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Monaco 172 Track Car
- Thread starter Crayola
- Start date
Crayola
ClioSport Club Member
10/05/2022
Oil and filter
122,619 miles
Probably one of the last oil and filters this engine will see. I'm hoping that this autumn I'll be able to build my Frankenstein engine
Genuine filter and Helix 5w40, this engine has had this oil for the past 20k. Done it zero harm so far
Oil and filter
122,619 miles
Probably one of the last oil and filters this engine will see. I'm hoping that this autumn I'll be able to build my Frankenstein engine
Genuine filter and Helix 5w40, this engine has had this oil for the past 20k. Done it zero harm so far
Crayola
ClioSport Club Member
Part 1 of 2
Started the day, loaded all the tools in the Clio and set off to work. I've had the week off work and I said I wanted to at least get the cage in this week
Started pulling things apart, seats and plastics out which took about 45 mins as I needed help for the middle 4 nuts. Decided. it would be best to run the battery cable for the relocation now so ran some 40mm² cable
Went to cut a hole in the grommet for the bonnet pull😑😑
This is the attempt at wiring the alarm installer did. What a c**t, a total c**t
Got the grommet pushed back in with a slit cut to feed the cabling through. Put some 25mm backbox grommets and split conduit over the battery cable to avoid any chaffing
Holes drilled for the battery tray and rivnuts stuck in
Cage spreader plates weren't painted so painted them with some truck bed liner paint. Good stuff that is
Cage put in, ratchet strapped into place, holes drilled, bolts and washers either side and done... Sounds simple yeah, still took me 2 hours🙃🤣
The finished product is spot on though. I bought this cage before covid kicked off and it's been sat at work since. The paint is mint, it pretty much matches Monaco blue which I never asked for but they must have liked me
Spreader plates
Bolts look long but they're not visible side on. Had to trim this spreader plate as it was mahoosive and wouldn't fit with the seam for the back seat
Drilled a hole for the crotch harness strap, shoved an eyelet and spreader plate on. Got it as close to central as the chassis legs would allow
Continued...
Started the day, loaded all the tools in the Clio and set off to work. I've had the week off work and I said I wanted to at least get the cage in this week
Started pulling things apart, seats and plastics out which took about 45 mins as I needed help for the middle 4 nuts. Decided. it would be best to run the battery cable for the relocation now so ran some 40mm² cable
Went to cut a hole in the grommet for the bonnet pull😑😑
This is the attempt at wiring the alarm installer did. What a c**t, a total c**t
Got the grommet pushed back in with a slit cut to feed the cabling through. Put some 25mm backbox grommets and split conduit over the battery cable to avoid any chaffing
Holes drilled for the battery tray and rivnuts stuck in
Cage spreader plates weren't painted so painted them with some truck bed liner paint. Good stuff that is
Cage put in, ratchet strapped into place, holes drilled, bolts and washers either side and done... Sounds simple yeah, still took me 2 hours🙃🤣
The finished product is spot on though. I bought this cage before covid kicked off and it's been sat at work since. The paint is mint, it pretty much matches Monaco blue which I never asked for but they must have liked me
Spreader plates
Bolts look long but they're not visible side on. Had to trim this spreader plate as it was mahoosive and wouldn't fit with the seam for the back seat
Drilled a hole for the crotch harness strap, shoved an eyelet and spreader plate on. Got it as close to central as the chassis legs would allow
Continued...
Crayola
ClioSport Club Member
Battery cable at the bay side is just ticked up and taped at the minute. I forgot my hydraulic crimper so couldn't get it fitted in the back
Spreader plate for the rear legs was fitted, it's physically impossible to drill the remaining hole unless you use a 45ft long drillbit so it got left. 2 x M10 bolts is plenty tbqfh
So with the cage installed I hoovered up the bits in the car, loaded all my tools and then went to go home...
Car had other ideas like
So I had the electronic fault light illuminated, wasn't there before but I've been f**king around with the alarm and wiring. s**t
Car would crank until the cows came home but no firing. Checked all UCH relays and wiring, nothing. Checked the alarm cabling and wiring, nothing. Checked the ECU wiring, nothing. Checked big white plug and fuses in the engine bay...
