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neather did i at one point, got some decent tools, asked plenty questions on here and to mates who are mechanics or mechanically minded and helped do a couple now which i know i could do myself!
depends what sort of driving you do..
the 172 cup is ment to be better to drive on the limit and down a twisty backroad, but the 172 is still brilliant in these areas too!
if your belting down backroads all the time etc then id get a cup, if you do the odd backroad run and more motorway town...
engine conversions are only worth it if your doing every last bit of work yourself so you have no labour costs.
valver engine is a silly idea for a mk2 to be honest, why put a 10-15yr old engine in a car thats only a couple of years old? id go for a 1.6 16v clio engine or if you fancy being...
id get mk2 172 wheels for it, twin 3" exhaust and apex -60mm kit or coilovers.
id only lower it 60mm or more, anything less looks standard! mine is -60mm and i think it sits to high
do what im doing/done...
get a 1.2 16v for a year or 2 then a 172 (getting one next summer hopefully)
1.2 16v has more than enough power to have fun if you make it handle.
theres also the 1.4 16v and 1.6 16v and the DCi range too.
at the next dry meet ill be more than happy to take you a...
think he means what drivesft.
one of the roller bearings came off my shaft when i was driving and all the pins went into the gearbox.
cost me...
new gearbox
new driveshaft
new gearbox mount
new cat/downpipe
download Prime95 and run a Stress test overnight for atleast 12 hours to make sure it doesnt fail (ie. somethings causing it to be unstable, such as faulty ram, faulty psu or overclocking issues, but as you say it does it even at stock speeds so likely not that)
you can download it HERE
Re: first glimps
needs ph2 172 wheels to finish it off, along with a cup splitter, cup spoiler, sideskirts, front window sticker removed, fogs off, bump strips and door handles colourcoded, xenon front lights, then suspension lowered to 172 level or lower
then it will be mint!
i ran the 172 mount with standard bushes for a while and it was much better than the fucked mount but still moved a bit
if your willing to put up with the extra vibration then its deffo worth it for the bushes
yeah im on about the dogbone mount, sorry dont know about the others never done them, same goes for this 4th mount the 172s have? never even seen one of them lol
to check the dogbone mount open the bonnet and hold the engine and try and rock it back and forward, it should have a little bit of movement but it should feel pretty solid, mine used to swing back and forward quite the thing when my gearbox mount was gone.
also you can stick a jack under the...
probably the lower gearbox mount, their crap.
i replaced mine with a 172 twisted style mount with uprated Powerflex polly bushes from K-Tec, its one of the best mods ive ever done, the gearstick doesnt jump about anymore when you come on and off the accelerator, infact its solid. moving slowly...
lol reanult wanted to cut my mates grill and someone even said a hole in the bonnet!
10 minz with a screwdriver and i had it open with no damage done, £30 for a new release cable and it was sorted
my new cable had they weights too and my old one didn, they just have changed it, maby thats why mine is so light now.
i drove gibson172's the other day and it was pretty light, mk2 172 on 30k