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i think i may go down the inflator foam root as i cudnt get the car jacked up properly to change a wheel at the side of the road anyway so may aswell lose some weight!

wasnt me but woo hey cool your pretty local! i live in newton aycliffe like 15 mins away from durham and my dad used to live in pity me - when he was alive

this weight reduction sounds good, so how does the cup lose all its weight? as i've converted mine to 172 and i have no a/c no air bags bucket seats and the back stripped out, total saving? would it be good to have it light aswell as more bhp? say take it upto 200bhp and have it stripped out?

are these brand fire new boxes?

ah you'll be fine just grease coming out of the cv joint dont drive round forever like that though mine went about a fortnight ago and i've still be using it but its going into the garage tommorow for a new one, so yeah if u desperately need to use it but only a little bit you'll be fine but for...

hehe sounds mint

only real difference is a few minor things including the interior

i'm thinking on doing the anti roll bar bushes and stuff next as if it makes the same amount of difference but to the steering it will be another good purchase

i use 2 pavins slabs so around 2"-3"'s then get the jack under and my kit is LOW plus a 60mm drop it struggles to get up and down multi story's but the slab and jack technique works fine but i'm fudged if i breack down somewere and it has to be towed

cool thanks any idea how much oil the gearbox takes? i know engine is around 5 ltrs heard gearbox is around 3?

well considering it is a nova it doesnt look bad lol

just use hammerite with a really small brush if your useless with a brush tape the thing up first to avoid overspill

k-tec have done 2 customer cars a 172 full fat and a 182 full fat and then their own 2 turbo cars aswell but have foreign interest in the turbo kits also, i was going to go for a turbo conversion but i'm undecided wether just to by a faster car in the first place

comments are right about we'd mock if they were anything other then clios BUT meh who cares their clios haha looks like it was a laugh but handbrake efforts where crap u put the gas on as ur completing the spin to pull you away maybe i sould come down for a tutorial in "being a t**t" lmao joking

yea i's say white wud look better but i'd change the back lights to a more subtle style

heat resistant paint

yea gonna try find the best oil i can get my hands on, so u got any pics of the oil cooler? i heard they come standard on the 172 cup? any sudjestions what to use to clean inlets out?

i drive it hard but not all the time but i wanna start getting into track days so irs more preperation really

i use this turle wheel wax spray just wack a load on rub it in and leave it and by the time i use megs tyre gloss that goes on the wheel to so it has a nice coat of wax and crap had my bk's on bout 6 month now and there in brand new condition! - unlike my old fox's

reet i wanna do some work on my engine to make it run a little better so i'm thinking on changing plugs and leads, upgrade my battery as i still have the 1.2 battery in, oil change. then i was thinking of adding a mocal oil cooler kit, can anyone tell me how good these are? and some pics...

i did mine and getting the rubbers out is easy use a big socket piece and a vice and hold one end while you close the vice and it squeezes the rubber out but dont let go or it will go flying, THIS IS VERY SIMPLE TO DO took me exactly 58 mins to do which i told it was an hours job and i wasnt...

its mad but i noticed a tiny dent just below the bumpstrip on my door and have no idea where its came from, maybe someone has done the same to me doesnt really stand out but i'll get it sorted eventually

i'm thinking on changing mine to a v6 next year and i'd go for a mk2 or none its just not worth it other wise

sounds like the dogbone mount but if you've been giving it full beans everywhere driving it like a t*sser you may have also worn gearbox internals

yea i'm in the same position here alreadt have had car converted to 172 and such, want more power but i'm thinking twice about it now in the end i've just paid all my credit cards off opened up a savings account with 8% interest i'll keep my 172 a couple more years keeping it clean and then i'll...

mine has loads of funny noises i had a really bad squeek in my seat sounded like a blody mouse was screaming for help whenever i went out, i sust sum creaks sorted them, some times i go out in my car it drives like new not a sound drives mint other times i feel my mk1 was better lol

haha my ecu is just strapped to the battery with cable ties! havent even sourced a new bracket yet how much u wreckon for the bracker and the metal bar down the side of battery?

god just read what they check gonna give my car a proper clean over before it goes in lol just hope it pases gotta have my cv boot replaced to on passenger side not this saturday but next argh first mot ever and first mot with engine conversion! haha fun fun

ugh i just saw a mk1 v6 today decided to park beside me :) and even the gf said i shud sell mine next year and get one, she's just seen this and said how bad it looks so yup it looks pretty sh*t didnt even do the doors!

name and shame the bodyshop still doesnt look like a v6