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Has anyone got a photo of a standard wishbone and a cup wishbone side by side?

I've seen this done before where you can spray the inside of the headlight black which I want to do to my Ph1 172. Has anyone done this and if so is there a guide?

Also handy for weight saving exercises ;)

The turbo takes a lot of noise out compared to an N/A engine. I'd go for something that is moderately loud like a twin silencer yozza as the turbo will reduce the dB output and it should sounds quite nice.

Lol she'll be using it too, it's my 2nd/weekend car.

I know how much the stuff weighs! I've done it on a couple of cars in the past but they were purely loud track biased cars so it didn't really matter if it made the car noticable noisier. My main concern is road noise intruding the cabin. The Mrs won't like it...

Has anyone removed the sound deadening and tar pads but retained a full interior? I'm looking to lighten the car without loosing front/rear seats, carpet, door cards, dash etc. If so I was wondering has it made the cabin noticably louder inside or not?

Tidy! Lucky guy having parents like that! For my 21st my parents went on holiday and completely forgot about my birthday.

Out of interest were these reprofiled or billet?

FLOL at 60bhp loss through the drivetrain... How do you find it drives now? And what is your torque output/curve like?

I'm assuming the gearbox mount needs work, a hydraulic clutch conversion and fitting the 6 speed gear linkage and cables too?

I've come up against a couple on track and been very impressed by them. I'd have bought one over a Clio had it not come down to price. When I sold my car I used most of it to clear monthly outgoings rather than put into another car otherwise I'd have gone for a R26. That said the Clio is a bit...

I've been looking at the Quaife (and had a heart attack) as I love how it altered my Fiesta turbo but I only do a couple of trackdays each year so I'm not sure I'd see the benefit of it for what it would cost me. The Quaife in my iB5 box cost £400 and was only used for running in on a race car...

I would have bought a Focus RS but I've always had Fords so having a break from them. The Clio was the best all rounder for me in terms of price, features, handling and with the 230bhp turbo kit fitted it shouldn't be too slow either. It retains the aircon and at the price I've sorted its nearly...

Looks great. Can't wait to see it in the flesh

Spot on for fast road imo. Just fitted a set I bought off here and I'm very happy with them. Alternatively if your shocks are good the Cooksport springs have had some very good feedback when paired with Cup dampers

Good tyres and rear ARB. I'm tempted by 4 pots too, specifically the 295mm kit by Jamsport. Not bad for £700 tbf

Gave it a clean and fitted some clear side repeaters Harnesses look good Emma :)

Can I fit the cup wishbones and front roll bar to my Ph1 172 to increase caster and roll stiffness?

Haha! I'm not sure if they will take it out of the car or not tbh. I never asked with mine as I was taking the box out myself. Maybe worth asking though.

With their bare hands, yes

Reprofiled cams don't make any more noise, they are fine. No different to any other cams up to a point and then the hydraulic lifters can't cope with how much material has been removed from the cams, then you need solid lifters. But there's nothing wrong with reprofiled cams :) I've seen...

How well do these run on the standard ECU and does anywhere do a remap for them?

Try www.gears.tv they done rebuilds for me previously for £200 and sort collection

I was considering these instead of a set of AD08 being £20 cheaper per tyre in 205/50/15

Anyone tried these? http://www.mytyres.co.uk/cgi-bin/rshop.pl?details=Ordern&cart_id=1143852.110.8623&typ=R-219051&ranzahl=4&Breite=195&Quer=50&Felge=15&Speed=V&weiter=60&Ang_pro_Seite=20&sort_by=groesse&Transport=P&dsco=110&sowigan=So They are available in 205/50-R15 for £79 too

The guy I deal with has done a couple of F4R heads, and the reply on gains were, and I quote. "12 bhp on a standard engine and 18 on a modified engine on ITB's" I'd be interested to see the before and after graphs for those engines. On my zetec the biggest difference I noticed apart form the...

I ran a Pipercross airbox on an old engine of mine. Worked ok and helped keep the noise down too

Yes, although for the rpm range most road cars work at I doubt the 4-2-1 will restrict top end but it will help mid range. That's why I'm tempted to change but are the gains worth it. Renault obviously thought it was worthwhile having spawned the 182 but how much of that is down to the manifold...

Well if flow is anything to go by there are significant improvements possible http://www.cncheads.co.uk/?p=777 On the Zetec engines I'm used to tuning I've had 12bhp increase at the wheels in back to back testing with 270deg and 10.8mm lift cams. The F4R runs a decent duration and lift so I'd...