Bingo
Replace fuse, start car, drive home
No Kyle, don't be silly
So this was already a 12 hour day for me, starting to get tired and just annoyed now. Absolutely shattered and just hanging on by sheer annoyance and wanting to be home. Replacing the fuse and nothing again. Checked big white plug and all relays again but not the fuse this time. Went to crank and immobiliser was f**king about, so in messing with the white plug I've made a new issue🙃
Check it again, check the fuse again... Blown. Right so that fuse is for lambda, coil pack, injectors and fuel pump. I'd been messing moving the lambda wiring earlier on as well as the brake lines for putting the cage in. Checked those over and all looked fine, so that was 45 mins crawling around on the floor. Checked the coil pack wiring as it was easy, looks good. Injectors I didn't check as I hadn't been anywhere near.
It then dawned on me that the fuel pump wiring runs across the base of the rear bench. So surely I must have nicked something when installing the cage, maybe squashed it or something
So I check to see if the wiring is snagged and it was a bit tight near the battery tray I'd just put in. Take the tray out and checked the wiring, looked okay apart from a tiny witness mark and a very very tiny s**t mark on the back of the carpet when something had clearly shorted out which you can see
Terrible pic as I was not in the mood as this point but in there are 2 light brown wires to the fuel pump that had been squashed when I tightened the battery tray down. Stupid fat c**t Kyle
Anyway, I went full 🥧 🔑 mode and this is how I "fixed" the issue
Now I was in another world of s**t though. I'd used up all my spare 30A blade fuses knobbing about...
No mate, that's not it🤣🤣🤣
'borrowed' the fuse for the rear heated screen, cranked over for a few seconds and then it burled into life. Thank f**k
I'll get round to replacing those Wagos at some point. It's a proper horrid hack but it worked and got me home, where I now sit on the toilet telling strangers I've never met how I ruined my car... Instead of having a shower and going to f**king bed🤣
Spreader plate for the rear legs was fitted, it's physically impossible to drill the remaining hole unless you use a 45ft long drillbit so it got left. 2 x M10 bolts is plenty tbqfh
So with the cage installed I hoovered up the bits in the car, loaded all my tools and then went to go home...
Car had other ideas like
So I had the electronic fault light illuminated, wasn't there before but I've been f**king around with the alarm and wiring. s**t
Car would crank until the cows came home but no firing. Checked all UCH relays and wiring, nothing. Checked the alarm cabling and wiring, nothing. Checked the ECU wiring, nothing. Checked big white plug and fuses in the engine bay...
Bingo
Replace fuse, start car, drive home
No Kyle, don't be silly
So this was already a 12 hour day for me, starting to get tired and just annoyed now. Absolutely shattered and just hanging on by sheer annoyance and wanting to be home. Replacing the fuse and nothing again. Checked big white plug and all relays again but not the fuse this time. Went to crank and immobiliser was f**king about, so in messing with the white plug I've made a new issue🙃
Check it again, check the fuse again... Blown. Right so that fuse is for lambda, coil pack, injectors and fuel pump. I'd been messing moving the lambda wiring earlier on as well as the brake lines for putting the cage in. Checked those over and all looked fine, so that was 45 mins crawling around on the floor. Checked the coil pack wiring as it was easy, looks good. Injectors I didn't check as I hadn't been anywhere near.
It then dawned on me that the fuel pump wiring runs across the base of the rear bench. So surely I must have nicked something when installing the cage, maybe squashed it or something
So I check to see if the wiring is snagged and it was a bit tight near the battery tray I'd just put in. Take the tray out and checked the wiring, looked okay apart from a tiny witness mark and a very very tiny s**t mark on the back of the carpet when something had clearly shorted out which you can see
Terrible pic as I was not in the mood as this point but in there are 2 light brown wires to the fuel pump that had been squashed when I tightened the battery tray down. Stupid fat c**t Kyle
Anyway, I went full 🥧 🔑 mode and this is how I "fixed" the issue
Now I was in another world of s**t though. I'd used up all my spare 30A blade fuses knobbing about...
No mate, that's not it🤣🤣🤣
'borrowed' the fuse for the rear heated screen, cranked over for a few seconds and then it burled into life. Thank f**k
I'll get round to replacing those Wagos at some point. It's a proper horrid hack but it worked and got me home, where I now sit on the toilet telling strangers I've never met how I ruined my car... Instead of having a shower and going to f**king bed🤣
JamesBryan
ClioSport Club Member
Nice work 👌🏻
Looks like a permanent fix that to me.
