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Even in tightly regulated series people with the most money have a big advantage. Blue printing engines costs thousands.

There are loads of threads on this sort of thing. But basically springs, dampers, brake master cylinder and compensator.

Hope you get it sorted James, just take it easy on the caffeine... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-24492833

Which cars were they Tony?

That is normal for a forged engine though, you wouldn't expect a long life in road car terms..

That's the ballpark I would have gone for.

The 422/423 graphs I've seen have good torque from 4500 rpm. e.g. http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?523216-260bhp-tonne-Clio

What would you recommend Fred? Customer service seems a pit patchy with AST I'm not looking forward to getting mine serviced.

You can loosen it to set the timing without changing it. But after loosening, you need to remove the dephaser to clean the oil away so you can retighten the bolt. But AFAIK Renault don't even loosen the cam pulleys for a simple belt change. Their pdf says just undo the crank pulley unless you...

Checking is a quick job with the tools, or even without if it is significantly out it is obvious to the eye. I don't think you can get away with loosening the dephaser pulley once the engine has been run as you will get oil under the bolt head and it will slip. The chamber the bolt head sits in...

Looking at http://www.astsuspensionuk.com/ it says sportline one is 22mm strut and sportline 2 is 45mm. I could be wrong about the rear coilover but I think the web based info is contradictory so I would be getting confirmation from a human being before I spent 1k.

Prettier ;) No advantage, same shell AFAIK.

Are you sure, have you actually spoken to them? http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?680916-AST-Sportline-1-Coilovers-%A3995 The Cooksport website is a shambles I would be phoning and getting confirmation before I spent any money with them.

I thought the sportline 2 had a larger diameter strut up front, the benefit being more oil can take more abuse. That is what the power station guy said to me anyway. I notice that the sportline 1 kit that is 1k does not have the rear coil over it is just an adjustable platform and separate...

The AA will do track days but not races. Something in the small print about untimed events. Whether they'd know or not, is another matter.

I agree it is unnecessary expense.

They will there is a clause in the mot stuff about modified cars and it gives rally cars as an example of something ok to have no airbags etc. My race car still passes its mot legitimately. Tax is an unecessary expense if not used on road though.

What causes that then? The bores in my original 140k engine looked fine.

I think it is 50mm (that was on a laguna box though so could be different). The one I bought was too wide to get into the recess though. Not solved that issue yet but may just thin the socket with my grinder lol.

Re: sonny172cup "track racer project" Great work. You sure it is the seal and not one of the cam cover bolts loose?

lol no problem mate. I have a spare std rad if you want to tide you over, now I've fitted the polo rad.

You'll need a new fan and to make some mounts.

1b > 1a, ad08 is the only thing that is close. I would race on ad08s rather than bin them or sell at significant loss (I've used both).

When I did it on some wheels with worn out tyres, it was easy and nothing dramatic happened. I did have a stanley knife which is sharper than the average knife I would guess.

It is actually pretty easy.

Trusty bullet connectors ;)

Can send you the gearbox manual with the procedure in if you like. PM me your e-mail address.

Although seats have a date, they don't have to be in date for racing unless you're doing FIA events, not club racing. They have to be in date for stage rallying from January 2014. Not sure if harnesses need to be in date or not.

I noticed that in James' video. I wouldn't worry myself personally lol, it seems to go pretty well.

Nice drive Dave, a good tussle with the white thing.