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The Confused Track Clio MK1, MK2 & MK3 Content (01-Sep-12 DEADLINE)
DCI100 / 211hp MK1
Friday 12[SUP]th[/SUP] October 2012
Well another update that I am very pleased about. Luke kindly gave up his Friday afternoon (we finish at 1pm on a Friday) and we cracked on with welding the roll cage in place. The final pieces to the puzzle.
Unfortunately I didn’t get any pictures of it when we were doing it as I was too busy trying to get it done.
First of all we cut the bits off in front of the rear struts (This is where the rear bench locks in place) as we had not enough room to get the lance around the strut tops to weld it in place.
We then tack welded the two downward bars from the main hoop to the strut.
We then began to profile the diagonal bar so it would fit nice and snugly, once that was all done we tack welded that bar in place as well. This is basically where I left Luke to get on with it as there was nothing more that I could do. So whilst he was welding up front I decided to investigate the oil leak.
I had pretty much decided that the leak was either due to a missing bolt in the inner cambelt cover or the pressure switch had not been fitted correctly. The first thing I did was remove the lower cambelt cover so I could try and see if there were an bolts missing from the inner cover. This was pretty much impossible without removing and engine mount and lowering the engine down one side. Therefore I thought I would try and tighten the pressure switch. For some unknown reason I thought it was a 22mm spanner needed to nip this up. Unfortunately I could not access it due to the spanner being to big so I used my cunning to see if I could move the switch by hand. Well the pressure switch was not even hand tight. FACEPALM! So I unscrewed the pressure switch and found out it was in fact a 19mm spanner needed so I screwed it back in and nipped it up with the spanner. As we had removed all of the petrol so Luke can do the welding I was unable to test it to see if it worked. Oh well.
I then refitted the cambelt cover and waited for Luke to finish. Once Luke had ‘finished’ we looked over the welds on the car to ensure they were all adequate and we stood back and admired what we had done! The welding is not completely finished as we started to loose light. Unfortunately Luke cannot get the lance in position to finish off two of the welds. What we are going to need to do is knock the rear quarter windows out, weld it up and then ill fit some polycarb ones in instead of the heavy glass but in all honesty I don’t think this will be done this year. Unfortunately that means I cannot use the car on track until this is done but with the weather the way it is I don’t think I will be going on track anytime soon anyway.
Here are a couple of pictures that we took right at the end.
Saturday 13[SUP]th[/SUP] October 2012
So I have a bit of a lay in and decide to go down and get the car finished and MOT’d today. Well that was the plan. I rung my MOT tester in the morning and said what is the latest time you can book me in for an MOT? He basically said 4pm as he was going home at 5. That was alright as I was confident that I could get the car finished for then.
First on the list of things to do was the bloody subframe and decat flange had to have a bit shaved off as it was hitting and vibrating through the car.
So I jacked the car up nice and high:
Then I undone all of the parts preventing the subframe from dropping and then slowly lifted it down so I could have some room to play with the grinder.
First thing I did was shave a tiny little bit off of the subframe on the area that it had been hitting (as it had removed the paint). I then got under the car and grinded a bit of the flange away. I didn’t remove that much that it would weaken anything I only removed the unnecessary excess metal.
Subframe:
Decat Flange:
I then got the red hammerite out and touched up the subframe, whilst I was there I also redone the callipers and carriers and I wasn’t fond of the silver/red theme I had before. Lol
I then fitted all of the subframe and everything back up and made sure that everything was tight.
My mate Luke turned up (another Luke) to lend a hand with the last finishing touches of the car prior to the MOT. Whilst the car was up in the air we sorted the tracking (by eye) and tightened it all up. We then dropped the car on the floor and proceeded to fit the wiper motor and arms etc. We plugged it in and tried the wipers.....no joy they would not work. This was really strange as I had never had a problem with them before. The only thing that concerned me was the amount of wiring that I had put in the scuttle area as I was still using the standard unchopped/untaped main loom. After playing about with it for a bit and getting nowhere I gave up. Rung up my MOT tester and said that I would not be down today
. As I had more time and was not rushing I decided to finish it off properly so that I wouldn’t have to go back over it at a later date.
Luke ended up going after a while and I carried on and done the following:
I retaped the entire scuttle loom in self amalgamating tape to try and tidy it up a bit for when I installed the wiper motor.
I removed the main interior wiring loom and started chopping it all down so I could remove all of the unnecessary wires that I would not be using. This was a bit of a gamble with all of the other looms I had tried to chop down and failed (well it may have been something to do with mixing different phase looms).
After a while I gave up as my back was in pieces and I could just about move.
I called it a night after that.
Sunday 14[SUP]th[/SUP] October 2012
Well I had a nice real early start by getting down to my nans for about 7.30am as I wanted to ensure that I had everything done so that I could finally get the car MOT’d.
The first thing that I did was finish cutting out the unnecessary wires. I then trial tested the loom......and the car wouldn’t start. Absolutely fuming I took it all out and tried my old phase 1 loom to see if it was me. The difference with this time was I actually tightened the interior earths properly and not by hand. All the ignition turned on so I removed it again and fitted the phase 2 chopped loom and tightened the earths properly. Cranked her over and she sprung into life.! I was basically doing cartwheels around my nans garden! Happy days.
Quick little video she still abit tappy.
I then removed the loom and taped the lot in self amalgamating tape to try and tidy it up. I then mounted all of the wiring inside the car and plugged everything in that needed to be plugged in. I cable tied all of the wiring out of place and started going through the different lights, horn, wiper etc to ensure everything was working. Unfortunately the horn and wipers where not working. The rear number plate light was coming on when I pressed the brake and the fuel gauge was sticking and not returning when I turned the ignition off. So out of that list the things I needed to sort was everything apart from the fuel gauge as that isn’t really an issue for the MOT test anyway.
First thing on the list were the wipers. I cut a plug off an old loom and connected that direct to a battery to try and get them working. They moved and then got stuck. It looks like the wiper motor arm had been slightly bent so it was hitting itself when doing its cycle. I bent it back into place and tested the wipers on the battery and everything was fine. (talk about miss the obvious thing!). I plugged it back into the main loom and then tested it on the wiper stalk. Everything worked wonderful.
Next job was the rear number plate light. As I did originally have this working on the old phase 1 rear loom iot must have been something I had wired up wrong when installing the new one. I had noticed that the numberplate wire that branches off the plug was in fact for the stop light (according to my notes) so I decided to cut that off and try and see if it would work if I connected it to the blue wire. Sure enough it did and it worked as it should do and didn’t come on when I pressed the brake pedal lol.
The final job..... the horn. What an arsehole this was. I removed the unit. Cleaned all of the connections, cleaned the chassis where it earths against and it still wouldn’t work. I played around with this for a while and even connected it direct to a battery to see if it worked....which it didn’t.
Well I thought it was the final job but then I remembered...
I did notice when I put my lights on I had no dash lights! I must have cut the plug off that controls that and removed the wires so this is something that I had to address. So I got my spare loom and the Haynes sat there and pondered it for a while and then set to work on removing the light wires (pin 3 on oil dials) and pin 2 on the plug behind the speedo (horizontal one). I connected them together and then attached them to a blue wire in the loom that sends the signal for the lights. All sorted! The only problem is now that are on full all the time but that doesn’t worry me to be honest.
Luckily I had a spare unit lying about so I checked that on the battery and it worked fine. I installed it and tested it and it worked lovely.
All the little jobs done. Now it was just time to ensure my harnesses where mounted properly on the harness bar, check oil level, check coolant level, check brake fluid level and then go and get her tested.
Here are a few quick snaps before her little journey to the MOT tester!
