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i miss my 1.2 dynamique but its just because it was modded the way i wanted it, now that im starting to get the 172 the way i want it im enjoying it and starting to forget how awesome coilovers are!
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you mean 1.2 brakes ;) hehe
looking good guys cant wait to see it on track will be worth the wait, b******s that smashed it, my 172 got hit with a brick the day after i got it and ive still lost interest in it while im waiting on getting...
i ran over a fat b*****d of a cat in my old 1.2 with the coilovers set to their stiffest setting the fuking thing went up on 2 wheels! was not a nice feeling!
also came flying round a bend once to hear my mate scream "famous grouse" and my splitter de'headed the poor thing, i thought you could...
cheers mate, not got much money to spend on it being only 18 with the price of running it!
so far its got the sportlines, cup splitter, civic type R ariel, osram diadem indicator bulbs up front, standard uk plates from fancy plates.co.uk (look much cleaner stuck on rather than the screwed on...
dont talk filth!!!!
yeah thats the one john lights have been changed tho!? cant see their been 2 identical? maby tho u know what birds wi spare cash are like.
imo a hot hatch is when a manufacturer takes its economical non performance car (clio, corsa, saxo, 106, starlet, 205 etc) and develops it to handle well and sticks a resonably powerfull engine in it (something thats MUCH MUCH more powerful than that cars ever going to need for the purpose it...
if you floor it off the lights in the wet then its going to cut in, i find in the dry tho it cuts in when it really shouldnt when launching and you get a better start if its off.
i only use it for when im not driving hard and something catches me out such as surface water etc
i picked up my old 1.2 box with 8k miles on it for £80, and afaik they fit the 1.6 16v, infact they fit the 172 too! lol
obviously the 1.6 box was designed for a reason but i cant see the 1.6 having too much power for the 1.2 box to handle (this is assuming it is a 1.6 you have? im just...
my 2002 1.2 16v was on 140k miles and running better than ever, one of the quickest 1.2s ive ever driven (not that you get any quick ones lol!!)
as said on modern engines 100k+ is nothing, even for a renault! as long as its not been abused it'll be perfect