I can you imagine the obscurity of the obscenity pouring out of your dirty potty mouth…. I’d have just locked the piece of s**t up in the garage and ignored it. Which is exactly what I have done. Cunting thing
Crayola
ClioSport Club Member
I would have done that Dave, but the Megane is in Wigan and the Clio is my only car. Plus I was at work doing this as I have nice flat ground and my cage was there🤣🤣
I was fully prepared to sleep there
Well if you are ever stuck somewhere mate and need a lift, give me a call…I mean I won’t come, but i always appreciate the laugh.
Crayola
ClioSport Club Member
Came out to the car this morning. Started and cut out
Spent at least 30 mins checking everything and checking again
I'll let the videos speak for the car
Spent at least 30 mins checking everything and checking again
I'll let the videos speak for the car
Sir Nancy Flowers
ClioSport Club Member
M140i
Hands that could satisfy any woman and a voice like Freddie Flintoff.
The ideal man.
Crayola
ClioSport Club Member
How f**king dare you
Freddie Flintoff is from Bolton🤮🤮🤣
Freddie Flintoff is from Bolton🤮🤮🤣
Sir Nancy Flowers
ClioSport Club Member
M140i
All you Northerns sound the same to me 🤣 😘
Crayola
ClioSport Club Member
Drivers side shaft is fucked more than your dad's arsehole on a Saturday
Shaft rocks about all over and the vibrations coming out of left handers are mega🤣
Ordered a shaftec 2 piece on eBay for £120. Went into the garage and dug out a bearing carrier. Gonna ditch the PH1 shaft, when I put it in originally it was because I had it in the garage and my 2 piece was shagged on the inner cv
Shaft rocks about all over and the vibrations coming out of left handers are mega🤣
Ordered a shaftec 2 piece on eBay for £120. Went into the garage and dug out a bearing carrier. Gonna ditch the PH1 shaft, when I put it in originally it was because I had it in the garage and my 2 piece was shagged on the inner cv
Crayola
ClioSport Club Member
New shaftec shaft arrived yesterday, overall it looks EXACTLY how Renault intended them to be so a direct refurbishment of an OEM shaft, not like J&R and others that are just s**t copies
Got my spare bearing support cleaned up and set to swap it this morning at work
Took me about 15 mins to get the old shaft out, I love on a JC5 that the driver's shaft is an splined exterior to the box so no f**king about was needed
I know I showed the outer CV on the vid last time but here's the main culprit 😂
New shaft and bearing carrier in, you can see how wet the back of the block is with cv grease #RustProofing
The new shaft is the same as my old one in terms of ABS rings. The TRW balljoint fitted is mega long for some reason but after a few rotations the ring should self clearance like the old one did 👀 😂
A short video demonstrating how flogged the old one was. No wonder it vibrated and rattled like a skeleton with Parkinsons having a w**k in a celebrations tin
Got my spare bearing support cleaned up and set to swap it this morning at work
Took me about 15 mins to get the old shaft out, I love on a JC5 that the driver's shaft is an splined exterior to the box so no f**king about was needed
I know I showed the outer CV on the vid last time but here's the main culprit 😂
New shaft and bearing carrier in, you can see how wet the back of the block is with cv grease #RustProofing
The new shaft is the same as my old one in terms of ABS rings. The TRW balljoint fitted is mega long for some reason but after a few rotations the ring should self clearance like the old one did 👀 😂
A short video demonstrating how flogged the old one was. No wonder it vibrated and rattled like a skeleton with Parkinsons having a w**k in a celebrations tin
Crayola
ClioSport Club Member
I can tell you that it feels way better above 75mph now, no more hash vibrations
Crayola
ClioSport Club Member
Found some dirt cheap PBS rear pads for the Clio, it currently has some 3 year old PBS ProRaces in there that still have some life left but not a lot. Needed to stock up before booking some trackdays, they were only ProTrack but for £40 posted I wasn't gonna grumble...