It was quite an interesting drive down to the MOT test station. The car felt wonderful (although the steering wheel angle a bit iffy and the steering wheel being way to close into my chest). It was all wonderful until I got about a mile away from the station. The brakes started squeaking horrendously so I pulled over to investigate. With no tools, jack etc I was a bit stumped. There was nothing majorly obvious that was wrong with the car. I stopped off at home on the way through and got the jack out of the garage to investigate further. This was no good as I didn’t have my long series 19mm with me so I couldn’t take the wheels off. I had realised what I had done though I hadn’t tightened the driveshaft nuts up to the required torque but as I didn’t have the correct tools at my house there was naff all I could do. So I gently limped her to the MOT station and borrowed the guys jack and tools. 5 Minutes later it was sorted.! I did feel like a bit of a nob doing that but oh well the car was ok and was about to get tested!
Anyway the MOT happened and the car passed! Happy days. I very quickly shot down to the post office and slapped 12 months tax on her. She was finally on the road!!!!
I had a bit of ‘fun’ on the way home and then tucked her up on the drive. I was very comfortable driving her so I decided to try and put a smaller boss in place as the wheel was far to close to me to drive comfortably.
I must have moved the wheel back a good 80mm . The position was much more comfortable now the steering wheel was actually dead straight with the new boss in place. Happy days.
Didn’t get a before and after unfortunately but this is the new position.
Thursday 18[SUP]th[/SUP] October 2012
I went round to my uncles to show him the track car and also to borrow his tools so that I could set the camber up with the eibach camber bolts I had.
We ended up playing around with it for quite a bit to get it so that I was running around 1.5 degrees of camber.
Once that was all done I had a look around his project a Ford Escort RSR or something like that. Its basically a space frame with a fibreglass shell over the top it’s a beautiful bit of kit and a money pit. Unfortunately I didn’t get any pictures but next time I go down there I will make sure that I do get some nice shots. I can’t wait until this is up and running its going to be a real weapon!
That was basically it for the night next on the list was to get the tracking sorted after work tomorrow.
Friday 19[SUP]th[/SUP] October 2012
So whilst at work I wanted to ensure that my uncle and I had put the camber bolts in the correct hole, so a quick phone call to Danny @ 519 confirmed that we had in fact put the camber bolts in the wrong hole. So straight after work in the pouring rain I removed the camber bolts and replaced the original bolts so that I could go and get the 4 wheel alignment done.
I went down to Jet Tyres in Benfleet and they done the necessary checks.
I was over the moon with the result as he said that the toe on the front was withing tolerance, the sterring wheel was perfectly straight and the rear beam did not need realigning. Happy days.
I got a quote for the tracking which was £36 which is reasonable and then I asked how much to set the camber up aswell. Dave (the guy doing the alignment) said he would do the camber adjustment for free but I would have to go home and refit the camber bolts as it was too involved to do it at the price I was quoted.
So off I went home and fitted the camber bolts in the correct hole (the top one) in the pouring rain.
I literally just chucked them in there as they were going to be set up correctly at Jet Tyres.
I get back down there and have a bit of a chat with Dave whilst he worked away on the car. He actually commented on how ‘brand new’ everything was on the car and complemented the wor I had done....which was nice lol.
He did the realignment and because I fitted the camber bolts it had infact put the tracking out of tolerance so he adjusted that to include a bit of toe out and then adjusted the camber bolts to the maximum which I believe is just over 1 degree of negative camber. I only got this amount of movement due to the castor being set to maximum on my AST top mounts. I have got a print out of what was done to the car I just need to take a picture of it and upload it on here.
The car is basically done now apart from a few things I need to do which are as follows:
I finally got there in the end (well its not finished) but at least the majority of it is working.
Thanks for reading.
Well another update that I am very pleased about. Luke kindly gave up his Friday afternoon (we finish at 1pm on a Friday) and we cracked on with welding the roll cage in place. The final pieces to the puzzle.
Unfortunately I didn’t get any pictures of it when we were doing it as I was too busy trying to get it done.
First of all we cut the bits off in front of the rear struts (This is where the rear bench locks in place) as we had not enough room to get the lance around the strut tops to weld it in place.
We then tack welded the two downward bars from the main hoop to the strut.
We then began to profile the diagonal bar so it would fit nice and snugly, once that was all done we tack welded that bar in place as well. This is basically where I left Luke to get on with it as there was nothing more that I could do. So whilst he was welding up front I decided to investigate the oil leak.
I had pretty much decided that the leak was either due to a missing bolt in the inner cambelt cover or the pressure switch had not been fitted correctly. The first thing I did was remove the lower cambelt cover so I could try and see if there were an bolts missing from the inner cover. This was pretty much impossible without removing and engine mount and lowering the engine down one side. Therefore I thought I would try and tighten the pressure switch. For some unknown reason I thought it was a 22mm spanner needed to nip this up. Unfortunately I could not access it due to the spanner being to big so I used my cunning to see if I could move the switch by hand. Well the pressure switch was not even hand tight. FACEPALM! So I unscrewed the pressure switch and found out it was in fact a 19mm spanner needed so I screwed it back in and nipped it up with the spanner. As we had removed all of the petrol so Luke can do the welding I was unable to test it to see if it worked. Oh well.
I then refitted the cambelt cover and waited for Luke to finish. Once Luke had ‘finished’ we looked over the welds on the car to ensure they were all adequate and we stood back and admired what we had done! The welding is not completely finished as we started to loose light. Unfortunately Luke cannot get the lance in position to finish off two of the welds. What we are going to need to do is knock the rear quarter windows out, weld it up and then ill fit some polycarb ones in instead of the heavy glass but in all honesty I don’t think this will be done this year. Unfortunately that means I cannot use the car on track until this is done but with the weather the way it is I don’t think I will be going on track anytime soon anyway.
Here are a couple of pictures that we took right at the end.
Saturday 13[SUP]th[/SUP] October 2012
So I have a bit of a lay in and decide to go down and get the car finished and MOT’d today. Well that was the plan. I rung my MOT tester in the morning and said what is the latest time you can book me in for an MOT? He basically said 4pm as he was going home at 5. That was alright as I was confident that I could get the car finished for then.
First on the list of things to do was the bloody subframe and decat flange had to have a bit shaved off as it was hitting and vibrating through the car.
So I jacked the car up nice and high:
Then I undone all of the parts preventing the subframe from dropping and then slowly lifted it down so I could have some room to play with the grinder.
First thing I did was shave a tiny little bit off of the subframe on the area that it had been hitting (as it had removed the paint). I then got under the car and grinded a bit of the flange away. I didn’t remove that much that it would weaken anything I only removed the unnecessary excess metal.
Subframe:
Decat Flange:
I then got the red hammerite out and touched up the subframe, whilst I was there I also redone the callipers and carriers and I wasn’t fond of the silver/red theme I had before. Lol
I then fitted all of the subframe and everything back up and made sure that everything was tight.
My mate Luke turned up (another Luke) to lend a hand with the last finishing touches of the car prior to the MOT. Whilst the car was up in the air we sorted the tracking (by eye) and tightened it all up. We then dropped the car on the floor and proceeded to fit the wiper motor and arms etc. We plugged it in and tried the wipers.....no joy they would not work. This was really strange as I had never had a problem with them before. The only thing that concerned me was the amount of wiring that I had put in the scuttle area as I was still using the standard unchopped/untaped main loom. After playing about with it for a bit and getting nowhere I gave up. Rung up my MOT tester and said that I would not be down today
. As I had more time and was not rushing I decided to finish it off properly so that I wouldn’t have to go back over it at a later date.Luke ended up going after a while and I carried on and done the following:
I retaped the entire scuttle loom in self amalgamating tape to try and tidy it up a bit for when I installed the wiper motor.
I removed the main interior wiring loom and started chopping it all down so I could remove all of the unnecessary wires that I would not be using. This was a bit of a gamble with all of the other looms I had tried to chop down and failed (well it may have been something to do with mixing different phase looms).
