Fletch's 150k 172 Project..

Fletcher · Jun 6, 2012

dmallett said:
You may aswell remove the aircon and be done with annoying/expensive aux belt changes.

Yes fella. I already had the pure motorsport kit in mind. I am still not sure if I am going to stick with it yet ( throw more money at it)

Fletcher · Jun 9, 2012

Accoustic valve removed.

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Nick172Cup · Jun 9, 2012

Good work, you plugged the hole going from that to the inlet manifold?

Fletcher · Jun 9, 2012

Nick172Cup said:
Good work, you plugged the hole going from that to the inlet manifold?

Not yet mate, I ran out of time today, I'll hopefully do that tomorrow.

*****

I forgot to add the car is going to be SORN for the foreseeable future :dapprove:

Nick172Cup · Jun 9, 2012

Fletcher said:
Not yet mate, I ran out of time today, I'll hopefully do that tomorrow.

*****

I forgot to add the car is going to be SORN for the foreseeable future :dapprove:

Sorn? What for?

Also r.e. the acoustic valve, just use a bit of the pipe that was originallt there an bung a large bolt in the end of it. Bobs your uncle, fannies your aunt!

TimR26 · Jun 9, 2012

Do you want me to bring any tools tomorrow mate?

TimR26 · Jun 9, 2012

Nick172Cup said:
Sorn? What for?

Also r.e. the acoustic valve, just use a bit of the pipe that was originallt there an bung a large bolt in the end of it. Bobs your uncle, fannies your aunt!

His aux belt is about to s**t itself and there's a bad oil or pas fluid leak

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/show...dear-aux-belt-looks-like-it-s-had-better-days!

Fletcher · Jun 9, 2012

Nick172Cup said:
Sorn? What for?

Also r.e. the acoustic valve, just use a bit of the pipe that was originallt there an bung a large bolt in the end of it. Bobs your uncle, fannies your aunt!

Fletcher said:
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/show...dear-aux-belt-looks-like-it-s-had-better-days!

Well after this today. I will more than likely be breaking the clio, it's needs about 1.5-2k spending on it, and I think it's now time to move on to something else. :dapprove:

Cheers Nick

atouba said:
His aux belt is about to s**t itself and there's a bad oil or pas fluid leak
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/show...dear-aux-belt-looks-like-it-s-had-better-days!

Your torque wrench would come in handy mate.

TimR26 · Jun 9, 2012

Ok mate I'll bring it along.

Fletcher · Jun 10, 2012

Had a proper look around the Fletchbus today. quite a bit of oil had collected around the aux belt area, more then likely from a power steering pump leak.

Chris fixed the horn though

Thanks for the help today Chris, Tim

Russ_16v · Jun 10, 2012

Keeping it?

Fletcher · Jun 10, 2012

Russ_16v said:
Keeping it?

I think so mate. I'll probably not do anything to it now though until next year mind.

Darren S · Jun 10, 2012

Definitely a recognised forum favourite this. It appears to simply keep going and going!

D.

mr_n · Jun 11, 2012

Glad you're keeping it mate, good idea to sorn it in my eyes. Ill miss the sight of it at meets but it'll be good to have a break from it then go back to it with guns blazing and go mental with some bodies

Fletcher · Jun 11, 2012

Darren S said:
Definitely a recognised forum favourite this. It appears to simply keep going and going!

D.

Yes Darren, I've had it for 6.5 years now.

mr_n said:
Glad you're keeping it mate, good idea to sorn it in my eyes. Ill miss the sight of it at meets but it'll be good to have a break from it then go back to it with guns blazing and go mental with some bodies

I'll bring the smokey Derv to the south central meets.

Yeah having it SORN made sense. I'll get some parts sorted and see what happens..

Daniel · Jun 11, 2012

Just remove the power steering altogether. Relatively simple to do and stops the inevitable happening.

Fletcher · Jun 11, 2012

Daniel said:
Just remove the power steering altogether. Relatively simple to do and stops the inevitable happening.

I have toyed with the idea of removed PAS mate.

Nick172Cup · Jun 11, 2012

Fletcher said:
I have toyed with the idea of removed PAS mate.

Dont, just dont. YOU WILL HATE IT!

Having deleted the powersteering on my mk1 clio and it being pretty good to drive, the mk2 is completely different! Stupidly heavy and really not worth it, just get yourself a new pump from Renault, something like a £150 which isnt really a lot. Especially now your going to keep it and spend a fortune on it!

TimR26 · Jun 11, 2012

Did you get rid of PAS on your 172 Cup then Nick?

Is it heavy all the time or just at low speed?

Fletcher · Jun 11, 2012

Nick172Cup said:
Dont, just dont. YOU WILL HATE IT!

Having deleted the powersteering on my mk1 clio and it being pretty good to drive, the mk2 is completely different! Stupidly heavy and really not worth it, just get yourself a new pump from Renault, something like a £150 which isnt really a lot. Especially now your going to keep it and spend a fortune on it!

