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Update. Had the car 5 months now done 3,600 miles so far and am still very much enjoying driving/ owning it. CS Surrey Rolling Road day last Saturday, where she made good power/ torque, a few pics of the M2 and RR graphs below.

Dodgy thermostat can cause these symptoms.

Better cold start, raised rev limit, and can be used as a diagnostic too. So for the money they’re very good! I had good customer service from Henk too.

Lol. 😂

Yes mate :wink:

It’s totally standard mate on 3,500 miles... It’s making 47 ft/lb over book figures!

The car looked good yesterday! LSD is well worth the money, probably the best mod I’ve done to my 172.

As above. I have just ordered some BC DR 8kg/ 8kg springs, and solid top mounts for my 172 to replace my H&R coilovers.

Looks great!

I was going to link ACW too, IIRC they’re quite a bit cheaper than Plastics 4 Performance.

http://www.plastics4performance.com/window-kits-windscreens.html?brand=148&model=449

Good figures! I would also take my 172 to EFI for mapping. Having group N timing doesn’t really cost any more money. My understanding is you just need the group N timing tool when you change the cambelt.

Would the 197 cams need group N timing to achieve similar power figures?

Good figures! I am due another cambelt change next year, so probably chuck some 421/438s in at the same time.

Looks great mate!

My Tpi polarised bolts rusted pretty quickly.

I'll either run my 172 or M2.

I can see why, It's probably the ' best' car I've owned to date Dan. Very simple to look after/ service, had ours for nearly 7 years and it's so cheap to run/ maintain and very reliable. it'll do 50+ mpg, and once moving is pretty quick (fairly certain the previous owner remapped it) Loads...

Great cars/ engines. Mine is on 132k now!

I haven't. TBH the rattle doesn't bother me.

The static test at Goodwood is easy to pass (like most uk circuits) I was also well under with my 172/ PMS exhaust system. However I got black flagged after one lap, after pinging all the sound metres around the track.

Looks great mate!

Me too. ;)

Sounds good. I missed the last one, so haven't had the 172 on the rollers for a while.

Itb's all day for me.

I have a Sonos playbar. Good bit of kit tbh.

I have a lifeline QR very good, but not cheap.

Looks great!

One of the best mods I have done to my 172, so it's a yes from me.