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old school man, get a gt series turbo if your going to use garrett, you can run bigger than a t2 with faster spool up. plus the t2 runs outa puff above 6k on a gt id expect a 1.2 16v to be breathing better than that a pushrod 8v 1.4

td04 off a scooby, alot of starlet boys use them as upgrades

saw a blue 172 on the road out of tewksbury to chelt this morning. didnt see ya till the last minute otherwise i woulda flashed

are you sure you can use the gt clio stuff? i thought it was a totaly different engine?

mine is also, got windows for keeping cool

ditch it, and get a shorter rad and fan, free's up loadsa room for a decent filter

i never have a problem?

mine jumped from stock power of 168bhp to 203bhp with them and a shite exhaust system. a huge difference in drivability

powersliding and drifting are 2 different things, i should go on a little, powersliding is a technique within drifting also referd to as power oversteer, but not all cars can do that as they dont have the power, (ae86) other ways in which to initiate a drift can be used, the feint is a common...

drifting can be done in any car in which all 4 wheels are slidihng in a direction opposed to there rotational travel, if you watch drifters (rwd) they slide but at the point of all 4 wheels sliding are they then actually drifting

thats not drifting thats proper w**k driving ona roundabout, even the mr2 wasnt hanging out, this is it done to a decent standard http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=nlH2QJc4NT8 more gonads than ive got

197 box has different bell housing, will not bolt to a 172 engine without some major modification, then on top of that its a fair bit bigger than the 172 box so withough modification to the engine bay it wnt fit to easily

you can buy them new for about 12 quid why bodge it?

hotwire jobby i woulda thought man, think they know who did it, im sure hell get whats coming to him

nope, more just chavs having a turn and burnout

t25 off a rover, that built in dump valve will want blanking off as the leak at about 12psi, forge motorsport do a blanking plate that will sort that out for you

id be intrested in sending a twingo gt for some development work, mabey with a set of 172 injectors the boost could go up a little more?

pmsl, thats what you get if you buy and ebay special power band

i bet all the saxo owners recon they have 170bhp from an exhaust and filter lol. your car will be alot quicker with better brakes and decent sus than with bolt on mods

what do you want out of the car?

you will fricking love itbs, the noise alone is spunk worthy

all 3 done on mine, after dooing the bottom the gearbox one let go did that then the upper one went, could of been there age with the way i drive it lol, increased vibration at idle and thats about it, not sure if you would notice in a ff car tho. defo a great improvement in keepin the engine...

will do buddy, was in the 12s in my last sx, easy big power is very tempting

sweeeeeeet, pop down man, you been to the new gaff yet? have to come down in the week or somthing. feeling the draw for big power of the jap variety again :(

looking good, get rid of the sticker and spoiler dude. when you coming down to give me a blast in/at her ;)

c1j all the way, 180bhp 180lbft are easy to get out of it and thats more than ull get out of a f series without spending big money. piss easy to work on and are very reliable in my eyes do it and go against the grain, ull be wiping the floor with alot of cars.

remember that pmsl, how fricking weird a full on 15 ready for drifto just sat on the main road lol, bloke was friendly as f**k even tho i couldnt make out a word he was saying

ill get it out of him, prob going to have a nose at it at the weekend, cant get it running or somthing, may even put an offer to get it back, needs alot of work to make it road legal again tho oh and some wide 13s put back on ;) thinking bright orange to make it stand out a little

cars rude id drive it, 7/8's are weak, 8s up front 9's rear ;) camber is easy to do on both front and rear, rear bubs off and back on with washers under the bottom bolts fronts hubs off the shocks slot the top hole and back together and adjust till camber you want is had my old rat 5...

Re: ***How much is my car worth?*** probably was, wasnt long ago in there having cams fitted? might just stash her in the rents garage for a while to save pennies