j44nty
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I absolutely loved my 172. It is by far and away the most fun car to drove I have ever owned and I've owned big power imprezas, countless m3's etc
They do give niggly troubles but they are simple to work on and parts are cheap.
Honestly I can't wait to have another as a toy some day
This basically I'm in the same boat big powered cars are fun but no where near as chuckable as an rs clio. Although I would put a mk3 Mr2 and twincam a close joint second for smiles per mile.
I always thought another cheap power conversion is a cheap eg civic and prelude 2.2 then swap all the bits over. The last one I done many years ago I didn't even bother mating looms. I butchered the prelude clocks into the dash. Total cost was about 2 grand and it was epic fun for all of about 1 week before I wreaked it.