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I wouldn't have got anywhere near how it is now without having @craigyt on hand. He just cracks on and if he doesn't know something he has a go and it tends to work out!
I can do the very basics with cars but that's it so if I'd of tried to do this myself I'd of just about managed to fit the...
DDC at Doncaster as well mate.
I wouldn't give my money to Clio turbo after the reviews they've had on here if I'm honest.
Worth travelling to get it done right!
Cheers mate, getting there.
Always gonna be more of a cruiser than a performance car but it sounds great on the carbs and certainly goes better than on the original 1.7.
Video of craig righting the wrongs!
The guy from bogg brothers was nice enough to give us some gasket paper so craig made a template and cut it out.
Then back on the car and all the carbs buttoned up!
Kudos to @craigyt ? After today's disappointment he got on and sorted the issues out straight away.
Turns out the inlet manifold wasn't very flat - hence the leak!
Silver bits are the high spots.
After my disappointment with the 340 I decided to spend some time with the 940 and do the inside. I'll have one day tomorrow with no dog, no kids seats, and no s**t in the car before mondays school run.
Back to reality.
If you didn't have bad luck you'd have no luck!
I think with turbo clios you need to;
A) be really good with the spanners or
B) live next door to EFI
C) Have really deep pockets!
Hope it gets sorted. Any misfire issues I've had with clios have been down to lambdas.
Disappointing day today on the 340.
Set off with craig to get the carbs set up and detect a blow from the exhaust. No biggy. Drive a little further and can smell coolant -check under the bonnet and there appears to be a small leak from on of the hoses as the back of the engine - again no major...