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i'll have to dig out his forum name, the irish boys love the emerald stuff!

no i'm not, i have naff all to do with that company since nov 07 ;) still the best exhausts there are! :rasp: manup otherwise i'll start calling you Ali!

well i'm sure if you spoke nicley to the chap on here who runs an emerald he might sell you a copy of his map ;) if not they will be able to send you a base map

yes, and also worth getting a yozza too ;)

1-2 hours to change a cambelt on a 172 cup? good luck with that! FOR THE 10000000000000000 TIME, MAKE SURE WHOEVER DOES IT HAS THE SPECIAL RENAULT TOOLS!

from memory the MRS is 9:1 and the vel satis is 8.2:1, i've got the info somewhere

i'd speak to emerald if you fancy some DIY work

light will come on at some point, its guaranteed

thats normal

(off topic) bloody Italian tat! Gallardo was sound as going up there (one caught fire on saturday, hence my trip!) F430 on the way back, knock knock knock, horrible! Passing cars = abuse! LMAO

technically my jibes at "cracking welds" is inaccurate, gayboy above is more correct, the weld is basically too hot and has weakened the surround material causing it to alter its crystal structure (ie become brittle) hence crackie crackie some shiznit like that, thats a stella fuelled answer...

its what i know fella, pisses me off when people buy something from a "big name" that is below par and bloody well shouldn't be!

drilled = pointless the fronts are a bit pricey to be honest, you can get brembo HC and DS2500's (the best all round pad there is IMO) for the same money rear go stock OE stuff and fit a set of braided lines, that's one of the best things you can do to the car

oh yeah i agree totally, excellent with sorting stuff out, i just gave up with them in the end, i look after an old M3 (E30) and its had 4 centre sections in 18months!!! now has a supersprint they need to turn down the welder, sad i can tell this from looking at the welds! :o

get a yozza, they're not as loud as uber gay lord Ali makes them out to be, at 80mph on cruise they're silent! he'd fall over if you shouted at him, raging shirt lifter so he is

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project mechanic? rig up merchant! ;)

yeah i fooking did! :rasp:

bore and stroke is the same IIRC, compression ratio is lower on the vel

which crack ***** came up with that idea!

1.2 16V? are you sure its head gasket? as its normal to have mayo under the oil cap!! get the coolant on a sniff tester

hub puller if you have one, if not big flat blade screw driver and lever it off, rotate, lever, rotate, lever etc etc

^get the rod bolts changed for ARP as soon as possible! they're a weak point

^na, big nylock fucker, 30mm IIRC

what the f**k are you playing at!

ooh maybe 4weeks when i'm in and skint! you know my views on AST, close but not there yet KW and H&R are both good, is this for the megane?

course it would!

you don't HAVE to run the max discs, they just seem to work well with the blues, the rest of the pads i wouldn't bother with the max

Northampton motorsport are around £250 too it takes me upto 3-4 hours sometimes, adjust this, adjust that, let customer go for a spin, readjust until customer is happy, etc etc, time consuming stuff!

touretts book of swearing comes in handy

£25 for a bearing, 1 hour per side approx