After a while I gave up as my back was in pieces and I could just about move.
I called it a night after that.
Sunday 14[SUP]th[/SUP] October 2012
Well I had a nice real early start by getting down to my nans for about 7.30am as I wanted to ensure that I had everything done so that I could finally get the car MOT’d.
The first thing that I did was finish cutting out the unnecessary wires. I then trial tested the loom......and the car wouldn’t start. Absolutely fuming I took it all out and tried my old phase 1 loom to see if it was me. The difference with this time was I actually tightened the interior earths properly and not by hand. All the ignition turned on so I removed it again and fitted the phase 2 chopped loom and tightened the earths properly. Cranked her over and she sprung into life.! I was basically doing cartwheels around my nans garden! Happy days.
Quick little video she still abit tappy.
I then removed the loom and taped the lot in self amalgamating tape to try and tidy it up. I then mounted all of the wiring inside the car and plugged everything in that needed to be plugged in. I cable tied all of the wiring out of place and started going through the different lights, horn, wiper etc to ensure everything was working. Unfortunately the horn and wipers where not working. The rear number plate light was coming on when I pressed the brake and the fuel gauge was sticking and not returning when I turned the ignition off. So out of that list the things I needed to sort was everything apart from the fuel gauge as that isn’t really an issue for the MOT test anyway.
First thing on the list were the wipers. I cut a plug off an old loom and connected that direct to a battery to try and get them working. They moved and then got stuck. It looks like the wiper motor arm had been slightly bent so it was hitting itself when doing its cycle. I bent it back into place and tested the wipers on the battery and everything was fine. (talk about miss the obvious thing!). I plugged it back into the main loom and then tested it on the wiper stalk. Everything worked wonderful.
Next job was the rear number plate light. As I did originally have this working on the old phase 1 rear loom iot must have been something I had wired up wrong when installing the new one. I had noticed that the numberplate wire that branches off the plug was in fact for the stop light (according to my notes) so I decided to cut that off and try and see if it would work if I connected it to the blue wire. Sure enough it did and it worked as it should do and didn’t come on when I pressed the brake pedal lol.
The final job..... the horn. What an arsehole this was. I removed the unit. Cleaned all of the connections, cleaned the chassis where it earths against and it still wouldn’t work. I played around with this for a while and even connected it direct to a battery to see if it worked....which it didn’t.
Well I thought it was the final job but then I remembered...
I did notice when I put my lights on I had no dash lights! I must have cut the plug off that controls that and removed the wires so this is something that I had to address. So I got my spare loom and the Haynes sat there and pondered it for a while and then set to work on removing the light wires (pin 3 on oil dials) and pin 2 on the plug behind the speedo (horizontal one). I connected them together and then attached them to a blue wire in the loom that sends the signal for the lights. All sorted! The only problem is now that are on full all the time but that doesn’t worry me to be honest.
Luckily I had a spare unit lying about so I checked that on the battery and it worked fine. I installed it and tested it and it worked lovely.
All the little jobs done. Now it was just time to ensure my harnesses where mounted properly on the harness bar, check oil level, check coolant level, check brake fluid level and then go and get her tested.
Here are a few quick snaps before her little journey to the MOT tester!
It was quite an interesting drive down to the MOT test station. The car felt wonderful (although the steering wheel angle a bit iffy and the steering wheel being way to close into my chest). It was all wonderful until I got about a mile away from the station. The brakes started squeaking horrendously so I pulled over to investigate. With no tools, jack etc I was a bit stumped. There was nothing majorly obvious that was wrong with the car. I stopped off at home on the way through and got the jack out of the garage to investigate further. This was no good as I didn’t have my long series 19mm with me so I couldn’t take the wheels off. I had realised what I had done though I hadn’t tightened the driveshaft nuts up to the required torque but as I didn’t have the correct tools at my house there was naff all I could do. So I gently limped her to the MOT station and borrowed the guys jack and tools. 5 Minutes later it was sorted.! I did feel like a bit of a nob doing that but oh well the car was ok and was about to get tested!
Anyway the MOT happened and the car passed! Happy days. I very quickly shot down to the post office and slapped 12 months tax on her. She was finally on the road!!!!
I had a bit of ‘fun’ on the way home and then tucked her up on the drive. I was very comfortable driving her so I decided to try and put a smaller boss in place as the wheel was far to close to me to drive comfortably.
I must have moved the wheel back a good 80mm . The position was much more comfortable now the steering wheel was actually dead straight with the new boss in place. Happy days.
Didn’t get a before and after unfortunately but this is the new position.
Thursday 18[SUP]th[/SUP] October 2012
I went round to my uncles to show him the track car and also to borrow his tools so that I could set the camber up with the eibach camber bolts I had.
We ended up playing around with it for quite a bit to get it so that I was running around 1.5 degrees of camber.
Once that was all done I had a look around his project a Ford Escort RSR or something like that. Its basically a space frame with a fibreglass shell over the top it’s a beautiful bit of kit and a money pit. Unfortunately I didn’t get any pictures but next time I go down there I will make sure that I do get some nice shots. I can’t wait until this is up and running its going to be a real weapon!
That was basically it for the night next on the list was to get the tracking sorted after work tomorrow.
Friday 19[SUP]th[/SUP] October 2012
So whilst at work I wanted to ensure that my uncle and I had put the camber bolts in the correct hole, so a quick phone call to Danny @ 519 confirmed that we had in fact put the camber bolts in the wrong hole. So straight after work in the pouring rain I removed the camber bolts and replaced the original bolts so that I could go and get the 4 wheel alignment done.
I went down to Jet Tyres in Benfleet and they done the necessary checks.
I was over the moon with the result as he said that the toe on the front was withing tolerance, the sterring wheel was perfectly straight and the rear beam did not need realigning. Happy days.
I got a quote for the tracking which was £36 which is reasonable and then I asked how much to set the camber up aswell. Dave (the guy doing the alignment) said he would do the camber adjustment for free but I would have to go home and refit the camber bolts as it was too involved to do it at the price I was quoted.
So off I went home and fitted the camber bolts in the correct hole (the top one) in the pouring rain.
I literally just chucked them in there as they were going to be set up correctly at Jet Tyres.
I get back down there and have a bit of a chat with Dave whilst he worked away on the car. He actually commented on how ‘brand new’ everything was on the car and complemented the wor I had done....which was nice lol.
He did the realignment and because I fitted the camber bolts it had infact put the tracking out of tolerance so he adjusted that to include a bit of toe out and then adjusted the camber bolts to the maximum which I believe is just over 1 degree of negative camber. I only got this amount of movement due to the castor being set to maximum on my AST top mounts. I have got a print out of what was done to the car I just need to take a picture of it and upload it on here.
The car is basically done now apart from a few things I need to do which are as follows:
- Buy a new AEM gauge as I have bloody lost mine! (I have all the wiring which is annoying!)
- Remove rear Quarter windows and finish welding the inaccessible parts of the cage.
- Refit poly carb windows to the rear quarters (and possibly the fronts)
- Buy a gearstick stiffening kit as mine is a little floppy.
- Spray the welded areas matt black
- Make a switch panel and mount them all in place,
- Run the wiring neatly through the car using cable ties and sticky pads.
- Buy some carbon Lorraine brakes for track
- Buy another set of track wheels for the R888’s
I finally got there in the end (well its not finished) but at least the majority of it is working.
Thanks for reading.
94' Valver F4R'd
Epic. Hat's off to you sir!!
Just read this through and figured you could use the free bump... just a shame that after all this money and time, you won't be able to race this shell given the amount of modifications to the structure of the shell and the rollcage. If you ever decided you wanted to race, which is the natural progression from trackdays, it'd be a whole load of effort all over again..
DCI100 / 211hp MK1
CAshflow is increasing again so should hopefully get all of the outstanding jobs done by the track day at the end of march!
