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Clio RS
will you keep it n/a?
ps, check your pm please!!!
ps, check your pm please!!!
182cup & 172 racecar
At last,somebody going to race their car instead of just doing track days.Well done Tom for that at least.Be interesting to see how this feels at Brands,could this be another Clio in CSCC Tin Tops?mmmm more fun.
182cup & 172 racecar
I would guess 99.9% yes.
Fingers crossed mate!
I'll wack a tasty update up later in the week when some more bits arrive.
330i. E30 Touring.
182 trackday racer
What about it?
182cup & 172 racecar
Nice little upgrade,slightly sharpens up the back end,but you would hardly know its been done.
Turbos.
Or setting it up for track days and never actually doing them
Looks like a good base... when you say you know the engine is strong, have you actually taken it apart and checked? After taking apart a lower mileage NSX engine (90k) to find all sorts wrong with it, i wouldn't risk anything by adopting rose tinted glasses.
182cup & 172 racecar
T'is true Rob,our old track car engine was fine,put it in the race car and found out the crank shims had been floating about eveywhere.Or setting it up for track days and never actually doing them
Looks like a good base... when you say you know the engine is strong, have you actually taken it apart and checked? After taking apart a lower mileage NSX engine (90k) to find all sorts wrong with it, i wouldn't risk anything by adopting rose tinted glasses.
182cup & 172 racecar
I think he said he wants one like that,not got one.I bought the one he wanted.
Sir_Dave
ClioSport Trader
Very good point, I mean strong in the proverbial sense that is makes good power & torque, has excellent compression and leakdown figures and uses very little oil.
If it dies I will build a new engine from the ground up.
Nothing! I've been running JMS and attending a full time engineering degree for the last 2 years!
I've dedicated a corner of the workshop to the car so I can work on it over the next few weeks in the evenings, leaving it on the ramp as the work progresses. (Much to James dismay!)
Last nights jobs consisted of removing the entire braking system & ABS pump in preparation of the revised brake lines / master cylinder & bias valve.
The inlet manifold lies in wait:
I'm going to relocate the heater matrix in the scuttle panel cavity, removing the need for any thing under the dash at all. A simple roller type fan will the demist the window with the simple flick of a switch.
I'm also looking into routing the loom within the air vent cavity under the window so it is totally out of the way - that however may prompt issues with accessibility so we'll have to see.
Still going backwards build wise, once I have sorted the brake lines and the loom we can start fitting pretty bits back on
Last nights jobs consisted of removing the entire braking system & ABS pump in preparation of the revised brake lines / master cylinder & bias valve.
The inlet manifold lies in wait:
I'm going to relocate the heater matrix in the scuttle panel cavity, removing the need for any thing under the dash at all. A simple roller type fan will the demist the window with the simple flick of a switch.
I'm also looking into routing the loom within the air vent cavity under the window so it is totally out of the way - that however may prompt issues with accessibility so we'll have to see.
Still going backwards build wise, once I have sorted the brake lines and the loom we can start fitting pretty bits back on
TrackCar & F30 330d
Nice update, so what master cylinder are you going to be using? A Cup item or somthing else.
I was wandering if you could take a picture of all the parts you are going to use for this ABS delete. I am trying to find some more info so i can do it to mine over the winter.
More pictures the better
I was wandering if you could take a picture of all the parts you are going to use for this ABS delete. I am trying to find some more info so i can do it to mine over the winter.
More pictures the better
I've been looking through the options, I suspect I may use the original mc & pedal box, and remake the entire braking system with a goodridge braid type replacement, possibly employing the cup load valve at the rear to get the correct amount of braking effort. I'll put piccies up as I go
Golf GTD Mk7
Ah fare enough. Saw a good one go one ebay last night for £200. New winch and looked in good nick really.
182cup & 172 racecar
Thats very very cheap?
Bargain someone rang ne the other day about a ifor williams trailor in hillingdon for £500 i rang JMS but couldn,t get hold of them.
182cup & 172 racecar
Nice to see the car has gone,I did the hard sell for you.Spain yo.
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Discounted 1*2 parts
good project look forward to the updates
Clio RS
nice progress
SEND YOU AN EMAIL :wink: since you're not responding on pm :wink: :rasp:
SEND YOU AN EMAIL :wink: since you're not responding on pm :wink: :rasp:
Had a productive evening tonight after the bookings were completed.
First priority is the engine & its prep. A couple of leaks from the cam cover, breather plate, and the sump have been getting increasingly worse so it was time to deal with them, fit a new cambelt & fit the aircon removal kit.
Inspection of the head revealed lovely clean journals with minimal scouring on either the cams, the head or the rocker cover.
New cam seals pressed into the head using the renault MOT tools (not guess-timated using a hammer!!) & then tiding up the bead of silicon around the head afterwards.
Timing kit back on with the first of the lightweight air con removal kit pulleys on & the complete kit on the bench.
Took the opportunity to pop on the powder coated thermostat components:
(sorry dark pic!)
Pop riveted & PU'd the bulkhead holes with some 2mm Stainless.
and last but not least, dropped a spanner on the original rad and managed to put a hole in one of the capillaries right in the middle- so need to order a new one in the morning :sleepy:
First priority is the engine & its prep. A couple of leaks from the cam cover, breather plate, and the sump have been getting increasingly worse so it was time to deal with them, fit a new cambelt & fit the aircon removal kit.
Inspection of the head revealed lovely clean journals with minimal scouring on either the cams, the head or the rocker cover.
New cam seals pressed into the head using the renault MOT tools (not guess-timated using a hammer!!) & then tiding up the bead of silicon around the head afterwards.
Timing kit back on with the first of the lightweight air con removal kit pulleys on & the complete kit on the bench.
Took the opportunity to pop on the powder coated thermostat components:
(sorry dark pic!)
Pop riveted & PU'd the bulkhead holes with some 2mm Stainless.
and last but not least, dropped a spanner on the original rad and managed to put a hole in one of the capillaries right in the middle- so need to order a new one in the morning :sleepy:
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Good update, you've been busy since I saw it on Friday!
182cup & 172 racecar
Tom,that rad looks big.
182 trackday racer
Guess its not a bigger radiator, think its the smaller fan for the RS2Xtra inlet making it look bigger.
182 trackday racer
Evo 5 RS
cool beans. Tidy as always....
cams? :boring:
cams? :boring:
182cup & 172 racecar
Proven
Stage 2 Meg Trophy
Really liking the PC thermostat components, who did them for you?
Your opinion is wrong
Pulls the seal in nice and straight and to the correct depth, no valid reason not to use it if you ask me!!
Standard cams, for now. Power is not of concern at the moment, the primary objective is the driving character and my ability to master it!!
TrackCar & F30 330d
If you havnt allready bought a new one you an buy my old 182 rad, but have you not thought about buying the shorter rad that the Burpspeed boys use, the VAG rad, will be a tiny but lighter because of the smaller size and you might use less coolant so the car will be a little lighter there too.
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