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on a 1.2 16V with no aircon
cambelt kit 7701476745 £83.56+vat
water pump 7701478923 £50+vat
aux belt - about £10
plus about 3hours labour for that lot to fit, plus engine coolant at about £15
172/182 waterpump
7701473365 £60.43+vat, but i'm 99% sure its the same as a 1.9D clio mk1...
if you have ABS your car has a sensor on each wheel
what reg is it (PM it me and i'll tell you the part number)'
oh and stop being a skin flit and buy stuff from a proper shop! ;)
who cares, you pays your monies, you make your choice, don't need any forum bashing
Ben's kit is just about ready does over 310bhp on the test car
GDI's aircon kit in still in development and hasn't been tested but looks proper bo
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anyone ever seen the Guinness slogan? "GOOD THINGS...
remove entire passenger front corner (just take it off in 1 piece, unbolt the lower ball joint and pull the hub, strut and driveshaft out in 1 go)
undo lower box mount and dog bone
drop subframe, don't have to completely remove it
the rest is easy enough, i remove the starter
watch out for the...
no problem with the flywheel or clutch on the RS (apart from the stock OE clutch exploding if it gets too hot and blowing the bell housing apart)
the gearbox is generally weak, do not rush the gear changes
s**t discs i found during testing, they lasted a day and were cracked to f**k
looks is the last thing you should care about
brembo HC's are stock discs, how can that look ugly?
i get your point, but performance comes first
there is info in the handbook on approved wheel/tyre sizes IIRC
when i lived in Sweden it was law to have winter tyres fitted between i think Nov 1st until March 1st, great idea, but a set of wheels and tyres was £800 for the cheapest set (the studded tyres were even more!) but you would get...
when slowing down from high rpm you brake with your big toe, blip the throttle with the little toe and down shift, you basically match the engine rpm to the box rpm of the lower gear = smooth seamless downshift
compared to the average person's down shift of clutch in, down a gear, clutch up =...
it can take the power, it just doesn't like being walloped through the gears on traffic light grandprixs! heal and toe seems to help the boxes last longer too