Ordered some polycard windows from tony @ www.acwmotorsportpalstics.co.uk really nice guy and has helped me out quite a bit! They should be here hopefully next week so that i can start making some progress on finishing the cage off.
I have fitted my T7 heater which was absolutely useless over winter so i didnt drive the car alot. I also have a slight leak as i am using garden hose for the water hoses.... oops. So need to sort that.
I have foud out what my intermitant fuelling issue is. Its because of the MK1 fuel pump being used in a MK2 tank. In the MK1 tanks there is a wall around the pump to hold petrol in whilst cornering so you dont get fuel surge so i have a new tank and pump to replace that aswell.
Need to finish of welding the cage and generally tidy up the interior of the car. I have a MK2 PH2 dash to fit and make a switch panel for all the remaining items.
Plus i still have the odds and sods list to sort out but hopefully i am most of the way there with the car. The only upgrades in the future are some decent pads for track and more power if i get bored!
Ordered some polycard windows from tony @ www.acwmotorsportpalstics.co.uk really nice guy and has helped me out quite a bit! They should be here hopefully next week so that i can start making some progress on finishing the cage off.
I have fitted my T7 heater which was absolutely useless over winter so i didnt drive the car alot. I also have a slight leak as i am using garden hose for the water hoses.... oops. So need to sort that.
I have foud out what my intermitant fuelling issue is. Its because of the MK1 fuel pump being used in a MK2 tank. In the MK1 tanks there is a wall around the pump to hold petrol in whilst cornering so you dont get fuel surge so i have a new tank and pump to replace that aswell.
Need to finish of welding the cage and generally tidy up the interior of the car. I have a MK2 PH2 dash to fit and make a switch panel for all the remaining items.
Plus i still have the odds and sods list to sort out but hopefully i am most of the way there with the car. The only upgrades in the future are some decent pads for track and more power if i get bored!
DCI100 / 211hp MK1
This next bit should answer your question sorry for the slow response
DCI100 / 211hp MK1
Tuesday 12[SUP]th[/SUP] March 2013
Well I have been neglecting my project thread a little bit. I think this was more due to cash flow and not having the time to work on it. Plus with the winter I didn’t want to touch it at all as it was too cold and miserable.
Well my first track day is booked at Bedford for Monday 25[SUP]th[/SUP] March so there are a great number of things that I need to do. Just to do a quick bit of recapping over some of the things I have done in the last few months...
Found out what the intermittent fuelling problem was...... Basically in a nut shell don’t use a MK2 tank and then fit a MK1 pump lol.
Fitted my T7 heater and plumbed it in (not finished yet)
Found a coolant leak coming from my T7 heater. Its a very small leak but needs to be resolved none the less.
Released that the car is awful to drive when its cold I need to block all of the holes etc.
Released that I don’t really rate the T7 heater and that I should have just kept the standard item in place....live and learn.
And finally released that although its not the quickest of cars it still puts a massive massive grin on my face!
A few pics:
So bought these little beauties they are going to help me tidy up the interior wiring so that it sits nicely through the car.
I then put the OE grommet in place to try and stop water coming into the car. This was a pain to fit as I had to remove all the wiring and then the plastic so that I could run the washer pipe through it.
I don’t know why but I wanted to replace the rotary arm for some reason and tbh I am glad I did as the old one was completely seized on the car. So smashed that off and fitted the new one.
I cut away the excess rubber off of the door seals that kept fouling against the roll car. This was just to try and neaten it up and make the seal sit as it should in the car.
My T7 Lightweight heater turned up with some pipework and demisters.
I finally got around to fitting my AFR gauge after getting a new harness as one of the wires on my was a bit loose so kept giving me dodgey readings.
Before:
After:
Working :
I then decided to fit the heater.
First thing I done was bolt it to the bulkhead in a position where I thought it wouldn/shouldn’t get damaged.
This is how the hoses currently looked. I need ed to extend them as I put the expansion bottle to high up in the engine bay so the hoses would not reach. This is going to have to be changed as the hoses now need to link with the heater matrix of the T7 heater.
I then had to drill the holes so that the link pipes could join the hoses to the heater matrix of the heater.
Quick centre punch:
Drilled:
Fitted:
I then had to connect the hoses and then rebleed the system. I also wired in a switch so that the heater would not be on constantly.
I do need to relook at this as I am not happy with the current set up but this is somthing I will look at in the future (SUMMER TIME)
A couple of pictures from the Surrey Rolling Road day that I went to with some guys off of www.clio16valver.co.uk, www.williamsclio.co.uk and www.cliosport.net.
Didnt get many unfortunately but I did get a nice result.
Just ticked over on 72000 on the way home
Couple of videos of my car. First one is completely standard engine, Pipercross race filter, standard ecu, decat, 172 stealth exhaust and a custom 172 manifold.
Video Standard ECU
Sames spec as above but with a chipped ecu.
Video Chipped ECU
Anyway here is a list of things that I still need to do before the track day on the 25[SUP]th[/SUP].
Sort out the Tyre Pressure on the car – Road Tyres & Track Tyres
Replace the worn out R888’s with my spare ones
Put a border on the rear Perspex window so it looks OE
Fir the Front and Rear Perspex Windows
Make door cards out of the Kordex material
Relocate the door opener
Cut out the unnecessary door skin
Fit the door cards
Fix the Coolant leak, pressurise system and check again
Top up engine oil
Top up gearbox oil
Clean Engine Bay
Fit New Scuttle Panel
Fit Top Dash
Relocate the T7 Heater (Not essential to be done before track day)
Make Switch Panel to suit Top Dash
Weld Remaining inaccessible parts of roll cage. (Remove rear quarter Windows)
Weld around the sills and the roll cage tying them in with sheet metal.
Replace Fuel Tank
Replace Fuel Pump with PH1 172 pump
Fix Fuel Filter in place as it’s a diesel Fuel Tank
Put in a rear braided brake flexi
Remove and double flare brake pipe lines into adjustable brake bias
Extend the washer wiper pipes
Buy stud and nuts for the remaining wheel
Fit 4[SUP]th[/SUP] Mount
Buy some track pads
Fit new window screen
Fit sun visors
Fit other PH1 headlights and wire them in.
Make sump guard (Not essential to be done before the track day)
Reoil Oil Filter
Which is a bit more than what I had from my old list a few posts back
So going to be a busy boy over the next week hopefully the weather will hold up and not cause me loads of problems!
Over the past couple of weeks I have done a little bit of work to the car but not enough to make a big dent in that list. Stuff I have started on is in bold.
Sort out the Tyre Pressure on the car – Road Tyres & Track Tyres
Replace the worn out R888’s with my spare ones
Put a border on the rear Perspex window so it looks OE – Started this and made a hash of it so had to sand down the whole border again so I can redo it PITA!
Fir the Front and Rear Perspex Windows
Make door cards out of the Kordex material
Relocate the door opener
Cut out the unnecessary door skin
Fit the door cards
Fix the Coolant leak, pressurise system and check again
Top up engine oil
Top up gearbox oil
Clean Engine Bay
Fit New Scuttle Panel
Fit Top Dash – It’s in there but not fitted properly still need to decide where to put the window demisters and how to mount it securely.
Relocate the T7 Heater (Not essential to be done before track day)
Make Switch Panel to suit Top Dash
Weld Remaining inaccessible parts of roll cage. (Remove rear quarter Windows)
Weld around the sills and the roll cage tying them in with sheet metal.
Replace Fuel Tank – Done
Replace Fuel Pump with PH1 172 pump – Done
Fix Fuel Filter in place as it’s a diesel Fuel Tank – Think I will cable tie this to part of the car so it doesn’t move simple fix
Put in a rear braided brake flexi – Done
Remove and double flare brake pipe lines into adjustable brake bias – Done
Extend the washer wiper pipes
Buy stud and nuts for the remaining wheel – Have bought just need to fit
Fit 4[SUP]th[/SUP] Mount
Buy some track pads – Bought some M1155’s just need to fit them
Fit new window screen – Need to book this in ASAP
Fit sun visors
Fit other PH1 headlights and wire them in.
