My 182 Track Car Project

[Ben NBR Cup]

Not answering for Dan, but he asked the exact same question I wanted to! I'm going to run 'lightweight' rear door cards, so those little panels that cover the hole. But also want to hide all my wiring.

Never done anything wire related before. Own a soldering iron thats never been used, so I guess I'm almost there 😂

Having the door cards at the rear helps as you can imaging giving the back a cleaner look. You will need to channel the wires over the rear wheel arch and down to where the old front seat belt used to be that allows wires to go to the other side of the car and to the multi plug by the passenger foot well.
I will grab lots of pictures for you both and then it's a bit easier to see rather than me waffling on haha
But a soldering iron is good you may need that if chopping begins on wires haha
It's not the hardest job in the world but worth it when you are finished

 

[dann2707]

When I did mine I undid everything apart from the ones that go to the spoiler. So that's the main connector in the passenger footwell, a sensor near both seat belts, the one in a the middle of the car, both rear lights and earths, the rear plate light, roof Ariel and speaker wires. Then I took the main connecter to start with and fed it through the top panel in the passenger rear quarter then out by the passenger seatbelt. Run that line behind the seats then through the driver seatbelt up to the driver rear door card and all the way to the rear light. It isn't as bad as I have made it out. Just unplug everything apart from the wire going to the spoiler and it's obvious what you have to do.

I almost get you! thanks for that mate. It's just where is the main connector running to now? Instead of going along that sill by the passenger or is it still there?

Pics will definitely help me thanks @Ben NBR Cup will be running rear door cards at a later date but not at the moment.

 

[Ben NBR Cup]

@dann2707 I will take some pictures as well of some sticky pads that will make routing the wires a million times better (keeping them where you want them) so when you are not running the door cards it's just a nice line of wires

 

[Sam Linssner]

I almost get you! thanks for that mate. It's just where is the main connector running to now? Instead of going along that sill by the passenger or is it still there?

Pics will definitely help me thanks @Ben NBR Cup will be running rear door cards at a later date but not at the moment.

For the main line it in the same place down the passenger footwell and outside of the seats. If you remove the original plastic clips it falls down quite nicely and is hidden by the seat runners. Like Ben said once mine is sprayed I will be getting some sort of clip or sticky pad to hold it all down and make sure it doesn't catch on the seat runners.

 

[dann2707]

Legend!

Do you know if there is such a thing that tests wires so you know which ones you're removing? A bit like a live tester. Was just thinking it might make things a million times easier when removing more wires later down the line.

Found this. Wonder if this would be what I'm after.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B006B3NGLK/?tag=cliospnet01-21

 

[Ben NBR Cup]

@dann2707 i personally haven't seen one, if you are tracking wires let's say you want to remove the wires from the wiper motor to the main plug get a multi meter set it to continuity and pick a wire you want to remove and touch that with your prob, now go the the connector block and with the other lead (of your multimeter) touch the pins until your multi meter gives you a reading normally it will say 0.02 that means you have found your wire. If you see this reading of 1 keep looking as that means infinity and you haven't got the right wire. That's how we did it without a wiring diagram and touch wood it's all working fine

 

[Jack_S]

I managed to tuck the rear wires on mine withough cutting/stripping anything. They still run down the outside of the sill as for that some cutting would have been needeed, but the rear looks tidy and thats good enough for me.

Also, car looks amazing! Been following the build for a while and I'm loving the progress.

 

[Mash.]

@dann2707 get yourself a power probe, mine is so useful, you can power up stuff swell direct off it and all sorts its amazing

 

[Ben NBR Cup]

I managed to tuck the rear wires on mine withough cutting/stripping anything. They still run down the outside of the sill as for that some cutting would have been needeed, but the rear looks tidy and thats good enough for me.

Also, car looks amazing! Been following the build for a while and I'm loving the progress.

