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Looking V. Nice! Morrisons car park, Swansea.

Love the Engine, can not stand the look of the rear of the car! Now, if the engine would only fit in my Clio...

Got the Eagles for £80 a corner originally, fitted, balanced etc.. Second time round, got them for £65 a corner since they had been ordered by someone else and they had then cancelled the order. Ant.

Just on my second set of Goodyear Eagles now, great tyres! Get rid of the Contis!!!! Ant.

Hi, Valvers came in Phase I and Phase II original Clio shape. Engine 1764 (16V of course... ;)) 137Bhp @ 6500 158Nm @ 4250 Top speed 130 and 0-62 8.0 (many mags quote 7.7 to 60) Leather was an option, together with metallic or pearlescent paint, so was ABS. The colours were...

I cant believe this! Damaged my front splitter on a speed bump the other day. Ring Renault for a price - £104 + VAT?????????? WTF??????? Another hundred and I could buy a new ECU?????? Bugger! Ant.

Only grounded once due to a very steep, badly designed juction on some country lane. No probs otherwise...

OK :confused: Ant.

OK :confused: Ant.

I understand about the engines powerband but I always thought that the purpose of VVT was to provide a smooth transition, or best of both worlds between an engine that pulls well at low revs and a high revvin screamer. Ant.

Yes, but I thought that was a matter of a trade off between torque and better top end performance? My mate has had a set of racing cams fitted to his Rover and at low revs it is hard work to get going, but come 4500 it takes off like a rocket (due to the high lift cam profile). I dont know...

Im confused here, my valver had no VVT and youre right, at 4000ish RPM it came on cam and you had that lovely push and all hell broke loose. However, below 4000 it had very little go or torque. If the VVT does nothing, how come the 172 seems to have both the advantage of low down torque and...

I understand about the engines powerband but I always thought that the purpose of VVT was to provide a smooth transition, or best of both worlds between an engine that pulls well at low revs and a high revvin screamer. Ant.

Yes, but I thought that was a matter of a trade off between torque and better top end performance? My mate has had a set of racing cams fitted to his Rover and at low revs it is hard work to get going, but come 4500 it takes off like a rocket (due to the high lift cam profile). I dont know...

Im confused here, my valver had no VVT and youre right, at 4000ish RPM it came on cam and you had that lovely push and all hell broke loose. However, below 4000 it had very little go or torque. If the VVT does nothing, how come the 172 seems to have both the advantage of low down torque and...

Umm, Down-tune engine and speed limited to 30mph ;) Seriously tho, bad luck. Get stuck into a :devilish:turbo:devilish: project and Im sure the time will fly by!! :) Ant.

Hi, I would get the car looked at by another dealer. Change the Tyres to cut down on the Torque Steer (I found Goodyear Eagle F1s reduced this drastically + better grip in wet and dry). As for the steering feeling heavy, I found it to be much lighter than my previous car (Clio 16V). Is...

And you trust this guy to perform an MOT on your car????

26 going on 27 (Aug 17th!!!!! :D)

Sorry to hear about that man! Fing Bstards!!! I know what you mean about the police. My first car was broken into and they nicked the stereo/speakers and made a general mess of it etc... Reported theft/damage to local police station, had to pay for the repairs myself to protect my no...

Well after 11800 miles of trouble-free motoring something had to go wrong didnt it! My alarm started to play up earlier, ie. giving the warning tone (indicating a door is open or something) when trying to arm it. Now, the bloody hazard lights are flashing constantly!!!! I have disconnected...

Hi! Gwynny - CU52 plate. Phil - Dont know if I can make Sunday, will post tomorrow to confirm. We should meet up sometime tho. Have you guys seen the ClioSport badged MK1 172 in Mumbles?? Do you know who owns that? There are a hell of a lot of 172s in Swansea at the mo. Saw a nice blue...

Hi Gwynny, Where abouts in Swansea? I have seen a couple of Cups and usually give a flash! Perhaps I have already seen you?

The Oil is OK checked that on the weekend and the gauge is showing OK. Havent checked other fluid levels, will have a look. Many Thanks! Ant.

Hi, Earlier I was cornering a tight left hand bend at about 60-65 and the STOP light flickered on. When I came out on to the straight, the light went out. Is this just a dodgy connection or is something wrong? This has never happened before and for the rest of the journey the car was fine...

Have a look at http://www.bmcairfilters.comwww.bmcairfilters.com They got pictures of them mounted in a range of Clios from 1400s to 172. Ant.

Many thanks! Anthony.

This is the bit i dont like... "The Clio will feature angular styling with a number of similarities to the distinctive Vel Satis executive car launched last year. The concave mesh grille and triangular headlights are the most obvious influences, while the steeply raked windscreen and abrupt...

Found your post in April. You were thinking of getting the CDA-08. Did you get it and is it any good? Wots the general opinion Vs the Viper kit? Cheers, Ant.