Quite a few people have said that they're silly heavy with PAS removed shame, as IIRC PAS delete frees up a few ponies.

"keep it and spend a fortune" you know me to well Nick

TimR26 · Jun 11, 2012

Fletcher said:
Quite a few people have said that they're silly heavy with PAS removed shame, as IIRC PAS delete frees up a few ponies.

"keep it and spend a fortune" you know me to well Nick

Mark's Cup gained about 6hp iirc, think he liked the feel as well.

Fletcher · Jun 11, 2012

atouba said:
Mark's Cup gained about 6hp iirc, think he liked the feel as well.

6bhp gain sounds good, I need all the help I can get to keep up with you on the straights Tim

Yes Mike ( Rentech) also liked it. TBH I'll probably keep PAS.

Nick172Cup · Jun 11, 2012

atouba said:
Did you get rid of PAS on your 172 Cup then Nick?

Is it heavy all the time or just at low speed?

Nah took it off my Mk1 Clio Tim, that was a lot lighter than the Mk2 clio I drove. Was just generally horrible to drive in comparison, and at slow speeds it was horrific!

Fletcher said:
Quite a few people have said that they're silly heavy with PAS removed shame, as IIRC PAS delete frees up a few ponies.

"keep it and spend a fortune" you know me to well Nick

It does free up a bit more bhp but of all the things i'd do removing the PAS is not one i'd do personally.

TimR26 · Jun 11, 2012

Fletcher said:
6bhp gain sounds good, I need all the help I can get to keep up with you on the straights Tim

Yes Mike ( Rentech) also liked it. TBH I'll probably keep PAS.

Then I'll fit my 630cc injectors and gain 10-15bhp

TimR26 · Jun 11, 2012

Nick172Cup said:
Nah took it off my Mk1 Clio Tim, that was a lot lighter than the Mk2 clio I drove. Was just generally horrible to drive in comparison, and at slow speeds it was horrific!

It does free up a bit more bhp but of all the things i'd do removing the PAS is not one i'd do personally.

Ok, thought you meant you'd done it.

Fletcher · Jun 11, 2012

atouba said:
Then I'll fit my 630cc injectors and gain 10-15bhp

FFS! :dapprove:

Sir_Dave · Jun 11, 2012

atouba said:
Ok, thought you meant you'd done it.

We bought a ph2 that had had it removed, which Nick was considering having as a track car. After driving it, we decided that it was utterly horrific, & shouldnt be done even if it gives you 50bhp. It was sold a week later lol.

Ruined the car imho.

mr_n · Jun 12, 2012

Dont know if this is possible on clio's but a few 106/saxos are toying with the idea of running a switch to the PAS pump. On for normal driving, then switch it off on track. Not sure on the amount of work involved though.

LewisTaylor · Jun 12, 2012

mr_n said:
Dont know if this is possible on clio's but a few 106/saxos are toying with the idea of running a switch to the PAS pump. On for normal driving, then switch it off on track. Not sure on the amount of work involved though.

Iirc Tony and Jay have this on the race car as they have a Saxo pump. They never turn it off, I'd like to go down the Saxo pump route tbh.

not normal dan · Jun 12, 2012

LewisTaylor said:
Iirc Tony and Jay have this on the race car as they have a Saxo pump. They never turn it off, I'd like to go down the Saxo pump route tbh.

From what I remember from my Saxo days the saxo pumps are quite costly even second hand an I've seen quite a few fail over the time :s

Fletcher · Jun 12, 2012

LewisTaylor said:
Iirc Tony and Jay have this on the race car as they have a Saxo pump. They never turn it off, I'd like to go down the Saxo pump route tbh.

I remember Tony saying something about this at Brands Hatch last year come to think of it.

mr_n · Jun 12, 2012

Im sure i could find you a second hand saxo pas unit mate

Fletcher · Jun 13, 2012

mr_n said:
Im sure i could find you a second hand saxo pas unit mate

Cheers mate. I'll do a bit more research into it.

Fletcher · Jul 8, 2012

Well the clio has been SORN for the past month or so. Hopefully get it back on the road somewhen next spring.

tom172cup · Jul 8, 2012

Fletcher said:
Well the clio has been SORN for the past month or so. Hopefully get it back on the road somewhen next spring.

when you pop over in the week i have masses of bits you could salvage from my car to help fix yours

Fletcher · Jul 8, 2012

tom172cup said:
when you pop over in the week i have masses of bits you could salvage from my car to help fix yours

Cheers mate.

Christopher. · Jul 11, 2012

Springs a long time too wait !

Fletcher · Jul 11, 2012

Dagenham Dustbin said:
Springs a long time too wait !

Tell me about it mate, I miss driving the old girl :dapprove::dapprove:

Christopher. · Jul 11, 2012

I bet, not driven mine properly in 2 weeks now

Fletcher · Jul 11, 2012

Dagenham Dustbin said:
I bet, not driven mine properly in 2 weeks now

How come mate? Still poorly?

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