It's the little wins in life that give you hope, ProRace ones are a tad more expensive for these. They stand up to heat a lot better too but I'll learn from my mistakes this time round. I'll whip them off when I'm done with driving the car and it's sorn'd over winter to avoid them turning into apple crumble. Got plenty of Brembo pads already in spare carriers to lob on
It's the little wins in life that give you hope, ProRace ones are a tad more expensive for these. They stand up to heat a lot better too but I'll learn from my mistakes this time round. I'll whip them off when I'm done with driving the car and it's sorn'd over winter to avoid them turning into apple crumble. Got plenty of Brembo pads already in spare carriers to lob on
Rear brakes do next to f**k all on a clio anyways so for £40 sorted lad
JamesBryan
ClioSport Club Member
You'd be surprised at how they help the braking balance.
Crayola
ClioSport Club Member
Aye was gonna say good pads all round keeps it way more predictable and flatter
JamesBryan
ClioSport Club Member
Takes the load of the fronts doing all the work.
Depends what tracks you drive, @thecrim22 probably only does Knockhill that has two braking zones 😘😂
Depends what tracks you drive, @thecrim22 probably only does Knockhill that has two braking zones 😘😂
Wheres the other one?? 🤔🤔
Just before you hit the grass 🤣.
Yarp
ClioSport Club Member
Clio 182
Im late to the party but this is by far the best update to a project thread I’ve ever read. The spiteful little french c**t tried to beat you but you were even more of a spiteful c**t and made it run. Top f**king work. I’d of burnt it out 😂
JamesBryan
ClioSport Club Member
Only kidding 😅
Crayola
ClioSport Club Member
Big updates inbound. Bear with me whilst I type all of these out
Update 1
Booked the week off work because I have a lot of things to get done to the Clio in order to get it ready for CSF
Monday
Went down to my mum and dad's to press wheel bearings into my roll centre hubs. My dad has a decent press and it makes things so much easier
Started cleaning up all the mounting surfaces with my new favourite tool
All done
Tuesday
Set out to get everything stripped down. Everything including the shocks, hubs, subframe, gearbox, clutch, flywheel, shafts, top mounts, coolant hoses, airbox, battery ECU etc
Done. Took me about 4.5 hours to get it all stripped down
I struggled for 30 mins with 1 of the subframe bolts that decided to round itself to fuckery. Oh and that 509 mile old driveshaft I got the other week...
Pissed off, sent it back and bought a new one. The last one in the country to be exact🥲🤣
After getting everything stripped I set the gazebo up because it was meant to rain all week and I don't fancy getting piss wet
Update 1
Booked the week off work because I have a lot of things to get done to the Clio in order to get it ready for CSF
Monday
Went down to my mum and dad's to press wheel bearings into my roll centre hubs. My dad has a decent press and it makes things so much easier
Started cleaning up all the mounting surfaces with my new favourite tool
All done
Tuesday
Set out to get everything stripped down. Everything including the shocks, hubs, subframe, gearbox, clutch, flywheel, shafts, top mounts, coolant hoses, airbox, battery ECU etc
Done. Took me about 4.5 hours to get it all stripped down
I struggled for 30 mins with 1 of the subframe bolts that decided to round itself to fuckery. Oh and that 509 mile old driveshaft I got the other week...
Pissed off, sent it back and bought a new one. The last one in the country to be exact🥲🤣
After getting everything stripped I set the gazebo up because it was meant to rain all week and I don't fancy getting piss wet
Crayola
ClioSport Club Member
Wednesday
Found out that my car had a clutch just before I got it which was a genuine Renault Valeo and has been perfect. So that got put back on
New lightened flywheel with new genuine bolts
Nah I didn't send it, I used the proper tool which was calibrated and has been sat in the box waiting for this day. 55nm
Paint pen'd up
Cleaned the clutch pressure plate up with the die grinder
New clutch cover bolts, torqued to 20nm and paint pen'd
New clutch release bearing, genuine Nissan item and part number in the pic for anyone else. They're the same across all JC5 boxes
Gearbox in, was a right f**k about on my own but I got there in the end
Started messing around to get the top mount bearings out, no press this time, just a lot of skill and strength with a vice on a f**king hop up🙃🤣
New bearings in
Continued in next post
Found out that my car had a clutch just before I got it which was a genuine Renault Valeo and has been perfect. So that got put back on
New lightened flywheel with new genuine bolts
Nah I didn't send it, I used the proper tool which was calibrated and has been sat in the box waiting for this day. 55nm
Paint pen'd up
Cleaned the clutch pressure plate up with the die grinder
New clutch cover bolts, torqued to 20nm and paint pen'd
New clutch release bearing, genuine Nissan item and part number in the pic for anyone else. They're the same across all JC5 boxes
Gearbox in, was a right f**k about on my own but I got there in the end
Started messing around to get the top mount bearings out, no press this time, just a lot of skill and strength with a vice on a f**king hop up🙃🤣
New bearings in
Continued in next post
Crayola
ClioSport Club Member
Old top mount bearings were shag-arsed, the 2nd top mount in the video shows what effort it should take to move the bearing🤣
With all that done I started cleaning up a few shoddy looking bits whilst they were off
Shocks before
After
Old shaft on the left Vs the one I had in the garage which I believe is from a PH1. Not sure but it's way beefier
New coolant hoses on with Mikalor clamps, a new expansion tank and the Renault fruit juice
Set about cleaning the subframe, jetwashed it all down to get rid of the s**t, then degreased it, scrubbed it to f**k and jetted it again after
No before pic but imagine 10x more CV grease. Come to think of it I gave it another hit after this with some heavier duty degreaser and it came up a tad better
With the subframe cleaned I let it to dry and got cleaning other bits here and there. Airbox was a bit acky so that got a good wash too
Took the gold plug out of the gearbox too and gave that a wipe.
