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iirc a JC5 is oficially rated to 200nm which works out around 148lb/ft from memory? so in standard form the box is on its rated limit, although ive been comforably running 160lb/ft for 2 years and people are running way more than that on them. torque will kill them not bhp, regular oil changes...

my guess is thats a 182 thats been a write off and reshelled as a 1.2 without actually being reshelled!!

its been a while since ive been under one but if you have a 1.2 16v like your pic then the exhaust shouldnt be touching the subframe unless they have changed it?

im not going to give you the old driving like a c**k thing, becase we all do it, f**k i had the back end squirm under braking at 140 the other day when i hit a weird bump in the surface (of course i was lucky to be on a race track at the time n all that ;) ) i was lucky you were not, it happens...

was a really decent day because we got the weather, i think i was the only f**kin car that managed to get stuck on a warm dry day in the field! only bit of mud and i end up in it. turns out traction control is no substitute for 4wd :rolleyes: ha

looks nice lowered, back lights look pants tho

yours the flame red 172 with the turinis?

arnold clark renault in grangemouth have a red 197 atm, not had a proper look at it though, has silver wheels thats all i know lol

ohh yes i can feel a project coming on lol got a mk3 with a cambelt failure. since they are slightly bigger anyone know if an F4Rt with the 6 speed box will fit in the bay?

sweet mate shud have gave me a txt u could have borrowed my pc polisher!

i love all the wee technical improvements, shorter ratios, 3bhp more 150rpm lower and 20% more low down torque! that should drive pretty well!

i bought my 2001 51 plate for £1800 dci 65! give it a good service mate they like regular oil changes, i did mine every 5k on mine. use genuine oil filters. change the glowplugs and air filter (i used a K&N for the sake of being able to wash it and refit) imo they dont run well on vpower...

sweet mate glad to hear it! i was a bellend the day i passed my test surprized i didnt crash! behave hehe!

i know theirs a seperate thread for this so dont want to spam this one but one last question is it running standard internals or forged?

sweet, whats the rev limiter set at?, standard?

awesome!! hoped for more SC whine! lol why no rev counter?

the 1.2s are terrible for fuel economy imo, dont understand why people buy them over a dci model drive so much better too. our driving school one averages 42mpg around town with learners! my mrs gets not far from that around town in my 172! dci would be getting mid 60's at least!

paint the springs black.... lol

as above :)

exactly!! fancied a ferarri F430 next but think ill get an R5 GTT instead http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDd9sMLJW-s

am i the only one whos never had knocking or banging in the 50,000 hard miles ive done in my 172?

my mate swears by them on his evo. greenstuffs fine for fast road use, mine have no problem scrubbing off speed from 145+ never tried them on track though!

only thing you can save when doing the 1.6 conversion over the 2.0 conversion is changing the front brakes, 1.6 uses the same brakes as the 1.2 16v. you still need to change engine, box, steering rack, ecu, uch etc its a pain in the arse and id rather spend the extra couple hundred quid on the...

cheers mate, just didnt know if they had the brains for a rebuild in there! was booked in for 72k service with cambelt change tomorrow, snapped today at 72,200 lol

cambelts just gone in our 1.5yr old 1.2 16v mk3 clio, its in at renault at the moment (lease company sorting it out, car doesnt belong to us) do renault strip them down and replace the valves etc or do they just change the full engine? (typical renault thing to do lol)

i love my car with mods, ive got a good power gain, better brakes and handling BUT the one thing i will say is i cant wait till my mrs gets her 182 so ive got a standard one that still looks good, goes very well and handles well but without the noise of the exhaust

sound nice, sound the way they should sound from factory. nice burble and pops on over run

was down at SMS getting 2 new tyres put on ma mates wheels we had refurbed. ive still no been spotted yet!

nope you wont need one, the flexi is there to stop the exhaust being pulled about when the engine moves on its mounts, so when you fit your new decat your standard cat back exhaust will still have a flexi on it to take the movement

apex are fine with shocks too, on standard shocks they are a bit bouncy and crashy but look the tits, you can only pull them off properly on a dci though, looked too high at the front on my 1.2 16v back in the day