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I dare say insuring a factory turbocharged car would be cheaper than insuring a turbocharged Clio, especially at your age mate

now I know what the badges look like, Where's the rest of the car lol

The CAF won't have an effect, it may alter 1 or 2 bhp max. The decat normally will loose a little at lower revs but gains a bit up higher revs, so at a guess id probably say it's nothing to loose sleep over mate :)

Im guessing Like the VW's I expect the top one is just either a radio, so he has retrofitted a better CD player, or the bottom was a shelf and he wanted a CD player in it

Comparing standard to standard yes, the Golf doesn't handle as well as the clio, but being honest would the OP keep either stadard? Nope - so once modified correctly with decent suspension, ARB's and geo IMO the Golf does handle - my last one on a spex set up handled very well, and very neutral...

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Good to hear, will drop them an e-mail i think

My last one ;)

Thanks mate :)

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Im sure it will be the manifold hitting the subframe - what you want to try, is undoing the 4 big bolts on the big engine mount on the drivers side, and get a big bar behind it (Go careful not to hit the aircon pipes if you have air con) and physically move the mount forward - don't pay any...

I might get half hour spare later, so if so i'l have the head off :) update to follow

I asked at the contacts I have, and they can all mix it but they can't 'can' it for me mate :( Cheers for the link, I may use them if you say they are good quality! :)

So, now Renault donesn't sell them, where would be the best place to get some in some spray tins? Ta x

Re: AndyRG - Opps ive done it again! I bet it will have the same paint job as this

If you really want the look of a ph2, but you are heppy with how your ph1 is, just chuck a ph2 front end on. But I think most people know which I prefere lol

Tuning is a crossroads. You can spend, say £1500 and have a genuine 190bhp, but to get over 200 bhp (so an extra 10bhp) would cost you a lot more, possibly double your initial £1500. If you are only after getting it a super quick car in a striaght line, then turbocharging is a no brainer - as...

The cams out in the engine I chucked in look like the spare ones I have on my workbench which have done 55k lol If you happen to stumble apon any Chip, you know where I am! x

If I can find a set of 197 cams id happily use them, cost per bhp they are a good upgrade it seems.

Re: My Phase 1 ITB Daily Runner :(

It wont be maf as 172s dont have them, they have a map sensor instead but i doubt its that.

Standard rev limit it should be fine unless you get it really hot, if it has a raised limiter id not want to be holding it above 7000rpm for very long, for reliabilies sake - you may be lucky and it lasts fine, and blipping above 7000is fine, but id be wary of holding it above that for very...

Iv had a million 172s and 3 mk3 vr6's, as well as working for VW for the past 12 years odd. IMO, both are very good cars. The 172 is a million more times fun in standard form, where the VR is better built. The VR engine is massively under stressed - 174bhp from a large engine is not a...

Flol there are literally hundreds in Wiltshire, i think you probably need to be more specific

Funnily enough that was something i was looking into, you might remember me talking about it when we were looking at your rack bushes - just need to find some lol

Re: My Phase 1 ITB Daily Runner You know my opinion on the subject :(

Glad i'm thinking right lol, though this engine works, so it would be a slow build - im not going to rip it out now just because it's not as quick as it should be, but it would be nice to have a higher specification engine, that is built more for reliability that I can have as and when :)

Il have a go this week, and see if I can clean the crank up - as long as that big mark comes out im pretty confident it can be re-used, but I won't know until I have looked poperly. Little ends felt 'ok' as far as I could tell, and the bores look ok from below, but I only had a spare hour to...

The tolololometer says 7/10 for effort but 3/10 for originality :(

Nice!