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Im loving my Tipo. Its a bit like an oil tanker, you have to phone ahead to the bridge to get them to reverse the engines if you feel like stopping and it doesnt go round corners that well. Timed on my stopwatch at 0-60 in 12.8 seconds.

Generally the bad effects of big rims are felt more on underpowered cars that arent designed to be chucked around so much. The extra drag of an extra 10mm of tyre width on each corner might trouble a Smart, but its not much bother to a 172 Cup. Getting the same rolling radius as your factory...

No I dont think so, Some will fit but not all I wouldnt have thought. The 19 engine bay is a lot roomier

Glad youre ok. I did that same kind of thing a few weeks ago when we got the first lot of snow. Straight into the back of a Beemer. Luckily it was in my Fiat with the huge plastic bumpers so I just kind of bounced off!

BRUN whats the email for snoopers customer services? I wanna try to scam them about the Sky interference thing and get an upgrade!

BTW having a larger wheel/tyre doesnt automatically guarantee a higher top speed...you need enough power to be able to overcome wind resistance at higher speeds.

Theres a lot of different factors. Regardless of whether its 17 or not ( I dont know what youre comparing them to!), in general: LARGER WHEEL/WIDER TYRE Larger overall diameter gives longer gearing overall, making higher top speed theoretically possible but slowing acceleration...

V6 definitely. Its the only car out of all of them that will turn any heads. Elises and Scoobies are more common than Saxos round here.

C110 CUP is the ultimate for a Cup Id say. Just think theres some old biddy running around in an old Austin Allegro who got issued that plate from the garage!

Thats nice anodising. First time Ive seen anodising look that good quality like paint.

If youve done a 14.4 in a Pug diesel then well done - you got a scan of the timing ticket?

Nice one Eddd, so it looks like itll be open the whole time were over in Belgium...excellent

Well if the thing is running too rich then it will kill the power. So youve got enough to get you up to 110 but then its run out of grunt. A bit like a Saxo. Get the emissions checked and see what its like.

Its not as bad on the clutch as you might think. You just gotta know how to work it, feed the power out steady, theres no bonus in wheelspin or bogging down. The quarter mile times on the club chart arent that up to date...on the whole standard cars driven by someone whos not a complete first...

As someone whos been down that route with head and cam work etc, OK its a nice slab of torque you get and much more fun, but 2.0 is the way forward if youre staying normally aspirated. If you dont like the sound of buying a random Megane block from a scrappy and bolting it all up, then Im sure...

Yeah Tom I was in a dilemma over whether to cut my costs to the bone and go for the Red Squirrel, but in the end I managed to get a set of Eagle F1s so I was happy. I got the pics of them on here, a bit crap quality because I took the photo with my phone...

Tom that looks nice apart from a real turbo couldnt be painted cos it would probably flake off with the heat! Well not a fancy colour like that anyway...

Paul you took the words right out of my mouth...two can play the old turbo tuning game. My valver will be making 240bhp and 250lb/ft of torque minimum and it doesnt run out of puff at 4500 or sound like a taxi...just cruising at 15psi.

James I got to be honest with you here, thats not a lot to complain about 6 months after you bought the car. If thats a head gasket theyre going to replace for £80 then soon theres gonna be a queue of Cliosport members outside wanting the same deal, thats a bargain! Wiper blades and tyre you...

Might as well give it a try!

I dont think that £1500 is a lot when it contains everything - no guessing about whether it will all work and having to deal with ten different companies to get the parts.

Depends if you can find the MEgane lump or not Craig.

Superb! Make sure all the results are posted up here when it all happens.

It wouldnt fit on a valver. On a 172 cup it probably would. Blowers tend to run out of puff at high revs, whereas turbos are the other way round -in general. Im not saying that this is what all blowers and turbos are like, but just the nature of how they work gives them these characteristics -...

Most stuff is cheaper than the UK. Think what youd spend on 4 days away normally, 3 lunches and evening meals, a couple of tanks of petrol...

Tumbleweed, the cup or 172 will never be a Saxo in years to come -cars only become like Saxos /Novas etc when they are slow as sh*t out of the factory and group 7 insurance or something which a 172 or Cup isnt. For the same reason 16v/Williams is still the connoisseurs choice of old school hot...

I saw one for £600 and it was a nail. The kid must have lost his mind thinking hed get more than fifty quid for it. Oil pissing out the breather hose into a shampoo bottle every time you started the engine. Apparently after half an hour youd have to get out and empty the bottle of oil back into...

I had the original phase 1 wheels on for years and IMHO it looked hot, just with a 35mm drop all round. Went for 18s in the end just to get it ready for Donny last year, and I gotta say the ride quality on 18s was a lot better I thought. But handling was a bit more edgy on hard cornering with...

Dunno but I just weighed my new 17" OZ Chrono Evos (with tyres) and they came out at 15kg each. The wheel itself without the tyre is only 1kg heavier than a Superleggera, so Superlegerra 17s would be 14kg apiece. The 18" Wolfrace Octanes werent as heavy as I thought theyd be - still 19kg with...

Sounds like you need an expert. Either look in the local exchange and mart for gearbox specialists or ring up the nearest Renault tuner to you - BB Performance Tuning near Colchester and see what they can do.