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    black 197 f1 swansea

    been parked next door to treadz in llansamlet for the last few daysends in khr :)
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    round about 2.5k rpm flatspot sorted :)

    yes this is the same idea i had, just ignities the fuel closer to when its suppost to and not when the fuel wants to detonate, as surely pre det is alot worse especially on revhungry engines as it stopping the momentum of the crank. im no combustion engine genius but if fuel detonates as...
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    round about 2.5k rpm flatspot sorted :)

    yes if you've done the gas turbine conversion :D
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    round about 2.5k rpm flatspot sorted :)

    higher octane fuel has no drawbacks apart from cost so no reason it should be bad news :( any ine kniw of any more technical input, for the cause of this notorious flatspot?
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    round about 2.5k rpm flatspot sorted :)

    noticed a couple of people having a the problem of a flatspot around 2500 rpm like me so thought i have a go at solving it. my first thought after looking into it was auto detonation after hearing a slight tap in the engine so went for higher octance fuel which was v-power + Nos Octane booster...
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    UR r27? swansea

    saw it at my work (j47, m4) pulling away from maccy d's whilst i was havin a strut round the services :)
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    what fluid smells like cat pee?

    haha, yeah the car wasnt the subject, the fluid was :(
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    what fluid smells like cat pee?

    its a 92 civic btw but figured fluids fluid so wouldnt matter, its yellow and smells of cat be but is on opposite side of the box and doesnt look like its coming out of the shaft but is deffinately dripping from the car and not just parked over a patch of piss lol
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    what fluid smells like cat pee?

    just done an engine transplant and complete overhaul of brake lines, power steering etc, and there a drip coming from the front end of the car, i know what most fluids smell like but this is a new one :S only thing i can think of is the coilovers as i've never smelt that oil before and i cant...
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    The sites most active day yesterday!

    i had a 197.net sticker on the car when i bought it from the dealer, so didnt have a choice in the matter :( useful forum though but not as many tits as the last one i was on (corsasport so i mean that quite literally :D)
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    What to offer - Help spend my money!

    i like them all didnt realise they were that cheap, got my 197 a month ago, no recaros for 7500 with 56k, so in comparison theyre all pretty good, personally would go for that black one though ;)
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    What the clio was really made for....

    did u guys get track insurance or just hope for the best? planning on going up to my local (pembrey in swansea) when the weather clears up n it'll be my first so just wandering howd u guys start, was it just jump in and go for it or did u prep for it?
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    Doh, check the temperature first!

    did the same lol, but when i was drying it also noticed some little s@#ts drove into the front, back and opened there door into the side since i cleaned it last week! :(
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    New person signing in, on the look out for a 197

    tbh i didnt really think of the clio as a performance car, just a nice little hatchback to run around in, so was a bit suprised to average 23mpg and 12 if your enthusiastic :( lol
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    New person signing in, on the look out for a 197

    id have the s14a over my clio anytime :) only had the clio a month which cost 7k and it likes to randomly chuck up errors on the dash which is usually solved by turning car off and on, just gotta live with it till i sell it and the levin to get a 350 :D fun little car though but i can pretty...
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    Graveyard shift

    3 hours with no sign of life so far, gave me a chance to get the snowy salty crap off the 197 and give it a quick polish and catch up on my magazines, think its time to watch a few films :) anyone else fortunate enough to get paid for doing absolutely nothing constructive :)
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    £1000 car challenge

    b16 civic eg! around 170bhp, light and very reliable and pretty good on fuel, rust is the only problem but not as much as you'd expect for a 20 year old car :) bought a few for around £500 aswell
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    insurance messed up :)

    its brentacre which is a little broker by my house, when i spoke to them i asked as much as i could to make sure my details were correct and everything seemed legit had a 96 corsa 1.2 for a week on the policy before i got the clio and seems like they just swapped the word corsa for clio with the...
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    insurance messed up :)

    a very small direct debit came out the bank today for the first payment of my insurance so i called my them to find they have taken 75% off my years premium and said i was the one who is mistaken, didnt want the suprise of a massive bill at the end of the year so wanted to sort it out, but they...
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    key in the card fob

    ahh right, thanks for that was driving me nuts lol, on another note passenger side? whats wrong with the driver side lol