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oh really' thats a bit sketchy thanks for the info ill jus have to save up for a propper remap then !! cheers for the heads up

hey been lookin on the rarely useful ebay today n noticed an abundance of eprom ecu chips - i assume they involve openin your ecu n removing the existin chip n changin it with the one they supply - is this basically wot a remap would do anyway ??? n does anyone no if these things r any good -...

hey anyone no of any reliable specialist renault breakers round the london herts bucks sorta area - looking for a 172/182 engine loom gearbox etc - or poss. a 2.0L turbo out of a laguna (if it'll fit - does anyone know) cheers

sod it jus spoke to him again seems i've totally got the wrong end of the stick !! gonna cost a bomb esp power to cost gains. thinking of an engine transplant instead!!!

i been chattin to a guy my old man knows - he does alot of big american tuning on drag cars etc n technically as long as i can mount the supercharger somewhere - in line with the aux belt i might be ok keepin existing fuel pump etc but obviously that will seriously limit the inc in power (thats...

yeah but that takes out half the fun n i dont really wanna be selling my car after the cash i spent out on it jus to but another one n do it all again - its only done 65000 miles genuine im 2nd owner from new the first bein a very subdued girl so it'd neva been blitzed (until i got it anyway)...

yeah i suppose thats fair enough i can only speak from my point of view, whereby i have good contacts with local towing companies and am only 3rd party fire n theft - so if i mash my own car its upto me - if i hit someone else my insurance aint gonna be lookin at my car n if someone hits me its...

Hey i remember a while ago someone saying they were lookin at superchargin their 1.6 16v clio usin a charger off a cooper s. Jus wondering if anyone knows if he managed it, as im lookin for a bit of a project over the summer n think that might be it. Jus lookin into costs and whether its...

tbh my old mans in the motor trade n the time it takes for an insurance assesor to reach yo car u could probably take it to bits and rebuild it most of the time. Most decent local garages will be able to change anything over n if u front end it badly whose to say the airbox didnt jus break up in...

cheers im gonna get onto it tomorro

so an external capacitor wont help at all, n the internal suppression is jus down to an internal capacitor, is that summit i could do myself, i did electronics a level so am used to pcb soldering n stuff n ill check out that ground loop isolator thing for the 6x9's, any idea if that'd work for...

any idea wot these other issues might be - other than my drivin style ;)

already checked that thread the picture in the diagram is exactly hwo mine is wired, it used to work fine until one of em fused when the output cables fused, i think i've probably blown the suppressors in both amps coz their on a common power supply n the cheap one - connected to the sub-...

i bought a set of the orange pro sprint around x mas and after bout a month i noticed these weird discolourations appearing on the non painted part of the wheels, i rang r-tec where i bought em from n they told me the batch i bought had a problem with the lacquer n it was lifting. bout 2 days b4...

hey ive got a 1999 1.6 16v clio, ive owned it for about a year now and have gone through 2 lower engine stabilisers already !!. i drive the car hard but even so i cant understand y these keep goin, ive changed all the other engine mountings and gearbox mountings so i cant think its these causin...

Hi im running two amps off a common power supply via a large fused splitter, the other day my sub cables came off n shorted the amp, unfortunatly its a s**t one so blew the protection circuit, i got it repaired but now the other amp is picking up interference - from the alternator?- and when i...

no engine management light on tink it might be summit like a lamda sensor but my mates run his golf without one b4 and said it ran ok jus alot of soot out the exhaust

i got a 1.6 16v and got the same rattle from the cat but u wanna get it sorted coz now mines totally collapsed and basically undrivable no power at all.

Hi dunno if any1 can help but whenever i drive my car recently it seems to have developed a flat spot at botu 2500rpm and really struggles to pull through it and it feels guttless and idles really rough and kinda 'poppy' out of the exhaust any ideas coz i cant get it over 40 and need to drive...

hi does anyone know what dip beam headlight bulbs wil fit my car, its got the projector headlights on it. all the listings say 472 but it def aint them any ideas cheers

na as far as i no they should go straight on if the suspensions stock

yeah ill give that a go but had a few problems with e bay recently so a bit wary with using them again, if anyone else knows of anywhere please let me no as mine has collapsed to need to sort it soon cheers

yeah ok, wot happends to the lamda sensor then

Anyone if you can get a decat pipe for a 1.6 16v clio (1999) and if so where i can get one and if ill need to get my ecu chipped for it to run properly cheers

depends if the car is still under warranty, some warranties specify authorised renault only, if it aint then your fine, jus remeber jus b coz some one;s got overalls on don make em a good mechanic!!!!

I wanna fit a set of pro race 1.2 16" wheels on my 1999 clio (1.6 16v) any idea how much i need to lower it by to get it to sit right, 35mm i can get away with springs but 60mm ill need new dampers as wel? any1 got any idea???

yeah it depends the audiobahn 15's can be picked up cheap but their botu 200 retail, plus 2 monitors and presumably a dvd player with av splitter, if he payed retail it all adds up and the cost of wiring which is dam pricy if u get good stuff, it all depends how good a quality he wanted it cant...

U got at least 2k's worth of gear in there depending on headunit and the output of the amp, quality of component speakers etc, plus fitting costs which if done well is gonna be allot less u do it yo self

yeah its the same as the RSi that came out a yr l8tr but without half leather, it'll hav a vtr and bout on par wit a zetec s so not bad im only 19 so anything quicker would be killer on insurance

cheers fella u'd be suprised ad a couple of places saying i'd get away wit springs coz its a sport model but demon tweeks and k tec reckoned springs and dampers jus wanted to make sure