I only cut mine because I wanted it to run down the sill of the car because I am sad and have OCD haha
Cheers thank you very much

 

[Ben NBR Cup]

Here some pictures of how I have rooted the wires I am still working on the wires so some of it looks a bit messy but gives you an idea

Wires at the rear lights and the cable to the number plate light. (Right hand side)

Earth point for the lights (left hand side)

Cables go over the rear wheel arch. Bit messy but not seen but will be tidied up

Not a great picture but this is the wires behind the rear door cars (black line on the right hand side)

Across the rear of the seats wrapped in insulation tape and to the fuel pump bit of zip tieing in green of course lol

 

[Ben NBR Cup]

This is where the cable splits for the lights and the fuel pump

Crossed over to the other side where next it will run through the sill this is where we had to cut the wires

This where it exists the sill and connects to the multi plug
And these are the sticky pads I have used to keep it neat behind the panels

 

[dann2707]

That's great mate thanks a lot for that

 

[Sam Linssner]

I really need to spray mine. Yours looks the nuts

 

[Ben NBR Cup]

I really need to spray mine. Yours looks the nuts

Cheers mate mine was a right pain to paint especially having the cage in green

 

[Ben NBR Cup]

Finally got round to fitting my radio and also has a hands free setting on it as well all the mods on this track car haha
The only down side is at 70mph I can not here the radio haha the joys of a loud exhaust and stripped interior
I have Velcroed it to the dash so when I get to the track I can remove it and go even faster

 

[dann2707]

Hi mate, what are you doing for a heater/blower?

 

[Ben NBR Cup]

Hi mate, what are you doing for a heater/blower?

I am not going to run them I don't feel at the minute I need them and just wrap up in a jumper when it gets cold lol
My roof scoop brings enough cold air into the car for me to stay cool on warm days
Maybe if you wanted to run heater look at the classic Mini (the car) heater matrix I have been told there one of the smallest heater matrix out there if it's something you want to keep small and out the way ?

 

[Ben NBR Cup]

Little update
The car went down to EFI on Monday to get a remap done to make sure the car is running sweet with the mods I have done. While I was in the area me and my friend popped to demon tweeks to get a new visor for my helmet and a fire extinguisher for the car (hopefully never need to use it) I will be fitting it Wednesday so I will get some pictures once fitted plus a new sun strip as well.
Here's a picture of the car on the dyno

Had to run the car with no bonnet just to keep it cool normally you have to have the bonnet up but being fibre glass it might of broke with the fan lol

Massive thank you to Chris at EFI he is a star I would highly recommend him if you are thinking of getting a remap spot on
The car with no map on made 182bhp (just the mods I have done) and then after Chris did his magic it now is running 188.3bhp which I am over the moon with
The car is also booked on a track day at donington this Friday so I shall get some pictures of the car there

 

[Ben NBR Cup]

Another little update
Managed last night to fit my fire extinguisher and my sun strip ready for my track day tomorrow which I can not wait for I will try and get some videos and upload to YouTube for you to have a look at
Here are some pictures of the sun strip and fire extinguisher

Just missed the brake lines with the drill which was nice

I think it looks nice on the car and really does help with the sun very happy with it

 

[Ben NBR Cup]

Had a brilliant day at donington on Friday the car was a massive improvement over the last track day it's night and day better than before I am so happy with it. However it didn't come without war wounds I managed to get a stone chip on the windscreen and the bonnet started to break at the front so we had to use the trusty duck tape haha
How the car started in the morning

An hour and 47 minutes into the track day the duck tape came out lol

And the little chip hard to see but it's there

It's just above my phone in this picture
Here's some more of the day

Had to buy a green visor for the helmet to match the car haha

Also as well I met up with @NorthloopCup who popped in to say hello it was great to have a chat and put a face to the name thanks for coming to say hello mate

 

[Ben NBR Cup]

Today the two track toys met up to say hello to each other, my go kart is being rebuilt to hopefully be raced next year all fingers crossed. The Clio is not going anywhere that's my big boy toy lol

New tyres are needed for the Clio and a set of rear pads before the Nurburgring at the end of September looks like the wallet is coming out again haha it's all good fun though

 

[dann2707]

Oh gosh, I scrolled down then and thought that was a stretcher not a go-kart hahaha

Glad you enjoyed the track day mate!

 

[Ben NBR Cup]

Oh gosh, I scrolled down then and thought that was a stretcher not a go-kart hahaha

Glad you enjoyed the track day mate!

Haha a stretcher would be more comfortable than than fibre glass seat lol
Cheers mate have you got any planned in your beast ?

