Recent content by jackaleks

Cheers guys! Will give it a go. "I've broken my hubs, what do?" post in 3, 2...

Yep, car is up on stands so suspension completely unloaded. Didn't think about the ARB so might disconnect it and try again. Failing that I'll go full r****d strength on it.

Tried fitting some Sportlines this weekend, rears went fine but the fronts... Ignoring the driver's side being siezed to f**k on the P side the shock bottom now sits too low to be remounted on the hub. Any ideas? I re-assembled the shocks to make sure I hadn't screwed up and compression clamps...

I'd have thought a sufficiently nasty crash would bust that aluminium thing anyhow. I kind of agree though, Renault did put it there for a reason and these cars do score high on NCAP. Maybe I'll dig it out of the garage...

I took mine off to change the oil filter and never bothered putting it back on. That was about six months ago and I've not spontaneously combusted into a fireball yet. I can't honestly see anything big enough to do damage hitting it in normal driving.

boosted power is always cheapest in terms of bang for buck. if i ever wanted to boost my clio i'd be tempted to look into either an Eaton roots blower or a Rotrex for simplicity. saw an Alfa hatchback with a Rotrex at Snetterton a while back and it was awesome.

Has anyone used Denso K20TT plugs in a ph1? what gap? Opie list these as compatible and at £3 versus NGK's £12 PFR6 I don't really mind having to change them in another 30-40k! I've run non-coated plugs in my RX7 for a while and that's about as plug hostile an engine as you can get, interested...

Not really, it's my daily driver so don't want to go too mad with it. Plus it's in pretty good nick and has still only got 70k on the clock, so few stock ones about now i kind of want to fix the tatty bits and bring it back to a factory standard.

That was me! Totally stock atm, yours has definitely made me think about going lower. Wanted to chase a bit more but my petrol gauge was guilt tripping me...

Nice one guys, there's definitely a lot of wiggle there. Can you get it off just by jacking up the engine?

It doesn't lose any power, but it sounds terrible. How many mounts to the chassis are there? I've only worked on RWD cars before.

Giving it some stick in 1st (even at half throttle) brings a nasty vibratey graunching sound from the engine bay. Doesn't sound like det or ignition breakup, and only happens in first under reasonable load past 4k revs. A bit of digging and reading suggests shagged engine mounts, does this...

As the other poster said, spend some more money and get an actual cage. Among other reasons (like a pretend cage being very naff) if you crash a show cage becomes a great way to get a head injury.

One of the big killers of the RX8 Renesis was owners babying them and never taking them to their peak power band. Carbon would build up in the engine, create hot spots or damage the apex seals and kill it. There was a similar issue with new Minis (another female popular car, see a pattern?)...

If you're worried about the stat take it out and chuck it in a pan of boiling water, then watch if it opens.