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  1. Stephenvenning

    Billet oil caps

    Hello all, Recently I made up a billet oil cap for my engine and had a few people say they'd like one. Well in the last week's I've got my arse into gear and actually made some ready for anodizing. Colours would be red, blue, yellow/gold, black and possibly gunmetal grey. The oil caps would...
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    White 200T Basingstoke

    You were behind me coming off the ring road, I turned right just before the Alton road. Could have possibly been a 220 trophy
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    3rd gear synchro replacement how to

    I've had quite a bit of interest how I rebuilt my gearbox. I've started stripping my other gearbox so thought I would do a how to. I wonder if anyone would be interested in this if I decided to do one. For 3rd you won't need any special tools like a press.
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    Front side wing removal

    Anyone know how to take the front side wings off? I want to get the resprayed while my car is off the road.
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    Possible cause for synchro failures?

    As many of you know I'm rebuilding my gearbox for a megane conversion. (Don't tell me that I can use a meg box, I know you can but that's boring and I want to be different :lol: ) anyway I found a website that goes over the problems with evo's gearbox synchro problems. Could this explain the...
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    Storm grey 200 swinley forest

    You were parked a few cars down from me. You spoke to my passenger, I didn't get a chance to have a chat with you.
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    Megane ecu coding

    Anyone know any companies that code megane ecu's for clio 197's key. I need it done for my conversion but some companies are charging like 600 +, I could do standalone for that price nearly.
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    Albi 197 BCOT Basingstoke

    Spotted leaving BCOT, I was behind you. I believe you are in my new class at college for engineering hnc.
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    Gearbox stripping

    Picked up a box that needs a rebuild yesterday. I set about stripping it and have nearly got there. But the main gearshaft doesn't want to budge from one side of the gearbox. Anyone know anything about this, foxspeed I've seen you've stripped one before.
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    Considering upgrading my brakes to 6 pots!

    Been looking on the forums about brake upgrades and it seems porsche cayenne 6 pot brembos are a popular option in the vag world. Might buy a set and make them fit the clio, I'll design a bracket on CAD software. I think it would be a good option considering I'm boosting the clio to close to 400...
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    Albi blue 197 Basingstoke, Hatch Warren

    Saw you parked up in a drive on Chilton Ridge, probs visiting someone. Was very nice. I'm only round the corner
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    Black r27 pewsey

    Seen it parked up in a drive, I am/was parked outside visiting gf's family. It's got Ktec stickers on the rear window.
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    Black r27 a3 outside Guildford.

    I stayed with you quite a while, and we spotted each other. You had golf 197.net stickers so I presume you are on here
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    White cup 200 BCOT College, Basingstoke

    Seen this car parked up in BCOT carpark the last two weeks, wonder if they are on here.
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    PFC, the clio's never been so clean!

    Great show, some good inspiration for my engine build and clio :)
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    Wow these people were lucky!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlLolGuqo9o
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    Piston oil squirters/jets removal help

    I've come now to the block on my rebuild and have started with removing the oil squirters as I want to replace them. I know they are press fit into the block but is there any hints or tips out there to removing these blighters? Last resort will probs be to drill them out and tap a hole in them...
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    Cylinder head minimum thickness (meg 225)

    Does anyone happen to know the minimum thickness the cylinder head can be, as I'll be taking the megane cylinder head to a machine shop to be skimmed soon Cheers
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    Mighty car mods turbo/11 second car project videos

    If you haven't already seen the series the guys from mcm are doing at the moment you really should. There are about 6 videos each about 40 mins long of them and 'turbo yoda' building a 11 second suburu legacy, very interesting, so if you have a spare afternoon I suggest you have a watch
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    Carbon A pillar

    Ive been looking at alternatives to for the A pillar trim, as I hate having to re apply trim gel to it to keep it shiny. It just looks naff IMO. My question to everyone is whether anyone has created real carbon pieces to stick over the top of them before. If not i can make some up pretty easily...