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Anyone using a smaller redtop battery or similar in your road car how have you got on with it holding its charge etc If you relocated it where too etc Thanks

Anyone else having the same problem and can it be fixed?......when I take the car out for a good blast or from a long journey, when I come to stop (traffic lights or jct) The car seems to 'tick' loudly? and if I up the revs slightly the ticks seem to go faster to the revs?? I thought it might be...

Greetings! I have found a Trophy for sale for £7485 with 48,911 miles on the clock. In your opinions what should I be paying for it and is that mileage too high? Also, should I expect the belts to be changed already? Cheers.

Has anyone here fitted an LSD to their Trophy? Any idea as to what options are available in terms of LSD's for the 182/Trophy? Many thanks :D

Had the trophy at Donington today, weather held out and the day went without too many problems, total result for me is the need for a new power steering hose and pump (long story) Had a problem one session with loose wheel nuts (almost fell off :oops: ) And another session the one the video is...

Trying to decide what exhaust to go for..... A friend of mine has a trade account with Miltek and has offered to order me one from them at trade price, i guess i stand to save between £50 - £100 but not to sure if this is the one to go for? If anyone has any experience with these systems...

Standard fast road system without the centre slicncer please Have a BTB with modified stnadard cat so its 2.5" manifold back. One of the best systems for the 182 to sale or part ex and replace with an orbisoud. Please let me know if your thinking of selling - d4ve@ntlworld.com

Myself and some friends ran a rolling road day for our club, 30 cars run in total! Mr T managed: 184.6bhp @ 6970rpm 148.9lb/ft @ 5790rpm For a completely standard engine i'm quite impressed, and it's on 50k now so well used, apparently the F4R makes more power with decent mileage on it! Goes...

Hi everyone - I've been knocking around the idea of getting a Trophy for a while now, and I'm going to be buying one very soon now. Quick question: is it best to get a bog-stock example (what I've always done in the past) or does the Trophy respond well to a cat-back pipe and a panel filter...

Hello. This morning i turned on my 182 and drove away. Then i noticed a light on the dash in the middle under the petrol light. It was a rectangle with wiggly likes in it from left to right and same orange as the petrol light. The engine had very limited power (limited to under 3000 revs). I...

Well ive been daydreaming of owning a trophy since 2005 when they came out and ive finally got round to it! :D :D Hopefully its as good as i recon: 1 actual owner 24,000 miles Full service history very straight and clean good exaltos all round couple of honest stonechips but to be expected...

i want to know whats the quickest way of getting rid of some unnesesary weight on my trophy. i am thinking of removing the rear seat bench as i dont really carry passengers much, i was looking at getting a carbon bonnet for the car but dont know how much this will cost and save me weight, and...

The additional power from a nitrous system can be very addictive and because its such a simple job to increase the power (quickly changing a couple of jets), most users decide to take quick steps up the power ladder. It must however be remembered, that each step places increased demands on the...

Hi all! If your like me and enjoy reading car magazines such as Evo, Autocar etc etc. Then you'll see that the white R26R has been reviewed by every magazine under the Sun this month (including The Sun!!). So is it the new Trophy? Is it special enough? And will there soon be an R26R website...

Hi all, My first fault with number 019 and sods law its only 2 months out of warranty... D'OH! #-o Any way, I'm almost certain its a fault with the Coolant Sensor but i wanted to check to see if anyone else has had the problem before i go and part with some cash at a dealer somewhere...

I hate the cup rear bench and want something a bit nicer looking. I presume the 172 & 182 leather seats will fit straight in? Guess that as with most cars, the split/fold system has a bit that bolts to the car where the seats split, is there provision for all of this? Which seats match the...

Hi was just wondering whats so good about these (ITG Maxogens) and are they wortrh that money (£300)

For sale is 'the only' 66mm fby throttle body for the clio/trophy. Cost £500 to make, if your doing other modifications to get the most out of the clio's then this is a step worth chasing. After much research and developement i managed to bore out the stock throttle body, fit bigger...

i have only 1 pic of my trophy with the janspeed ultra performance exhaust fitted, the pic isnt very good i had it zoomed in abit but i have to say it fits like a glove looks nice and sounds insane!

I recently discovered what was described to me as a "knock controller" when I bought the car, is in fact a Unichip piggyback unit. Great bonus I thought. Since it was originally setup with an open induction kit, I decided to have it remapped at Perfect Touch in Hoddesdon to what I have now, a...

as its a nice day i went for a drive around the countryside and thought about cutting a hole so my induction could breath better, do you think this could devalue the car and even damage the engine if it rains, dont want water sucking in the engine

i might be thinking of buying some billet fast road cams for my trophy as k tech racing say it gives more torque and power gains of 12-15 bhp. does anybody have these fitted to there trophy or clio 172/182? would it affect the handling as i dont want to ruin a perfectly good handling car f

i know the clio is rather torqey but ive seen some stats with the clios torque rising to a massive 170 ibf with some mods on, what do you need to get this sort of figure?

Coming home from work tonight i was doing about 20 in 3rd, let off the throttle (expecting to slow down due to engine breaking) but just kept going! so I knocked it out of gear and the engine was revving at a constant 2000revs. Little dap on the throttle and the engine started 'coughing' until...

I'm getting my geometry fine tuned within next couple of weeks. I'm yet decided if I'm going to go for -2 camber or just optimise/correct the factory settings. Does anyone know what the factory camber/toe settings should be exactly?

Hi all, I had 218 for just over a week and enjoying every moment of it. I had a Clio 172 previously a few years ago so have an idea of Clio ownership. In between then an now had an Audi A4 1.8T Quattro and a BMW325i but needed something smaller and a little cheaper to run and of course to have...

Hi Folks, While driving my girlfriends Trophy for the first time in ages the other night I was doing maybe 80MPH when I changed from 5th to 4th & put the throttle to the floor. Lots of smoke came out of the exhaust - after double checking it (repeated the gearchange) the same thing happened...

Hi Guys I love my Trophy but i find it lacks any kind of i dont know ( Va Va Voooom ) I want to get a Cat back system and was wondering what you guys suggested. At the moment im thinking miltek simply because ive had a system on my old fiesta ( manifold back ) and loved the quality and sound...

Hello Everyone Many thanks already for the hundreds of tips and suggestions I've read so far. I don't actually own a Trophy yet but by the end of February I hope to have one nailed down. I was hoping I could get a little assistance from you all. Servicing: Clearly RenTech are the...

IE one with a high spec in the engine dept, throttle bodies, cams ect. Cash awaits the right motor's owner.