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yesterday I went out with the car after 4 day of resting (the car that is..) and noticed that the engine (while still cold) had the tendency to cut of fuel under acceleration, not too bad but you could feel it
Then I stopped to hear it idle for a while and it was obvious I had a problem, the...
So let's start the story since last spring when I had an accident. a pretty nasty one. about 4k were spent to fix the car, the left front end was damaged (headlight, lower arm, subframe, front bumper, a small dent in the roof above the upper corner of the door, and some other smaller stuff, as...
in my case cleaning wasn't the issue, everything was super clean out there, the trick is to slice about 0,5 mm at each end of the rubber cylinder, this way it will move side to side freely somehow.. it worked 2 times already
After having some problems with one of the two and payed around 60 quid to change it I finally sort out what was wrong with it.
Basically you could hear it whine but no liquid came out..
To fix the damn thing you have to remove it and take it apart
If someone experiences problems ring a bell...
was a week ago with my 182 at a renault dealer to fit my rear shocks and a 197 was there on the elevator with the front wheels removed.. I got a chance to study it's suspension, the brembo's closely and what can I say.. It definitely moved forward from the 1*2, the suspension design, the huge...
mine is the same, but for sure it came out like this from the factory, I've just installed a brand new ARB and the old one was fine in the area which could have been in contact with the manifold.
the fork is rubbing on the release bearing, this is what I've seen when changed the clutch recently. the mechanic greased the contact area with copper based grease and guess what: problem solved
and guess again: it came back 2 days later.
what bothers me is how on earth a friend of mine's 172...
mine doesn't! it bites about half way down
also having a problem:
with the engine running and the car standing, pressing and holding down the clutch while engaging 1st gear and revin' to above 5000 the car tends to pull away slightly.
after that it smells like burned clutch obviously..
I would...
also having problems with the gearbox myself.
1-big crunches when changing fast at high revs from 1st to 2nd and 2nd to 3rd
2-standing still, engaging 1st gear and while holding down the clutch and revin' the engine above 5k the car pulls slightly ahead and then it smells like burned clutch...
I fitted the k-tec solid ones and it definitely cured the noise, the turn in seems to be sharper, also have the impression it cured a little bit the understeer. a good upgrade and they look good
182 anthracite wheels are about 9,6-9,8 kilos, can't remember exactly but for sure they're not lighter than 9,6. the speedlines turini are about 8,8 kgs each.
so if you want some significant weight reduction go for ultraleggeras (16"- 6,6 kg)
that I don't know but it looks like stock to me, anyway that is just one of the 182's I've been looking at and they all appear to be the same.
any chance I could find some factory specs regarding this?
:(
check this one out though:
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=422742&highlight=182+pics
first picture upper left corner. it looks lower than mine and not so down forward, I may be paranoid now but that is what I see :(
My car is 45k at the moment, his is about 53k, so could this difference add that much wear to the springs?
wheel size wise the difference is about 5mm i (overall diameter)
yes he has a spare wheel but can this drop his back 3-4 cm down? :-/
i've checked some pics of other 182's and they appear...
I've met a guy today and his 172 is a lot lower in the back, the front is the same as mine as you can see in the pics. he says his car is on stock suspension and mine is also, so how come mine is so high??
I've measured mine in front directly under the front splitter and it is 14 cm off the...
can you detail this procedure once again? I tried this and it seems that I did it the wrong way.. I'm also having the loose pedal thing and the clutch won't disengage properly, it has a low biting point and if I hold it in 1st gear, standing still with the clutch pedal to the floor and...
I've been driving with the K-tec ones for 10 days now and this is how they work:
the horrible full lock knocking is now history
It seems like I have much less understeer than before, also fitted Hankook RS-2 on the front at the same time with the mounts, and maybe the increased front grip comes...