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At a guess it will have a threaded rod which protrudes inside of the car and is held in place by a nut under the headlining. Just a guess though.

andy905 on here sells cold air feed. He has a thread in the parts for sale section at the mo'.

Hacksaw if you're not fussed about the original.

This may or may not work. Take 4 old spark plugs, remove the electrode end using a saw leaving the thread in place, fit and add plug leads etc. This would mean that at first sight, everything was normal. I'm not sure what it would do to the spark/engine though if it was turned over.

But is that because it is not the norm? It really does feel much better to use.

Cheers matey. Is there a little 'give' in the strap as my current setup is set a little further towards the front of the car due to not wanting to butcher my silicone hose. From experience, would you say a strap would fit my setup?

The power delivery seems a lot more linear without as many flat spots. It's difficult to attribute any performance gain solely to the air filter due to the amount of remedial work I carried out but I would say that it makes a nice addition and is effectively a poor mans (or thrifts';) ) Maxogen.

Cracking Fubs', is that the full schebang?

Having being mocked for my pikey air box strap, I wondered if anyone knew the part number and price for the strap or had one available.

Renault matey, £38.87 inc. VAT. The phase 2 item should fit a phase 1 IIRC and from what I can remember it is a superior design but don't quote me on that.

Have a look at your Maxogen Ali then at a phase 1 air box, see any similarities? Plus, the surface are of a phase 1 filter is 2.8x larger than that of a phase 2.

Superb bud. No knocks or bangs and it pulls so cleanly. Pic's will be up tomorrow or Friday when it's cleaned and polished.

As some may know, over the past few days I have tackled a number of mid sized jobs on my car, most of which would have been impossible without the help of you guys on here. To name but a few: Fred, Adam Hodgkinson, Fubar, Vinny, RiceRocket, Andy905, S22JGS, Tom, And any I may have missed...

Possible polishs would be good Rich. I haven't noticed any major defects other than those that require a respray but a product I could use to remove any mild scratches would be good and how many coats are required with the rotary.

As well as fitting my phase 1 airbox this week, I have also replaced the gear stick unit with this little item: It's so much nicer to use, even if it is a little cold on a morning.

I've only been for a very quick spin but the power seems more linear with less flat spotting. I'm going to go get some paint now so I will see if she comes alive.

Right, i'm going to give the car a good going over tomorrow so I need a little expert input. I will be blitzing it with a rotary but need help with the process and the gaps below filling or steps adding. Rinse with Karcher, Wash using 2 bucket method, Clay, Wash again, Polish using SRP...

It's all about the initiative and have a go attitude I say Christopher.

After 3 days of fettling, the car is nearly back on it's wheels. One of my last jobs was to fit my phase 1 172 airbox complete with feeds and Pipercross filter. The entire cost of the little project stands me at £39.43 including airbox, filter, pikey aluminium support strap and 63mm air feed...

Not really. The only real issue I had was that under really heavy braking, stopping power was severley reduced and was accompanied by a metallic grinding noise which I now know was the metallic section of pad grinding on the disc.

The pads were easy to fit mate, a bit of copper grease went a long, long way.

Anyone?

In the ongoing saga that it is the mechanical overhall of the Silver 1.2 Trophy (or 172 as it's better known), as the third day draws ever nearer I have come across another little issue. I was refitting the NSF caliper after replacing the discs and pads. I had already noticed that the wear on...

Is that a service as well or just the belts?

Sorted, cheers fellas. Plenty of Plus Gas and brute force.

I' have a bit of movement in one so I'm guessing I just need to carrying on wiggling until they are free. They appear to have teeth cut into the union where they run through the securing plate. I assume this is what holds them in place.

11mm unions undone Fred and the copper pipes are out but the rubber hoses seem to be stuck almost as if they are permanent.

Just twist with mole grips then?

Price matey? Did you have the aux belt done as well?

They're the one's I have undo BMH but do they stay in situ with the braided hoses cable tied in place (not safe IMO) or can the Goodridge's be fitted in place?