PH1 Flamer.

[dmallett]

My dad just moved my car, it wouldnt hold revs in neutral and kept dropping until it would stall. It did this 3times then it held the revs at 500rpm and sounded rough as.

Also the other day in the rain, when i put my foot on the brake it would illuminate the fog light light on the dash (if that makes sense) it wasnt fully lit but became visible, the car also started to drop revs. But was fine once i got going.

Any idea what this is?

[roland rat]

Idle control valve?map sensor?

[dmallett]

Anyway of testing them to see if they are the problem?

[Matt e]

this would be better than hammerite, and would look better i think

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/s...egoryId_165495

[dmallett]

this would be better than hammerite, and would look better i think

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/s...egoryId_165495

Got a load of that beside me now, but the 500ml cans! its just prepping/doing it now.

But im not allowed to work with my wrist, maybe get started Friday if i can

[roland rat]

Anyway of testing them to see if they are the problem?

you can take the icv out and clean it and im sure you can put a mutilmeter across the map to see the readings from it.but im unsure what the readings should be

[dmallett]

Ill give it a try at some point cars not going anywhere for a few days anyway.

[dmallett]

New 15mm rear spacers.


And a k-tec sports cat. Which i got for £40


Ill put it on at some point and see if it passed emissions tests, if so it was a bargin

The car also seems to be running and idling fine now, hopefully it will stay this way.

[payton31]

That's a right bargain mate car looks Lush btw,

If u don't mind me asking how much did u pay for spacers ? Thanks

[dmallett]

The rear were £50ish posted from motorsportsworld. Tbh i thought they would be hubcentrics like the front, but im not to bothered.
The front were the same price as above but hubcentric.
The 5mm ones were £55 posted, now for sale in the for sale section lol.

The reason the delta mics are cheaper is because theyre made of steel or something.

[dmallett]

Fitted powerflex dogbone mount.

Before


Tools to remove old rubbers.


After


15mm rear spacers added.




Front 25mm.



And the whole car.



Cars running like a bag of s**t, picking up another Idle control valve from DannyR at somepoint, hopefully that will fix it

[LewisTaylor]

Those wheel's are spaced perfectly

[Greeny.]

I tried the same rear spacers on mine and it rubbed constantly My s**tty springs don't help as the rear end just bounces everywhere! Got a set of FK 20mm fronts and 5mm rears arriving Monday, not alot more than Delta Mics but weigh alot less as they are alloy rather than steel. The delta mic 15mm's are hubcentric they just don't bolt to your disks, please make sure you don't use the bolts that come with them, they are made from cheese! A guy on here ran them and one snapped whilst driving.. I rounded one of mine when I used to run them on my old track car, replaced them with some ones off ebay just need to measure them up to replace.

Looks great though mate, shame to hear its not running properly

[dmallett]

Cheers Lewis.

And I am running the bolts, ill swap to studs all round soon. Just gota get new rear brakes first as one of the rear bearings is making noises, works out cheaper that way also.

It will be running well soon hopefully!

[dmallett]

I also have some pretty much new h&r 5mm spacers, you could've had cheap

[dmallett]

Got a idle control valve, £20 off my mates spare engine. hopfully it works.

[dmallett]

Fitted new rear discs and pads as one of my bearings was shot. Whilst I was at it fitted some studs (with loctite) and some nice black nuts

New front discs and pads thanks to Tom at West Renault, top service as always!


New disc, studs and spacer.



Front studs.


Dirrty wheel with black nuts and locking wheel nuts.


My jar of nuts/bolts/screw that ive collected since owning this.


And a quick/bad picture of my spare wheel thrown on to see what it looks like.


New front discs, pads and braided lines on the way also

edit* Ive also fitted resistors so no more airbag lights, removed the rear arch liners as my wheel where eating them. Need to remove the carbon canister too and fix my bumper back on properly.

[LewisTaylor]

Looks good mate, cant wait to get my stud & nut conversion as mine are rusty and look awful, I've done the same and kept a jar of all the nuts and bolts lol got loads from interior haha always comes in handy tho

What disks and pads you got coming?

[dmallett]

DS2500s and brembo High Carbons. Im going to try get them on this week, probably in the dark lol.

Never bled brakes so that could be on the only problem.

And make sure you use loctite or something similar on the studs, otherwise you might just lose a wheel!

[LewisTaylor]

DS2500s and brembo High Carbons. Im going to try get them on this week, probably in the dark lol.

Never bled brakes so that could be on the only problem.

And make sure you use loctite or something similar on the studs, otherwise you might just lose a wheel!

Same as what i'm running, they are very good just careful with the front disk the t30 bolt can be a b@stard lol.

It's fairly easy there is a guide on here, you will need someone else with you to pump the brake peddle tho.

Yeah got some of that too haha.