Make sump guard (Not essential to be done before the track day)
Reoil Oil Filter
Anyway a few pictures of some of the stuff I have bought and done so far in the past few weeks.
Perspex Front Windows
Rear Perspex Windows
Rear Perspex Pop Out Vents
Track Wheel Trial Fitted
Before:
During:
After:
Rear Braided Brake Flexi:
Top Dash kind of fitted:
Studs and Nuts and M1155’s – Ready to be fitted:
Well I have been neglecting my project thread a little bit. I think this was more due to cash flow and not having the time to work on it. Plus with the winter I didn’t want to touch it at all as it was too cold and miserable.
Well my first track day is booked at Bedford for Monday 25[SUP]th[/SUP] March so there are a great number of things that I need to do. Just to do a quick bit of recapping over some of the things I have done in the last few months...
Found out what the intermittent fuelling problem was...... Basically in a nut shell don’t use a MK2 tank and then fit a MK1 pump lol.
Fitted my T7 heater and plumbed it in (not finished yet)
Found a coolant leak coming from my T7 heater. Its a very small leak but needs to be resolved none the less.
Released that the car is awful to drive when its cold I need to block all of the holes etc.
Released that I don’t really rate the T7 heater and that I should have just kept the standard item in place....live and learn.
And finally released that although its not the quickest of cars it still puts a massive massive grin on my face!
A few pics:
So bought these little beauties they are going to help me tidy up the interior wiring so that it sits nicely through the car.
I then put the OE grommet in place to try and stop water coming into the car. This was a pain to fit as I had to remove all the wiring and then the plastic so that I could run the washer pipe through it.
I don’t know why but I wanted to replace the rotary arm for some reason and tbh I am glad I did as the old one was completely seized on the car. So smashed that off and fitted the new one.
I cut away the excess rubber off of the door seals that kept fouling against the roll car. This was just to try and neaten it up and make the seal sit as it should in the car.
My T7 Lightweight heater turned up with some pipework and demisters.
I finally got around to fitting my AFR gauge after getting a new harness as one of the wires on my was a bit loose so kept giving me dodgey readings.
Before:
After:
Working
:I then decided to fit the heater.
First thing I done was bolt it to the bulkhead in a position where I thought it wouldn/shouldn’t get damaged.
This is how the hoses currently looked. I need ed to extend them as I put the expansion bottle to high up in the engine bay so the hoses would not reach. This is going to have to be changed as the hoses now need to link with the heater matrix of the T7 heater.
I then had to drill the holes so that the link pipes could join the hoses to the heater matrix of the heater.
Quick centre punch:
Drilled:
Fitted:
I then had to connect the hoses and then rebleed the system. I also wired in a switch so that the heater would not be on constantly.
I do need to relook at this as I am not happy with the current set up but this is somthing I will look at in the future (SUMMER TIME)
A couple of pictures from the Surrey Rolling Road day that I went to with some guys off of www.clio16valver.co.uk, www.williamsclio.co.uk and www.cliosport.net.
Didnt get many unfortunately but I did get a nice result.
Just ticked over on 72000 on the way home
Couple of videos of my car. First one is completely standard engine, Pipercross race filter, standard ecu, decat, 172 stealth exhaust and a custom 172 manifold.
Video Standard ECU
Sames spec as above but with a chipped ecu.
Video Chipped ECU
Anyway here is a list of things that I still need to do before the track day on the 25[SUP]th[/SUP].
Sort out the Tyre Pressure on the car – Road Tyres & Track Tyres
Replace the worn out R888’s with my spare ones
Put a border on the rear Perspex window so it looks OE
Fir the Front and Rear Perspex Windows
Make door cards out of the Kordex material
Relocate the door opener
Cut out the unnecessary door skin
Fit the door cards
Fix the Coolant leak, pressurise system and check again
Top up engine oil
Top up gearbox oil
Clean Engine Bay
Fit New Scuttle Panel
Fit Top Dash
Relocate the T7 Heater (Not essential to be done before track day)
Make Switch Panel to suit Top Dash
Weld Remaining inaccessible parts of roll cage. (Remove rear quarter Windows)
Weld around the sills and the roll cage tying them in with sheet metal.
Replace Fuel Tank
Replace Fuel Pump with PH1 172 pump
Fix Fuel Filter in place as it’s a diesel Fuel Tank
Put in a rear braided brake flexi
Remove and double flare brake pipe lines into adjustable brake bias
Extend the washer wiper pipes
Buy stud and nuts for the remaining wheel
Fit 4[SUP]th[/SUP] Mount
Buy some track pads
Fit new window screen
Fit sun visors
Fit other PH1 headlights and wire them in.
Make sump guard (Not essential to be done before the track day)
Reoil Oil Filter
Which is a bit more than what I had from my old list a few posts back
So going to be a busy boy over the next week hopefully the weather will hold up and not cause me loads of problems!
Over the past couple of weeks I have done a little bit of work to the car but not enough to make a big dent in that list. Stuff I have started on is in bold.
Sort out the Tyre Pressure on the car – Road Tyres & Track Tyres
Replace the worn out R888’s with my spare ones
Put a border on the rear Perspex window so it looks OE – Started this and made a hash of it so had to sand down the whole border again so I can redo it PITA!
Fir the Front and Rear Perspex Windows
Make door cards out of the Kordex material
Relocate the door opener
Cut out the unnecessary door skin
Fit the door cards
Fix the Coolant leak, pressurise system and check again
Top up engine oil
Top up gearbox oil
Clean Engine Bay
Fit New Scuttle Panel
Fit Top Dash – It’s in there but not fitted properly still need to decide where to put the window demisters and how to mount it securely.
Relocate the T7 Heater (Not essential to be done before track day)
Make Switch Panel to suit Top Dash
Weld Remaining inaccessible parts of roll cage. (Remove rear quarter Windows)
Weld around the sills and the roll cage tying them in with sheet metal.
Replace Fuel Tank – Done
Replace Fuel Pump with PH1 172 pump – Done
Fix Fuel Filter in place as it’s a diesel Fuel Tank – Think I will cable tie this to part of the car so it doesn’t move simple fix
Put in a rear braided brake flexi – Done
Remove and double flare brake pipe lines into adjustable brake bias – Done
Extend the washer wiper pipes
Buy stud and nuts for the remaining wheel – Have bought just need to fit
Fit 4[SUP]th[/SUP] Mount
Buy some track pads – Bought some M1155’s just need to fit them
Fit new window screen – Need to book this in ASAP
Fit sun visors
Fit other PH1 headlights and wire them in.
Make sump guard (Not essential to be done before the track day)
Reoil Oil Filter
Anyway a few pictures of some of the stuff I have bought and done so far in the past few weeks.
Perspex Front Windows
Rear Perspex Windows
Rear Perspex Pop Out Vents
Track Wheel Trial Fitted
Before:
During:
After:
Rear Braided Brake Flexi:
Top Dash kind of fitted:
Studs and Nuts and M1155’s – Ready to be fitted:
DCI100 / 211hp MK1
Thanks mate....but sorry what about the lines im confused. lol
DCI100 / 211hp MK1
Thanks spec is as follows. Standard 2.0l F7R 16v on about 72k miles, Custom fabricated 172 manifold to suit the F7R head, Decat, Silenced Mild Steel K-Tec Stealth, PAS Removal, Clio 172 airbox with Pipercorss Race Filter, Chipped ECU. So pretty basic to be honest. Hopefully going to hit the 180+ bhp with my next cheap mod but that’s going to involve more fabrication and lots of scrapped knuckles.
