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I need a kick in the balls for the ending. oLDg_F0SIZc How are the cheap fall-to-bits coilovers jon?

Good work Robert Fenn. Shame your old man gave it all back LOL. I thought it was lovely and smooth...but I probably have 20 times the suspension travel you do!

Nah, only tried it once in 4th and went so far sideways I thought the apex markers were history...stuck to 3rd for that one to help get the speed down after that.

Yup, it came out very well, battery lasted just long enough to catch you sliding into the hairpin.

It was the International Long Roy. So we got both turns 4 and 1 on the oval although they used the chicane in turn 1 to keep it interesting.

I did try but he's a slippery f***er. 0unbdhm2cmU Plenty more to follow :approve:

Video is looking epic Dave, haven't got time to f*** about with it all tonight but will get a short one done before pulling the full length version together.

For reference, taking mine from completely standard to this... ...removed 117kgs so it's easy enough to do...just completely 100% impractical for a day to day car. 182 Cup makes perfect sense to me...less crap to go wrong, same excellent chassis with an easier job to do.

I've said it before I'm sure, but I so wish I had your skillz.

Nice bus. 190 bhp/ton is a bit shy, more than 200 is available from a Clio from the right model without too many compromises. Enjoy the site :approve:

I know someone that ran one of these for years, took it well past 180k with no major failures. Reet bargain that!

Aye. If you've coughed up for your VED why not use all the road available to you. If he wasn't meant to have crossed those centre lines they'd have been solid, not broken. Sounds ace fella :approve:

Poorly manufactured they weren't Jon. If the buckle on the failed side had been fitted correctly originally, it never would have failed. I'm quite amazed at how it's lasted this long to be honest, those two thin strips in the last picture (you can clearly see which side failed) were all that was...

Right, spent a bit of time piecing it all together, and the news is.........it was fitted wrong!!! Here's the other side which is fitted correctly; In the second picture you can just make out the centre cross bar (black) which takes the load. What I'm left with from the failed...

Re: Clio 182 BHP removing my power steering released 7bhp, and that's just from the drag of running the belt/compressor under no load. Based on that I'd say there's more than 2 or 3 lost to air con.

It's not where it's bolted to the car that's given up though, it's the adjustment retaining buckle thing, that stops it slipping back once you've got it adjusted right. The metal loop itself is still attached to the car, but once this buckle fractured the belt itself could just be pulled free...

Really? I don't recall when I had it fitted that it was threaded up any way other than as it was when it was delivered? I'll get clearer pics tomorrow.

I know, I know. I'm just gutted I haven't got a spare double garage to buy a couple of minters and get them stored for when the current one finally passes on. By the time I do they'll all be badly modded, or just plain f***ed.

Re: Clio 182 BHP 172 Cups do. Well, all the ones I've seen run alongside non 172 Cup variants have done. They're special you see.

I think that might be the 'carbon' canister - the fuel tank vents through it or something. Had mine binned ages ago.

Not f***ing happy!!! I'm at Rockingham in a week, so in advance the Cup got some long overdue TLC today, Tesco carwash followed by a pathetic attempt to rid the wheels of baked on brake dust, tyre pressure check etc. So I'm out giving it its first proper drive since before Christmas...

Eh? I did 100k miles in four years commuting 70 miles a day - if you mod it sure it's no good (mine isn't anymore) but as standard why don't you think they're any good as a daily hack???

I've had mine for 120,000 miles and I'm never getting rid of it.

Aye, although mine has 750mm of CAF to mute the induction noise. I've never had a problem with it, and at Bedford, even without the CAF you shouldn't get picked up on a driveby.

I had this, a new throttle body fixed it. Could be a few hundred pounds from Renault, or £25 from a member on here if you're lucky.

My bad, had a sh*t day at work. Don't mean to come across as c**ky, but I find it incredible that some people can't see the value in the product that is being offered to them. I would put it more like this... Coilovers sold on ebay for 160 pounds Coilovers start to sell Company acting...

Exactly! LOL at b**ching about a £20 increase. How much do you spend on a night out? As for the price being reasonable or otherwise, the £200 includes VAT doesn't it? That would mean that K-Tec are paying £90, and selling for £170 giving them less than a 50% margin. I don't know what the...

Could be a hairline crack in one of the silencers? I had my centre section split around the middle, sounded a bit louder en route to a trackday, had a look under the car but couldn't see anything wrong. Spent all morning giving it death and it was getting louder and louder, come lunchtime...

Keep your mitts off Richardson, he's mine for the day.

I remember reading a report a while back which said insurers view 3 points for a phone offence as much more serious than 3 points for a minor speeding offence. Makes sense to me.