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Afternoon, When fitting a 225 eng & box in to a 172, would the downpipe for a turbo conversion kit from ED fit? or best to get one custom made, i shall be using the standard servo? also who does everyone use to get their custom shafts made, looking for a tried and tested supplier Thanks again Nick

We've had some crappy weather recently so its nice to see the coilover covers doing their job properly :smile: Don't suppose you remember the length you ordered on the covers do you? Thanks Nick

Can you not fit the outer and inner cv joints to the car without the shafts, and jack it up, then rest it down on its wheels on say four ramps, then you can measure the exact length youll need, you might get away with machining say 5 to 7 mm of each end

i've got the yanoo 1.0 with brass bushes, cheap and works perfectly, not to stiff and very precise, well worth buying

The handbrakes on these cars are shocking, everything brake wise on my cup is brand new but the handbrake isn't up to much, its the same design they had on the r5 turbo, and they were very poor also back in the day, they work but not very good

Just use it and maintain it like any other car, life is far to short and you'll likely regret not just having fun with it and worrying about what it will be worth when your 69, get rid of the yellow one and go and enjoy it, that's what it was made for, I just rebuilt the full underside of my...

That either needs a new bumper, or you could repair it with fibre glass and start again needs

Something I dislike about the Clio also having been used to my old Honda gearstick on the dash

Take the hose to pirtek or a similar company in they'll make you a new there in then in 10 minutes

Who made your shafts?

who's your nearest specialist? whoever they are i'd contact them and explain your situation with the car waiting to be sold, im sure they would help/sort you out, check all pipework for leaks is where i would start, i'd also have someone with a multimeter check the injectors/ fuel pump and...

if the shocks are badly worn then it'll never handle as it should, i would have them all replaced, standard renault cup ones are very cheap for these cars

all handbrake cables are black, they dont come with the coloured covers anymore

no just cut the kinked section/area out and tape the pipe back together to see if it sorts the issue, if it does then carry out a permanent repair :)

just cut the damaged section out and stick it back together in see what happens, looks to be some sort of vacuum pipe

Subscribed, will be watching this thread as I plan on doing the same with the same management also, don't want to run a pedal box though, good luck

Yeah but you can never be sure one isn't failing, also might give you an idea on which cylinder your having issues with

First thing i would of checked is the plugs

It most likely will be wear and tear, I fitted the yanoo kit with brass bushes (fast road kit 1) and it feels so much better and precise, its tight once fitted but loosens up after a few miles, think it was around £50/60 quid or so

Fit cage, seats, harness's, buy tyres and get on the track

I'd guess someone's had the car out a test drive, and driven it very hard resulting in rod failure I'm afraid

hows best to paint the inlet without painting the lettering?

I used gtechnic on my 172 on all exterior plastics including front grills, they were slightly faded having never been treated before, but now look like brand new and will not need looking at for at least a year which suits me perfectly

The tie bars for a 172 cup are longer than standard 172,s, pretty sure they are 310mm long, I ordered some qh ones a few months back of eBay, I'd need to check my emails,

Buy any of the kits, it's only a slight modification to the pipe work required which is not rocket science

grab selector and put it in fifth gear (twist fully to drivers side and pull towards rear of the car) then slide the clamp over and position it in 5th gear from under the car, then just nip the bolt up, 10 minute job

give them a little heat and they'll come undone no problem at all :)

Remove the home made bolt holding the swing arm, lubricate it and work up and down, it's likely seized, I was having the same issues so just renewed the whole lot, pipes,flexi's, compensator, callipers etc all round, should be trouble free for a few years

Cnut looks like he needs a bath, mink!

Inner ones are a ball ache to change, good luck