Thanks mate, scrubbing some of the stones away with my hands and going on the soil.. Not perfect i know, but got to make the best of a bad situationnice progress lewis. How the hell are you raising the car on stones?
It does lol but i just make it workI'm amazed that works. Thought the jack would dig in and beach itself. As you say though, best of a situation and all that
Sold fingers crossed that does the job! I think the hardest bit will be doing it back up lol.I think the nut is 18mm too, although depending on how rusty it is, you might need to go down a size.
Depends how quickly you need it but they're cheap enough to buy on ebay
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/18MM-19MM...t=UK_Hand_Tools_Equipment&hash=item43a6847408
Failing that, halfords or the other usual suspects will probably have something.
It was after you left this happenedI have one lewis, i couldve brought it with yesterday!
You can buy the nuts,bolts and retaining clips for the subframe from the dealer.
You could use a normal nut&bolt but having them captive will make life easier in future should it need to come back off.
A few of the dealers I phoned said they weren't available, obviously just had useless parts guys but they are definitely available so if they say otherwise they're not looking in the right section.
I cant remember how much they were but it wasnt bad.
I do feel bad for the cup, i loved that car, but needs must and all the restpoor cup!
White clio looks sick tho mate!
Thanks mate, it's a labour of love i enjoy every second i spend working on the car, oh i have all sorts of goodies in my garageLoving the work lewis, wish I had the motivation to get my arse in the garage and sort out the cup, wish I'd known you had those spacers and studs as I would've got them off you when I was down....oh well
Thanks mate, I know what your saying, and tbh it feels like this engine is responding better to my map strangely lol. But my old car made 202.9 bhp, which is a very good figure, so would like to get as close to that spec as possibleNice one, looking good . I wouldn't worry to much about the manifold I doubt it would make much difference to the map you've got on there at the moment. Really need to get mine up to TDF
I will do at some point, but i just want to know everything is roughly in the right ball park for now. Then i could get it live mapped by Matt again when i do something else.I'm in a similar situation where by I am using a tailored map for my previous engine, albeit on the same spec. It drives ok but is fairly flat in the mid range! It's all money I know, but I'd always get itbs live mapped
I got 192.3bhp & 151 ftlb with ITB's, 45mm trumpets, piper cat back exhaust, standard cat in, and standard 4-1 manifold.I would of thought you would see better 'peak' gains with the 172 4-1 manifold design...
White Clio looks immense.
Had a quick read of the thread, you've done a wonderful job!
Sad to see the cup in pieces though!
+rep
Looks awesome Lewis keep up the good work and will be good to see it when its complete
Lewis - This looks amazing quite frankly! Hopefully see it at a few trackdays this year, wouldnt mind a passenger ride in it!
Nick
I know i didn't want to do it had just got it to the spec i wanted. But i still needed to put a roll cage in, get interior painted, front and rear bumpers were stone chipped to death, it's all more £££ so the white one worked out a cheaper choice. Is this Carl btw? Or did you own the car before him?What you done to my cup! Lol. White ph1 looks good tho. It's just sad seeing a good car I once owned on bricks. My old Gsi turbo was for sale before Xmas too.
I must pop by and have a spin in this, I wish I supercharged that cup now. I think a 250bhp Clio might of been quicker than a 300bhp Astra.
Upside down? on the wonk maybe lol.You put one of the stickers on upside down
Car looks wonderful, white stickers really finish the wheels off.
I know i didn't want to do it had just got it to the spec i wanted. But i still needed to put a roll cage in, get interior painted, front and rear bumpers were stone chipped to death, it's all more £££ so the white one worked out a cheaper choice. Is this Carl btw? Or did you own the car before him?