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not really mate, just had mine done too, really not worth taking the chance, mine hadn't done the mileage, but had done 5 years and mine showed signs of wear, just get it changed seriously fella

Ran 14.1 @ 99 mph in my old willy engined valver, hoping to beat that in the 172................................................. yeah right lol, hoping to crack into the 14s, ran a 14.9 with my g-tec, and from my experience my g-tec is usually a few tenths slower than the...

nope, that was ok chap, suprised me really as the wishbones were the originals, so thats 127,000 miles!

exactly chap, too many variables to compare different runs on different days having said that, figures look good, and as long as your hapy fair play chap :)

ha lol glad im not the only one mate!

The hard bit is getting the old bushes out mate, you will need a press. The new bushes push in by hand. I change mine every 20k or so mate, just because im a bit anal like that lol, if you haven't got any history saying yours has never had it changed, then do it, it will make a difference. I...

looks really nice matey

wouldn't be french if it wasn't :rasp: lol lol nice one fella, im the same, i try to do all my own work, and having 8 ramp fully kitted workshop does help matters, but i wasn't brave enough to attempt my cambelt!

no mate, though i do see another ph1 in black around ciren, so that could be him?

Pm'd chap yeah fella, been meaning to do all these bits,such a great feeling to get them all done

BIG old spend out this month, a full report will be in my next report for Performance Car magazine but here we go: Well the list of stuff needing replacing was: Rear shocks ( as one was spilling fluid out everywhere) front wishbones ( as the handling had gone very bad!) Plus it was due a...

yup good shout mate, mine made 141 @ the wheels with just an exhaust, so its good to see extra mods make the difference :) youj got any pics of ya motor?

agreed, sounds like the dephaser, wouldn't be driving that chap

it will be the plenum chap, you will have an air leak somewhere, if its revving like hell every time you switch it on you wont be able to tell, take the plenum back off and put it bk on chap

depends if the tapping is a metallic noise, can you post a vid mate? its quite hard to diagnose it by a description

not that im condoning it, but at least it was down some industrial estate, not dow nthe local housing estate like some chavs i see

Re: My two front brakes are binding Help, coukd it be down to them in need of a chang i expect the calipers are sticking mate, had this a few times, prob because it was sat up, you just need to strip the pads out and re greae everything up, iv got to do that to a 4 your old clio this coming...

yup, iv got my dogbone mount polybushed and vibration/noise wise no different from standard

i 2nd that :(

badge not to my taste, but its your car so fair play doing it how you want chap :)

on a budget the setup i have is cracking for b road use, new shocks from renault and prolines, i dont have to worry about bumps, it swallows up any road, its cracking

is it touching the rad mate? if it is then it needs adjusting as the engine will move and end up punching a hole in your rad

127,216 miles of tonight chap lol

bearing in mind the GTi-6's arn't exactly slow!

well been meaning to do a few things, and had a day in the workshop last saturday and did these bits: I knew my rear shocks were getting old, but when i found a puddle under the car it was time for a change lol, so i bought from renault a pair of Sport rear shocks and fitted them...

oh get thr reg from ECP mate my passenger one went, cost me £63 and came with a motor lol

word of advise, mine is probably worse as mines done a fair few miles but i did my wishbones last saturday at work with use of air trools and ramps and the rear bolt for the rear wishbone bush wouldn't come out for love nor money, ended up getting the oxy bottles on them, and if i had been doing...

depends how much you want to spend, bang for buck an rs tuners your best bet, otherwise my mate paul at circuit motors at castle combe is very good, a full remap and power run before and after is around £500 iirc

there is a chance you might need to undo the battery clamp and slide the battery back slightly, as with the ph1 airbox it needs the battery to be pushed fairly back so the box fits, so just check that too matey

i say leads, mine had the same problem, when i tested the plugs on the leads each one had a spark but still only ran on 3, so i changed the pluge for new genuine ones and fitted magnecor leads and was then perfect so im saying leads as it points out they are breaking up at some point on the...