Recent content by TKT12

There's the "pre-cat" after the flexi which acts as a collector and pressure equaliser from the manifold. I ran my F1 with and without it and on reflection I think the car is better mannered with it than without it. The sports cat and system are well worth it.

Hi, I bought an F1 a few weeks ago so can give you a few answers. I put a KTec "Y" pipe on and their 197 Pro system with a sports cat. The garage was initially reluctant (for my pocket's sake) to remove the "precat" and the flexipipe as the previous owner had welded the flexi together and to...

Dead easy for the garage. Get oil warm, onto hoist or pit; undo g/box oil plug in bottom of casting, oil into waste holder. Refill plug is a finger tight, threaded plastic cap plug on mid-upper part of box casting on side of the box (rh from front viewed backwards) use left hand from behind/...

Hi folks, went for the Redline gearbox and engine oils. I promise you, the change to the box was immediate and well worth it. Mine had a slight developing hesitation/ crunch on synchro into 3rd and 4th. It disappeared immediately. The changes became really clean and the whole box felt...

Hi lads, I've just fitted the KTec 197/200 system with the sports cat and would have fitted the "Y" pipe but.... previous owner had welded up the flexis and to the manifold. Garage man (enthusiast!) said it needed the the whole lot cutting off and was hesitant to confirm that the manifold...

Hi Everyone, can anyone help please. bought 248/500 R27 and the previous owner was an enthusiast but not money no object! i don't have a specific handbook (just for clio 3) and don't know what differences the F1 R27 has. Amongst other things is what standard head/dipped bulbs are in the F1...

Opie Oils were certainly prompt. My Redline gearbox 75/80W (2 Litres) and engine 5-30W (1 gallon) arrived excellently packed. just waiting for the KTec exhaust to arrive and will get the lot done together and report back. Had the engine-gearbox mounts from KTec fitted and the result is terrific...

Since posting, have spoken to your sales Dept. And gone for 2 litres of the recommended gear oil and a gallon of the Redline 5-30 (rather than 5-40 as I don't use it for track work. Discount, too. Triffic!

Thanks for the advice. I've just bought my F1 R27 and have no real experience of the brand nor the 197 engine or transmission and the best things for the mechanical bits! That and as the people who buy these flyers don't use them just to go to church on a Sunday, I'd like to get it right. Can...

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Have now fitted the Turkish RS knob. The first problem was the force needed to remove the original item was beyond me. It would have stayed put as a considerable amount of brute force is necessary but I was at the Dealer's showroom and, fortunately, a cunningly worded invitation to the largest...

Hi Warren, streamline do still make their excellent product although it is the Megane item, which fits the F1 R27 ( it had better do!). The only difference is a central horizontal "swage" line where the 197 F1 is flat-backed. At 10 foot you won't see it, and only a perfectionist who even knows...

Car is just being "finished" after not making the cut on it's MoT and giving Renault a windfall profit at the dealer's expense for the front hub-carrier/ball joint and a new set of front pads. The garage "Norman's Garage' in Knaresborough, near Harrogate, is a real spanner garage - none of yer...

Tkt12 I've just received mine from Turkey. It took about a week or so (advised anything up to 3 weeks, so very quick). The item is very well made, well engineered. Weighty, smooth as silk, the badge is smooth and cleanly attached to the main "ball". It is genuinely well worth it. Unlike the...

Have got the Streamlines and they are really "class" attractive. I've put them on a Nimbus R27 F1. Dead easy to fit ie pull off the old ones, consign to bin, eBay etc. acquire tube of Sealant glue. Clean area under previous badges, apply four decent blobs to new badges. Offer them up to F/R...