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Personally I'd get the genuine ones mate. Big advocate of buy cheap, buy twice!

Old injectors doing more work = failure. I'd just replace them with like for like personally.

Little update for everyone. Brembos now fitted up front, along with discs and braided hoses. New bottom spherical bearings fitted along with new rose jointed track rod ends. Rear brakes/stub axles stripped down in preparation for the new improved stub axles arriving next week. Tomorrow is...

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Lol! My pleasure mate! Honestly though, it's not that difficult providing you understand what you're doing and you measure EVERYTHING.

@GrahamS here's the clearances mate. This is taken from the R3 maxi engine build manual. I'd have to dig a bit further for the 172 specs, but they won't be much different.

Get the cam journals measured and also the cams that you'll be using at the same time.

I'll dig out some specs for you mate. £12 per piston for standard rings if you know where to go. I can't stress enough that the measurements I've said to have checked are that important if you want an engine that's going to last. It's worth getting your oil pump modified as well. My cold...

Sorry that should read get the main bearing journals in the block measured, not the crank journals! Get your cam journals measured in the head as well. Exhaust side wears more than the inlet side. This will help to reduce your oil pressure if they're worn. :wink:

Get the block measured first. You need to know the bore size because you can't get oversize rings for the standard pistons. I'd also be getting the crank journals measured and if needs be line bored. Thrust washers are a piece of piss tbh. You have a choice of standard and oversize. Get the...

A few more of mine. Caldwell trackday pre roof vent: Donington trackday: Hooligan drive out with @not normal dan when he had his trophy: Oulton Rs day:

Arctic blue 182 with silver turinis it is then! Lol

Get a cup with climate. Best of both worlds that way!

@rally555 I've got a 172 crank that needs a polish on the journals if you're interested? Other than that pretty much all 2ltr renaults from 2000 on have interchangeable cranks I'm led to believe.

On the vino mr h? Lol

Yep! Took it for mot after they'd been replaced and they had play in them by the time I arrived. Granted though, I think I damaged the stub axles at oulton and this caused premature failure.

My record is 20 miles mate out of a set of bearings. Snr ones as well!

There's something therapeutic about watching a cnc machine doing its thing.

Yeah don't they just! Made my day seeing them today.

Yes mate I'm certainly hoping so.

Time for another update!! The time has finally come to make inroads into getting the mapping booked. No date has been set yet, but May could prove to be a entertaining month! Also a big shout out goes to @nath&alex! I'm pleased to show off these bad boys!! They're going to be finding their...

In 16" anything with an et37 *should* give you the clearance tbh mate without spacers. The td 1.2's give loads of clearance from what I've seen.

My 110psi cold oil pressure would say yes. Lol! But tbh, one of the biggest areas for oil pressure drops are in the cam journals from wear and the dephaser solenoid.

Drop me a pm mate. I can always help out :up::wink:

The whine is either the diff or the mainshaft bearings that have failed mate. I think I know of one of the m factory diffs fitted in a Clio as well mate, so it's only a matter of time before they become more popular. Regards the machining - nope that's not something that your average Joe box...

So do I mate! Lol! Unfortunately unless I put my GoPro in there, I don't think we will ever fully know!! Only filling the rod with lead shot mate. Other than that, no not modding it at all.

Gives a bit to much of the game away mate with a bonnet scoop tbh, and with the carbon airbox, space is rather limited. The idea with this is the air passing under the car is cool already and there's a great abundance of it to be fed to the relevant areas. Naca ducts are high flow, low drag as...

I think the worst thing for me is that I don't even know if it'll work! Lol! Fingers crossed it does as I cba to fit a gearbox oil cooler. I've already got the pump though. This little job has probably got around 10-12hrs in it already with all the fitting up and checking, cutting, adjusting...

Cheers mate! But all I'm saying is, never ever again! Way to time consuming! Not even for £500 am I doing another. Lol! Thanks mate. :up:

All ready for welding!! As you can see I've added an additional cooling duct for the gearbox, just because I could really! More to come.