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OK, the following are fair game from my past races: all Seat Ibizas up to the Cupra/Gti, any Polo apart from G40/GTi, any Punto apart from GT, but Sporting is an even match, might just edge it with the Clios superior handling. You can take on all 206s apart from GTi as well. Corsa...

I have a Genesis Stereo ST60 amp, which is similar to the Profile series, although a little bit more powerful, and its frankly stunning for powering a set of components. the olny small amp better is my Mission Freeway (which had to be at £320 for a 2x50W RMS amp! Incidentally, its also handbuilt...

I disagree with some of the above comments! Vibe subs are very good, and when bought alone the £80-£100 prices are fair, BUT the secret in Vibes loaded enclosures is almost entirely with the box design! this is what they specialise in, nobody does it better, and theyve spent vast amounts of time...

Err, drove home when it first happened, then out to the garage, total distance maybe 30 miles. they didnt mention anything about replacing the cat, just said they replaced the plug. Cars due its first 24 month/18K service in a couple of weeks so Ill ask them to check the cat then. Cheers for the...

Got my car back today, turned out it was a spark plug after all. It looked ok, bt it was apparently faulty. Anyway, they didnt charge me anything, even though I thought the plugs werent covered under 2nd/3rd year dealer warranty as consumables?? Which was just as well, cos otherwise Id have gone...

The way it has been run in shouldnt affect the performance significantly, as long as it has been run in. Once youre past the first 1000 miles say, the car will have loosened up a lot. In fact some people swear the performance is better when the car hasnt been run in properly but has been...

The published manufacturers figures on all the documentation, brochures etc. for the Clio 2 Mk1 1.2 16v (ie. Jan-May 2001) stated 11.9 secs 0-60. However, its worth remembering that manufacturers figures are reached based on half payload (ie. equivalent of 2/3 passengers plus some luggage and a...

Bambam, what model Clio have you and what brand is your stainless filter, is it the S-Spec? Do you get that throaty roar if you floor it in first?

No its the same roughness all the time. It sometimes takes a minute or so for the dash light to start flashing after I first switch the engine on though. What was wrong with your car? was it an easy problem to fix? i syours the same model as mine, the 2001 Sport 16v with the twin headlights...

Ive got it booked in for tomorrow (they were originally saying I would have to wait as there was a 10-day backlog, but when I mentioned the engine warning light flashing they said they could book it in tomorrow morning!!!) I forgot to ask about a 172 courtesy car! Damn!!! Ill just have to try...

Oh yeah, theres also a little blue-black smoke out the exhaust when I press on the throttle.

Well, its got a deeper grumble than the Hillman Imp but that same raspier chugginess! The light thats flashing is the orange one on the left of the display, I think its the warnign light for engine problems - it looks like a crude picture of an engine!!! But the Stop light, oil light, service...

Yes, its like a slow chug, ignition turns over ok, but can feel the whole car shaking, its loud and makes the car sound like something with a V8, throttle bodies, carbs and open induction all at the same time!! Only much much slower!!!!! The only time it doesnt chug is on the over-run, it almost...

I would hold off for the JBL mate. Or get the Infinity Basslink-X with the 10" live sub and the passive radiator, as its excellent value and would come in cheaper than the sony subs and amp by the time youve bought boxes for the subs, etc. To be honest its worth the difference to go to a better...

(gulp) Ill be praying the manifold hasnt gone then!!! Spark plugs and HT leads seem ok, tested them last night, it seems more like piston damage. I take it the timings all electronic and theres no distributor cap in new Clios??

Its cool, I know that! But I just felt a little silly about my thread title!! :oops:

The A Team was amazing! BAs modded van was cool! And welcome to Clare also!

No warranty until May? How come? You might like my scorpion exhaust, it gives a pretty nice sound! Only thing is to swap exhausts one of us would probably have to drive a good few hundred miles I would think, as Im up near Glasgow!! Now I really regret not keeping my OE exhaust when they took it...

Lol tom, youre probably right! Especially based on the prices of replacement Halogen bulbs for the 172s!!!! Just trying to figure out whether I need to set my car back to standard (exhaust, etc) so I wont have a warranty fight! Couldnt afford a new engine (probably not even a new spark plug...

Cheers for the suggestions. Thats all I was looking for was some ideas of what might be the problem. If its a dodgy/clogged fuel injector is that a major repair job?

As far as Im aware, oils fine. Still got all my circles on the oil display and it says oil ok. Had a look at it and the oil looks alright as well. BUT... now that I think about it, I do know that Reno quite significantly over-filled my oil when I got them to an oil change at 10K... level was...

Ok ok Mr Smartie pants Ben!.. If it aint blown, what u reckon might be wrong with it?? I didnt mean literally that Id blown up the engine, I could have blown head gasket maybe?? Whatever it is, my engines knackered and Im not very happy!!

Is that not the spoiler from the Utopia kit??? Despite having similar meshy bits its not actually part of that Stinger/Atmo kit, its from another kit (Utopia) which is available from K-Tec. Im almost certain their prices will be a lot cheaper than £190 for the spoiler???

Was out driving this evening when suddenly I lost power and my car started running incredibly rough. The sound I could only describe as being like an old Beetle or a Hillman Imp with a chug-chug kind of noise, but much louder!!! Ive checked all the plugs and HT leads cos Im fairly sure its not...

As far as I was aware theres no 1.4 16v Sport model! The 1.4 16v was an Si and the 1.4 Sport which was available from 2000-Jan 2001 was an 8v. Does your car have the Stella multi-spoke alloys? As for stuff to do to it, I would recommend: 1. Induction kit (whatevers available for the car...

£200! Ouch! Springs are £85ish, fitting shouldnt be more than £50! I had mine done for £100 all in!

Stevo, how is the K-Tec kit? Is the sound good? What about throttle response, any noticeable improvement?

Yeah, the road holding is awesome! I had problems with mine initially cos my tracking was out by miles - 10degrees on the nearside, 15 degrees on the offside, so the wheels were pointing in completely different directions, made the handling very edgy! But Ive recently had that sorted and Im...

Hold on... surely if 40mm makes you a poof then 0mm must make you a super-poofy poof!!! On a scale of poofiness 40mm isnt really all that poofy cos its 2/3 of the way to the straight 60mm... but 0mm... well, thats as poofy as you get without actually raising the height of your suspension!!!