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Whats TimO done to his Cup? Does it have the traction control on yet?

Really pleased to see Craggys VTS putting in a 14.9 after a couple of runs against it in the Willy midweek which were pretty much neck and neck. Pity I cant do good launches really! And Jons doing 14.6! Incredible.

Ben H - have a look at 205 diesels. They aint quick but the handling is superb. Infact, they drive just like the GTis! A mate has just bought one with the much nice phase 2 interior. Its got 150000 miles on the clock but is just totally reliable and fun to drive. Its not a tubo diesel though...

Your engine wont pink when its turned off! The ticking is just the sound of metal cooling down and contracting. Rhys Edit - You beat me to it, Mike! I will add that if you want to stop the ticking, dont let the metal get warm. I would recommend packing your engine bay full of ice before...

Ah, is that why SUL always seems to be more expensive than Optimax?

Oh dear. Beaten with the ugly stick.

Dont know if it helps, but on Optimax pumps it says 98RON. Dunno what RON it is though.... :p

That clip was more exciting to watch that boring F1. Not kidding. Thought they were going to smash into each other a couple of times. Good clip. Better driving than I could manage!

Its what happens when you drink Optimax rather than putting it in your car...

Cant believe youre proud of the fact that you have 5 pages of people telling you that youre a prick!

Heheheh....dummy spitting rate of over 1/minute now acheived....!

I know! Cool for those of us who want to pick up a cheap 172 in the near future. :cool:

Was a quick car :(.

But make sure its not a VTS as itll kick a valvers ass :p

When people see my twin bonnet bulges I reckon theyll actually sh*t themselves :D

Should just mention at this point that at the same RR day, my totally (properly totally) standard Williams got mailto:156@fly">156@fly. Go 2 litre, GO! :D:p Edit - did I mention the 131 lbft of torque? Heheheh

You could follow my example for exterior mods. Simply put something solid under the bonnet and then slam it down hard. Hey presto! A seconds bonnet bulge!

Mystic Rhys sees Craggy.....a credit card.....heheheh

Forgot to mention that Id then cover the car in extra-lite clingfilm. :cool:

Hmmm....good suggestion. However, would be best if extended to the entire body of the car, swiss-cheese stylee.

Or simply cut off your own head.

Dash - Sound advice, but remember even super light weight grommets still weigh something. Suppose you could compensate by filling the now enlarged loadbay with Helium baloons. Try saving weight in your V6 by removing the hulking great engine thing from your boot. Rhys

Controversial words, Paddy! If the Cup has shaved 0.3 seconds to 60mph off the MK2 172, then your weight reductions should mean you are 0.15 seconds or so quicker than you were before. Surely you can feel that? ;) Seriously though, its really hard to tell if performance has improved or...

Lol! I thought you were talking about the bench!! (eg: the bit you sit on!). you said you removed the top part and that it was the bottom part you couldnt do! Heheheh....that explains it now.... See the bolt? Loosen it off. The splits for the seat back are held together with a bolt running...

Only as easy as they come out!!! Like I say, their just hooked into the slots and should come out really easily!

Dead easy to replace the panel filter. Just use torx keys to loosed off the bolts on the airbox and lift it off. Might need to undo an jubilee clip too if it doesnt lift off easily. Change filters and reverse process. Loads of threads about tyres. Probably your best bet is some Toyo Proxes...

Neil, they should come out dead easily. They are the same on the Willy as on the 172. You see the 2 catches per part of the bench? They just have a small kink at the end that is attached to the car. It might be more or less than 90 degrees where they come out, but they do just bull straight out...

You should be able to claim on your insurance for the windows and get autoglass to bill them direct. Youll have to pay about £50 depending on the policy you have but the rest will be taken car of without losing your no claims.

Just lift the bench so its upright (90 degrees) and pull upwards (wiggle them a bit at the same time!). Theyre not bolted in.

Craggy, clear your PMs!