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Best bet would be to get a spare jc5 and just have it rebuilt ready to swap over when it brakes then when that happens just rebuild the broken one and repeat all over again lol thays my plan for my turbo 172 when i build it
mine lasted about a year and 20k but that was hard hard driving, i think as long as you let the torque come in a bit slower rather than sinking the boot in a high gear all the time it will be fine as mine only slipped at 2000rpm until 2500rpm then you could get the boot down and it was fine...
the usual famous last words were used on this car, buy it cheap, spend zero on it, sell it on for a profit in a few months, no mods, no nothing!! yeah right!!!
car was bought as a runabout after selling my twingo TCE to free up cash for my house and then to do me for a few months until I...
Windows phone 8.1 has been released today for developers, anyone can download it by searching the windows store for the developer preview app and then once its installed and activated you just go into your settings and check for updates, it then comes in 2 parts
So far the new version of...
I scratched my head too was going to do it properly and whip it all off but didn't have the time or the patience so I got a bit of copper pipe that was just slightly smaller than the diameter of the inlet and pushed it down, most of the gunge then went up the inside of the pipe so all I had to...
nothing wrong with the EGR in mine i just don't like them, mine was very under powered when i got it turned out the inlet pipe was full of crap thanks to the EGR! looks like ill just have to put up with it if it causes them to run funny!
check the bottom arm to subframe bolts are tight saw that cause odd noises if they have came loose.
powerflex bushes however do creak unless you keep them greased up apparently but ive never used them
so when you press the pedal it gives you the usual ABS kick feeling/noise but as if you are on ice?
it will be a cracked ABS ring, worn brakes wouldn't cause ths
I wouldn't want one of these mapped on standard injectors. When paul @ RSTuning done my before map when the car was 100% standard it was hitting 100% injector duty above 4500rpm
even with the 172 injectors fitted and a map it was hitting 85% duty on the 172 injectors im sure!
they wouldn't know and its an issue!, we had an insurance company refuse to pay out on my sisters 1.4 16v lupo sport that got rear ended because it had all been colour coded, we had no idea it had been colour coded as I didn't know a thing about them, we had driven past a garage she liked it so...
dealers can order wolfrace wheels, you always see dealer "special editions" with wolfrace wheels sitting on forecourts.
going back to your original post though its still classed as a modification/optional extra so must be declared to the insurance company
you lowered the compression to improve valve clearance because someone couldn't time it up properly? are you planning on timing it up wrong this time too I assume?
only reason I ask is in the corner of my garage ive got a set of 172 arms, hubs, springs and dampers lol!! just need brakes and an ARB! cant be hopped lowering the subframe though they are always a nightmare on high millers!
suspension feels past it on my dci was gonna stick a new set of dampers on it but would consider a widetrack conversion if I can do it on the cheap!
can I leave the standard DCI subframe and just fit 172/182 arms, hubs, brakes, springs and dampers and ARB?
can I remove the DCI ARB and swap it...