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A work in progress...PIC HEAVY



  C63 AMG, F430 & 172
Just thought I would share a few pics of where the new clio is upto..

Will do a full blog but a few cheaky snaps of where its at now... aiming for a bawls out 240hp 180 lbft NA track/fast road beast!

Needs to be done for FCS in 8 weeks. Owtch. All the work is DIY bar the BE build. So go easy lol.

The cage is only about 70% in still needs door bars on, harness bar, main hop support etc but the fit was s**t, took me 40 hours and 12 cans of gas, 5 grinding discs and a huge sheet of 3mm steel. f**k knows why OMP give you mounting brackets as they dont even fit! I couldn't use a single one so had to fab them all, plus the cage was too short all over leaving a 3" gap between the bars and roof etc so had to make front and rear feet to accommodate for that.

Got s**t loads of parts that i just dont have pics of yet etc like the ledas, new discss, pads, harnesses, engine bits etc......

but comments welcome...go easy though! its not even 20% done!

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welding skilz .. fred dont even start.. its not 50% finished!

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Pics of cage

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where i want the harness bar

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where i want the main hoop support

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engine gone

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old loom chopped out with bolt cutters :cool:

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new stealth and 182 de-cat link pipe

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25 hours later and the dynamat has gone...oh and the prime and glav..lol

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bought some OEM wheels
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stupid expensive nibus heat shield

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9 dead cans of mig argon gas lol

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new omex loom as the old one was pissing me off

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new brake lines needed :/
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New seats (evolutions in kevlar)

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sub frames

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jenveys

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fucked gearbox

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tool box gets opened again!

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tilton bias valve

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old engine out

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Randoms of the car

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thats is all
 

Coby.

ClioSport Club Member
  XC60-R.......V40-R
Brave pending completion in 8 weeks but I'm no welder but the one's on the Roll cage worry me slightly
 
  C63 AMG, F430 & 172
Brave pending completion in 8 weeks but I'm no welder but the one's on the Roll cage worry me slightly

Na there reet! the guy next door has worked with metal for 30 years and he said there not the tidiest but there strong as f**k lol.. a bit ott he thought :cool: there not finished yet, most are just spotted in places or a quick beed has been run to hold it in place
 

Barron

ClioSport Club Member
  Turbo S,Exige,R5,182
whats wrong with buying a car and not removing every last bit of it? lol

your mad Ben, hope you finish this project :)

carl
 
  C63 AMG, F430 & 172
Nice!

Not sure if this is a touchy question, but what happened to the other build?

car was done but had a few problems with the engine completion and i needed cash for other things for my business, long painful story but life goes on!
 
  C63 AMG, F430 & 172
really like the look of this mate. is this the omp cage?

Yeah OMP 105/220

Dont buy one unless you have about 40 hours of spare time to fab stuff up and make it sit true and level before you can even begin to weld it! :mad:
 
  Tesla MP3 2021
Yeah OMP 105/220

Dont buy one unless you have about 40 hours of spare time to fab stuff up and make it sit true and level before you can even begin to weld it! :mad:

Tell me about it. What a fooking joke lol
 

Keith185

ClioSport Club Member
Didn't realise how far you were going with it ( and I knew it was going to be nuts) :eek:

You must have patience, first with the tar patches and then the cage

Looking forward to seeing it finished :)
 
  172 Cup
Haha great effort! Good luck with it, looks like with 8 weeks you're going to need it! Will be good to see it finished..
 
  C63 AMG, F430 & 172
all thats left to do is....

weld up the rest of the cage and door bars
prep and paint the interior
fit the seats and frame
fit the harnesses
fit grip tape to the floor
tidy the interior loom up
re fit the top dash and cowling
build the engine
fit the clutch
fit the gearbox
paint all the mounts
fit the engine
fit the loom and rewire the whole front of the car
fit the suspension
fit the brakes
fit the new brake lines and bias valve (removed the ABS)
fit the heater motor
make the custom rad fit
s**t LOADS OF OTHER STUFF!

Map the engine
set the suspension up
 


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