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on the mark one i undo the 2 subframe bolts and brace bar to the inner arch, drops the subframe down enough to lever it out (with the engine jacked up as you describe as well)
My 172 was lowered on awful apex springs and had an 'exhaust' on it, i returned it to standard and for use as my daily car its much much better in this trim than 'modded' although i still have the 'look at me' air filter on it but i'm just too tight to fork out for an o/e airbox ;)
whats the reasoning behind a 1.2 then? if your after a cheap runabout to get you back and forth to uni on a budget etc, why not just buy an old 106 diesel or something for few hundred, keep the rest of the cash in the bank ready for when you want something nicer and faster in the future? just my...
hi miles doesn't really put me off, i wouldn't mind a low mileage motor but tbh i never have had one, all my cars have been near to 100k and I've broken that barrier with them or they have been way over it!
only exception was a 1.25 zetec fezza i had, S plate, 67k and the single worst car i...
kicked the exhaust several times in anger as the darn thing wont stop vibrating on something
didn't sort it, so resigned myself to having to jack her up for a look see tonight when I get in from work :(
172 - nowt really, oil and filter and few other little niggly bits
turbo - been a reasonable quiet year really, but since I bought it.......hate to think, 15k inc the car maybe?
cheers dave, me too! hence i still have the damn thing!
Keiran, good to catch up mate this eve and the meggies a beauty in more powerful trim, loves it!
Neil, i shall never never let it go! mk 1 till i die.....or more specifically, my mk 1 till i die! :)
the car has always been on the same/similar boost, 16psi peak, 14psi held and its pumped out rolling road results varying considerably from 253 to 285 and it ran the 12.3 at same boost. so I take the RR results with a pinch of salt if i'm honest :)
Right and that's it! Cars been running a dream for a while now, did Blyton park last month and it ran faultlessly all day bar boiling the brake fluid a lot!
pulled 258bhp on the rollers on the same day, literally drove off track and onto the RR, so car was a tad warm and I think its an...
30th June 2012 - MOT!!
12 months ticket on it today
tickeld boost on the way home too, including WOT.........
good god i actually popped wood 8) :twisted:
updates to come, perhaps vids etc depending how excited i get.
teething issues so far after 8 months out of action:
1...
right, she lives!
spent most of today running about acquiring the final bits i needed as somehow i misplaced my stat housing and some other bits, but Dan helped me out with the parts i needed :-)
so after a run up to his i started about 3pm with actual work, cupla hours later she looked...