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Top it up an start the car with the cap off an turn the steering lock to lock a few times, this should get any air out an then refit the resivoir cap.

Looks great mate, really got a soft spot for these st's an that colour is great.

I used to work for Volvo, did my apprenticeship with them at there training centre, seen these things come in with near 300k on the clock. Awesome barges.

Went for a spot of Breakfast at Beehive farm with the missus an her parents an spotted the 182 just down the road. Had a CS sticker in it.

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Looks good man, just read the while thread. Certainly have me inspiration. Looking forward to seeing the outcome of this. Keep it up.

If it ain't in the manifold it won't run right, it'll have one hell of an air leak!

Lovely mate, these are getting more an more thin on the ground.

I'll be there, certainly get a few snaps for myself. Love the colour

Love it, remind me of when I was a kid an me late uncle had a few of these an a sapphire Cossie. Awesome mate

Had a similar problem on me dads old espace years ago, intermitant starting till one day it cut out, there pretty cheap from Renault iirc

I've just checked auto data to see ir it has the engine specifications e.g. rod length, stroke, piston details an crank details. It doesn't but i'll checI the Renault manual I have

Re: My Budget Track Project. (GTI-6 Ph1) Love a good 6, a work colegue has just brought a phase 3 I've done a few bits on (Cambelt etc) keep it up

Sounds like it could be, have you got a spare key you could try?

The Clarke ones are good, especially if your gonna be chucking it in an out of cars (I have one myself) but the Arcana one is better built an more stable. I have both lol The Arcana does go higher though an lifts more but it weighs a ton itself lol

Similar to a laminova then, pretty sure my 197s like that

Do you run a cooler on your race car Tony?

Nice :) looks good on the darker wheels.

Take it your going to run a thermostatic sandwich plate with the cooler? Over cooling oil can be just as bad as over heating oil.

Tbh your gonna want a meter really an start with the basic's like I said. Take it the battery is all good? Tbh just keep driving to a minimal, or just keep it off the road until you drive it to the garage.

Awesome find, it looks great on them too. 15's over 16's any day, look more purposeful ;)

Have you checked the charge rate of the alternator? Possible knackered regulator?

Another vid of his old mk 1 folks too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljA29BdJzro&feature=plcp

Thats right, we were only hoping for around 170bhp cause his last mk1 1.8 16v on twin 40's only made 160bhp ish. It really does move though an the carbs sound great. Yeah he wants it to look a little more old school which i think the grill an trim will do aswell an dropping the it to sigle...

To be honest getting and engine in itself is a breeze, biggest thing we had to work was the ignition system really an seeing as we only needed it to control the spark, hence why we used KR ecu (early one as it has a more aggressive ignition curve) but that killed 2 birds with one stone an saved...

Well here goes Day 1 (stripping the mark1) boxes of bits everywhere engine out Day 2 stripping the mk3 donor, brought for 300 quid with 12months mot We made a bit of a mess but it was all done an packed away before his missus got home (she doesn't agree with it lol)...

Few more pics of the completed car, a few more things to put on it like an early mark 1 grill an chrome trim an replace the the black trim down the side with the chrome on too The wheels are proffessor split rims (genuine splits) Currently uploading more to photobucket so stay tuned

Piper tbh, always been a nice fit an nice sound

Yeah i'm gonna post up some of the build an the finished product. As for the Carbs the main reason was that the manifold is readily available an its tried an testrd really an the manifolds for the bike Carbs usually contain rubber joiners to join the Carbs to the manifold which looks abit naff...

Well for the past couple of months been helping me mate build his most cabby, I'm a mechanic by trade an be likes getting stick in so when there's some knowledge needed or he gets stick I'm there lol. Here's a quick video of it on the rollers today having its Carbs tweeked...