Clio number 10, RB 182 Cup

[Lal B3N]

Christ that arrived fast!

Wheel looks superb as always!

 

[Djw John]

Seems to be a quick one

Actually got it off the clock too.


In other, totally unrelated news my speedo seems to be broken and is horrifically over reading!

 

[Djw John]

So switching the ignition on and off about 20 times gradually reset the speedo. Odd problem! Ph1s are definitely simpler cars!

 

[Djw John]

Well that's it on 132,000 miles and tonight it decided to lighten itself by dropping the rear pads out the passenger side whilst doing about 55/60. That was fun.

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

Excellent news that.

 

[Djw John]

Oh it was great fun. Glad I wasn't up the arse of a vxr with the wife on board too. That would've been just plain unlucky.

 

[The Chubby Pirate]

FLOL.

Great work,

 

[Djw John]

Well drove it home last night, dumped it and went out in the Saab instead so didn't look at it until after work today. The issue was fairly obvious!

So new pads both sides and fitted better than before

 

[Djw John]

Got a chance to do another couple of wee bits, fitted my race evol dogbone, new manifold to cat gasket and mid exhaust hanger.
Also tried to sort the gearstick position but it's already as far on to the rod as it can be so looks like bending it is the only way. There's quite a lot of play in the system too so I need to work out which end its coming from and sort that out.

 

[imprezaworks]

Good news you got the mount ok

 

[Djw John]

Sooooooooooooooooo. Yeah, er, this is going up for sale soon. Got offered a car I cant say no to. Standard wheels are being looked for, rear seats put back in and it'll be ready to go.

 

[imprezaworks]

What car you getting

 

[Djw John]

You have 1 guess.

 

[imprezaworks]

A phase 1?

 

[Djw John]

Yes. A specific one.

 

[imprezaworks]

Red one?

 

[Djw John]

Bingo. Saving it from its fate. Its changed somewhat but then so are my circumstances, will be buying a house with a garage so it can be my winter project to try and get it fixed up

 

[imprezaworks]

Great stuff

 

[Djw John]

Really not what I thought I'd do tbh but hey ho. I'll have to buy some shitter as my daily whilst its off the road. If I had the cash I'd keep this as well, really like it and you'd never think it had the miles on it that it does.

 

[imprezaworks]

When you getting it

 

[Djw John]

Dunno! Need to get it shifted down here and store it somewhere!

 

[182_steve]

Great progress on this and the wheels look awesome! That said, onwards and upwards by the sounds of it....... or is that onwards and backwards? :grin: Either way, :up::up:

 

[Djw John]

Onwards and backwards, definitely. Its not a sensible decision but life would be dull if they all were!

 

[182_steve]

Oh exactly, stick with what you know lol!

 

[koi]

Bought the flamer again, how many times that now?

 

[Djw John]

3.

 

[imprezaworks]

Not sure I could ever go back to an old car. Was tempted by the monaco I had but decided against it

 

[Djw John]

I may regret it! Didn't last time though.

 

[182_steve]

Is this the time to make it a keeper if you've sold it twice and bought it again?
Think i'd find it very difficult to buy an old car back, when someone else has had it...... unless its just the same!

 

[Djw John]

Yeah I'll no doubt eventually crush it but not for a while yet.
I'd been toying with the idea of buying a very cheap shed plus a track shed/project anyway as we kinda miss having a spare car! I made my mind up on sat morning and sat evening I got contacted about the flamer so it seemed the right thing to do.

It's defo changed a fair bit in the last 4 months but I also know it still has some good things going for it along with the bad.

 

[182_steve]

Sounds good :up::up:will look forward to some pics

 

[Djw John]

So another slight change of plan.

Spent a few weeks looking around for a new daily to go with the flamer and in the meantime ended up using this as the family car for a week whilst the Saab was broken. Turns out it's pretty good at it. Another couple of weeks has passed with using it more and more and I came to the conclusion I'd be replacing this with a cheaper 1*2 so what was the point.

However it does mean I need to make it a little more family friendly, so the standard steering wheel is back in as my wife hates not having an airbag with a passion so that was to make my life easier. I also plan to get a centre box added to the exhaust. It's ok for a while but it gets pretty loud after 50 minutes or so and my daughter has put her fingers in her ears so that needs changed.
She bloody loves it though! It's "Daddy's race car", she asks me to go fast and when I do boot it through 2nd she laughs like a drain. She's doomed to a life of s**t cars I fear!

The only other thing of note is it's passed another milestone, think I'll be increasing the mileage on my policy soon, was meant to be 6k a year and I've done 3.5k since the start of March!

 

[imprezaworks]

Ha ha.

 

[Djw John]

Yup, pretty much

 

[imprezaworks]

You know what though atleast she loves car. Sometimes I feel a bit too old driver a bright blue Clio with a loud exhaust lol

 

[Djw John]

Aye she certainly does. My wife likes it too, she'd just prefer it quieter. I've got the flamer to ruin so I'm happy with the compromise

 

[Djw John]

Gave this a proper clean today for the first time, washed it last weekend and de-ironed and de-tarred it then, bought clay yesterday and did that then broke out the DA and the auto finesse kit. Just used stages 2 and 3 as I don't have a decent enough light to see if I'm fixing things or making them worse! Finished off with 2 coats of Petes 53 wax which is nearly finished so will need to see if I can find something I like as much.
Wheels and arches will be done properly before next weekend so it's all ready for the Scottish Car Show. Just had to buy some French flag vinyls for the grille. I don't actually want them but someone has done it in the past straight after painting the grille and it's removed all the paint so this is a temp measure until I get a new grille.

And now that it's looking better than since I've bought it it's dropped an injector!! Bloody French. Still at least I have a minimum of 4 spare to see me through until I bite the bullet and buy 4 new ones.

 

[imprezaworks]

That looks stunning. Never took you as a cleaner, in the nicest possible way lol

 

[Djw John]

Cheers, I clean a car properly once every year or 2! I tolerate it more than I enjoy it but in this case it seems to have been worthwhile at least

 

[imprezaworks]

Massive improvement mate

I clean mine weekly because girly