Also yeah not really happy with it tbh wish i wud have kept the OE heater in all honesty!
DCI100 / 211hp MK1
These lines :rasp:
Oh right got ya! Yeah i think they are quite nice staedy lines! They just dont go far enough up the chart yet
Nice build. What was the problem with the T7, not enough air blowing through or mainly temp not hot enough?
DCI100 / 211hp MK1
Its just the fan power is epically s**t. I think a knats fart is better! lol
Is there no way to increase the speed power by a certain switch? Is it just 'on' 'off' positions? I am looking at getting one also so handy that this has came up in.
Phase 1 172
looking good fella cant beat a good old sleeper
DCI100 / 211hp MK1
Friday 15[SUP]th[/SUP] March 2013
Even though I had the day off work I didn’t get much done as I had a bit of a heavy night before hand plus loads of errands to run! By the time I got around to doing the car I only have a couple of hours before it got dark. I decided that I needed to sort the top dash out. Although its not high on the priority list I wanted to start making the car look more like a car.
After lots of removing, trimming, filing and profiling I finally got the top dash in a position i liked. I then started to cut out the tinner plastic so that I could get my clocks to fit. This was a complete waste of time as in the end I had to remove the whole inner plastic to get the dials sitting correctly.
It is still not mounted securely and I have not made the template for the switch panel or installed the demisters so there is still a lot to do but worst comes to the worst the cable ties will come into play to get me out of trouble for the track day.
Next were some more important jobs. Refitting the exhaust heat shields, cable tying the petrol filter in place, sorting out the handbrake cables and then refitting the exhaust. That’s a few jobs off of the list.
The final job that I done was make some sheet metal in fills for the bits that i removed around the sill as my mate Luke was popping over to finish all of the welding on the cage on the Saturday so I cleaned up the areas that he would weld and make the templates so he could finish it off.
It started getting dark by this point and I was freezing so called it a night.
Saturday 16[SUP]th[/SUP] March 2013
Luke popped round bright and early much to my disgust after having only 3 hours sleep! Anyway we removed all of the crap from inside the car and began work! Unfortunately it was pissing down with rain so it was only limited the amount of stuff that we could do. Luke managed to get the entire sill areas welded. I need to make a couple of smaller infill’s as I didn’t make them exactly to size so there are a couple of very small holes. This can be addressed at a later date though. The bit I wanted to get done was the area where I had to remove the rear windows but as it was pissing down with rain it wasn’t exactly feasible. This can also be done at a later date...with any luck before the track day next Monday 25[SUP]th[/SUP] March.
How the car currently looks........very dirty and bare!!!! Lol
Monday 18[SUP]th[/SUP] March 2013
With only a week to go until the track day I really needed to start pulling my finger out. So last night I really cracked on with it. Unfortunately I didn’t get any pictures as I was just doing it and kept forgetting to stop and take some.
First job was to grind down the welds around the sill just to tidy them up a bit.
Next was to clean all of the dust, metal filings and crap off of the floor so I gave it a quick hoover followed by a degrease.
I reconnected the battery and re installed the fire extinguisher.
Then gave the passenger seat a quick hoover and fitted that aswell.
I then done the same to the drivers side, quick hoover, degrease and then install the drivers seat.
I also tidied up the wiring for the rear loom of the car as it runs down drivers sill of the car so I used these little sticky pads that you can fit a cable tie through and tidied them up.
Reconnected the plug for the fuel pump.....(Identical plug for MK1 PH2 and MK2 PH1 so I am hoping its just going to be a plug and play.)
Installed the harnesses.
Reinstalled one of the rear studs I removed to check the size before ordering the new ones. Loctite 222 was used
Cleaned up the rear discs and put some copper grease on the wheel mating face.
Also slapped a load of grease on the studs just so they will not corrode.
Wheels back on and then the car back on the floor.
Jack the front end of the car up. Remove wheels.
Fit my new studs using loctite 222 to the nearside front wheel
Tighten up the handbrake so its nice and not floppy.
Sit back and chill lol.
That was all I managed to get done and unfortunately that only ticked one thing off of my list! I don’t think my list has everything I need to do to this car lol.
Updated list and jobs planned for tonight as I have a couple of mates popping round to lend a hand.
Top up engine oil - Job to do tonight
Top up gearbox oil - Job to do tonight
Fit New Scuttle Panel - Job to do tonight
Fix the Coolant leak, pressurise system and check again – Job to do tonight
Buy some track pads (M1155) – Job to do tonight
Reoil Oil Filter - Job to do tonight
Install TB, TB adaptor and airfilter - Job to do tonight
Fit accelerator cable - Job to do tonight
Bleed Front Brakes - Job to do tonight
Refuel Car – Job to do tonight.
Fit oil Gauges – Job to do tonight
Start Car – Job to do tonight
Fit sun visors - Job to do tonight
Extend the washer wiper pipes - Job to do tonight
Fill up washer bottle – Job to do tonight
Make Switch Panel to suit Top Dash - Complete ASAP
Weld Remaining inaccessible parts of roll cage. (Remove rear quarter Windows) - Complete ASAP
Fit Top Dash – Complete ASAP
Fit 4[SUP]th[/SUP] Mount - Complete ASAP
Sort out the Tyre Pressure on the car – Road Tyres & Track Tyres – Fri/Sat
Replace the worn out R888’s with my spare ones – Fri/Sat
Fit new window screen – Fri/Sat
Put a border on the rear Perspex window so it looks OE – ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Fit the Front and Rear Perspex Windows - ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Make door cards out of the Kordex material - ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Relocate the door opener - ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Cut out the unnecessary door skin - ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Fit the door cards - ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Clean Engine Bay - ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Fit other PH1 headlights and wire them in. – ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Weld around the sills and the roll cage tying them in with sheet metal. Done
Replace Fuel Tank – Done
Replace Fuel Pump with PH1 172 pump – Done
Fix Fuel Filter in place as it’s a diesel Fuel Tank - Done
Put in a rear braided brake flexi – Done
Remove and double flare brake pipe lines into adjustable brake bias – Done
Buy stud and nuts for the remaining wheel - Done
Make sump guard (Not essential to be done before the track day) - (Now not doing before track day)
Relocate the T7 Heater (Now not doing before track day)
Also need to go to a breakers and get the top dash securing lugs (the bit you screw into) and the bit that you screw into for the sun visors.
Lots to do and little time. With any luck my boss approves my holiday this Friday so I can get the car finished off. I want to bed the brakes in before the track day. Not too sure how many miles I will need to do for this though.
More updates to come soon.
Thanks for reading.
Even though I had the day off work I didn’t get much done as I had a bit of a heavy night before hand plus loads of errands to run! By the time I got around to doing the car I only have a couple of hours before it got dark. I decided that I needed to sort the top dash out. Although its not high on the priority list I wanted to start making the car look more like a car.
After lots of removing, trimming, filing and profiling I finally got the top dash in a position i liked. I then started to cut out the tinner plastic so that I could get my clocks to fit. This was a complete waste of time as in the end I had to remove the whole inner plastic to get the dials sitting correctly.
It is still not mounted securely and I have not made the template for the switch panel or installed the demisters so there is still a lot to do but worst comes to the worst the cable ties will come into play to get me out of trouble for the track day.
Next were some more important jobs. Refitting the exhaust heat shields, cable tying the petrol filter in place, sorting out the handbrake cables and then refitting the exhaust. That’s a few jobs off of the list.
The final job that I done was make some sheet metal in fills for the bits that i removed around the sill as my mate Luke was popping over to finish all of the welding on the cage on the Saturday so I cleaned up the areas that he would weld and make the templates so he could finish it off.
It started getting dark by this point and I was freezing so called it a night.