 

[Ben NBR Cup]

Been a little bit quiet on the old Clio front lately but the old gal has had some new mods done to it
I have gone through a set of rear exhaust mounts in less than a year so I thought I would make myself the uprated powerflex black edition bushes to make sure the exhaust doesn't keep melting my bumper
Here a picture of them

Shiny and new bushes
Also while I was upgrading the mount I would do the engine mounts and stabiliser bar as well because the engine is rocking and the exhaust manifold is hitting the subframe
Old

New

Did the gearbox mount as well but I forgot to take a picture of it sorry all
But here's a picture of the engine mount
Old

New

I also took the metal block that sits under the engine mount as well ( that weights a lot)
Made a massive difference to the car once it was all fitted feel really solid and complete. It almost feels like the car and engine are one

 

[dann2707]

Those mounts make a huge difference don't they!

Nice update buddy I had wondered where you had gone. Thought you may have got stuck in your cage again haha

 

[Ben NBR Cup]

Those mounts make a huge difference don't they!

Nice update buddy I had wondered where you had gone. Thought you may have got stuck in your cage again haha

They do mate I am really happy with them
Haha yeah I have been prepping for the ring at the end of the month.
Haha I only got stuck one more time since the last picture haha it's doing the wiring where i end up getting stuck

 

[Ben NBR Cup]

Another small update to be added I had to buy new front tyres for the Clio as donington pretty much finished them off for road driving they will do another track day but as I have a big old drive to Germany soon the best and safest bet was to put new fronts on. I went for in the end the toyo R888Rs as I have only good things to say about toyo track tyres so stuck with what I know. Just a few pictures of the new rubber fitted

Looking forward to testing these out see how much different they are to the standard 888s the next update will be getting the car finished for the ring
Cheers
Ben

 

[dann2707]

Are you not tempted to go for 15"s?

Tyres are wayyyy cheaper and the standard 182 wheels are ridiculously heavy. I noticed a massive difference just on the road from changing down an inch. the car feels way more nimble after

 

[Ben NBR Cup]

Are you not tempted to go for 15"s?

Tyres are wayyyy cheaper and the standard 182 wheels are ridiculously heavy. I noticed a massive difference just on the road from changing down an inch. the car feels way more nimble after

That will be my next purchase I am going to save some pennies and when autosport happens in Jan I am going to treat it to a new set of TD 1.2s. I have been wanting 15s for a while but because I had already got new tyres on the 16s I didn't want to be buying wheel and tyres twice but I think I will burn the tyres out on the 16s and uses them as wet wheels and have the 15s as track and I can not wait for cheaper tyres haha.
Also it's might be having a full respray and maybe a colour change But still keeping the green haha

 

[Ben NBR Cup]

Got back from the Nurburgring safe and sound without too many problems the car did brilliantly round there I am really happy with it it did a 8.52 on its first outing (I wasn't timing it was just off my video I know the time) few things I want to change getting 15" wheels are a must because of the tyre hitting inner arch and maybe stiffen the suspension up on the front
Here's some pictures from Spa still waiting for the pictures to come through from the ring
We took 4 cars with us to play with
The tradition euro tunnel bacon batch before we leave

On the train with my GB sticker mod without sticking to the panel (detailing tape used)

Got to Spa safely found a few clios a very nice silver 200
At Spa had group photo

Also managed to get the car on skylimits website in there promo video
And the traditional selfie picture haha

Last picture of this post is the pizza we had in Germany and then when the pictures come from the ring I will add them to the post

#bigpizza haha

 

[Ben NBR Cup]

The car was also spotted by Bridge to Gantry and put on there Facebook page
Doing my bit for the Clio sport forum haha
I think the Lamborghini helped a little bit lol

 

[Ben NBR Cup]

Finally managed to get the pictures from frozen speed from the DN event here are some of them

Not got it jumping yet haha

Holding off the Aston Martin here lol

Really happy how the pictures have come out
Really feel the car need stickering up to make it look like a race car not sure if that's a good idea ?
Any suggestions?
Hopefully new wheels soon I will keep you posted

 

[Ben NBR Cup]

Small update but not a modification update the car did its final track day of 2016 at Bedford on Saturday in very wet conditions. I had never driven the car in the wet on a track before and the car was amazing so much fun had a smile on my face all day. The car had so much lift off oversteer (may of helped that happen haha) I had a few video but not sure how to upload them to here does anyone know ?
There were a few clios there on the trackday all of them looked really nice and when really well round the track I would say they were one of the fastest cars there #goteamcliosport
Here's a few pictures after the day was over forgot to take some through the day

Mine and dads car together both when really well
Also I would just like to say the 888r were really good in the wet they had a lot more grip that we were expecting (both mine and dads are on 888s)
Only down side was the roof scoop leaked a bit so came out with wet trousers lol
Hopefully some more mods in the new year for the car, new wheels are top of the list and maybe a spoiler not sure yet
Hope you all still enjoy the thread, the mods won't be as thick and fast as I want to spend the money on learning to drive the car fast and then get back on the modifying game lol
Thanks everyone

 

[Mattty]

Looks mint. Does that mean another aerocatch for the centre of the bonnet? Or some of those elastic quick release things? :smile:

Whats the process for removing that big chunk of metal, and does it actually serve a purpose? I remember reading about it a while ago but never got around to it. Will be putting black powerflex engine mounts in mine soon so may as well do it while I'm at it.

