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I still love my white wheels, though keeping them clean is a real pain in the ass. I've just given them a clean and ceramic coat to hopefully help. Whilst there I notice the plastic spigot rings had fractured so I've ordered up some aluminium versions. Will likely loctite them to the wheels...

is there an actual date/time set for the announcement, or is it just a case of when it leaks?

The car drives amazingly in comparison to how it was. I didn't even think it was bad! Loads soother and soaks up the shitty roads nicely. Even took it for a blast on the M50, noisy but will sit at 70mph with little stress (y) Will give it some more use then get everything aligned

id see what codes it gives back and go from there, but id defo not be putting any load on it, just light cruising

might of missed it in the thread, are you slapping this setup on the current engine and sending it?

are you running it with boost too? or fitted but with the boost pipes off? has it got an ecu on with at least a turbo base map?

Superbowl tonight, I'm told they are dropping the news during the half time show 🤷‍♂️

Finally got around to doing the battery relocation. Renault have left a nice route to get the cable in to the boot. Found a half decent bracket on ebay and went at it. Only major issue was the battery monitoring system for the smart charging setup but got around that. Now I've got bags of room...

Insurance time again. Not as cheap as usual but adding in the engine swap bumped it a little. Still through Lancaster insurance as a broker. Mods declared, SDPC, 5k miles and 2 x sp30s for £144. I did try a few others, tried that new custodian insurance but they came in at nearly double

I did indeed. Though i haven't condemned it yet Initially on fitting it seemed to have the incorrect software and wouldn't work with the car. I have since pulled the data from it and re flashed the correct "RS" data to it, I just need a dry few days and some spare time to try it. so could...

I actually thought of doings similar if mine started to slip, one on top and one on the bottom, to clean/flush it all out with brake cleaner

fit 172 injectors and get a map at efi parts (y)

great bit of kit, very dangerous if you get it wrong though. id be tempted to swap just the tcu to start with on your original box, rather than going mad with the whole hog. Reno link will allow you to recalibrate it. Really no need if you cant feel or see the clutch slip (if it was even there...

the check antipollution error is related to so many things. Did you get a proper in depth diagnosis before hand? also the diag can tell you the thickness of your current clutch disks. Thickness is also only part of the issue, if one is contaminated it can also slip but still be full thickness...

I will try, barrels have been heavily coated in ceramic wax to try and keep them that colour.

i see it, fiesta on compomotives?

So I did a thing, well a few things tbh. As the discs were showing wear I opted to get myself some directional Alpine/Renaultsport bi material discs. They can sit there for a while, will prob slap them on before the track day in March. I also decided to try some new wheels. Id been playing...

I think its a failure on the pcb itself, the gears are very robust, and don't have any resistance. Also the gears that do the shifting in the box have very little too when you move them by hand. I think there maybe multiple failure modes, the capacitor swap didn't work for me but has for others...

Got some new pressed ali plates for the 8, the old ones were a bit faded and battered. New ones are thinner and flimsier than the originals but they will do (y) Need some brighter/warmer morning so I can use it for the commute. In other news ive had notification of postage of the custom gaz...

The daily driver keeps on plodding, just realised id have owned it 3 years this year (come July so still half a year off), and for me, that's a very long time. Decided to get the wheel off and check over the suspension. Have had an occasional, very slight sound of a failed top mount bearing...

After seeing the real Gordini measurements for the stripes I got annoyed with my work. Its now redone to spec (y) also received my springs and ball joints from meca parts France, so now just waiting on the shocks. On a side note I cancelled my order for over fenders and am now trying to order...

Went to take the car out to caffeine and machine today, and it let me down..... my fault it seems. One of the wires snapped off from the crank sensor plug, my poor workmanship in the past coming back to haunt me . Luckily the wife was driving the support Clio with the kids in, I had the laptop...

defo, going to ring around and see what i need to save up for a custom cage in there, if its still a little pricey there is an off the shelf OMP available

Been putting some limiter bashing miles on the car over the last few days. Been a blast, the car gets loads of love from others on the road and I think it actually shocks them (plus me and the wife) at how well it gets up and goes! once it gets on cam It'll shoot up and clip the limiter in 3rd...