies:D
painted them in situ and yes i won't be doing it again either lol
Calipers were in very good condition so a bit of brake cleaner and wire brush done the trick, the paint was some exhaust manifold stuff sprayed into the lid then painted on with a tiny brush...
Great pics!! not to keen on the exhaust that both tail pipes are offset to the left:S,Each to their own though.
Alot smaller scale than the the last meet eh!;)
iirc the 197 doesn't have a dual mass flywheel! yes the noise will most likely be the release bearing and its a new clutch job.
Don't know much on prices for 197's etc but i would say there won't be much change out of £500
Re: West Mids Rolling Road - Saturday 19th May
Only on wednesdays Dave;), mine limits at just short of 120mph the bloody thing nearly goes off the rev counter lol shall check my graph from last year to see what it say's later.
Re: West Mids Rolling Road - Saturday 19th May
we had one sort of blow up last time well made a lot of smoke jongee's valver iirc:(
I don't think its often most peoples clios hit the limiter in 4th??? without breaking the law :headno:maybe wrong though?
Re: West Mids Rolling Road - Saturday 19th May
Wocka its a mint 197 one of the best i have seen but Tom seems to get a bit of stick because we are all mk2 owners. but he takes it on the chin and gives it us back lol
Spent today between showers giving the brakes a good clean up and a lick of paint.
Sorry for the poor quality pics;)
Looks loads better imo (excuse dirty wheels):o
Before
After
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Re: West Mids Rolling Road - Saturday 19th May
As Don said. Also lastime we went they squeezed another customers car in between us then we had the 2 egg heads turn up in that jag,had a couple of problems with a few cars so we didn't finish till after 2pm and there was only only 13 running...
you need one of these for the cat to centre section joint.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RENAULT-CLIO-182-SPECIAL-HEAVY-DUTY-EXHAUST-CLAMP-NEW-/170729283545?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item27c0421fd9#ht_678wt_905