Something I've not mentioned yet is the box itself. I bought it from the ever lovely @nath&alex some time ago but I've not had the time to fit it. Nath got resident gearbox bellend @NorthloopCup to rebuild it a while back. I'm not entirely sure on exact spec but it's a JC5-129 with a Quaife LSD and all new bits and pieces inside bar the gearset. I think Nath mentioned that it had a Megane 5th gear too
Filled the gearbox with £80 worth of fresh fluid, as a northerner it hurt paying over £25 a bottle for less than 1 litre
I was in a cleaning mood so all the bolts got some die grinder action
With all that done I started cleaning up a few shoddy looking bits whilst they were off
Shocks before
After
Old shaft on the left Vs the one I had in the garage which I believe is from a PH1. Not sure but it's way beefier
New coolant hoses on with Mikalor clamps, a new expansion tank and the Renault fruit juice
Set about cleaning the subframe, jetwashed it all down to get rid of the s**t, then degreased it, scrubbed it to f**k and jetted it again after
No before pic but imagine 10x more CV grease. Come to think of it I gave it another hit after this with some heavier duty degreaser and it came up a tad better
With the subframe cleaned I let it to dry and got cleaning other bits here and there. Airbox was a bit acky so that got a good wash too
Took the gold plug out of the gearbox too and gave that a wipe.
Something I've not mentioned yet is the box itself. I bought it from the ever lovely @nath&alex some time ago but I've not had the time to fit it. Nath got resident gearbox bellend @NorthloopCup to rebuild it a while back. I'm not entirely sure on exact spec but it's a JC5-129 with a Quaife LSD and all new bits and pieces inside bar the gearset. I think Nath mentioned that it had a Megane 5th gear too
Filled the gearbox with £80 worth of fresh fluid, as a northerner it hurt paying over £25 a bottle for less than 1 litre
I was in a cleaning mood so all the bolts got some die grinder action
Crayola
ClioSport Club Member
Thursday
Got the subframe back onto the car, Christ it took the piss. Mainly because my driveway is as smooth as the moon so moving the jack resulted in the subframe falling in my face several times as it slipped off
Despite being attacked by the subframe I got it back up on my own without dying.
I then spent the next few hours slowly adding more and more parts to the car
ECU, battery, battery tray all back in. Gave the battery cover a wipe with brake cleaner on a rag...
Bruh. Looks like I'm refreshing the top quality podwercoat with some satin black then🤣
Cleaned and painted the ARB brackets too
Better
Refreshed some of the hardware
Sealed the exhaust back up with some nice mastic. People joke and laugh but the proper gasket is f**king s**t and mastic is the cheapest and best way of sealing an exhaust. Never ever had an issue sealing an exhaust with mastic🤣
I then set about test fitting my Brembos
The wheels clear with loads of room
Continued in next post
Got the subframe back onto the car, Christ it took the piss. Mainly because my driveway is as smooth as the moon so moving the jack resulted in the subframe falling in my face several times as it slipped off
Despite being attacked by the subframe I got it back up on my own without dying.
