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Re: James/BigAsh 182 Race Car by TDF... It doesn't get much better than this! *Pic He Pretty much mate yes. It's all about keeping things simple like they did on the cup racers really. Hubs have not been modified. I don't have any pictures mate and tbh until I know it works and is safe (going...

Re: James/BigAsh 182 Race Car by TDF... It doesn't get much better than this! *Pic He Yes something along those lines. They've been manufactured and trialled on my own car. I will be changing the design to engineer more strength into them just for my own peace of mind.

Re: James/BigAsh 182 Race Car by TDF... It doesn't get much better than this! *Pic He If only I could adhere to this thought!

Re: James/BigAsh 182 Race Car by TDF... It doesn't get much better than this! *Pic He You'd be better off raising the pick up points on the subframe like what kenny has done with his to adjust the roll centre. The only other options is to use a similar setup to the cup racers. I'm just in the...

If you pull the hub out at the top you will lessen the camber, but you'll need the tracking setting up again. Did they not even advise you about the difference in camber per side?! Most normal garages won't adjust anything camber wise as these places generally employ idiots. Standard camber is...

Could possibly be the bottom ball joints at the wishbone. I run revalved v2's and even when they were new I found the rear clunks/knocks. Can you take a picture of how the fronts are built up? Would be easier to see if they're fitted right as well.

Re: James/BigAsh 182 Race Car by TDF... It doesn't get much better than this! *Pic He If you could fit in the driving seat of my cup you could experience a lot of castor mate, but somehow I think you may struggle!! Lol! I'm running Ast top mounts set to full castor and the front edge of the...

Re: 172 Cup track toy! I have one of those laminova oil coolers. Absolutely excellent bit of kit!

I hope you said the wording as well fred!!! Lol!

I paid £138 posted for all the tools if that helps. Genuine Renault as well.

I used to know them very well! Lar's fabricated my entire fuel system, a tubular turbo manifold and various other bits and pieces! The guy is a proper legend tbh! And yeah the welding they do is epic!

Do you know Lar's and alex at Ah fabrications kenny?

Re: James/BigAsh 182 Race Car by TDF... It doesn't get much better than this! *Pic He Couldn't agree with you more Tony!

I found the v2's too soft at the rear for track work really. I got the rear dampers re-valved and had custom rear springs made to improve it. It's absolutely brilliant now though and doesn't require a gum shield for the drive home!! The ast's are available in a track spec straight out the box...

Re: James/BigAsh 182 Race Car by TDF... It doesn't get much better than this! *Pic He Having less adjustability is sometimes more advantageous anyway really. It's all to easy to get carried away making adjustments here and there. Carrying out one adjustment and then testing it out to see if...

Yanoo stiff shift is the way forward mate. He's on here as well if you do a search.

Dunlop tracking gauges come up on eBay 2nd hand reasonably often. Your looking at £100+ though.

Whilst that is technically feasible, it's not the done thing. You would find the engine to be very noisy from cold as well. If your reboring the block you need to go oversize pistons to suit. You could always go high comp and have them machined to get back to near standard compression ratio.

Re: James/BigAsh 182 Race Car by TDF... It doesn't get much better than this! *Pic He Should I expect some middle of the night phonecalls if your going to tinker then? ;-)

That's the same as what I've got and use. I also have a template to make up the front and rear quarter cards.

I'll see you as well mr ashton!!

I'll come over and say hello and have a look around your car at fcs phil. The weather will be the big deciding factor though for me!

Lol @ the "French car"!!! The solenoid is totally unconnected which is what confused me! Still can't understand it now!!

The cup my mate had bent my head for ages as it was coming up as pedal track 1&2 incoherent. I removed the loom, the throttle pedal and everything else related to it but no faults found! In the end I swapped everything over off my car one by one (time-consuming and a right pita!) only to find...

A mate of mine had df129 on his cup and it turned out to be the vvt solonoid! Work that out. Took ages to find and it was doing the same thing as Pete's.

Yes you can mount a race battery flat mate. If you mount it under your seat just make sure you've got enough space between the base of the seat and the battery. I can measure mine for you if you need to know how tall they are (including the holder) for a varley redtop 25.

They will do all the valves if your getting it ported out anyway mate. In fact they should be able to do the job lot, from skimming to porting so it's a ready to fit package.

You should only skim off the minimum that's req'd. Does it definitely need skimming? I'd say no more than 10-15 thou would be the most. It will raise your c/r as well but only a very small amount.

Cadwell is a awesome little circuit for clios. If a jobs worth doing it's worth doing right. That applies to everything as far as I'm concerned, not just Motorsport. There's too many people that cut corners when doing these sorts of things, then cry or whinge when it's gone up s**t creek...

I've seen worse than that tbh. I would've run that again as well!