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i was a rocket in my old 1.2 16v, everynight was bonfire night in that thing lol fairly sensible with the 172, the odd blast now n then when its dry or when out with the lads! or when ive got a passat or some other shitty diesel sitting up my arse lol

thats mint, although id probably have raised it a bit so i could use spacers to make the wheels fill the arches

looks brilliant mate that front badge sets it off well. would have looked better if you had set the xenons ablaze!!!

congrats mate glad to hear its sorted!! now get it back to renault and demand your other 2bhp!!! lol everyone fancy another RR day now that were all gonna be running different exhausts? lol

yes but it was an engine built to run a turbo reliably, the compression ratio was designed for running boost, the gearbox and clutch were built to withstand the torque from the turbo, the pistons, rods, crank etc was all designed to run reliably at that power. the 1.2 16v engine was designed...

well mounts are the same, suspension is the same, driveshafts are the same so it all fits straight in no problem. UCH needs changed and decoded at renault once its up and running, your best bet is to buy a rear ended car and swap the lot over! its not the sort of thing my gran could do with...

the tce runs a tiny turbo with hardly any boost, you could swap all the parts over but its a lot of money for 25bhp, you could raise the boost slightly (i think but not 100% sure on the standard turbo spec) but even at that you wont get any decent gains and if you change the turbo for something...

thanks a million mate, i did think the fine technical details wernt that important as long as its roughly the right spec. but just thought id double check

i looked into 1.6 16v engine when i blew my old 1.2 16v up, same hastle to do a 2.0 16v engine as it is to do a 1.6 16v, all the same parts need to be changed. conversions are only worth it if you can do all the work yourself and even at that its a bit of hastle! as for supercharging or...

we turbod a 1.4 8v saxo for a couple of hundred quid!, its cheap if your handy with a spanner! i was going to do my old 1.2 16v for a laugh but never have the time these days

dont know too much about exhausts on the actual design side of things so to start with i need to know what size of pipework im looking to use for an engine roughly to this spec for a project im working on... supercharged 16v engine with around 130bhp at a guess and secondly i need to know...

done :) glad i could help

arnold clark renault about here are £65 hour labour so they will have charged 1 hour thats about right

my 172 doesnt cost me much more than my 1.2 16v did either but it costs me a lot more than my mates dci costs him!

bodykit is a big mistake, will ruin the look of the car, totally devalue it too. keep it simple, lower it 60mm at least. looks no bad, no to keen on the wheels but they might look better when lowered

lol what turbo u using

exactly

we had a 1.2 16v that had the squeeky fan too its so annoying but i never got round to sorting it, i assumed it was just a squeeky fan? it done it from when it was brand new

of course you can, you'll still get a gain because the cat is the most restrictive part on most exhausts, but you would get a better gain changing the full system too. driving around normally fuel consumption wont be any worse, infact im sure some people report better mpg with decats!!!

aye lol thats the one

yep possible ive done it a couple of times! also had a set of alloys in it at the same time haha

172s are cheap now but they still cost the same ammount to run as they always have. the DCI works out WAY cheaper when you consider the MPG difference, 18,000 mile services vs 12,000 miles, insurance, road tax, even tyres! lol

sounds nice quieter than mine was before the decat! was far to loud on full chat when decated but was a good laugh, come off the power and pop pop pop bang bang pop! i got a powergain though, more of a gain than i got going from standard exhaust to cat back to start with!

what a cool idea something that lets your brakes get less air to cool! lol how functional

im sorry but how is a remaped dci going to get beat by a 1.2 corsa? a 1.2 corsa has what 75bhp if its a 16v! a remaped dci, 100bhp+ and 3x more torque than the corsa, dreamer! yes if your out for performance buying a 172 is the best option but if your looking for cheap fun then you wont really...

drivers side engine mount by the sound of it, loosen bolts, pull engine forward with the help of a friend, tighten bolts, thats what sorted mine if its the same noise i had, was more like a grinding, vibrating noise than a knocking

i was had a shot of my mates 1.2 16v on my old apex -60mm kit tonight and oh my god its a laugh to drive, brilliant wee car you can throw it about like mad! like ali said dont get angel eyes they look w**k get a set of xenons!! where about in paisley are you from? im working there this week.

yeah lol, if i had just replaced the pump and belt it would have been fine and still going today i bet! it needed a rocker cover gasket too but other than that it was perfect! never had 1 mechanical failure apart from coilpack and a cv joint braking and destroying the box (had steel wheels on...

haha! i got it at 115k or there abouts, hammered f**k out it untill 140k by this time the waterpump was gone, useless and then the cambelt went, not sure if the waterpump seazed or something causing this? £150 later i stuck another 1.2 16v lump with 50k in it from a 2001 car and it was fine...

id just service it, decent oil, gearbox oil, brembo max disks, greenstuff pads, braided hoses and decent fluid. then dci100 intercooler and remap :) 15" wheels with eagle F1s, coilovers sorted :)