 

[Ben NBR Cup]

Looks mint. Does that mean another aerocatch for the centre of the bonnet? Or some of those elastic quick release things? :smile:

Whats the process for removing that big chunk of metal, and does it actually serve a purpose? I remember reading about it a while ago but never got around to it. Will be putting black powerflex engine mounts in mine soon so may as well do it while I'm at it.

Thanks mate I think I need to come up with a solution for the bonnet rather than duck tape lol I need to keep a clean look I am not sure if lowing the height of the bonnet will help but an aero catch is a possibility
How I did it was lift the engine up remove the engine mount completely and there's one bolt that holds that big block thing in, remove that and lift it out and then refit the engine mount and job done. It hasn't effected my car a part from saving some more weight I see no reason for that block to be there
Best time when you are doing the engine mount mate just get rid of that block

 

[Sam Linssner]

Small update but not a modification update the car did its final track day of 2016 at Bedford on Saturday in very wet conditions. I had never driven the car in the wet on a track before and the car was amazing so much fun had a smile on my face all day. The car had so much lift off oversteer (may of helped that happen haha) I had a few video but not sure how to upload them to here does anyone know ?
There were a few clios there on the trackday all of them looked really nice and when really well round the track I would say they were one of the fastest cars there #goteamcliosport
Here's a few pictures after the day was over forgot to take some through the day
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Mine and dads car together both when really well
Also I would just like to say the 888r were really good in the wet they had a lot more grip that we were expecting (both mine and dads are on 888s)
Only down side was the roof scoop leaked a bit so came out with wet trousers lol
Hopefully some more mods in the new year for the car, new wheels are top of the list and maybe a spoiler not sure yet
Hope you all still enjoy the thread, the mods won't be as thick and fast as I want to spend the money on learning to drive the car fast and then get back on the modifying game lol
Thanks everyone :smile:

Looking good! Have you had any thoughts on a spoiler? I've been toying with the idea recently and was talking to my Motorsport prep guy who was interested to see the difference it would make.

 

[Ben NBR Cup]

Looking good! Have you had any thoughts on a spoiler? I've been toying with the idea recently and was talking to my Motorsport prep guy who was interested to see the difference it would make.

Well I have seen a few clios with these BYC spoilers that are a big big spoiler goes from the middle of the boot to the roof. I think it looks really smart and I believe they are about £326. I watched a video once about front wheel drive cars with spoilers and how it effects the car and with a spoiler the car was nearly 2 seconds fastest round the track. They were saying just because they are front wheel drive they benefit from having the back of the car pushed down giving it more stability in high speed corners.
I will put the link up if I can find it again
But this is the spoiler on someone else's car

 

[Sam Linssner]

Well I have seen a few clios with these BYC spoilers that are a big big spoiler goes from the middle of the boot to the roof. I think it looks really smart and I believe they are about £326. I watched a video once about front wheel drive cars with spoilers and how it effects the car and with a spoiler the car was nearly 2 seconds fastest round the track. They were saying just because they are front wheel drive they benefit from having the back of the car pushed down giving it more stability in high speed corners.
I will put the link up if I can find it again
But this is the spoiler on someone else's car
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Sweet. Buy one, meet me at Bedford. I'll stand on the line and "photograph" you. We'll do a few laps with and a few without the spoiler. Then I will know if it's worth buying one.

 

[20vKarlos]

Certainly coming along nicely

 

[Ben NBR Cup]

Sweet. Buy one, meet me at Bedford. I'll stand on the line and "photograph" you. We'll do a few laps with and a few without the spoiler. Then I will know if it's worth buying one.

Haha it's definitely on the list of things to buy and want lol
Haha sounds like a good plan to me mate if it makes it go round the track slower I will sell it to you for a good price haha