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    Battery

    Ok this isn’t for a clio but I guess a lot of you who use them for track days should have some experience in this case that may be able to help. I need the highest power battery for the smallest footprint without breaking the bank. Not entirely keen on the racing batteries that cost £££‘s I’ll...
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    What do I need?

    Ok I have a tap set to cut thread in holes. I have a difficult hole to tap with the original tap wrench because it’s too big in the gap that I have. If I put a bar on the end of the tap and then the wrench on the end of a bar it will make my life much easier So what I need is some sort of...
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    Car ramps

    Ok so I had a near miss last weekend when the car slipped off the axle stand I had it on and trapped my knee under it and give me quite a bad arm so I’m looking to buy something that stops me having to use a jack and axle stands. I dont have the head clearance or the space realistically for a...
  4. J

    What V8???

    i want a v8 engine and manual gearbox. I want it cheap as possible and as powerful as possible. It needs to sound epic too! What are my options?
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    Help me clean my garage

    Thought I'd utilise this new forum. I'm a scruff, my garage never stays tidy because as soon as I clean it, I work on stuff and do t clean up after myself - rinse and repeat! The main issue I have is nothing really has a place and things don't fit anywhere and it all ends up on the bench. So...
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    f**k!ng iTunes!!!!

    can anyone tell me why my itunes keeps cutting my songs down. 3-4 minute songs are now 1 minute ish long, ive even got one thats made it 6 seconds!!! I copied a brand new cd onto there just now and one for the songs is already half the length its f**king me off now
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    big ends

    can anyone confirm what clearance they get with steel rods on the big ends please? Im lead to believe that 1.5 thou is correct for these engines and i get that with standard rods on a reground crank but i get 2 thou on the steel rods with same bearing son same crank appreciate any input and...
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    Vag gearboxes

    bit of a favour from those running vag boxes if possible please. Can you get a video of your car in the engine bay on idle with the clutch out with the best sound quality possible please? Purely for comparison purposes. As I think mine is kaput
  9. J

    Brembo calipers

    I have Megane brembo calipers, and some 300mm disks, can someone point me in the direction of the brackets I need? Or have I got to make some myself? I'd really like some off the shelf ones but not willing to pay pure Motorsport prices.
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    Best exhaust joint

    What's the best exhaust joint? I currently have a blowing Sleve joint I'm thinking of changing to maybe a v band but I'm unsure. Ideas? Experiences? Or should I stick with Sleve and whack done paste on there?
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    No claims

    hypothetical situation that I realise I may have put myself in here. Car A is insured by person A, with 10 years no claims Car B is insured by person A, with no no claims applied Car C is insured by person A, with mirrored no claims from Car A. If person A were to have an accident in car B or...
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    gfx Card

    so apparently mine has blown. im after a new one. im not massively clued up with these things so some help please? i dont want to spend much but i dont want a crappy card either so best value for money please. i have a 750W PSU already so that shouldnt be an issue. the old one was a palit...
  13. J

    Wetsand

    So I washed the car and noticed the amount of stonechips on the front was bothering me immensely. Bit of paint to touch it up and I'm in deeper than I wanted to be. Meh all good fun. Wetsand by JaffmanRS, on Flickr Wetsand by JaffmanRS, on Flickr Wetsand by JaffmanRS, on Flickr Wetsand by...
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    Engine loom

    What can I use to connect an engine loom to car loom? Need at least 30 pins and 11 pins in 2 separate plugs. Unless anyone can tell me where to buy standard Renault pins?
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    Excel help

    Hi can someone please make this easier please? I have a table here of dates. I currently have it working how I want (green if it's in calibration, yellow if it's due in 30 days, red if it's overdue) in one cell. But if I drag the rules down the spreadsheet each rule works off the first cell (I...
  16. J

    Anyone local able to map a car?

    As above. Would like a safe road map for a car from someone local. Anyone on here?
  17. J

    Recording from cameras

    If I have a selection of cameras with the yellow video cables coming from them, am I able to buy something like a raspberry PI to record everything on those cameras?.
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    Your best 50/50

    Ive got a presentation coming up in work soon and im doing it on detailing. so before i search the internet and sift through the s**t i thought id ask you lot on here for your best 50/50's id appreciate your approval to use them in my presentation and id ideally like not really close up...
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    pictures

    right iOS8. can someone please explain to me how the f**k this picture thing works in the simplest terms possible. photostream and albums was easy now im confused as s**t because im on Ios8 my misses is still on ios7 (same account) and i think its all to c**k. please help as im running out...
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    RPi and cache

    Ok help please? I've basically got the same issue as this guy... http://forum.osmc.tv/showthread.php?tid=14759 Only I'm running xbmc on a raspberry pi. (Raspbmc) So how do I fix it the way the guy says? (Get into the code?)
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    textured plastics

    anyone ever painted their textures plastics? i have some dark door cards and some light B & C pillar interior plastics that i want to match so i want to make the light ones dark. anyone done anything similar before? how did you do it? links to products? or any other ideas of changing the...
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    interesting race (P1-ducatti-918)

    http://www3.carbuzz.com/news/2014/10/12/The-McLaren-P1-and-Porsche-918-Spyder-Race-a-Ducati-7723066/ P1 is impressive
  23. J

    F7R

    can anyone with a F7R head get me any measurments?
  24. J

    dash help

    hi, sorry its not a clio but i could do with some help. i have an old double din stereo that im tempted to use in it but its difficult to get the dash right (cutting it and whatnot) to get it to fit. i want a single din option with screen BUT, due to the bulging shape of the dash not every...
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    Engine damage

    does anyone care to offer a possible explanation for this? gonna get my injectors checked just in case for the detonation, but the pickup on the block and piston skirts is worrying me now. Det by JaffmanRS, on Flickr Det by JaffmanRS, on Flickr Det by JaffmanRS, on Flickr Det by JaffmanRS, on...
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    F7R Headgasket

    So my turbo engines head gasket is leaking only weeping down the gearbox side of the engine but as it's out I thought I'd sort it now. i bought a 1.6mm multi layered steel gasket last time and I was under the impression these could be reused. Was I wrong? if yes, can someone point me in the...
  27. J

    gearbox repair

    so i have a crack in my gearbox. its aluminium, it needs welding. the crack is in the centre of a bearing housing for one of the main shafts, its not very long. does it need to be stripped before being welded or can i risk it? also anyone know anyone in the swansea area with an ac tig welder?
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    pulled out the neglected garden/garage ornament

    so i got the beast out for a wash today, its been 3 years so i think its due lol. Washed megane by JaffmanRS, on Flickr so - snowfoamed using bilt hamber Washed megane by JaffmanRS, on Flickr Washed megane by JaffmanRS, on Flickr Washed megane by JaffmanRS, on Flickr got all the awkward bits...
  29. J

    Turbo exhaust housings

    Can I change the exhaust housing on my (I think) t28 for one with a v-clamp and have the turbo sit in the same place/orientation?
  30. J

    Admiral are robbing c***s!

    Would the resident insurers mind pming me for a quote on insurance due on Tuesday! Admiral are robbing b******s and I refuse to go with them anymore! £500 ontop of last years premium with no difference to the quote, and £600 ontop of the cheapest quote I have elsewhere. Its all a scam!
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