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Going to the ring so bought a 172!
- Thread starter seabass859
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It's there gunmetal grey, I'll post some pics on Thursday pending weather...
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meanwhile.... more goodies have arrived!!!
so here we have my cup shocks, cup wishbones, new droplinks and some eibach sportlines all ready for funtimes on Thursday
so here we have my cup shocks, cup wishbones, new droplinks and some eibach sportlines all ready for funtimes on Thursday
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Fitted my rear shocks and springs this evening!
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On with the fronts tomorrow, then to swap my tyres over to the other set of rims.
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So after a Long day with a few minor issues she's all done! All the suspension is fitted along with the cup lower arms and my shiny wheels are on too.
Sadly no in progress pictures (due to grease). I'm painting my callipers next week so will get some pic's of the setup then.
Sadly no in progress pictures (due to grease). I'm painting my callipers next week so will get some pic's of the setup then.
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There 45mm front and 30mm rear.
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So after a day at the rolling road hers a couple of pics and my graph
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Which one lol?
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What a shed! Have you fixed it yet?
Nope! and now more issues (all minor), since cadwell I've got a broken gearbox mount, exhaust rubber and bracket on the back box.
just bought a new bracket + rubber today but not sure weather to go with oe or a better gearbox mount ... They all seem quite expensive from what I've found.
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A few pics and link to my photos from cadwell park yesterday
http://s984.photobucket.com/user/iphone859/slideshow/Cadwell park 26-06-14
http://s984.photobucket.com/user/iphone859/slideshow/Cadwell park 26-06-14
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Heres a link to my housemates Porsche 911 hot lap.
[video]https://youtube.com/watch?v=cz1T418Ps2Q&persist_app=1&app=m[/video]
[video]https://youtube.com/watch?v=cz1T418Ps2Q&persist_app=1&app=m[/video]
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End of page 1 start of page 2 lmao
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cleaning the throttle body out with penetrating oil and a toothbrush. There was a lot of cr@p in mine and that seemed to resolve it, well it's not been back since.
Martin_172
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that's doing an awful lot of leaning during cornering! is the bump stops/dust covers fitted?
cars looking good, did you go for 172 cup dampers or just normal 172 ones?
cars looking good, did you go for 172 cup dampers or just normal 172 ones?
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Went with the cup setup mate. I've got the cup wishbones aswell for the extra degree and ahalf of castor, it really helps on the exit of the corners.
And I assume you were referring to the Porsche lol, he had a few really good smooth laps by the end of the day. Still not as quick as his type-r tho
And I assume you were referring to the Porsche lol, he had a few really good smooth laps by the end of the day. Still not as quick as his type-r tho
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so I've not been posting much recently so thought id give a bit of a update,
at the end of july a random bolt had sheered and fell into my cambelt and managed to cause it to fail fortunately without taking out anything else.
thanks to mick @ diamond motors thats all been sorted along with water pump and de-phaser, whilst fitting he found that the inlet cam was retarded and the exhaust cam was advanced which was probably the cause for my low bhp on the rollers. he also advised that the front lambda sensor wasn't accurate so I bought and fitted that myself.
now I need to get it back on the rollers to confirm bhp
at the end of july a random bolt had sheered and fell into my cambelt and managed to cause it to fail fortunately without taking out anything else.
thanks to mick @ diamond motors thats all been sorted along with water pump and de-phaser, whilst fitting he found that the inlet cam was retarded and the exhaust cam was advanced which was probably the cause for my low bhp on the rollers. he also advised that the front lambda sensor wasn't accurate so I bought and fitted that myself.
now I need to get it back on the rollers to confirm bhp
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I've also acquired a Magnex cat back exhaust with twin tail pipe, so my house-mate made me pull my finger out and we got that fitted just now,
standard removed
old vs new
new fitted
and back on the deck
standard removed
old vs new
new fitted
and back on the deck
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Before fitting I had to have it welded on the flange that goes to the cat (I assume this was done when it was hammered off the car it came from) and you can now feel a little bit of air coming through so I'll need to get that looked at but otherwise its all good.
I'm just waiting for traffic to die down and go for a proper test drive and see how she sounds...
I'm just waiting for traffic to die down and go for a proper test drive and see how she sounds...
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So after a quick baz I'm quite impressed, not to loud whilst cruising and a bit deeper when you've got your foot down. There seems to be a noticeable difference in power but obviously it could just be the placebo effect from the noise. I'm going to get booked in at dyno-tech and fingers crossed she will be running around 172 bhp ish. (Last time she ran a 158bhp but with a lambda issue and incorrect timing)
Iain C
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Looks good. Dark wheels on silver always works well
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Cheers mate, still need to get the Centre caps colour matched, all in good time.
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A link to my stereo upgrade
www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?755869-Time-to-upgrade-the-stereo!
www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?755869-Time-to-upgrade-the-stereo!
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Yes mate, I just can't decide to go standard box or attempt to make something with a shield/box + direct feed..
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managed to fix my climate control from this thread
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/show...r!&highlight=air+con+only+blows+hot+cable+tie
It's a pain in the arse for access but all sorted and fully working now, just need a re-gass for the aircon..
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/show...r!&highlight=air+con+only+blows+hot+cable+tie
It's a pain in the arse for access but all sorted and fully working now, just need a re-gass for the aircon..
so you've been to the ring? why no pics? :O
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Its not that bad but you end up kinda sat on the floor leaning over the sill (which digs into your ribs) as you wiggle around under the peddles. Fortunately I have a bendy 6mm socket so wasn't to bad for access other than the highest bolt.
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I could have sworn I had added a link from my trip. Obviously not.
il get on that shortly
good man! car looks nice by the way what times were you running?
what times were you running?
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Didn't really go to beat records so wasn't timing but from one of the videos I think it was just over 11 lol
