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FLOL. I didn't lie when I said I had feelings for you and Sam. I do. The car is completely standard though. ;) Cheers all.

Just you, no accident damage on this clio! It is interesting how different the colour is when the light catches it in different places.

Cheers Dawn. Yours is looking great in the other thread, was uncertain on the 182 alloys, but I think it looks great. You should head down to the next Shire Horse meet at Maidenhead. Flamer appreciation society :)

It does sound a little silly when you have it typed in your member details already.

FLOL. Chip was born during the Industrial Revolution iirc.

Newer ones mate, same RS logo as the 197 (i.e. same as the one on the back of my car). They are 1*2 fitment though. Got them from Wests on here - great service from them by the way. Thanks for the comments guys, its soon about to clock over 90k miles, so not too bad condition considering. Puts...

Cheers, in reality i'm afraid its never normally that clean - still being used as a daily until November'ish..

Nice sunny day, had received a new aerial and RS mats over the weekend, so stuck them on / in the car went for a drive and grabbed a few photos seeing as it was looking reasonably clean (only rubbish iphone pics i'm afraid). Comments welcome, good or bad.

Was indeed, No worries. Try before you buy is usually a must for me!

Brett - fair enough, you're right - unless I was specifically looking to modify / improve the performance of my car to use on track, then you could argue any additional spend on it was pointless.

The joy of the 438s though is the minimal difference to standard idle, you can hardly tell its cammed to be honest. I agree though, lairy cams, with rough idle, would be annoying on a daily.

You doing the next one? I'm on honeymoon which I'm gutted about... If there is a chance to see it, I'd jump at a passenger ride. Maybe the next SC meet, quite a turnout last time, even DK appeared in his lovely new merc.

Dont worry, I'm not brainwashed into thinking the 438's improve power or response at low rpm, and agree with the posts above that unless it's above 4.5kish you get little noticeable difference, unlike rs2 or ITB's. But at the moment that is ideal, as unless I'm on track I want to burble along in...

Mine is a daily driver at the moment. Behaves perfectly - if I want to 'pootle' about in the commute I just change gear at 3k. If I feel like pressing on, I change at higher revs and keep it in the power band more. I've averaged 33mpg on a daily 15 mile commute, including times I decide to drive...

The op asked for downsides to getting 438 cams, he didn't say 'is it worth modding my car'. The cams in question make a noticeable difference to performance (hence my post above) and have few downsides. I was wondering on what basis Brett felt that the cams in question made little difference...

So how do you figure that? It's made a more than noticeable difference to mine.

Cheers mate. To get 197 bhp I had to cough up for 438 cams, k-tec induction kit and plenty of decent mapping. Exhaust and manifold was on it when I bought it from JMS. That bill came to £2.5kish, as it was done at the same time as my cambelt / dephaser and major service and a few other bits and...

Love it. Loved it on the white turinis, love it even more on the 2118's. Its made my mind up, a set of 2118's for track wheels / a change when I feel like it, will need to be bought.

Was good to meet a few more South Central locals. I caught my splitter on the way out :(

To give you an idea, here are a few pictures of mine on 'practical' lows and spacers (i.e. I can drive it around on british roads without constantly cracking the splitter, drive it over speed bumps and basically not make my car look 'broken' like the dub scene). Mine is on Bilstein B14 coilovers...

Progress. I think, can't remember. Hmmm roast chicken.....

FLOL. What sauce did you have with your chicken?

Pipe it Chippington.

Come on Tony, I'll buy you a lemonade with a straw in if you head down. Generosity FTW.

Very nice chap, you bringing it along tonight?

Exactly. After tonight, you'll all be searching ebay for one. (I got mine from a member here, who swore it gave them an extra 7bhp).

Its the little details that make the car - indeed fully race prepped :p You'll laugh even more when I tell you its a porsche aerial - because race car!

Sadly not mate, i'm at a wedding (not mine, that's the week after). I will be near Combe, actually staying in a village just down the road ironically. Understand on the turbo, I am constantly driving around in the other halfs Micra (yes, like a baller) at the moment, as I am doing a lot more...

Boo! The flamer will be there, all shiny.

Welcome, congrats on the wedding! If you can wait until NovI will have a good condition 172 complete seat / interior set for sale.