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yeah, but if you have a dash loom with the uch connecter sod all in the interior of the car will work as pretty much everything runs through it

yeah it is possible i have seen it before,, but its more common on the pressure side as the oil is effectively being pulled through

yeah thats normal that will be out of the breather a small amount of oil is normal on the pressure side too

no. he is talking about the boost pipes, you'll have one that goes from the turbo to the inlet manifold via intercooler if fitted and one that goes to the airbox quite big pipes take the pressure one off of the inlet manifold and try what i said chances are it will throw oil at you

ask to speak to matt. i know for a fact he has a cup in stock as im having a few bits off it

yeah common across all the vag cars done a couple on tt's now

and yeah up/down movement is fine but end float will cause problems

just pull the boost pipe off (pressure side) start it up and rev it if it covers you in oil your turbo is shot

no only because of 1 lower gearbox mount that bolts to the 172 subframe but i have just drilled the hole in my old subframe

right on my way to work thismorning i sussed that the plan i suggested wouldnt work as camber would be out too far to correct splines do match up,, but the only way i can really do it without widening track is make brackets up to fit the 172 calipers so i have set about this shame really as i...

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putting the best parts of the 2 parts together on my conversion.. does anybody know if the.... 1.2 subframe, wishbones, shafts ( to keep narrow track) will work with 172 hubs shocks and brakes? ie will the splines on the cv joints of the 1.2 shafts match up to the 172 hubs? going to...

blueprinting is exactly what it says it is the engine is built to a set of blueprints set out by a race class etc so say the class dictates no more than x bore size you would make sure you are bang on that measurement same with port sizes etc etc its basically just getting as close to the...

240 quid a month? im 18 and pay 60 quid a month

o ring that goes on the high pressure pipe is a nice touch

just coat the threads properly with copper grease and you'll be fine

dont know, but if you do need a sport one (provided i can get them out) ive got two for sale

yeah bolt the crank pulley back on, the crank/cams arent keyed on that engine and to time it up you need the tdc pin to get tdc on number one and a cam setting plate on the back of the cams or just tipex the cam pulleys i tend to do that to save taking the cover off

yeah as said i know hes straight down the line, just a huge hassle that i'd like to get sorted asap if you know what i mean

yeah im sure he will be ok ive got no real worrys with him just a bit surprised he sent me it out like that. thought after telling me how he would check it over etc. he would have atleast put a spanner on the crank to see if the thing turned over.

lol, think i've got the engine out of it in my garage

rather serious problem with my 172 engine i received today and would like to speak asap. cheers

if i put you on to the supplier can i have a 500 quid cashback off my conversion ;) yeah, just want the electric rack working as a temporary measure and im going to fit a manual rack once ive replenished the piggy bank

switch the ac off see if it goes away (if you have it)

hmm no quick fix to it? just want to get it running i've asked matt to sort out a cup setup if possible but im just looking at options. how is it done with the cup setup though as with the cup i'll just be ditching the ac i'll still need to sort a shorter belt and some sort of idler where the...

just a quickie i know alot of people have deleted the PAS pump from the 172 belt system how did you go about it also how the hell did you go about sourcing a belt cheers something along these lines? might aswell just leave the ac pump there use it as a pulley

that part is the hub flange and if you do get one you will need a new wheel bearing and a press to seperate the old one and fit the new one

can somebody do me a huge favour and let me know the part numbers and retail prices for a F4R cambelt kit with all required seals end caps etc etc. want to order it from renault tommorow and last time i used renault the partsmen were absolutely useless and refused to even try to help without a...

get the aim checked too

just a thought.. the heat sheild??? why not try fixing that and see if the noise goes could be lots of things that are knocking