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ahh okie well the hiss could be coming from an air leak in that area, clever tool I made nd is so useful, get ahold of a stethoscope cut the end of you would place to the heart, nd get a THIN piece of hollow ally tube nd stick it up the end. You can you this to listen to parts of your engine nd...
Re: The Black clio Project, From Day 1.
Ahh that's a real shame, hey ho lol I'm kind of starting off on my Clio si you may be getting some messages of how did you do that from me ha.
Just an idea hissing maybe coming from the join where the inlet manifold joins the head? also I'm sure you have but check all the bolts around the head and airbox nd inlet etc.
clutch, if you did it urself did you make sure it was lined up correctly? (not trying to insult you us an idea)...
I've got a 1.2 16v, Its cammed nd the heads been gas flowed and ported, induction kit, ktec exhaust, ktec rear strut and bigger brakes. I done all the head my self as that's my job lol so didn't cost me a thing!!! Cam.was only 100 nd its fast road piper cam. Dont care what anyone says this is...
ahh i see cool cool id love to learn i bit about proper mapping lol as you know it doesnt happen very often here, its all ignition timing carbs jets ratios ect lol
i was showed step by step of the more complex things but did most of it myself and the porting is of course done by a machine that i was shown how to set up and usei did most of the ports myself
ow yer defo im only 19 lol been there for about 6 months and learning all the time and thats alot of why im going it tbh best way to learn imo doing it hands on.. plus i just cant gewt insured on anything above 1.4 soo yer lol
it was all very cheap as i build race engines for a job it was only parts only about £150 as i get heavy discount so not reali much of a waste :/ and not sure about block tbh probaly leave it tbh..
Ha well I have already done the cat in as I broke anyway so I emptied it nd have a cheapy back box on it pops nd bangs 247 but its VERY loud even on /ow rpm, so looking for something a little more respectable but still notably loud. I have all the 182 stuff on my car like seats trim bumpers ect...