My cup track build

[markblack172]

Picked these up for the bargain price of £200
Will get them fitted tomorrow and give them a road test

 

[markblack172]

Took it out for a blast today to bed the tyres in and weigh the old girl.......
Any guesses to the weight with half a tank of fuel?

 

[Chi]

910

 

[TarkMalbot]

960 kg?

 

[dmallett]

980kg.

Lovely car! cracking job so far, big fan of the flocked dash

 

[markblack172]

It weighs 930 so far, so not a bad effort,
Want to get it to 875 so I have a long way to go but ill get there

 

[Chi]

What's my prize ;D

 

[Fletcher]

It weighs 930 so far, so not a bad effort,
Want to get it to 875 so I have a long way to go but ill get there

Coming along nicely.

What's next then for weight loss? Fiberglass doors etc?

 

[markblack172]

Bonnet, boot and doors, heated windscreen then I can loose the heater box.
Bumpers off and throw anything from behind it doesn't need

 

[TimR26]

Nice build Mark.

Do you still have the Megane as well?

 

[markblack172]

No Tim
I sold the meg for no reason apart from lack of use and still wonder why I did lol
The clio will get more use tho as it's been built for one reason only

 

[Chi]

And I use the megane even less than you did

 

[markblack172]

Thought I'd update you all on progress,

After cadwell the gearbox on the poor clio was k ackered so decided to get it fixed,
Removed the engine and box to save time and sent the box away to be looked at,

While that was away I wanted to do a few checks on the engine so replaced all the belts and dephaser pulley, also decided to the the epas conversion,
box company rang with good news and neil told me the box could be fixed, bad news was at nearly double the quote oh well!!

Got the car 99% back together this evening and at first tests the steering conversion is a great idea, not a nice job to do but that's not why we do these things,
As far as weight saving I'd say no gains but the adjustment on steering assistance makes it worth while,

I have cleaned and painted the bay and engine aswell and wrapped the exhaust so will add some pics when it's finished tomorrow

 

[Chi]

LSD?