I then spent the next few hours slowly adding more and more parts to the car
ECU, battery, battery tray all back in. Gave the battery cover a wipe with brake cleaner on a rag...
Bruh. Looks like I'm refreshing the top quality podwercoat with some satin black then🤣
Cleaned and painted the ARB brackets too
Better
Refreshed some of the hardware
Sealed the exhaust back up with some nice mastic. People joke and laugh but the proper gasket is f**king s**t and mastic is the cheapest and best way of sealing an exhaust. Never ever had an issue sealing an exhaust with mastic🤣
I then set about test fitting my Brembos
The wheels clear with loads of room
Continued in next post
Crayola
ClioSport Club Member
Friday
So I kept test fitting the Brembos but the pads were way too far forward on the disc which would mean a hug lip and wasted braking surface area.
Even after cleaning the mating surface there was still 3mm+- to take off in order to get the pads in the right spot
I stuck them in the handheld lathe to take a few mm off which got them spot on!
The list started to take shape at this point and I really did have quite a lot of things ticked off
The Lemark ABS sensors turned up around half 1 so I got them put in with some new bolts. Along with the roll centre rack ends and wheel studs
Sexy. A big thanks to @Clio_fool for making me these brackets about 3 years ago🤣 The fitment of them is perfect and all the hardware is overengineered to chuff much like the hubs from Mark
Continued in next post
So I kept test fitting the Brembos but the pads were way too far forward on the disc which would mean a hug lip and wasted braking surface area.
Even after cleaning the mating surface there was still 3mm+- to take off in order to get the pads in the right spot
I stuck them in the handheld lathe to take a few mm off which got them spot on!
The list started to take shape at this point and I really did have quite a lot of things ticked off
The Lemark ABS sensors turned up around half 1 so I got them put in with some new bolts. Along with the roll centre rack ends and wheel studs
Sexy. A big thanks to @Clio_fool for making me these brackets about 3 years ago🤣 The fitment of them is perfect and all the hardware is overengineered to chuff much like the hubs from Mark
Continued in next post
Crayola
ClioSport Club Member
Saturday
Didn't really get a whole load of pics today
So @Louis came over at about half 10 to help me set up the PMS shifter I'd I stalled on Friday. They're an absolute fuckstick to set up on your bill so having 2 people is a must
Louis had set his own up not too long back so knows literally everything about them and what needs to be what. We ended up straight away removing and flipping the bolt around under the shifter tower because it fouled the exhaust tunnel. He then swapped the dog one bolt around as it was fouling that too🤣
about an hour or so messing about and we got it perfect! It felt so silky smooth and genuinely makes the car feel like something proper, not just a floppy pathetic gearstick dangling about
Louis then shoved a thick o-ring under the shifter sleeve to alieviate small rattles. And then he got the interior back together to make it one again, whilst I farted about doing something else, probably thumbing my arse
We then set about doing all the other jobs on the list. My rack boots arrived at about half 1 and I could get those on and put the NS track rod end on to complete everything mechanical being together. I originally got a SMI rack boot, but I run a dCi rack which uses smaller and longer boots which are way different. After it got put back together, torqued and pain pen'd everything we turned to the Brembos and got those on with some new lines from BRT Motorsport. They bled up really easy, we gravity bled them, then chucked the eezibleed on and then hit it with a good old fashioned 2 man method.
