172 cup boosted track toy!

[Cupman29]

Thought I'd set about the cup and finally turn it into the track car it wants to be.

Already fitted is:

1) Ferodo DS2500 pads front and rear
2) Brembo Max fron discs
3) Pipercross Viper
4) KTR Stainless Stealth

My 'to do' list is as follows:

1) Strip it out (rear seats and carpet)
2) Fit new buckets and harnesses (Cobra evolution and a Corbeau recliner)
3) Fit refurbed front brake calipers and Pagid blue pads
4) Fit Clio 182 exhaust manifold and 182 to 172 link pipe
5) Get ECU remapped for manifold, decat and Viper iduction kit
5) Fit new vibratechnics engine mounts - Done
6) Fit new polybushed dogbone mount - Done
7) Fit new AST top mounts (From Kam group buy)
8) Fit new Coilovers (Not sure on which one but will probably be B14's from Kam Racing)
9) Ket the coilies profesioanlly set up with Camber bolts and top mounts fitted

The list will go on but that is the immediate items on the agenda.

A pic of the top engine mount:



Forgot to take one of the upper gearbox one as I was that happy when I got it on and cracked on with building it back up.

I must admit, after fitting the engine mounts I dont know how anyone could use these mounts on a road car. The vibrations through the car is unbelievable. There is virtually no engine movement now. I had read up on a few threads on here on how to fit the upper gearbox mount but it was still a right pain in the arse to fit. All fitted now and pleased to get it out the way.

Started stripping out the rear and found about 8 years worth on crap under everything. The car has over the years been used a bit of pack horse but has never complaned once.









Noticed this when fitting the mounts:





There seems to be oil leaking from this. Any ideas on what is involved in fixing it? Big job??

I've got 2 sets of 16" cup Turini's. One with PE2's and the other set are being refurbed in anthracite and will have Yoko A048's fitted. Also got a of TD Prorace 1.2's with R888 rubber. Might drop to 15's if rubber becomes to expensive or there is a huge difference in the handling for the better.

Got my first track day on the 14th of May at Knockhill so hope to have all this done bofore then.

Future plans include:

Cage - either half or full (obviously) but not decided yet
Rear ARB - Probably whiteline
More weight removal
Polybush front wishbones and ARB
Front Strut brace
New steering wheel (Sabelt RSport)
ITB's and Cams (Somewhere down the line)

I'll try and keep the pics coming but I usually get so engrossed in the job in hand I forget.

After reading some of the other projects on here it really does give you some inspiration on what can be done with these cars.

cheers,

Steven

[Nick r26r]

isnt that the gear selector , if so it looks like someone has just spilt oil over it as i wouldn't of thought gear would of leaked out of it ,

[Cupman29]

Dried it up with a rag and then checked it the next day and it was back.

There was a small puddle on the plastic undertray panel.

[AdamR]

Dried it up with a rag and then checked it the next day and it was back.

Exactly the same on mine... Tried some of this: http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/s...egoryId_165750 - seems to have worked!

Have fun with the car, looks like it will be pretty similar to mine once done

I had a look around regarding wheel sizes, and everyone said to go for 15s by the way.

[Cupman29]

Exactly the same on mine... Tried some of this: http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/s...egoryId_165750 - seems to have worked!

Have fun with the car, looks like it will be pretty similar to mine once done

I had a look around regarding wheel sizes, and everyone said to go for 15s by the way.

Is that not covering up a problem rather than fixing it? Cheers for the info though!

I think I will go to 15's but have a few sets of gyres to go through first. Then I'll sell some of the wheels and buy some 2118's or something.

[AdamR]

Well - I did wonder that. I figured it might only be a slightly leaky seal, or something minor like that, so for £7 it was worth a shot. At least now I know it's nothing too serious, so I can fix it properly when the gearbox inevitably decides to s**t itself and needs a rebuild The box feels a bit smoother now too which is a bonus.

Ah cool, sounds like a plan! Apparently you will love the handling on 15s compared with 16s, although I've not tried mine with anything other than 15s so I can't really comment...

[Cupman29]

Once Ive used the 3 sets of tyres I have for the 16's I'll defo get some 15's. Sounds like it's the way to go.

Need to get my decision head on with the coilovers. The B14's look the best buy for the price but I keep thinking I'm going to get something else later on as it will only be a track car so no road considerations to worry about.

Anyone got a set of KW V2's they want to part with??? lol

[Tony Hunter]

The box needs to be stripped to fix that.

[AdamR]

Yeah, effort to replace one seal though

Did some digging and found this: http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showt...earbox+rebuild - sounds like 'keep an eye on it for now' is best...

[Tony Hunter]

Don't worry they all(99%) do it anyway.

[Cupman29]

Think I'll keep my eye on the gearbox level for now and worry about a rebuild when I loose a cog! Lol

Cheers for the link by the way Adam.

[Cupman29]

Think I'm in the mood for changing the exhaust as well. Need a cat back system that sounds a bit more racy than the ktec stealth. Think I'll go for the yozza race system or the oreca. Anyone any comments on either?

[Craig.H]

I have the yozza on my 182, its a fantastic exhaust!

Will you be going to the renaultsport day at knockhill?

[Cupman29]

I'm going to the track day Scotland day on the 14th of May. When is the renaultsport day?

[Riad]

Think I'm in the mood for changing the exhaust as well. Need a cat back system that sounds a bit more racy than the ktec stealth. Think I'll go for the yozza race system or the oreca. Anyone any comments on either?

Yozza mate

[Cupman29]

I've listened to a couple of vids on YouTube of the yozza and must admit, it is a damn sexy noise!

What is the db level of the race system? Any probs with noise at ant tracks?

[Cupman29]

Couldn't find any seat sub-frames with sliders so I had a set of Cobra mounts for a Pug 206 that I have adapted to fit. When I say adapted I mean Ive used the sliders and made new sub-frames to fit the clio.

206 sub-frames:



DIY Clio frames:



And after a lick of paint:





And then fitted in the car:









The Evolution certainly holds you in place so cant wait to try it out on the track.

I decided to completely strip the rear of the car too. Cant decide at this point how far to go with the front. I'll probably end up going the full hog but still trying to get used to bareness of it as it is.









Next up is changing the front calipers, brake fluid to some motul rbf600 and front pads to pagid blues.

Then its onto the AST top mounts and coilovers!

[Cupman29]

Not sure on where best to mount the rear strap of the harness. The 2 ways I have tried are:



And I now have it like this:







Is there a correct way for a cageless car? I will be getting a cage hopefully in the not too distant future so this is only for a couple of track days.

And just thought I'd post this pic too of all the babies in the fleet:

[chrispy.clio]

The way you had it before breaks your back in a hard crash and the way you have it now is even worse.

Put it the way you had it for sure.

Car is looking good tho

[Cupman29]

I thought the angle of the straps were to be as level as possible to avoid this?

Your saying either way I'm getting a broken back in an accident? Anywhere else you would recommend?

Cheers by the way!