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correct mate, ph1's have a longer ratio box, mine will show approx 120 ish (maybe a touch over 122ish) at in inditcated 7000rpm mines a ph1 too so id say a re map or more than likely your speedo's out

not good chap, ( i only live in malmesbury btw :) ) yeah if you have access to a ramp and are handy with tools then getting another lump in is do able

check everything like you have said, make sure its warm, though at work the mot guy will leave the car at fast idle if its cold, not everywhere will do this

il check mine on saturday

well so far im not sure on discs but the pads were 4k old when i got the car, and i took them out a short while ago as i had to free up my caliper as it stuck sometimes, and they looked brand new ! so thats 26k and they dont look worn at all, bloody cheap s**t though so thats why i have my new...

what 172 are you going to get?

raced one of there at USC a few years ago, i ran 14.1@99 mph , he ran 11.8 @120mph , turns out it had a turbo'd hyabusa engine in it lol

lol valid point chap ;)

how come you have taken it off the road chap? keep the miles down and keep in good condition im guessing?

iv replaced all 4 mounts on mine and i still get engine movement, for example i get the banging when scrabbling for grib/pulling away fast, but also if i take a corner fast and the weight moves around or over a bridge when you feel the car settle bk down,you feel the engine move too(and a small...

as always a great bit of info cheers chap :)

tbh any other car will prob be the same if there being that anal about a 172 chap

good way to get some much needed interesting convo back onto the forum mate :) if someone did the same mads as mine and lived near me, that would get annoying,tho me and a mate used to have identical looking cars and we used to blame any driving antics on each other lol

i think i qwould be a lil annoyed yeah mate, you want your car to be different,but your idea gets copied, its nice to ee other people like your idea's enough to copy them onto their cars,but i would be annoyed that my car is no longer indevidual(bad sp)

ph-hhhh, its alright i spose.........;) (not jelous at at all......)

yeah i thought it was going to be that one chap, iv seen it for sale for a while, id hazard a guess you paid around £1700 maybe a lil cheaper

true, mine was the first blk one iv seen up close

lol the willy owners will say willys better,cup owners will say the cups better when in truth ph1's are better :rasp:

will be a shock to your driving style mate lol, il never forget the first time i drove an RX8 now thats a lack of torque!

where's these pics! lol

big ol' can o worms!

vts engine in the boot FTW!!!!!!!!! lol

Flippin eck mate how did you fit those on!?! I used to do the old trick of cutting the bulkhead and welding a mini battery tray in to just to get a single 40/45 on, how much of the bulkhead was left with 2 on there?! lol Iv had 5 mini's my last was a 1 ltr mayfair, A+ block over bored...

i was thinking the same! lol it was probably staff from reenault, as they are so clued up on there models they prob thought it was a bodykitted billiabong lol

whats the miles chap? is it beating me? (122,080 miles as per this morning lol)

lol best colour ;)

same here, 121,050 miles as per this morning, and although iv not had it rolling roaded, iv had my g-tec on it loads, and average 0-60 is 6.58, and its on its original clutch still! look after them and they will last

mines just coming on 122k, still great

lol im just waiting for the telling off matey! though i keep the original in the boot just in case Oh and look at the first pic, i took the pic just as my immob light was flasing on the dash lol

dervs when revving high can suck oil through and will continue to run on oil, so id say either too much oil, or a breather prob maybe?