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JR driveshafts are about 500m from my workshop, the stuff they sell is rubbish! for the clios they HAVE to be genuine (try GKN as they make them for renault)
only way oil can get in there is valve stems, rings, cracked block or head, you do get some oil back through the breather if its overfull or cornering HARD
so a quick phone call to my mate @ Flawless Finishes and he came round and had a look at the old girl
John from Flawless is a 100% geek polisher, 3 days so far and he's done about half the car LOL!
he did this mk1 golf that won best of show at SEMA in Vegas!
maybe doesn't need repainting...
it can go on anyway, but you have to fit the belt, tension it, then spin the whole lot backwards, then fit pulley tool, torque inlet and exhaust, remove tools spin engine forwards 3/4 times, pin crank (in the correct slot, check flywheel mark for reference) then fit the horse shoe using a...
jay will say Direzza Dunlops - good tyre
think we took 3-4 secs off burpspeeds lap time @mallory just with setup, either that or Tony had his Viagra that day ;)
cams in, horse shoe in cams, rocker on, then seals (DO NOT PUSH THEM ALL THE WAY IN! THEY SIT FLUSH TO THE OUTER FACE, NOT ALL THE WAY IN!!!!)
i do middle 4 and outer 4 on the rocker, like small box big box
12nm give or take for the rocker bolts IIRC
you've got the renault tools inc the...
no no no f**k the ABS, men's men (ie cup spec) are quicker without it, if anything bin the wilwoods and go to stock calipers, 205/50 15's are the best tyres you can run on a clio - fact - cos i said so :rasp:
who fitted you're cams out of interest as i noticed at silverstone the other weekend...