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Well, fixed the driveshaft (cheers AndyRG) and went to Cadwell on Saturday. Rainy start, sliding all over on the RSR's but after sorting the misting issues got a reasonable morning session in the damp done. Then just before lunch the track began to dry so on went the slicks. Afternoon was...

nightmare job on the car, i usually do it with frame off (its always fallen nicely like that, car in bits proper :) ) but tbh you should be able to mole grip the side of the clamp and clamp it into pretty much the right location. if your struggling that much there must be something else amiss...

saw it on A6 other day near whatstandwell, giving it the big one coming over the bridge, bwarp!

lol, busted, no mate I've been far to lazy. i'll try find time this week :)

buy the right tools, sell them on after, done

mine runs single backbox and that's it and think it did 96 static iirc at bedford

agreed, I think they are god awful looking things, amazing how just changing the wheels and giving it a different colour ruins the car...and don't get me started on that interior

SUPRISE a pikie ;)

welcome tbh you pretty much have it covered, 3k is a healthy budget and should see a 'good' one and the main points of interest are the belts/dephaser history. after that its just usual things to watch for, wear and tear on components etc etc

it'll be easier and a better fix mate, helicoil on an engine mount is less than ideal and its a reasonably simple job to swap the cover over

probably not as if the other two bolts are tight then there wont be any play in that joint however if the rubber parts of the mounts are worn (not just that engine mount, but any of them) could be causing the issue. although usually you'll feel that through the whole car, not just the pedal so...

easiest way is get hold of another middle cambelt cover and bolt it on to replace the threaded one tbh

think there are 10 odd clios booked up yeah for this weekend, should be a giggle (around 7 meganes too and my personal favourite.........a reliant kitten!)

I know man I've done it several times and one wet evening session that began dry so I went into a lap on full slicks as it started smashing down. full slicks are okay when its damp if you keep heat in them but that was like noah's flood so rest of the lap before I could pull into the pits and...

love Cadwell, great vids. I hope weathers as good Saturday as I'm there for the full day :)

as above, the best thing you can do is take it on track as it is stock standard and firstly see if you enjoy track (no for everyone, even people who think they'd love it don't necessarily do so) and secondly as soon as you get the hang of it you'll instantly begin to notice the areas where the...

he/she must of cleaned it, everytime I've seen it its been fecking ditched!lol!

think I've seen that a couple of times, on the back road out towards Ripley parked on left coming out the village?

I think it cleans up the front well, however it comes with the risk of plod pulling you over (a risk I take)

wasn't so much at you rather than at my attempts to explain being a bit convoluted :) usually find parts finders on reg aren't great at the little differences like that, knowledge is power though so good call coming to the forums and hope you get sorted :)

yes as you say, its the centre section on the early ones that's longer as the cat is shorter. for yours with the 2 lambdas you need the short centre section as your cat is longer, rofl!

Cheers Ph1 Tom I'll give them a call :)

After the rolling road, I removed my front springs to measure them up (incorrectly as it turns out) to spec up some new firmer ones in doing so I noticed my shiny new subframe was coated in a thin film of oil/grease of some sort. not loads, but some. So bit of poking about and I found this...

basically the phase 2 172 and twin lambda phase 1 172 systems are the same fitment, only the early single lambda phase 1 172 systems are different (longer)

treid Faulkner, nothing on the website (planned on buying from there) but I may ring them if not I'll have to bite the bullet and go European :(

they could well be, where can I get them from? if they aint the usual 2.25 or 2.5?

I have FK coilovers that run 2.5" ID springs in 7" flavour. they also have 3" helper springs I want to buy some higher lb springs for track use, so my question is what's my best option? leave the standard helpers in there and buy the 375lb I want in normal 7" fitment. Or should I buy some say...

I was only 0.7 behind in my lowly botched up 172 mk1 :P

calling in the debt so soon ;)

I tend to use old ginetta race slicks, dunlops or Michelins, usually medium compound and fit is usually 19/58 or 20/60 iirc.