Recent content by ALY

I'm not round these parts much, just lurk a bit and have a wee search on Edinburgh once in a blue moon to see whats happening locally! Still running about in the Clio, Focus keeping the garage warm. Come spring the plan is to stick the Focus on the road for the summer and see if the 172 can...

Marc, thats my Mrs in my runabout!

Your only hope is to adjust the results according to the value of your cars - If he laps in two minutes then you have to beat eight minutes as his is probably worth four times the value of yours! There is no way a 2.5ltr turbo'd five cylinder Focus is going to be outpaced by 2ltr n/a Clio...

I'd stick to hubcentric spacers and longer bolts in the short term and look for a donor car that can give up all its front components as well as its engine.

Neons! Seen them drop in and rapidly out of fashion twice now, mid 90s then again circa 2001ish and never got round to doing it!

Mk2 Phase 1

In short, you would do well to familiarise yourself with two key areas before heading over. First the main one, the track layout itself. If you can use a games console great as its more interactive or even just study the many youtube videos that are around of cars heading round. You wont get a...

This was the 2009 run over too - its no shorter than the one above :s Part 1 & 2 http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&t=759740&mid=71495 http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&t=759745&mid=71495

If you're bored you could have a read of the "report" I did of our last run over there a couple of years ago, the names wont mean much though. Also, I can't recommend this site enough either, read everything you can on here before you head over - http://nurburgring.org.uk/ The report...

You can't get power out of that car. Stripping it out will make it lighter which has a similar effect though & a decent suspension kit will let you corner faster thus carry speed once its wound up & decent brakes will mean stopping can happen later than before. This will make the car faster...

Monaco 172 Best: Chuckable fun drive. Worst: Drone/Paint/Rattles

Watching this chat with interest. In the same boat with a K-tec thats doing my head in with its boomy drone driving up the hill to my house every day. Not getting anal about oe parts on a ten year old daily runabout thats looking its age, a decent fit pattern part that won't fall off before next...

I wouldn't be put off buying one that has a year left on the belts schedule. A couple of months maybe but not a full year.

I'd be asking where the other grill for the 6x9 speakers that have been butchered in to the shelf is and why he wants barely shy of £800 for a car that isn't particularly low miles, doesn't look in spectacular condition in the pictures and can be had elsewhere for half the asking price...

Beyond the 172 currently have this;