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Track conversion guide > www.f7power.com/file_repository/pdfs/f7power_retrofitting_williams_front_track_to_a_clio_1.8_16v.pdf

He wouldn't tell the insurance about the 1.4...the engines are indentical...more so than trying to identify a 16v/williams and everyone gets away with swapping those. You'll get a 1.4 from just about any scrappy...between 40 and 60quid max to get it (+1.4 ECU). As for fitting, you could do it...

16v transplant at 17...? Expensive...

- Decat/stripping/straight-through centre section will give you about +5bhp and be reasonable nippy. - Fitting a 1.4 will give +20bhp over your std 60bhp and is cheap to do as its the same basic engine. - Headwork/cam/1.8SPI on the 1.4 will see close, if not more than 100bhp. - Fitting a 1.6...

How much you got to spend? Cheap: strip the interior out, remove the IK, fit decat, fit straight through centre section Expensive: Buy 1.4 engine for 40quid and fit that, headwork, cam, 1.8 SPI TB More Expensive: Buy GTT/1.8 16v/Williams engine and fit that

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I wouldn't say no to Nick Reads old clio turbo - that was fairly "wikkid".

As i said, its easy - just find a PAS 1.2 with the same engine as yours and nick the bits.

yep, shady but they knew what they were doing.

Hillpower can map/setup a car on a rolling road. They also have a preset maps which just involve soldering a chip onto the ECU board so they don't actually need your car...like superchips but better maps.

Try asking on http://www.aberdeencruiser.com as one of the chavs on there will likely be able to tell you quickly. I know there used to be a place in Dyce called Power Systems who could fit/map aftermarket EMS's like OMEX etc on their rolling road...don't know if they still exist tho...

Fairly easy to do; Column/rack wise you'll need a PAS rack and steering column from any PAS clio (manual steering column is longer so won't fit on). Beyond that, AFAIK you'll have a DIET engine in your car where the pump bolts to the front of block - just find a wrecked one of those and...

Used ones are cheap...well under 50quid. Ask on www.retro-renault.com

Hillpower will chip your ECU if you send it off to them...spares ECUs can be had for peanuts at a scrappy if you don't want to be without your car.

Rip3z - that avatar makes me laugh!! Did you hear they both got beaten up in real life by their wives a week or so ago though? 8-|

no, GSF is http://www.gsfcarparts.com

Could be a lot of things...engine mounts, manifold hitting dogbone etc etc..

Reno is about 12quid IIRC.

No coilovers don't have progressive springs but they have helper springs with an adjustable platform between them and the main spring which does a similar job...this is what allows dampling rates/ride heights to be set as you can alter the force going to each. Fair enough though if thats what...

It's always going to be stiffer if you lower it as a shock has less travel to disapate energy from any impacts. Altering spring rates/poundages/using progressively wound springs (like on your coilovers) will give the impression of not being any stiffer as you've greater control over/altered...

Loony, you know as well as i do people have certain ways of talking. The fact this "greasemonkey" is using phrases "all you young lads" doesn't really imply hes going to come out with something as eloquent or descriptive as "if it's lowered and too stiffly sprung the handling will be worse...

^Agree with meggerman btw

Well it seems to me i'm the only person who sees where this mechanic is coming from. Perhaps he could have explained things a bit better but as i said, he no-doubt had other jobs to do rather than discuss the pros and cons of suspension v handling with this chap (who by the sounds of things...

Williams manifold is better for high-end torque. Fitting it to a 1.8 which is weak at low revs isn't really a good idea as it'll make low rev driving even worse on it. Valver manifold is a better design anyway than the williams item for fitting to either.

Hows he talking a load of b****cks?? It's all very well to start saying that handling won't be ruined providing "spring/damping rate are selected properly" blah blah but lets be honest, slapping a 200-odd quid APEX kit, selected from the finest shelves of ripspeed (or whatever), on your car...

Well if your you're going to be pedantic about it then yes. Not doubt if this mechanic had the time he'd have rolled out a blackboard and explained the physics and pro/cons of spring rates vs handling with accompanying diagrams. Sadly he no doubt had some work to get on with so was forced to...

Clearly hes referring to the fact that lowering a car generally means stiffer suspension which is unable to soak up bumps as well on country roads or uneven surfaces. Same as williams vs 172...williams handles better over rough roads due to a softer setup wheras a 172 will likely have the...

Yep, likely to be rocker cover gasket and easy to change....30mins max and no extra parts needed beside the gasket.

Why? You're not going to get that much more benefit running the megane head over a williams item...more hassle than its worth especially when you could spend money better in other places IMO.