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Thanks guys, If I find one that fits I'll post where I got it from on here for future reference.. Giles

I was investigating a fuel smell and discovered one of the o-rings has cracked on the plastic clips that attach the fuel line to the fuel rail. Any suggests where I could buy one? Do you think Renault will sell one or will I have to buy a new line? I'm taking the girlfriend away for the weekend...

I got std renault discs and mintex pads for the rear for £120 from ebay I image you could get std pads and discs for the front for about £80 I paid £105 with brembo HC's and std pads from GSF Didn't want the hassle of squeaks and the extra brake dust..

Finally got round to ordering my new front and rear discs and pads.. £120 OEM rear discs and mintex pads collected (deal on Ebay with bearings and speed ring fitted) Front Brembo HC and OEM pads from GSF ~£105 delivered Anyway is it ok to press the front caplier piston back or do I need to...

Thanks guys i'll keep looking for the bits.. Its really the front bumper that I need and I'll make sure I check daily on ebay now.. i'll keep looking for the bits.. I might take you up on the offer of the front splash guard.. I'll just wait to see what I can get with the front bumper when I...

Unfortunately had a bit of an incident on some ice the other day on a round about...:o Need a front bumper and associated splash guards.. I have had a quote from a local body shop for £2200 if I put through insurance and I am worried they would right off the car., That would be new wings...

I've got a OBD cable for my car, which comes with some generic software that lets you monitor the engine sensors and lets you view and delete faults.(though my car doesn't have any warning lights at the moment so not sure if that works or not) I'm in Brazil at the moment but will have a play...

Ben, I agree £400 is out of the question in this country, but in China, I would suggestion that you could get one made for that sort of money.. Its amazing the quality of finish and the machinery available there 3rdish world countries. Have you ever considered this? Giles

1000 L/second thats a 24L engine at 5000rpm or a 2L at 60000rpm:D

Northampton, so probably a bit far away. Have a big sheet of insulating matting coming on Monday so will have a bit of a play. Sadly away in Germany and Hungary for the next couple of weeks. Budapest just amazing in the summer..;) Giles p.s Does anybody know exactly where the intake...

I have an ODBII to serial cable which lets me monitor and log certain channels on the car via a laptop. I have a few excel graphs of the data but not sure how to post them.. planning a bit of a sicence experiment with the airbox Giles

Posted some temperatures yesterday for a standard mk1 . 32 degrees ambient These are the intake temperature in the plenum. 70 degrees during heat soak 60 Degrees around town 50 Degrees on a good blast down the dual carriage way. Think you really need a fibrous type insulator as its...

Chaps, Thought you might be interested in the following Did a bit of a test yesterday with my Mk1 172 and for an ambient of 32 degs I was reading 70 intake temp during heat soak 60 degrees driving round town and 50 degrees giving it a good blast down a private test road... (speed is in Km/hr...

If I wiggle the wires under my passenger seat the light goes out.. Haven't got round to checking all the connections yet... But should solve the problem once I find the loose one. Giles

I have ordered a obd11 cable and software that should allow me to log the plenum temp and other engine parameters(hopefully). I have a MK1 172 which has a fairly good std airbox( the cylinderal airfilter) though poorly insulated. I also have a Hillpower induction kit I plan next week and plan to...

Gents/Paul I have just bought a second had hillpower airbox and was probably going to buy a matched plenum.. I was going to leave the exhaust as std for now, but think it would probably be worth a retune now and next summer when I get around to doing the exhaust.. If I was to get a "group...

Just wondering if anybody knows how many black 172 Mk1 were sold in the UK? I haven't seen many about.. Giles

When I get round to it(well find one of my books on heat transfer) I will try and do some calculations to get a rough idea of the increase in temperature the entire intake system has. if you can reduce the intake temp by 10deg C it should equate to ~ 3% more dense air so a similar increase in...

Chaps, I have read that you can reduce the intake temperature a fair amount with a insulated gasket. What is the std one like? Cheers Giles

Weighed a few items last night on bathroom scales (all Mk1) Spare wheel ~ 15.8 jack pack ~ 4.2 (jack wheel brace etc) Rear seat lower and head rest 8.4kg Thats all the info I have so far.. Rear seats backs and seat belt must be close to 10kgs Sounds like the standard seat are 22kgs Giles

Thanks for the info. will look into the hillpower option Mine doesn’t actually have a panel filter its got a cylinderical 1 in which is almost 10” long and about 4.5” in diameter looking on the website BH-203 is the part number for a mark 1 car, has anybody used one of these, I assume this...

Hi guys, Just got my MK1 172 on Monday and thinking about doing some insurance friendly mods, Was having a look last night at the air box and would like to retain this as it seems alight, was thinking I might look at attaching some heat shielding but was wondeirng if it is possible to get a...