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people will slate a young driver for driving a 172/182 but heres what i found coming from my 1.2 16v.
i had more power to make overtakes without them becoming dangerous
i had traction control to assist me if i ever got slightly out of control (being 17 at the time!!)
i had big 280mm brakes...
hence why i said i agree its stupid arguing about a standard car against a modified one, my MODIFIED 172 had more power and more torque than your heavier 197, hence why it was quicker, i was pointing out if an ibiza TDi passed my 172 then it would pass a 197.
i love this attitude on CS that because its a diesel it could never compete with the mighty 197, however, my old 172 which would quite comfortably be quicker than a 197 in a straight line got passed by a modified ibiza tdi one night. so i dont see what the confusion is, of course a mega torque...
agreed to a certain extent but as long as the car is getting good use for other drives rather than to work and back then it wont be a problem. my old 190 brake 172 got used daily to go 1.5 miles to work and 1.5 miles back from work 7 days a week but it also got plenty other use and aloud to warm...
every girl i know thinks mine is cute, that makes them girly, however mine has a big dirty mans engine, its pretty much like a gorgeous lady boy with a big smelly knob
lol at all the people saying you will kill yourself in the clio 182 SUPER CAR!!! maby if it was a 320bhp turbo rear wheel drive car you would kill yourself, you would need to be a mongo to crash something as predictable as a clio!
i had my 172 when i was just about to turn 18, cost me a bomb...
thats the best setup you can do above ^ again ideally with a ph1/v6 airbox on it as its better.
the bit ive circled red acts as a cold air duct when the grille is all fitted in place taking loads of cold air to the battery area as thats where the standard setup takes its cool air from so...
they are very lumpy on idle and the exhaust splutters on idle especially when cold but they always do it even when warm. however you shouldnt really feel the car vibrate a great deal at all unless you have uprated engine mounts assuming the engines running ok so my guess would be as above check...
mate wants me to make him up an air filter relocation to the battery for his 1.2 16v its a 2005 so newer style engine, im ordering up the bits and pieces the now just need to know the diameter of the TB so i can order a silicon bend for it :)
cheers
to convert a diesel to a petrol is really not worth it with the ammount of work required, thats before we get to the fact its a better engine your removing!!
now, for MUCH less hastle and money you could buy the dci65 van, use a set of dci 80/100 (same on both) injectors, DCi 100 Turbo, DCi...