After than we got it back down on all 4 wheels after making sure everything was ticked off
I tested the brakes out and they felt just fine, there's a slight amount of travel at the top but Louis made a very good point that there's now 8 pistons worth of travel as opposed to just the 2. Took it out to Tesco to get fuel and it feels so mint now. The shifter really is the biggest improvement so far as I've not driven it in anger, it feels wicked and is buttery smooth. I pushed it into a little corner and I could feel the diff really engage, so much so that I had to give up halfway through for fear of going into the back of a golf in front. Liftoff oversteer is now a real thing!🤣
I've got tracking booked in with Chong from Atec Align on Monday the 11th as the steering wheel is comically f**king kiltered🤣
Cheers for reading, here's a couple more pics
List of things changed
Quaife gearbox
TTV lightened flywheel
Flywheel bolts, clutch cover bolts
Top mount bearings
PMS shifter
Brembos
New discs and pads
NLC/Bridgecraft Roll centre hubs
New stud and nuts
Expansion tank
MTC coolant hoses
Fresh type D and redline MTL
Drivers side driveshaft
Release bearing
Wheel bearings
Cheers for reading, probably loads I've missed but it's been a busy week🤣
Didn't really get a whole load of pics today
So @Louis came over at about half 10 to help me set up the PMS shifter I'd I stalled on Friday. They're an absolute fuckstick to set up on your bill so having 2 people is a must
Louis had set his own up not too long back so knows literally everything about them and what needs to be what. We ended up straight away removing and flipping the bolt around under the shifter tower because it fouled the exhaust tunnel. He then swapped the dog one bolt around as it was fouling that too🤣
about an hour or so messing about and we got it perfect! It felt so silky smooth and genuinely makes the car feel like something proper, not just a floppy pathetic gearstick dangling about
Louis then shoved a thick o-ring under the shifter sleeve to alieviate small rattles. And then he got the interior back together to make it one again, whilst I farted about doing something else, probably thumbing my arse
We then set about doing all the other jobs on the list. My rack boots arrived at about half 1 and I could get those on and put the NS track rod end on to complete everything mechanical being together. I originally got a SMI rack boot, but I run a dCi rack which uses smaller and longer boots which are way different. After it got put back together, torqued and pain pen'd everything we turned to the Brembos and got those on with some new lines from BRT Motorsport. They bled up really easy, we gravity bled them, then chucked the eezibleed on and then hit it with a good old fashioned 2 man method.
After than we got it back down on all 4 wheels after making sure everything was ticked off
I tested the brakes out and they felt just fine, there's a slight amount of travel at the top but Louis made a very good point that there's now 8 pistons worth of travel as opposed to just the 2. Took it out to Tesco to get fuel and it feels so mint now. The shifter really is the biggest improvement so far as I've not driven it in anger, it feels wicked and is buttery smooth. I pushed it into a little corner and I could feel the diff really engage, so much so that I had to give up halfway through for fear of going into the back of a golf in front. Liftoff oversteer is now a real thing!🤣
I've got tracking booked in with Chong from Atec Align on Monday the 11th as the steering wheel is comically f**king kiltered🤣
Cheers for reading, here's a couple more pics
List of things changed
Quaife gearbox
TTV lightened flywheel
Flywheel bolts, clutch cover bolts
Top mount bearings
PMS shifter
Brembos
New discs and pads
NLC/Bridgecraft Roll centre hubs
New stud and nuts
Expansion tank
MTC coolant hoses
Fresh type D and redline MTL
Drivers side driveshaft
Release bearing
Wheel bearings
Cheers for reading, probably loads I've missed but it's been a busy week🤣
massiveCoRbyn
ClioSport Club Member
Several
You've probably done more mods in a single week than a lot of people do in their whole period of ownership 😂
Monaco looks really good with the white 2118s
Monaco looks really good with the white 2118s
Crayola
ClioSport Club Member
When I first put the 2118's on I wasnt so sure but they've really grown on me. I wanted to get them painted before CSF but I don't think I have time🥲You've probably done more mods in a single week than a lot of people do in their whole period of ownership 😂
Monaco looks really good with the white 2118s
Crayola
ClioSport Club Member
Yeah I've got a set of TD 1.2's to get test fitted, I've seen people with Brembos and those on so should be rate🤣
Mcaff
ClioSport Club Member
I thought I had a long list of stuff before CSF 😂 fair play that’s some graft!
Crayola
ClioSport Club Member
One thing I did forget yesterday
The R clips for the Mr Pink pins. 2 mins to jack the car up, take the wheel off and stick some in. I bought a cheap set from Amazon after losing 3 of these f**king things🤣 The pads would probably never come out but for piece of mind why would you not put them in!
These are the size of the clips I used
Quick pic of the inside with the shifter in. Not the best pic mind
Just an update about everything done to the car so far.
