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Haha he didn't have to try to sell me anything Me: "oooh ooh you've got bimarcos - can I buy them and save me having to get some delivered" Chris: "hahaha sure" Me: "ooooh you've got a renault sport cup wheel as well!!!" Chris: "hahahahah" I'm pretty sure I'll be funding his new car lol

I understand that - but when I've sat in traffic in Lincoln I've only had the fan cut in once and it was 28c this summer and I didn't move for ages The polo fan is only 50mm shorter and I'll be setting the fan to come in earlier - so should be ok My car isn't track only - but it's...

Yeah I must admit with how well the bodies are running on this map - the cams are £600, plus fitting, plus mapping. I think I might just spray the interior, buy seats, then spend the extra money on some sticky tyres and a few days at anglesey :D Feirny - I've already spoken to Chris about his...

Haha yeah I couldn't say no when Chris offered me them - don't come up often locally Cheers for the advice - to be honest I wasn't planning cams but with the belt and dephaser needing doing I might as well fit them and save on costs I couldn't really justify the money for high comp and forged...

Right - done a bit more in the evenings but the garage is cramped so not a lot of progress Fitted the cable throttle pedal and cable Cut the oval connector off the breather plate and made a template that I can cut out of sheet metal and glue over the hole Connected up the vacuum pipes to the...

Yeah just phoned K-Tec - they do them for £25... Job sorted!

Gah nothing's ever easy The coilpack bracket hits part of the old inlet mount on a 172 - so I spent an hour filing the corner of it down to make it clear. Then I chopped the breather oval off - mounted the coil pack and it still hits the strut brace I had a go at mounting it without any of the...

focrs - I have one of the coilpack mounting brackets spare I got it with my Jenvey kit but I'm running the pure motorsport solid top mounts and strut brace and the coil pack hits the strut brace so I'm going to have to mount mine somewhere else It would bolt straight onto yours as I've filed...

Thanks Tony - that should come in handy when I fit mine this weekend :D

Hahah well I'm gonna order a decent slimline fan next month and wire it into the omex and set it to come on nice and low I just want to get the shorter rad now so I can get the engine full of coolant again - at the moment I'm having to start it and listen to the bodies for 10 seconds then kill...

Just ordered the SE310 - for £37 it's worth a punt even if it just gives me room for now to get an airbox If it starts overheating next summer I'll talk to pro-alloy about making a custom alloy one :D

DAMN IT I can't put the coilpack over it as then it gets in the way of the strut brace Oh well I guess I'll just have to see if I can chop down the standard one so it doesn't look so horrible :(

Just so you know - you're right I got a pic of one off the car and checked it against mine - the left hand 3 bolts are in a different place.. Gutted TBH - that means to get rid of that unsightly bloody carbon canister vent I'll have to swap my cam cover for a 182 one too.. Something else to add...

This is the SE310 one which people quote to use - it's listed as polo 1.4 and seat The one you've used though 519 looks a lot thicker but narrower

Oooh that's properly tiny! The polo one I've seen seems to come across closer to the alternator Is that on jenveys? I'm trying to shorten the radiator so I can run an airbox on the bodies The diagram for the polo radiator has the outlets in roughly the right place but the bottom one comes...

It's not a difficult job - 2 nuts, 1 bolt and a ball joint splitter. 10 mins each side really if you've got a ramp :)

Renault winge and say they only sell them as part of the wishbone for renault sport clios However - they're the exact same part as used on the renault 19 and you can get them from any motor factors cheap as chips :D

Just had a look around and it would appear the polo 1.4 rad is 50mm shorter and 50mm wider So overall surface area should be exactly the same I think i'm gonna risk buying one Considering they're £38 - if I find it's struggling in summer I'll have to look for something else - but I'm fairly...

I don't have air con etc.. to start with I must admit I'm a bit sceptical about Fred's comments - I know he know's his stuff but the rad is 2" shorter and 2" longer - surface area shouldn't be much different to the standard one and I've never had the fan cut in once on mine With the fan control...

Cheers mate :)

I looked at a few different threads with people talking about that - but I thought Matt at TDF said they all have the same bolt pattern - but obviously the breather that pokes out the top is different so they won't fit into the inlet I obviously don't have the inlet anymore so as long as the...

Rather than starting a new thread - does anyone know what shortened radiator will work on a track car that see's road use Everyone was saying the polo radiator (http://www.adrad.co.uk/prices/prices.php?search=SE310) but if Fred think's that will overheat in traffic that's no use to me I've...

Just because I'm a bit of an ASW - heres a shot of how it looked on Saturday night. I've tidied up all the wiring now My to-do list before it goes for mapping currently looks like this - Buy and fit a polo 1.4 radiator and slimline fan. - Wire fan to omex - Cut out all the old engine loom...

Sorry should have said "I've got fitted" - was on my iPhone :)

I've fitted goodridge braided lines all round, brembo HC discs and Ferodo DS2500's Stops really well and never seems to fade. Did nearly cook the fluid on my last outing - but that's 2 year old fluid. Need to put some decent stuff in Cheap enough as well - £60 for discs and £120 for pads IIRC...

The exhaust is fun to get just right What you want to do is loosen off the bolt on the main hoop bracket on the back box - and loosen off the clamp between the back box and center pipe and the clamp between the center pipe and cat - then lay under the back and push the back box up as far as...

Cheers mate Oh also to those people who say a 182 manifold on a 172 will hit the ARB and vibrate - utter nonsense I got the 182 manifold without the "dent" in it and there is a little over 10mm clearance between the manifold and the ARB - with the solid mounts on my engine and powerflex lower...

I had a quick go on Friday night but the PAS pump was hitting the front chassis rail so I gave up lol 3hrs to do the subframe. Easy job :D

Wow proper job on that mate!

They were a right pain. I soaked them all in wd40 for 20mins first but the front two only came half out then started seizing. Luckily that was enough to lower the rear and get the manifold in :D