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surprizingly easy lol i thought the bolts at the joint between centre section and cat were never gonna come off but gave they a spray of WD40, 5 minz later tried to get them off and they came off fine, were totally rusted too lol
i took loads of pics so ill put a guide up on friday when im off :)
deffo the battery as after the starter motor makes that funny noise you hear the dials needles "vibrating" for a second, dont know why they do it but always see it on clios with flat batterys
i know some people here have been negative etc about the car but to be honest R20 CWH was one of the once who said something decent instead of the usual comments bodykitted cars get, but still you tried to shoot him down in flames for pointing out to you that you dont have a clio V6 spoiler...
little video, nothing special taken on my phone which doesnt pick up the sound that well and because the windows were down eventually you cant hear it! but anyway......
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3Z47SUTnPQ
id say about 3 hours to remove old one, fit new one, cut bumper, adjust it etc its not the easyest job on axel stands lol!
uploading a video right now ;)
and yeah decat next when i get a 182 manifold
its transformed the car, pulls harder, feels quicker, flys through the revs
no no, after seing yours and your videos i took the plunge and went for it hehe
no their is instructions and pictures, you measure 16" from the corner of the bumper and thats the centre of the surround, 14" and 19" is the outside of the surround, i measured the 14" and 19" marks then drew...
16" from the corner of the bumper (bottom of the bumper at the wheel arch) is the centre of the cutout
14" and 19" iirc is the outside edges of the surround
some tasters ;)
old restrictive centre section look how thin the pipework gets going into the silencer and how it gets thiner at the bends!! it still made 173bhp too with it!....
received my ktec 2.5" recessed system today, fitted it this morning.
the fit is 100% perfect one of the easiest systems ive ever fitted even cutting the bumper was easy considering it was my first time thanks to the instructions and pictures.
took it a test drive and wow, it sounds...
^powersteering pipes wont be a problem though dont all non RS clios have electric PAS or is it just the 1.2s?
as above watch for the steering although ive dropped mine loads and never had an issue was only when i removed all the bolts to drop it more that i poped the steering out, it just...
i always let my 1.2 16v warm up for 15/20 mins before hammering it, once it had its oil temp though it got constant redline action and it went like f**k for a 1.2 and would still be going strong if the cambelt didnt snap at 140k! new lump was only on 50k and was never as quick.
i changed the...
ive saw this about falkirk its quite tidy in the flesh, theres another one going about in a similar colour which looked ok untill the guy stuck a bodykit on it that looks like he made it himself out of wood, totally ruined the car!
172's can cost a bit especially when cambelts due, service due, tax due, etc etc so the guy is maby looking for something cheaper to run but wants something good looking, which is why your car might appeal to him!
its only worth doing if you can do all the work yourself (well apart from maping) so its costing you parts only. if your getting someone to do it, forget it!
still wont be that quick but will give a nice low down torque gain, we supercharged an MG ZR and what a difference it made in day to day...
there was no damage to the thread in the gearbox when i removed mine from my 172 but it DID kill my top mounts in about 5 months......
i think bmh.01 has hit it spot on saying the RS 4th mount is probably helping or preventing the problem.
its been a while since i done it but if i remember correctly theres 4 bolts holding the subframe on and then 2 brackets at the back of the subframe thats held on by 4 bolts on each side (kinda triangle shape)
remove the brackets then remove the 2 back subframe bolts, and just loosen the front...