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It is the nobble under the nearside wing mirror

SO the GTO is the bad boy, the FTO is not quite as good, I wonder if they will ever make an ETO then?

Yeah I did think about that R1 blue... Scooby Dooby is there any difference between what they used to call Sonic Blue that all the rally cars ran, and the Blue Mica that the showroom cars later on seemed to be painted? Or any differences between the original shape Scoobies blue and the new...

Anyway where you been hiding mate. I thought you were about to flog your Clio!

What about cutting the bonnet and going for a top mounted IC like a Scooby or GTi-R? That would save a lot of hassle getting the plumbing round to the front. But you get the interwarmer effect if youre not careful. I cant wait to see how it comes along anyway Ben, keep up the good work mate. BTW...

LOL well mine are 5 ply! Any advance on 5 plies? Or what about putting two cone filters one inside the other, then you could double your plies?

What about a water spray bar in front of the IC and somehow hook it up with a high pressure line into the cabin then press the lever and the CO2 goes along the tubes and sprays the IC.

I got mine done by a geezer in Eastwood. Just over 215 for whatever tint you want all round the sides and rear. Glass out proper job and very friendly. The firms called Flowline 2000

There are apparently two different measurements on valvers as well. I think it was only the early ones though. Anyway, I ran Konis for 2 or 3 years, I thought they were great.

Yeah Smurf Blues the one GR! I was trying to think what it reminded me of. Dash you got a good point there with the Elise and the V6. That sort of Lotus blue just totally puts a mid blue metallic in the shade. But its a bit too close to Imperial Blue for my liking... Im pretty much decided now...

S13 mate. Take my advice - dont spend less than a grand, or youll end up with a lot of unexpected expense! You wont find any low milers out there, theyre all thrashed and the ones that arent are silly money. Bloody great for doing doughnuts though!

FTOs are a lot slower than they look.Shame cos they look the nuts, like a poor mans Aston!

Its possible to get 130 out of a valver but any more than that takes a bit of doing usually. Just bad aerodynamics really. Theres more revs to come but its the power that lets you get the top speeds, beyond 6250 your starting to go beyond peak power in a valver hence its difficult to get any...

LOL yeah got two turbo cars at the moment. Well you could run a turbo without an intercooler, but on the whole you dont because the compressor actaully adds heat to the inlet charge, unlike a NA engine which just sucks in whatever air it can get. Even though you might have hot air under the...

Dont want the metallic BMW blue although it is quality. Too boring. But their new solid blue I like, I dont know the name though. Its on the new M3s.

Nice work Ben, now I know where youve been hiding for the last year! Whens it gonna be finished mate? I can see youve got the T3 up the top there with the compressor housing on the drivers side, how are you going to hook up the intercooler from there? I can just about see a big bore pipe near...

Well Green tend to cater for all the Euro cars, K&N are American. Decide who you support. Theyre both the same sort of thing to be honest. OK one might have 2 ply and one 3 ply - well spotten Brun. But then again, Kleenex might be 3 ply and Tescos tissues might be 2. They both do the same job...

Whether your fleet of luxury performance cars did 100k + on the same clutch or not, thats not what happens in general Chris. A clutch can go in a few thousand miles or in 100,000. Depends on the clutch, the car its in, the way you drive, the sort of use that the car gets. There are too many...

Sports Blue. Dont ask any others I only know #449!

Errr...get a mate with a fire extinguisher to hose down your intercooler while your staging just before your quarter mile run? Anyway, what intercooler is this on a 1.2 RN?

Cos thats the first thing that everyone says. I guarantee in a years time there will be a fair few valvers running around in Cup blue. I seriously thought about it myself. Its a nice colour and suits the Cup but I dont fancy it on mine.

Welcome to the world of Renault! If its any consolation Ive got three cars that are all off the road at the moment for one reason or another - the Clio turbo for a new gearbox and clutch, the Nissan 200 for a new set of pistons and a turbo, and the Fiat for some welding to get it throught the MOT!

Yeah that pic is what blue white come out like although mine look a little bit whiter than that. It looks wicked with the headlights on, you see a slight lightning crackle effect under the main beam.

Thats good Dave, 175 lb springs would be a lot better.

Chris is right. The only comparable benchmark is at the wheels, and even then you need to stick to the same RR every time and try for similar weather etc. Best way is like Ben says, test it in a different way, either round a track or up a quarter mile.

LOL yeah thats the thing its got to be blue. Not just cos I love blue, but all my interiors blue so it has to be blue on the outside too. So far I have put everyones suggestions into the pot and come up with this: Solids are out of the frame. Every show/cover car is in light blue/turquoise...

Now this is more like it! I like that Pug colour but its just a *little* bit too green for me. The forum blue is very similar to the solid blue on the new M3 which Ive just looked at and I still like it, similar to that Audi blue as well. That Leon blue is nice but doesnt quite cut it for me...

LOL yeah theres a reason why I didnt say whether I liked it or not!:) The bodywork is too OTT to be my cup of tea, but I always respect the effort thats gone into a car like that - its certainly different and thats the important thing. Its the sort of job that people will either love or hate...

Well loads of ideas, cheers everyone. So lets go through it... Definitely dont want a standard Renault colour. Well not a Clio colour anyway, so that also rules out Cup blue - I like Cup blue but its one of those colours like Imperial Blue that I instantly associate with a particular car - not...

Im still deciding on what colour to have my Clio turbo resprayed. Ive junked the idea of a same colour respray cos its boring and Im fed up of people asking if its a Williams. But it still has to be blue. So the main things Im mulling over are these: Stick with a metallic, or go for a...