Saturday 16[SUP]th[/SUP] March 2013
Luke popped round bright and early much to my disgust after having only 3 hours sleep! Anyway we removed all of the crap from inside the car and began work! Unfortunately it was pissing down with rain so it was only limited the amount of stuff that we could do. Luke managed to get the entire sill areas welded. I need to make a couple of smaller infill’s as I didn’t make them exactly to size so there are a couple of very small holes. This can be addressed at a later date though. The bit I wanted to get done was the area where I had to remove the rear windows but as it was pissing down with rain it wasn’t exactly feasible. This can also be done at a later date...with any luck before the track day next Monday 25[SUP]th[/SUP] March.
How the car currently looks........very dirty and bare!!!! Lol
Monday 18[SUP]th[/SUP] March 2013
With only a week to go until the track day I really needed to start pulling my finger out. So last night I really cracked on with it. Unfortunately I didn’t get any pictures as I was just doing it and kept forgetting to stop and take some.
First job was to grind down the welds around the sill just to tidy them up a bit.
Next was to clean all of the dust, metal filings and crap off of the floor so I gave it a quick hoover followed by a degrease.
I reconnected the battery and re installed the fire extinguisher.
Then gave the passenger seat a quick hoover and fitted that aswell.
I then done the same to the drivers side, quick hoover, degrease and then install the drivers seat.
I also tidied up the wiring for the rear loom of the car as it runs down drivers sill of the car so I used these little sticky pads that you can fit a cable tie through and tidied them up.
Reconnected the plug for the fuel pump.....(Identical plug for MK1 PH2 and MK2 PH1 so I am hoping its just going to be a plug and play.)
Installed the harnesses.
Reinstalled one of the rear studs I removed to check the size before ordering the new ones. Loctite 222 was used
Cleaned up the rear discs and put some copper grease on the wheel mating face.
Also slapped a load of grease on the studs just so they will not corrode.
Wheels back on and then the car back on the floor.
Jack the front end of the car up. Remove wheels.
Fit my new studs using loctite 222 to the nearside front wheel
Tighten up the handbrake so its nice and not floppy.
Sit back and chill lol.
That was all I managed to get done and unfortunately that only ticked one thing off of my list! I don’t think my list has everything I need to do to this car lol.
Updated list and jobs planned for tonight as I have a couple of mates popping round to lend a hand.
Top up engine oil - Job to do tonight
Top up gearbox oil - Job to do tonight
Fit New Scuttle Panel - Job to do tonight
Fix the Coolant leak, pressurise system and check again – Job to do tonight
Buy some track pads (M1155) – Job to do tonight
Reoil Oil Filter - Job to do tonight
Install TB, TB adaptor and airfilter - Job to do tonight
Fit accelerator cable - Job to do tonight
Bleed Front Brakes - Job to do tonight
Refuel Car – Job to do tonight.
Fit oil Gauges – Job to do tonight
Start Car – Job to do tonight
Fit sun visors - Job to do tonight
Extend the washer wiper pipes - Job to do tonight
Fill up washer bottle – Job to do tonight
Make Switch Panel to suit Top Dash - Complete ASAP
Weld Remaining inaccessible parts of roll cage. (Remove rear quarter Windows) - Complete ASAP
Fit Top Dash – Complete ASAP
Fit 4[SUP]th[/SUP] Mount - Complete ASAP
Sort out the Tyre Pressure on the car – Road Tyres & Track Tyres – Fri/Sat
Replace the worn out R888’s with my spare ones – Fri/Sat
Fit new window screen – Fri/Sat
Put a border on the rear Perspex window so it looks OE – ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Fit the Front and Rear Perspex Windows - ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Make door cards out of the Kordex material - ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Relocate the door opener - ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Cut out the unnecessary door skin - ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Fit the door cards - ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Clean Engine Bay - ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Fit other PH1 headlights and wire them in. – ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Weld around the sills and the roll cage tying them in with sheet metal. Done
Replace Fuel Tank – Done
Replace Fuel Pump with PH1 172 pump – Done
Fix Fuel Filter in place as it’s a diesel Fuel Tank - Done
Put in a rear braided brake flexi – Done
Remove and double flare brake pipe lines into adjustable brake bias – Done
Buy stud and nuts for the remaining wheel - Done
Make sump guard (Not essential to be done before the track day) - (Now not doing before track day)
Relocate the T7 Heater (Now not doing before track day)
Also need to go to a breakers and get the top dash securing lugs (the bit you screw into) and the bit that you screw into for the sun visors.
Lots to do and little time. With any luck my boss approves my holiday this Friday so I can get the car finished off. I want to bed the brakes in before the track day. Not too sure how many miles I will need to do for this though.
More updates to come soon.
Thanks for reading.
A lot to do and some extensive list ( sounds like mine). Have you thought about a heated windscreen? There relativly cheap, around £250 irrc
DCI100 / 211hp MK1
Its always the way but im sure I will get it done!. I was thinking about it but the T7 heater should be up to the job. Going to test it first and see how I get on. Might hold off on ordering the screen actually and see how the t7 performs. are the heated front screen easy to wire in?
Sounds like a plan, well im rubbish at car electrics so your prob better off asking someone else.
http://www.heatedwindscreen.com/acatalog/wireing_details.html
http://www.heatedwindscreen.com/acatalog/wireing_details.html
DCI100 / 211hp MK1
Been busy again. Managed to do a few more bit will write it up properly when I get the time. Also had a bit of a fail when filling up in tescos n fuel pissing out everywhere but ill go into that more later.
Anyway new updated to do list getting there!
Top up engine oil - Done
Fix the Coolant leak, pressurise system and check again – Done
Buy some track pads (M1155) – Done
Reoil Air Filter - Done
Install TB, TB adaptor and airfilter - Done
Fit accelerator cable - Done
Bleed Front Brakes - Done
Refuel Car – Done
Fit oil Gauges – Done
Start Car – Done
Fill up washer bottle – Done
Fit Top Dash – Done
Fit the Front Perspex Windows - Done
Also wasn't on the list but fitted AFR gauge back in
Weld around the sills and the roll cage tying them in with sheet metal. Done
Replace Fuel Tank – Done
Replace Fuel Pump with PH1 172 pump – Done
Fix Fuel Filter in place as it’s a diesel Fuel Tank - Done
Put in a rear braided brake flexi – Done
Remove and double flare brake pipe lines into adjustable brake bias – Done
Buy stud and nuts for the remaining wheel - Done
Fit sun visors - Friday
Extend the washer wiper pipes - Friday
Top up gearbox oil - Friday
Fit New Scuttle Panel - Friday
Make Switch Panel to suit Top Dash - Partly done only need to install two more switches
Weld Remaining inaccessible parts of roll cage. (Remove rear quarter Windows) - Complete ASAP
Fit 4th Mount - Complete ASAP
I am going to relocate the t7 heater so that the pipe work does not have any kinks in it as it currently does. This may help with the crap heating I have been getting.
Sort out the Tyre Pressure on the car – Road Tyres & Track Tyres – Fri/Sat
Replace the worn out R888’s with my spare ones – Fri/Sat
Fit new window screen – Fri/Sat
Now I have done a few miles check all fluids! Make sure I have no brake fluid leaks
Remove gearbox drip tray and clean
Put a border on the rear Perspex window so it looks OE – ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Fit the Rear Perspex Windows - ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Make door cards out of the Kordex material - ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Relocate the door opener - ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Cut out the unnecessary door skin - ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Fit the door cards - ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Clean Engine Bay - ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Fit other PH1 headlights and wire them in. – ONLY DO IF HAVE TIMEl
Anyway new updated to do list getting there!
