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depends what sort of miles you do, i used to do about 1k a month at one point in my last 172 and didnt bother me, then got the dci and doing 1k a month in that costs me about £20, now i cant bare to take the 172 to work and back lol so just keep that for weekends!

bumper can remain on, its easier having it off when doing it on a driveway but dont need to remove it

dont crash then lol

nice car, get yourself over to www.cliodci.net for more info on what intercooler to go with for it!

obviously you would be mad to replace the work of art that is the k9k with one of they rough as a badgers arse F4R's however yes you would get £30 a year road tax and of course extremely cheap insurance because your clever and wouldnt declair it, £1500 dci clio spend £2k converting it thats an...

i had conti sport contacts on my last 172 and they nearly killed me a few times after being used to Eagle F1 GSD3's under steer city! i beleive Joe swapped them for eagle F1s too once he bought it and commented on the improvement it made!

i just used normal bodywork paint for mine (see my thread in images for my first attempt at painting!)

make sure you torque them up PROPERLY, i dont torque anything up but i always make sure i do plugs, too many horror storys of them blowing plugs out the head!

theres why, low mile's isnt good for them! another is people waiting 18k for oil changes, they should be done every 10k imo in the dci especially when doing low miles do that and a yearly fuel filter and they are spot on.

buy a 2k dci and stick all your miles on that @ 65mpg then have the vee for the weekend if you want one, altho if you stay on a main road chances are it will go walkabout!

F4R albeit in a mk2! standard filter, matched inlets, exhaust manifold, decat exhaust system

lol at the mob on a renault forum calling a mazda unreliable

they appear to use the same inlet manifold, engine mounts and from pictures a similar wiring setup and the gearboxes fit iirc

not sure if laguna 1.8 bottom end is similar too lol!!

Re: All Pearl Black's & Black Gold's Look.... my pair...

that front needs to come up about 20mm lol

they have been painted silver at some point by a previous owner this ones a keeper going no where lol

cheers ill keep an eye on this, probably just remove it ive removed it on my previous cars, plus make my aluminium bonnet even lighter ;)

cheers for all the comments guys! it hides away most of the time in the garage, just bring it out on a nice day! needing a few wee bits n bobs before im 100% happy with it, we'll need to get a meet up and get some pics when ive got it the way i want it, i found your car on google street view...

probably pick up a bottom end for £150 swap them over one weekend with new cambelt sorted!! there was a thread that had the size differences, was that guy with the mk1 clio with the K4M in it that knew cant remember his name

both mine snapped i had to wait 3 months for genuine renault ones as none of the patern part ones fitted even tho they listed 2.0 172/182 i paid about £90 supplyed and fitted for both but that was about a year and a half ago

about the going rate for a main dealer i suppose but you could get it at a specialist/private garage for about £350!

yeah quite happy with it, i beleive i need to go heavyer with the lacquer to get a more shiney finish but its all a learning curve, dont think ill be painting cars any time soon lol but for something like this it turned out fine!

my heap

was bored so decided to go get some paint etc and do my engine cover pearl black, now im no professional painter, infact it was my first attempt but quite happy with how it turned out, just need some more practice and a spray gun for my compressor would be handy!

i sold a 190bhp 172 for a dci100 lol, not that quick out the box but remap them and they fly!

the beast with the new fuel system lol

gearboxes arnt an issue, anyone who tells you they are doesnt own one lol. check for snapped handbrake cables, rear disks on these so check these (about £160 for a set of rear disks and bearings) ensure it pulls right to the 5k redline (it wont be great over 4.5k but it should still pull) and...

is he supplying the clutch?

to change to the 1.6 ecu would require the ecu coded to the car so really your cheaper just mapping the 1.4 ecu that way your getting a better map than the 1.6 plus less cost!