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Looks like a SOHC 8v engine with a crazy manifold. It does'nt looked turbo'd to me?

Thats now my desk top wall paper!

What engine is it for a start? Im using a rover 800 stainless oil feed and Mocal electric scavenge pump. As mine is a valver engine there were already holes from the oil level and oil temp sensors.

Which oil cooler kit are you using? does it have a sensor built in or just a hole?

Would I not lose the oil pressure sensor that way?

Would be interesting to hear some feedback on wether it would fit with enough clearance? So lets say it does fit ok with two plates and extension bolt, is this ok/reliable? I guess if you really wanted it to fit you could fettal the position of the rad and fan? I think the oil temp gauge...

So do you run a oil pressure and temp gauge? or just the tamp gauge?

Dont forget all the tar patches as well. One member on here weighed in all the tar at nearly 20kg's!

Dont forget alot of the premium accounts for you post code. Assuming you live in a low crime sub-urban area you may be able to get arond the £1k mark but still dought it. When I was 22 I had 0 NCB, low crime area on a 172 was £1,200. I am 24 now with 2 years NCB and pay £670! If I were...

My 45k miler ph1 172 feels more solid than my previous 182 20k miler. You do the math.

I had a set of PE2's that lasted 20k miles on the front! and rears lasted well over 30k miles! You must be driving like a maniac.

The oil temp and oil level gauge sensors had to be removed in order to make way for the Turbo oil feed and return on my turbo valver. I only have the oil pressure gauge working now and would like to get the temp gauge working as thats pretty important on a turbo track car. I am aware that...

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So what you going to do come MOT time? Will your insurance cover a de-cat as 99% dont! I guess if you got the 182 mani cheap then its worth it but its alot of hassle for little gain.

So what has caused the damage to the cylinders then?

From the sounds of things I bet he hasn't even got a conversion. If he went to the lengths of such a conversion the brakes would have been a minor job compared so doesn't really add up?

To be fair those prices dont sound too bad for a garage. Of course if you did that all you self it would cost less than half that.

Re: My mk1 track car blog Would it not have been easier to paint the sheet metal before you riveted it? It going to be a pain to paint now surely? By putting the metal sheet there have you achieved much weight reduction? Do you think you could have got away with a piece of thick Perspex plastic?

Im no expert, but that looks like your problem. When you run your finger over the suspect cyclinder is it rough/pitted or un even?

Trust me mate a standard well looked after clio looks better. Go for a sports rear bumper, stealth zaust, standard lights and de-badge. Will look much tidyer then,

Your clio looks like a chav chariot, lose da bling yo.

My previous 172 used oil like nothing i've seen before. Use to go through a litre a month and had to keep an eye on it. Never dripped or dropped an oil and could not see any leacks. My current 172 is fine and barely uses any oil at all.

Why dont you just wrap the pipes and cables in heat protection or install a heat sheild that would be easy? From experience mani fold wraps always fall off no matter how neat you do it and unless it done properly doesn't really help. Good luck to you thou!

He could be running any kind of power under the hood, as above anything from 160-280bhp depending on work done.

400 bhp in a tin foil casket.... erm ok your braver than me! :S Drive safe!

Awesome car mate. Bit risky not having a cage in there? I know it would add weight but could save your life.

Re: My Ph1 172 track sl*g Progress Thread Driving on the edge FTW

The driver surely could not of survived that??

You will smoke him trust me.

The ph1 steering wheel are made out of rice paper. Mine is down to the thread! Makes it real difficult to sell the car. A retrim will cost about £100.