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You can use any, but Evo ones are good quality and most Evo owners aren't gonna be running a cat so can usually be had cheaper
If you can't find one then get a magnaflow one, they're pretty good quality and come in either 100 CPSI or 200CPSI
Yeah I've got mine to do but I can't do it yet as my other car is broken and I like to take my time 😂
I've already done all the hard work by rebuilding everything when it was off the road for a year lol. Yeah just give me a shout when you come to sell as I can get the best prices through a...
The midrange gains with a 182 manifold are worth it when you can pick them up for £60 and they don't crack. Plus they're easier to work on too as you don't have to have 36 hands to fit a gasket kit haha
That 172 cat will never sell at that much as they're worth less than £400. They're barely...
Undo the cat/downpipe which is 3 x 12mm nuts (usually a c**t to get off)
Oil return which is a T 30 or 35 I think
Oil feed line
Little metal clip for the exducer side to the intercooler
7mm for the turbo inlet pipe
Then the 3 nuts that hold the turbo to the manifold
Undo drivers side mount and...
Yeah it's a stupid design from Renault! Yeah basically the turbo is leaking oil past small seals around the sore shaft down the inducer shaft and flinging it through the intercooler and then it's making its way into the inlet in small amounts. You can find the cores for them pretty easy or just...
The inlet mani is cast into the head so you can only clean so much. But the EGR housing can be removed (bit of a pain in the arse)
And yeah, your turbo is spewing, mine was the same when I sold it. Your EGR will just keep clogging over and over
Wait!
Get a screwdriver and an old hoover with a bit of hose taped to the end in that inlet!!! That thing is gross!😂
Have you taken the J-pipe off and cleaned that too?
And replace the TDC locking bolt in the front of the block with something caphead or hex head. That female torx bolt is a right cowbag to undo when shaved chimps have previously rounded it to within an inch of its life!
Crank bolt, dephaser, cambelt, waterpump, tensioner, cam caps, cam seals, aux tensioner, oil and filter and aux belt
Good practice would be to check crank seal, damper pulley for delamimination of the rubber, replace the exhaust cam pulley for a lighter one from a Megane 225, replace the crank...
You can buy a proper fir tree style locking tool for the flywheel
You unbolt the crank sensor and it bolts in there and the teeth engage on the crank. Even that tool is garbage because its sintered shite and just breaks after the first 2 uses
Centre caps for Turinis, OZ F1, headlight washer blanks, foglight cold air ducts for brakes, the end caps for 197/200 cup spoilers
I've thought about getting myself a printer and doing them myself in batches