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I'd say it's a combination of things as to why it's using oil mate. The most common being cracked ring lands on the pistons. It could also be that the valve guides are worn, so I think you may be fighting a losing battle.
It's a shame you didn't opt to smooth over the area where the 3rd brake light is mate, as without the light there it just looks a bit weird if that makes sense? I like the embossed logo though mate, nice touch! :up:
No not kidding mate. It's quite easy to lose interest in these things when you've been messing with cars for as many years as I have. Yeah I'm curious to see how much power it will make, but that doesn't spark the interest back into life. It'll be finished, or split and sold off.
Yeah you can...
You need to mark up and drill and tap the 197 head to accept the cambelt tensioner roller that's on the 172. I don't have any pictures unfortunately of a 197 head and a 172 head for comparison, but here's a shot of a 172 head. Basically, where the black roller sits under the dephaser pulley...
Well if you run the 197 dephaser you'll get the same advance on the inlet cam that a 197 receives. What you won't get is the constantly variable inlet timing as the standard Sirius 32/34 has no ability to run it (or at least not to my knowledge anyway)
Sorry mate notifications aren't working for some reason so only just seen this.
As dan has said, you don't need a standalone ecu to run with these additions as you can map the standard ecu. Your just restricted if you do opt to retain the oe ecu in some areas.
@adir what bozo is meaning is to...
I agree with you. My passenger ride in your car felt very impressive. Nice and progressive power delivery with enough urge to make progress with ease.
Good car.
Mine with strategic grip tape - it's been fitted a good while now and it's also seen plenty of use. No ripping!
Excuse the s**t pictures! It's dark in the garage and difficult to picture!
Use a hairdryer to form it around the creases is my advice.
As per my text Martin, I'm gonna say shaft bottoming out. Both James and porkie ran the hub kit so they benefitted from an additional 5mm of track width. That could easily negate the issue.
If you take the outer cv joint apart it should have a clip that's holding the cv in place. Remove the...
There's no earth points at the coil pack plug mate. It's only a 12v feed and 2x signal wires. The thicker of the 3 wires is the 12v signal. There should be a relay for it, but I'm not familiar with a 1.2, so I can only go off the position of where it is on the 1*2's and that's on the n/s/f inner...
I've just got strategically placed grip tape in mine. I also kept the strengthening rib in there as its there to help prevent your ankles snapping in the event of a heavy frontal impact.
Tbh, there's not a lot that you can get wrong with regassing a/c, so I'd be pretty confident that even a trained monkey could do it!
The machines now will remove, vacuum and regas the system whilst you do other stuff.
Make sure they vac the system for a good 20-30 minutes minimum though as...
Don't be put off by the BC's. They're a good bit of kit from what I've seen. Definitely worth a look.
Spax - your right don't bother.
AVO's I've had no experience with so can't comment.
Ast's are a great bit of kit. The purchasing of them is somewhat to be desired though.