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first shot is mega :) love the car as always (cough apart from the lead wheels, cough ;) )

Manifold wrapped, apologies for the two tone look, ran out of original wrap and failed to purchase the correct matching one to finish it! Plus I hate wrapping stuff so perhaps not the best job in the world but she'll do!

Sorry @r0ss172 I'm not at liberty to divulge that information....... But it's not good news, flol!!

Lol!! Just to look after it for me yeah @Daz. ;-)

Not updated this for well over a year, but the car sat mostly dormant last year due to the sill corroding to the point of MOT failure. As such to fix the problem I bought an RS2 inlet.....obviously! So over this winter I've been fitting that along with a few other bits an bobs. The new to do...

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i'm not massively up on Nikon gear, always been a Canon guy but for kit lens etc rattled off some decent captures with her so far, nicely :)

get the damn track car onto a track, also needs professional attention first however due to rot, lol!

nice! what camera did she treat you to?

@Matt Scarbro looks lovely matey, always wanted an mx5, maybe one day! Looks a laugh at Cadwell aswell, bit of a handful like, but everyone loves a bit of sideways!!

welcome chap, Clio's all good and well but I'm intrigued by the Honda powered mx, think we need details and pics of that ;)

Nice to see another mk1 in use! Plans sound good! About to do the 172 rear stub axle conversion on mine over the winter. Where did you get the uprated rear torsion bars from aswell?

tbh most of them died from either diff bearings or just straight up stripping gears whilst in gear

and I only did 16k or so in the car over that time.............. animal!

another thing to check is thermostat, where on the temp gauge is your needle sitting when the engine is warm? if its lower than '9' on the o'clock scale then stat is buggered and that can cause all sorts of running issues.

as above, its just the exacerbation of the gearbox issues, people who want a shorter throw tend to want it to change gear faster, hence it kills boxes. but that's usually more the mindset of the user than the car itself at fault. we all know to drive them with mechanical sympathy or pay the...

love it, love everything about it

oh and the damage the badger did over 10 years ago.......still there, both rads still holding strong for now!lol!! http://www.cliosport.net/threads/hit-a-badger-gutted.121503/

Yes mate, just clocked 160k other week @makavelli did the belts and clutch earlier this year so she's all set. Only thing really letting her down is small scab of rust on drivers rear arch and the usual stone chips up front. I'll get that lot sorted in the new year I reckon.

my other wheels are painted and mint, so wanting to keep them in decent nick. these are a bit scabby so just going to let them get completely ditched and then get them recoated next year if I decide to keep them!

White wheels on for winter..... the idiots choice! :tongueout:

It's not too bad for clearance tbh, think it'd make that but I reckon clearance behind engine to bulkhead would be an issue.

I used to run 15mm front 10mm rear on cooksport springs, no rubbing on standard wheels but rubbed on et36 15" wheels

booo!!!lol! more than me, not managed to get out at all this year :(

@MarkX how are the AR-1's performing out of interest, seems hard to find any sort of subjective review of them at the mo

love it, but fair whack of cash and not sure if I could get it to fit the Mk1 or not tbh

love the T5R's, mega motors estate flavour is the best though :)

welcome, I'm not far away, Belper area

as above, pads (RC6), tyres (Yoko's, Toyo's or Nankangs) and eibach springs on none worn standard shocks and you'll be onto a budgety winner Cup chassis is probably best canvas to begin with and sticking those bits above on is a hour or two's job max

what size lines does everyone use?