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id use fully synthetic in it if it was mine, although semi will be fine

my engine standard with just an itg filter and a very restrictive patern part centre section ran 173bhp on the same day a trophy ran 180, 2 182s ran 175ish, a 1.2 16v ran 74bhp and alis V6 ran just under 250 iirc? so pretty acurate results all round so there is decent 172s about, if your...

i knew the cold running could possibly be the car needing maped due to exhaust and filter mods so wasnt that bothered by it, and it only happens for 5 minutes anyway so not the end of the world. the knocking could be the mount position, although ive pulled the engine as far forward as i can...

ok guys ill start from the begining, my cars not running right, hasnt been for a while, found it hard to put my finger on what exactly is wrong, few people have drove it and said its all in my head but after driving a mates 172 and him driving mine we both agree something is wrong. there...

sounds a bit like when the waterpump went on my old 1.2

auto lights and wipers were availible on 1.2 16v dynamiques too, afaik they were standard spec but not 100% on that.

tbh if you get a genuine 8bhp then on the 1.2 thats pretty good bhp per £ when you think what people spend on exhausts and filters. i always ment to get mine mapped but never got round to it!

you wont gain power, more likely lose power with some of the kits.

my mount came with new ones, so not sure if you can get them seporate?

i usually get about 280miles to a tank of vpower but had a bird out in it lastnight and trip was saying 405miles :)

^ f**k all wrong with the thistle centre which hasnt been called that since 1998 lol

white 197 cup parked outside frankie & bennies in the same space the iceberg 172 used to sit! must have swaped it for a 197! nice anyone from here?

yep they are the same

gutted, id be struggling to wait that long lol be worth the wait though!

thats a different part number from the one ive got too. is it the silver metal twisted mount you got or is it a black one thats not twisted (non RS one)

iirc the valver uses a jb3 box and the williams a jb5? in theory a 1.2 16v jb1 box should fit on but will it take the power/torque? theres a reason the 1.4/1.6 16v use a jb3 and not a jb1 after all!

182 box doesnt fit it, driveshafts are a different length iirc? not worth while stripping the box just change it for a new one, you can pick them up for a couple of hundred on ebay/forum etc (i payed £112 for a 1.2 box with 8k on the clock from a scrappies!) your looking for a 172 gearbox...

have you bedded them in yet? i usually do 2 30-5mph runs then 2 60-5mph runs then 3 80-5mph runs and usually the brakes are completely faded by then and they come back working a treat :) when your doing it DONT come to a stop as the pads can bind to the disk or warp the disk

whats with all the negative in this thread, too many sheep on here following the crowd, need some more shepherds!! back on topic, badges look good mate, how long now untill the cars delivered?

looks good, what about a samco bend too?

sounds good but wasnt it longlife systems on the 2 182s that ran 175bhp at the rolling road?

green stuff were awesome on my 1.2 16v just not so good on my 172!! u'll be fine on the 1.4, mine lasted fine on track on the 1.2

im going to speak to k-tec about these as soon as ive got a few bits n pieces done to tidy the car up first

no, ur not sorry lol i read that christina, was going to ask if you wanted to try it in mine, i appologise haha

are you a female?

was back in the day when i was a horned up 17yr old haha wouldnt risk staining my alacantara these days ;)

hate the car, paint job is very well finished though. even if it is a bit 5yrs ago!

yep ive banged the new owner in it. sold it to her before things went pair shaped haha

many a time i pumped about 7 birds in that thing haha

yeah!