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182 cat is about that, 172 is a bit less, but still criminal

could be any number of things, dirty throttle body, faulty sensor, damaged loom (VERY common on the 1.2 16v)

go for a sport cat, will beat the s**t out of renault for price whether it gives you any actual gain or not

strong wheel cleaner/acid, a stiff brush, and a jet wash, then a dusting of mercedes brilliant silver from halfrauds

dont need adjustable pulleys to dial in cams, even keeping the dephaser. Catcams make a tool for it, think sodemo do too. It's basically an adjustable locking tool

175 I believe, but think that's +/- 5

too many variables really, but the ones i've seen and worked on give a big gain in midrange

very good cams. They do work best when used with standalone, but can be made to idle higher than normal on stock setup to some effect (bit of a bodge around IMO).

never use bosch or champion plugs. NGK only EVER!! none of that iridium b****cks either

mintex are actually pretty good. They do a whole range from completely standard right up to race stuff. depends what you have. Dont think i'd use either of the ones you've suggested above though. Ferodo DS performance are in your price range IIRC, I have them in my mk1 and they're decent

not unusual for pads for these cars to be made too big for the caliper. or with too much coating, so they sit too tight and dont slide properly. Ferodo's are the worst for it. If you've cleaned them up then they should be ok i guess. I'd definitely give bleeding the fluid a go first

when you say they're poo, what do you mean? quite possible they're just fitted in the caliper wrong (common) and sticking. probably also a good idea to bleed/flush the fluid for fresh stuff, makes a LOT of difference

see what i mean., that took AGES didn't it

sure you can appreciate that if we put out there, all the work that Tom and James have done on this, that people will find somewhere to buy the parts for 50p less and JMS will make nothing from it. It's not worthwhile for JMS to continue as this point I'm afraid :(

find a scrap head from somewhere. Always worth salvaging collets springs and retainers out of heads that are going in the skip

there's normally a bit of sound deadening next to the aux belt as standard. It often rubs on the belt/pulleys. I dont re-fit it because i dont trust bits of trim rubbing on belts. Same thing may have happened with yours

in an ideal world, and it's good practice. I seriously doubt it would ever leak more than every renault gearbox does already though

not the ecu bracket broken and rubbing is it?

PAS pump (power steering)

i've seen the PAS pump seal fail pretty spectacularly on a couple of pumps in the last few months. throws all the oil out and then whines like hell. New pump needed is the most likely scenario

14mm i think. normally a dowty washer rather than a copper washer though

seen exactly the same thing 2 or 3 times, it's really disconcerting

not tried all the alternatives, but tested on a dyno, the piperX was notably better

probably had a new belt without changing the water pump, and now the pump is fucked. They're chronic for it

sounds like cam timing is well out to me

different thing, but even better TBH. I think the ITG panel is more restrictive than standard in the ph2 box

could well be the inner track rod ends (attached to the steering rack). They're a fairly common thing to see worn on a clio, and they cause vagueness of the steering. Oversteer is most likely something to do with rear shocks

highly likely the rear shocks, they're aweful for failing.

He offered it to me before he bought it back a few months ago. I should have taken it TBH. lovely car