Top up engine oil - Done
Fix the Coolant leak, pressurise system and check again – Done
Buy some track pads (M1155) – Done
Reoil Air Filter - Done
Install TB, TB adaptor and airfilter - Done
Fit accelerator cable - Done
Bleed Front Brakes - Done
Refuel Car – Done
Fit oil Gauges – Done
Start Car – Done
Fill up washer bottle – Done
Fit Top Dash – Done
Fit the Front Perspex Windows - Done
Also wasn't on the list but fitted AFR gauge back in
Weld around the sills and the roll cage tying them in with sheet metal. Done
Replace Fuel Tank – Done
Replace Fuel Pump with PH1 172 pump – Done
Fix Fuel Filter in place as it’s a diesel Fuel Tank - Done
Put in a rear braided brake flexi – Done
Remove and double flare brake pipe lines into adjustable brake bias – Done
Buy stud and nuts for the remaining wheel - Done
Fit sun visors - Friday
Extend the washer wiper pipes - Friday
Top up gearbox oil - Friday
Fit New Scuttle Panel - Friday
Make Switch Panel to suit Top Dash - Partly done only need to install two more switches
Weld Remaining inaccessible parts of roll cage. (Remove rear quarter Windows) - Complete ASAP
Fit 4th Mount - Complete ASAP
I am going to relocate the t7 heater so that the pipe work does not have any kinks in it as it currently does. This may help with the crap heating I have been getting.
Sort out the Tyre Pressure on the car – Road Tyres & Track Tyres – Fri/Sat
Replace the worn out R888’s with my spare ones – Fri/Sat
Fit new window screen – Fri/Sat
Now I have done a few miles check all fluids! Make sure I have no brake fluid leaks
Remove gearbox drip tray and clean
Put a border on the rear Perspex window so it looks OE – ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Fit the Rear Perspex Windows - ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Make door cards out of the Kordex material - ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Relocate the door opener - ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Cut out the unnecessary door skin - ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Fit the door cards - ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Clean Engine Bay - ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Fit other PH1 headlights and wire them in. – ONLY DO IF HAVE TIMEl
DCI100 / 211hp MK1
new updated to do list getting there!
Top up engine oil - Done
Fix the Coolant leak, pressurise system and check again – Done
Buy some track pads (M1155) – Done
Reoil Air Filter - Done
Install TB, TB adaptor and airfilter - Done
Fit accelerator cable - Done
Bleed Front Brakes - Done
Refuel Car – Done
Fit oil Gauges – Done
Start Car – Done
Fill up washer bottle – Done
Fit Top Dash – Done
Fit the Front Perspex Windows - Done
Also wasn't on the list but fitted AFR gauge back in
Weld around the sills and the roll cage tying them in with sheet metal. Done
Replace Fuel Tank – Done
Replace Fuel Pump with PH1 172 pump – Done
Fix Fuel Filter in place as it’s a diesel Fuel Tank - Done
Put in a rear braided brake flexi – Done
Remove and double flare brake pipe lines into adjustable brake bias – Done
Buy stud and nuts for the remaining wheel - Done
Make Switch Panel to suit Top Dash - Done
Fit sun visors - Done
Extend the washer wiper pipes - Done
I am going to relocate the t7 heater so that the pipe work does not have any kinks in it as it currently does. This may help with the crap heating I have been getting. - Done and I have noticed a considerable improvement in the t7's performance but I will monitor it and report back to the people who were interested.
Remove gearbox drip tray and clean -Done
Replace the worn out R888’s with my spare ones – Done
Top up gearbox oil - Saturday
Fit New Scuttle Panel - Saturday
Fit 4th Mount - Saturday/Sunday
Sort out the Tyre Pressure on the car – Road Tyres & Track Tyres – Job for Sunday
Fit new window screen – Booked for Saturday afternoon
Now I have done a few miles check all fluids! Make sure I have no brake fluid leaks - Job for Sunday
All the stuff below this I can't see myself getting it done! It's not that important and is not going to ruin the day so I'm not worried.
Weld Remaining inaccessible parts of roll cage. (Remove rear quarter Windows) - ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Put a border on the rear Perspex window so it looks OE – ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Fit the Rear Perspex Windows - ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Make door cards out of the Kordex material - ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Relocate the door opener - ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Cut out the unnecessary door skin - ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Fit the door cards - ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Clean Engine Bay - ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Fit other PH1 headlights and wire them in. – ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Will update the thread properly with pictures etc when I have time but that won't be until after the track day!
ROLL ON BEDFORD MONDAY!
Top up engine oil - Done
Fix the Coolant leak, pressurise system and check again – Done
Buy some track pads (M1155) – Done
Reoil Air Filter - Done
Install TB, TB adaptor and airfilter - Done
Fit accelerator cable - Done
Bleed Front Brakes - Done
Refuel Car – Done
Fit oil Gauges – Done
Start Car – Done
Fill up washer bottle – Done
Fit Top Dash – Done
Fit the Front Perspex Windows - Done
Also wasn't on the list but fitted AFR gauge back in
Weld around the sills and the roll cage tying them in with sheet metal. Done
Replace Fuel Tank – Done
Replace Fuel Pump with PH1 172 pump – Done
Fix Fuel Filter in place as it’s a diesel Fuel Tank - Done
Put in a rear braided brake flexi – Done
Remove and double flare brake pipe lines into adjustable brake bias – Done
Buy stud and nuts for the remaining wheel - Done
Make Switch Panel to suit Top Dash - Done
Fit sun visors - Done
Extend the washer wiper pipes - Done
I am going to relocate the t7 heater so that the pipe work does not have any kinks in it as it currently does. This may help with the crap heating I have been getting. - Done and I have noticed a considerable improvement in the t7's performance but I will monitor it and report back to the people who were interested.
Remove gearbox drip tray and clean -Done
Replace the worn out R888’s with my spare ones – Done
Top up gearbox oil - Saturday
Fit New Scuttle Panel - Saturday
Fit 4th Mount - Saturday/Sunday
Sort out the Tyre Pressure on the car – Road Tyres & Track Tyres – Job for Sunday
Fit new window screen – Booked for Saturday afternoon
Now I have done a few miles check all fluids! Make sure I have no brake fluid leaks - Job for Sunday
All the stuff below this I can't see myself getting it done! It's not that important and is not going to ruin the day so I'm not worried.
Weld Remaining inaccessible parts of roll cage. (Remove rear quarter Windows) - ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Put a border on the rear Perspex window so it looks OE – ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Fit the Rear Perspex Windows - ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Make door cards out of the Kordex material - ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Relocate the door opener - ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Cut out the unnecessary door skin - ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Fit the door cards - ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Clean Engine Bay - ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Fit other PH1 headlights and wire them in. – ONLY DO IF HAVE TIME
Will update the thread properly with pictures etc when I have time but that won't be until after the track day!
ROLL ON BEDFORD MONDAY!
DCI100 / 211hp MK1
Have a new found live for the T7 heater. Since I ditched the garden hose and actually used some proper coolant hoses the flow and the heat are a lot better. Don't get me wrong it's not going to warm you up but it will clear the window screen now.
Just need to mount the demisters properly and then can really put it to the test!
Just need to mount the demisters properly and then can really put it to the test!
ph1 172, megane 225
its took most of the day reading this from start to finish, you've put so much effort in, ill follow this, would love to see the finished project
It was finished. Then was broken for parts and I think the shell was sold. He now owns a high comp itb mk1 clio
DCI100 / 211hp MK1
Oops didn't see this. I don't mate I only have what is in this thread.
Basically what Beeson said. I finished it drive it for a bit. Booked Bedford in March and it got cancelled shortly after that blew second gear and thought I can't be bothered to fix it. Knew this little gem http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?711576-KUX-Part-2 was up for sale soon so I broke my car to fund it.
also shell was scrapped I have a picture of it being picked up by a hyab somewhere
Yea its cool, I have it sorted now, at the time i was pushing the button on parts so wanted to make sure they was right. BTW the T7 heater has bee bloody good so far.
