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Time for an update as i have been busy this week (i know it's been ages but i've been busy with starting a new job and my apprenticeship assignments) In This week's episode (in order of appearance): - Yellow headlight bulbs (Bonus surrender monkey points +1) - New flat wiper blades (for a more...

Hi, Just need a few details clearing up on a few mods i want to do to my 1.4rt I've read that the laguna spi TB is a good mod, however i read the inlet mani needs boring out, is this true? also will any sensors go nuts causing problems? lastly, it is recommended to reuse some of the laguna air...

Hi, Looking for some advice, i recently bought some FK 60mm lowering springs and need to buy some uprated dampers. However i'm not after a performance increase i only want some shocks that will cope with the new lows, will these be good enough...

Hi, Anybody got a mk1 clio with an angled exhaust? I test drove a black saxo vtr, lowered 60mm and thought it looked the bees knees with it's "drift style" angled exhaust, wondering how that looks on a mk1 clio. Many thanks :D

QUICK UPDATE Got a few little things done over the last few days. - New tax disc holder (nothing special but is branded with "renault clio" which is nice) - Wheel trims, now before people say "ewww" they are only temporary until i can afford a nice set of wheels or decide to refurbish and...

Right i didn't have high hopes tbh seeing as i can barely even find parts for the engine online. You wouldn't even suggest an engine swap though? I've not long got the car so selling up and buying more powerful isn't an option yet, i wanted to make a bit of a "rallye" of my clio i.e. lightly...

Hi, Just wanted to know, how could i squeeze 25hp out of the mk1 1.4 e7j engine, fairly cheap? I know the basics like intake and straight through exhaust but that would probably only gain me about 10hp right? (with map) are there any mystical oem parts i can swap into mine to gain a few hp...

after doing some research i have learned more about carburettors, spi, mpfi and direct injection. I think im right in saying this engine is SPI is it not?

Didn't think this engine was carburetted being a '98 car and all, thought it would be fuel injection?

Forgive me for sounding like a noob... On my newly acquired mk1 clio 1.4 i have noticed there is a pipe feeding hot air from the exhaust manifold into the air intake, is this not a bad thing? If i am wrong and it is vice versa (cold air feed into the exhaust manifold to cool it) this is still a...

Yeah the front seats are pretty darn comfy haha lovely 90's French velour! ;)

So today i set about cleaning the car up and a few other bits and bobs ;) I let my gf do the majority of the washing, waxing and drying, to which she did an excellent job: However whilst she was working on that i was up to a few other things... The door speakers received an upgrade...

So i started out with this: It was a good first car but after being so basic and not great condition, i eventually grew to dislike it, so after it helped me acheive my 1st years NCB i set about moving on. Initial attempts to sell fell futile.... ...Not long after, it decided to break. I...

For the last week or so i have been having a problem where my '96 clio 1.2 (d7f) will gradually rev up at idle after roughly 5 minutes of driving, there is no up and down just up. the engine revs so loud i shut it off as this often happens when in traffic. After waiting about 10 mins i start...

After failing to sell my mk1 1.2 oasis, i've decided i might keep it and turn it into the car i wanted. As you all probably know this car is VERY basic! What i want: Nicer interior/features - seats that hold me, plain door cards, rev counter, central locking, maybe power steering better...

Indeed 1yr does make a huge difference for me but the likes of a 172 or vts seem to fall into a bracket os stupid expensive still, even though i could insure a 106 gti for half what i pay now strangely enough. meh i will see where things take me, i was never keen on lying anyway, seen an e21 3...

maybe if there were less idiots lying to the insurance companies the price wouldn't be so high. If insurance wasn't so high, i wouldn't lie. it's a vicious circle.

Thanks for all the wonderful disencouragement! haha i kid, seriously though i am grateful for the plentiful replies, t'was unexpected, hence my lateness to reply back! So the majority vote points towards getting my car looking nice and 'cool'? Just a bit hungry for power and tunability tbh and...

Was your insurance £2500 on a 1.2 when you were 18?

Hi all, i am contemplating many a different route of what i should drive next. But my question to you is how easy can you do a b18ft engine conversion on my clio? this being an old volvo turbo engine i believe, apparently this conversion is what the old boys used to do when i was a young child...