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Box oil would be my first port of call, elf from a dealer

Yeah weight difference and newer emissions regs I believe, the MK4 however is just a tad heavier than a MK2 DCI, it's about the same weight as a 182 so still very light

Black smoke and warning lights is usually a good sign as it's getting fuel, usually a boost leak or worst case turbo issue! It's when there is no smoke it's an issue lol

I doubt it, Renault sport UK isn't what it used to be, remember how active the official forum was with reps from Renault sport on the forum, now there's no one. Remember Jeremy the director for renaulsport UK used to post on here. I think all these guys used to organise a lot of it

10 minutes with my wire strippers and soldering iron ? I'd go full hog and bin the f7r and put a 220 trophy engine and dual clutch box in it though! Why f**k about!

I set mine to FT, don't go RFT and put too much stress on the bolts

Someone on here years ago bought a 172 that had been bodged with a Laguna f4r to sell on, so the gearboxes match

The f7r used a jc5 gearbox didn't it? In that case an auto from a MK2 Clio should physically fit but the box wasn't great I don't think, it was used in 1.6 16v Clio initiale. Your best bet is probably one of the older auto boxes if they fit

It shouldn't be more tail happy than an rs, will be shocks like John says or budget tyres. My van is a death trap with budgets on

If it's cold white smoke is nothing to worry about should disappear when it's upto temperature mine have all done it

It used to do about 50mpg doing mostly town driving, I wasn't really trying though and drove it pretty quickly.

I think the ph1 dash aged pretty quickly and the ph2 made it look so dated, but as times moved on and the ph2 dash looks old hat, the ph1 now looks retro cool! always loved mine with the retrimmed wheel, alloy knob and white dials!

fuel system is better than it is on the mk2 (but the mk2 isn't actually a big problem, starting to suffer issues now they are nearing anywhere from 12-20 year old) they are drastically worse on fuel compared to a mk2 however are still very fuel efficient! my DCi106 was doing around 10-15mpg...

Sure am! can take the van one day to fit them in the back lol

W reg all had the alloy and shift light, X reg seemed to be luck of the draw, also most crash repair centres just fitted the heavy bonnet!

Alternator, we had one do it while car was under warranty, Renault messed about refusing to change it until it seized and to ok the belt with it!

Facebook market place is where it's at I've picked up loads of mk2s for £100-£400 and punted them on trader/ scumtree for £500+ personally I'd pay up to £1500 for a nice spec and condition 80/100, preferably an 80

it's epas but it's good! I never saw it as a negative, my Mrs has a mk4 clip with the same epas your talking about and the epas in my mk4 220 feels like a different car, it's all in the setup/calibration

All about the alloy bonnet and cable throttle!!

F4r in a 4x4 trekka would be mint if the running gear was stronger love the evo seats suit it perfectly

More shots of female and ly R27 required!!!

Be better on fuel with rs seats I recon.....

id only swap if I was committed enough to strip it bare and tackle any rust issues before they become a problem

cheers, its not a bad job tbh once you have the dials out the car, infact the electric window switches were more fiddly to change the lights! assuming these stand the test of time for a few miles I might start doing some for people! Today since i had a set of dynamique clocks i decided it...

looking forward to seeing this finished! good luck

success!!! Went to the scrappies and picked up a set of Dynamique clocks so red needled, silver surround etc bit nicer looking but ultimately they also have a trip computer so now all I need is a stalk with the button on the end and ill have one too! stripped them an swapped out the LED's and...

I thought that too until I bought one, Clio RS always brings a smile to your face but I was regularly in the car myself giggling out loud in the twingo, I chased a poorly driven audi S4 a few years ago in mine down a pretty fast road with some decent bends, not just a tight backroad and before I...

the engine differences between 197 and 200 read really well on paper but in reality I never noticed much difference, but the chassis made a difference I put 200 cup dampers on my 197 R27 and there was a massive difference id liked to have done the steering rack too. Akrapovic evolution exhaust...

ive had every RS clio from a ph1 172 to a mk4 220 trophy (excluding a V6) and my thoughts are, out of the full range imo the mk3 197/200 is the best pure drivers car, it has the perfect mix of being old skool hot hatch with modern traits. people regularly say the 197/200 feels too grown up and...

is it running the same lower arms on both sides? not extra castor on one side and pre cup on the other? have a look at the angle the lower ball joints are coming out from the arm, if you look at the car from side on, if it has extra castor the wheel will sit closer to the front bumper rather...