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no longer available unfortunately, ive got one of THESE on mine and its not quite as quiet as the standard system although mine does have a decat, but its certainly not loud

Thought this was worth posting this just because I've never seen a lot of people mention it before. I've slowly been refreshing my 197 over the last year, I stuck new genuine 200 cup dampers and springs on it, changed all the ARB bushes, put a pair of drop links on it, and a set of pilot sport...

Just wanted to touch on this again, my 197 has developed a tiny intermittent misfire on part throttle. A bit of research pointed towards a loose fitting MAP sensor, I checked mine and sure enough it was loose, I replaced the orings and re fitted and the car is running WAY better low down, and...

Im the same, total soft spot for one. My mate followed me home in my 197 and the exact same thing happened!!! it actually feels keen low down jumping in it from the lard ass 197!

Well this grew arms and legs, picked up a high miles (170k!) Clio RSi cheap local today, shell has seen better days so its getting stripped and the 1600 16v converted over into this shell! - Engine runs sweet as a nut so ill just bore scope it and if all is good, stick it in, if not ill give it...

Ah didn't know that about the cam, to be fair I was the same opinion with the gearing but noticed next to no difference swapping over to a 200 box on my 197, as I wanted to soften the blow of having to change the box by at least getting an "upgrade". I went from the late 197 box to the shorter...

Funny enough, I went from, granted, old worn 197 non cup suspension to new 200 cup suspension all round and its BONE BREAKING on the road, a few occasions I've driven hard down a backroad and questioned if I made the right choice or if I ruined it! I then fitted a new 200 cup rack, and other...

I see on the RSTuner website you can buy the licence for the mk3 clio to read the EPS controller and configure it etc. The website states: Can this also be calibrated via Clip? - Reason I ask is my 197 non cup has been converted to full 200 cup spec and I didn't realise the EPS had a...

Indeed

Also something I never expected, a tech at my old work checked the gap on every plug he fitted one week and more than 50% of them were wrong straight out the box!

My Mrs is currently looking for your head on a plate......

What do they make them out of????? Found out on my travels locally, no idea the back story!

usually a throttle body or accelerator pedal when it they both come on, as Brigsy said, get it scanned to confirm

Register on the virgin media forum, post your problem up and generally a moderator who works for VM will PM you asking a few details and will arrange to have a new hub sent out in the post, saves dealing with their nonsense on the phone (feel your pain with that!) - Thats been my go to source of...

as mentioned above a misfire is never really cured by a good run. As Brigsy said, if plugs have never been done, its a great place to start as its not going to cause any harm and isn't going to brake the bank. - Coils are also common on these engines, I had a tiny intermittent misfire on my 197...

good work, I've not done a 172/182 while the engine is in the bay, out the bay I find it quite an enjoyable job!

Good find, on the website now at £104 with trade, product code 563126

SOLD pending collection, it's going to Leeds, I'm meeting the new owner in Edinburgh to drop the car off with him next weekend. a gentleman who's son also has a 182 so seems it's going to a good home! Sold for £3500 which is bonkers cheap id have thought but it was the only bid!

a cable clutch will always be heavier than a hydraulic clutch, that's why hydraulic clutches exist. a 172/182 with a new clutch and new cable is absolutely fine to drive, and its once they get into their life cycle they get heavy and creaky. I'm not sure why you posted this here if your not...

I run the factory ones but they don't fit the RS unfortunately

that's got me stumped!!! There isn't much to the system so in that case id just stick a pump on it they are usually only a few quid and take less than 5 minutes to swap

if you're getting a dribble, pull the rubber hose off the washer jets under neath the bonnet and run the pump and see what the flow is like. If you get nice even flow it's the washer jets that are blocked, if you get uneven flow from one pipe, it's that pipe that's blocked and they will usually...

most times a broken spring doesn't make any noise or knocks if its just fractured down near the botom where its common to do so, its only if it snaps in half half way up the spring etc where it dislodges it out from the top/bottom mount

for the 5 minutes it takes i would just stick a pair of eBay used springs in, cost about £15 delivered! take it for a retest then swap back out, assuming your happy the rear springs you have are not going to actually fall out on the road lol or just make a wooden spacer and pop them in to really...

i take it your running lowering springs not coilovers? or is it coilovers with the rear adjusters removed?

Shifted my kangoo daily this week, this is back on eBay ending today again, let's see if its 2nd time lucky starting at £3.5k!

mine never used to do that back in the day

yellow is the most desirable colour in the 197, if it was the going rate they would have sold by now. That second one has been up for months

as above, lock everything then loosen all pulleys, remove timing end locking tool, replace dephaser, belt, idler, tensioner etc. set tensioner, torque cam pulleys to 30nm and lower to 80nm, unlock everything, turn engine over by hand a couple of times. lock it all again and make sure the...

depends on the scrappy, my local place probably £30-£50, benefit is you get to move upto 260mm vented front discs from 240mm solid discs