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Sorry don't know how many litres ... does the manual not say? According to Jay who's an RTE "the v6 pk box defo needs elf trp even though its very pricey. the pk box soon falls apart with the wrong oil in it."

From memory the V6 gearbox takes TRP oil available only from Renault at about £20 a litre. This is different oil to the 172/182.

Clutch is definitely the weak point on the Vee!! Even without the monster power of Mike's the standard engine is plenty enough for the clutch. I only tried the 4k revs dump the clutch trick the once ... it slipped like a mofo and stank. Will definitely be a market for uprated clutches as we all...

Bulkhead in the Vee is tight behind the front seats level with the door pillar so it'll be a "legroom" short of the base of the seats. I'll have a look when I get in the car in a mo to see how many parts the central console is split into. Think the front might be separate from the "tail"...

Not sure it would fit since the gear stick is raised on the Vee. It then heads back past the handbrake and ends up butting up high against the front of the engine bay. If you do need to get the part from Renault I'd expect it to be very expensive since all the V6 unique parts attract a hefty...

Wasn't me ... furthest mine went today was to B&Q :o I know there's another Illiad Mk2 around the Forest.

Exclusives are a special green metallic, with different alloys, a different interior, and are numbered. Believe that there are suppose to only be 172 of them. Any other differences ...

Vee's clutch never stopped slipping in 1st and so driver short shifted into 2nd. And then he kept short shifting for some reason ... changed into 4th long before the end despite a terminal velocity of only 90 ... which is only top of 3rd. Really must have smelt of burning clutch inside ....

So is the engine cover going to fit over the new throttle bodies?

Don't worry ... BL still have plenty left ... [What a great value picture this was :). Reckon it sees more action than Paris Hilton ;)]

LOL ... never seen those vids before :approve:

I actually do have a child's car seat under the bonnet on mine!! The booster seat that I use for my older two lives under there when I'm not using it :o

You mean the engine's not under there ... I've been robbed :eek: ;)

And is it Black Gold ... or a unique Calisto Brown?

V6 body parts are ludicrously expensive. Think of your worst case number ... then double it. I'm sure it'll be cheaper to repair than replace.

Yeah ... that was just as we headed off to the pub. Saner was giving his car a quick run since it had forgotten where to idle following it's CLIP workout. And to think that you missed the shiny Vee parked there too :eek:

Dave (136930503050 ;)) has a sub woofer on his luggage shelf. Drives it off the cables that originally went to the rear speakers.

Quality self timer pic Nik :approve:

I put it upside down on the engine cover and secure with some velcro straps :o

Aye ... quite fancy a car like that myself! Could do with Silvervisions tho' ;)

Aye ... picture is a bit blurry since I'd accidentally left the camera on portrait settings (to increase the reds) ... but didn't want your arse or car feeling left out ;)

And some pictures ...

BIG thanks for the BIG picture :D Just noticed the following on your oil change picture ... No twist :S

I've got some good ones too ... haven't time to post at the mo ... will do later tonight. Also between fudgey's close up of my v6 badge and Day's mean ground shot of my V6 reckon I've got my office decoration sorted :) Mark ... got a nice picture of your Cup.

And what's wrong with car body parts made from wood? If it's good enough for the V6 then ... ;)

Howdy mate :D

I've got a full head of hair I'll let you know ... tho' it is grey admittedly. I wear the flat cap because it looks good and the ladies like it ;)

Yeah ... but I'm old so I drive very, very slowly all the time :evil:

I had GSD3's all round on my 172 and when it snowed I drove vvvveeeerrrrryyyyyy, vvvvvveeeeerrrrryyyyyy slowly :dapprove:

Also there's a specific V6 site and forum at http://www.v6clio.net/. Mostly folk from ClioSport, but means that discussions are V6 focussed.