TTV flywheel, you can noticeably tell it's there just from starting the car. The starter engages and it's fired before you can blink, the engine turns so incredibly well now there's not an additional 2kg rolling about. Couple that with the AC and PAS removed it slingshots it's way to 7.5krpm in the first 3 gears. I've noticed the clutch is silky smooth and so easy to depress now too
PMS shifter. Louis did a mint job on this, it's set up millimetre perfect and effortless to get into gear. Just taken the car out for a proper razz and it slips into gear silkier than poo slips into his pockets
Quaife. Ridiculous, it's the only word for it. When I put the Mégane 250 LSD in my 175 I was shocked but this is even better, the tracking is out at the minute but it gives so much confidence hammering into a corner. I'm not fighting the car anymore, I just press on and know it's not just gonna suddenly light a wheel up. Really looking forward to some track action with that because I was constantly lighting a tyre last time at Blyton
Roll centre hubs. Wow. No more bouncing around correcting the steering around corners, steering is predicable and you can just point it and tell it where to go. It no longer feels boat like and feels so much flatter going around a corner
Brembos. Had a bit of time to really get used to these, the pedal yesterday was a bit meh up top but now they seem to have gotten better and it feels like standard. Still need to bed them in but I need some bungs for my brake ducts to get them nice and hot. Probably need another bleed after that too. Coming off the 62 earlier I thought I'd give them some stick and Jess nearly went through the windscreen bless her🤣🤣
No weird noises or rattles (apart from the PMS🤣) and I feel a bit weird now. I've spent all week working on it but now my brains gone into "you've missed something" mode and I feel like I still need to do something🤣
I have another week off W/C 11th July so I've started making a list of things to do then
Harnesses for lap belts fitting
Quick machine polish
Wet sand headlights and ceramic coat
New sunstrip
Flocked upper dash
Fit AR1 on my track wheels
Make a massive splitter
Another couple of random pics
Took the tax disc sticky thing out. I've owned this for 3 years and it's annoyed me every time I saw it, finally got round to getting the scraper on it🤣🤣
Bought a billet oil cap from @Matt e too
I took those pics the other week but forgot to post them
The bay is a tad cleaner now but still needs a good going over
The R clips for the Mr Pink pins. 2 mins to jack the car up, take the wheel off and stick some in. I bought a cheap set from Amazon after losing 3 of these f**king things🤣 The pads would probably never come out but for piece of mind why would you not put them in!
These are the size of the clips I used
Quick pic of the inside with the shifter in. Not the best pic mind
Just an update about everything done to the car so far.
TTV flywheel, you can noticeably tell it's there just from starting the car. The starter engages and it's fired before you can blink, the engine turns so incredibly well now there's not an additional 2kg rolling about. Couple that with the AC and PAS removed it slingshots it's way to 7.5krpm in the first 3 gears. I've noticed the clutch is silky smooth and so easy to depress now too
PMS shifter. Louis did a mint job on this, it's set up millimetre perfect and effortless to get into gear. Just taken the car out for a proper razz and it slips into gear silkier than poo slips into his pockets
Quaife. Ridiculous, it's the only word for it. When I put the Mégane 250 LSD in my 175 I was shocked but this is even better, the tracking is out at the minute but it gives so much confidence hammering into a corner. I'm not fighting the car anymore, I just press on and know it's not just gonna suddenly light a wheel up. Really looking forward to some track action with that because I was constantly lighting a tyre last time at Blyton
Roll centre hubs. Wow. No more bouncing around correcting the steering around corners, steering is predicable and you can just point it and tell it where to go. It no longer feels boat like and feels so much flatter going around a corner
Brembos. Had a bit of time to really get used to these, the pedal yesterday was a bit meh up top but now they seem to have gotten better and it feels like standard. Still need to bed them in but I need some bungs for my brake ducts to get them nice and hot. Probably need another bleed after that too. Coming off the 62 earlier I thought I'd give them some stick and Jess nearly went through the windscreen bless her🤣🤣
No weird noises or rattles (apart from the PMS🤣) and I feel a bit weird now. I've spent all week working on it but now my brains gone into "you've missed something" mode and I feel like I still need to do something🤣
I have another week off W/C 11th July so I've started making a list of things to do then
Harnesses for lap belts fitting
Quick machine polish
Wet sand headlights and ceramic coat
New sunstrip
Flocked upper dash
Fit AR1 on my track wheels
Make a massive splitter
Another couple of random pics
Took the tax disc sticky thing out. I've owned this for 3 years and it's annoyed me every time I saw it, finally got round to getting the scraper on it🤣🤣
Bought a billet oil cap from @Matt e too
I took those pics the other week but forgot to post them
The bay is a tad cleaner now but still needs a good going over
