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lol its not worth it :rasp: just buy a ph1 172 next year or so :) /carl

exactly the same as what im doing to mine so would also like pics :D

na the gold will be going for scrap as its just a shell. Will be selling all the contents from it though so when im finished ill give you a shout and the choice of what you want is yours :) /carl

im saving my cleaning energy for my new silver one lol. That will require atleast a 2 day clean so :rasp: erm dont think so to be honest mate, what sort of things are you after? I will be selling my blue one like it is apart from alloys i think. /carl

nope the rep will be sold as a replica :) /carl

yeah sure mate, will need a clean mind as its soo dirty lol. Aint had the time to look after it recently :( /carl

saw you having a quick nosey as you went past mine today at that junction baz ;) Yours is looking great btw, love the height of it. /carl

Tuesday 29th January : UPDATE Not much to update on but thought i would add a couple more pics. a sexy looking inlet manifold, fuel rail guard and engine cover ;) Also sent away the gearbox to get checked over and refurb'd. Ordered a new alternator and new gaskets. /carl

we'll have to have a photo session when my 172 is running :)

looks way better baz! mind you im sure you said you had calmed the driving down abit? thats not what ive been seeing around QE ;)

i know i heard :dapprove: couldnt have had the weekend off as ive booked next weekend off ready to fit the 172 engine so i had no choice. /carl

must apologise for my dad driving about taking photos for me as i had work all day, i heard he stopped and had a word with you ash_gtt? :quiet: /carl

The 1.2 at its greatest :D

it cost me £2.9k which is pretty much as high as i would go. The rest of the stuff is perfect with full service history etc. The engine so far owes me £150 but soon i will be making money on buying that gold car ;)

lol :D this one came from ebay actually, problem it was in High Wycombe tho. only 4.5 hours from Co Durham :(

Engine from the gold car (cup 172 engine) is going in the silver one. The engine from the silver one must have slipped a couple of teeth on cam belt as it has bent some valves and put a dent into one of the pistons. Will be selling parts of the silver engine as spares though if anyone is...

yeah that is the plan aslong as i can get insured on it :)

From (Friday night): During (Saturday Morning): After (Saturday Lunchtime): :D full write up in my Project thread: http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=296524 /carl

Day 2: Saturday 27th Jan 2008 How the day started (7am) Drained and removed the aircon and the piping to make room to remove engine With the aircon removed now was time to remove water piping and to move the loom + ecu to one side of the bay. Took quite some time due to the mass amount of...

Day 1: Friday 26th Jan 2008 Bonnet Removed Front bumper removed Xenons Removed All ready for the early start on saturday.

Replacing Clio 172 Engine (Project ) After finishing my replica i felt that the only way to go was to fit the real thing, the 2.0ltr from a 172. This led me to purchasing this beauty: Failed conversion with a Clio cup engine which has only covered 16k miles. After looking at all the things...

looks nice, who did the badges for you? /carl

that is how Eibach label there springs :)

yeah and found 'generally (may be slightly different but generally) you get on your knees, undo a bolt through the sil or 2. drop the arch liner off and check there aint none inside it going into like by the A post (door hinge). open the door and as if your climbing into the car, look at the...

how long did you give them to bed in? as they will initially be high after just fitting them /carl

Looking at removing the front bumper, lights,wings this weekend ready for the engine. I have already removed the bumper and the lights before but not sure with the wings. Any tips? thanks carl

whats the reg?

hes writing down your reg so he can post on Corsa-B forum that he beat a clio 172 in the twisties. /carl

looking good! what springs are they? /carl

looks nice and i do like the idea but the paint does look like it has been mixed by: will look very nice with side skirts on though :) /carl