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I've got an idea, it's something I did a couple of years ago,
i'd go so used to way my car drove that i'd started taking it for granted
so one quiet Sunday I decided to put the laptop and the RST in the car and go to an business park
half way down a 60mph duel carriageway near my house.
I...
That's weird, having the raised engine idle but still having the, nothing.....nothing.....nothing......5k finally some power,
it definitely shouldn't be like that.
Mine idles at 1100rpm when cold, then drops to 950 when up to temp,
also your 5k kick should be gone, other than the noise there should'nt be a sudden burst of acceleration.
I've got one of the original units I bought years ago when all the software was free
and I tried loading just the cal file on Henks recommendation,
it did absolutely f*ck all, so loaded the appropriate RST then the cal file,
went out for a drive with a mate and even he could tell the car had...
Ah right, without looking at it I can't really help mate,
when I took mine apart to colour code the button the whole mechanism was solid,
so I didn't even try taking the button off, I just masked it all up and sprayed the thing.
Yes, climb inside the boot, unscrew the plastic boot cover and pull/push the metal bar that locks/unlocks it,
i your boot has stopped working it'll be the solenoid that's packed up, they're not expensive around £30.
Or the GTR gave it a boot full on to the motorway followed by a Clio giving a boot full,
and for a couple of seconds they were evenly matched, doesn't mean a Clio is as fast as a GTR,
just means they gave it a boot full down a slip road on to the M6.
Powerflex you can get off ebay or Euro Car parts,
Vibratechnics mounts you can get off ebay too, or from K-Tec with their logo on,
both similarly priced.
That's what i've got, it shouldn't transfer too much stress to you engine mounts,
unless they're f*cked of course.
When you do come to change the engine and upper gearbox mount,
make sure you do them together.
But it wasn't an option an the 172 so couldn't be fitted,
or did Renault just use a pedal box from the parts bin that had CC on other models?
Edit : The Jesus is wise.
Edit - edit : So is the Pugwash.
Danny and Mick are basically similar distances from me,
it's just I know Danny personally and the drive there isn't a speed camera & traffic nightmare like the drive to Notts.
Plus he has gone out of his way for me in the past...