Smiggy's 182 Build.

[ACS_Motorsport]

Few bits and pieces I've bought and fitted and/ or awaiting to fit...

Really comes together in the sun,

Sabelt wheel!!! Bloody love these! Not currently fitted not got around to it yet. I've sourced a ph1 horn stalk to also accompany this along with an OMP boss

 

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Simon@SprayShack did an awesome job on these there was a delay but was worth the wait! First chance I've had to post pics up and say job well done thanks!

Carbon wiper blank from chris powell again thanks this is a work of art.

 

[ACS_Motorsport]

Bought a lovely pair of leather reupholstered Sparco Speed 2's from a good friend of mine @Martin.

OMP Frames

Loose fitted it all to see how it looked

Because of the way the frame is bolted through the underside of the car I wanted to make pulling the seat out as fast as possible without much faffing about if I wanted to pull the passenger one out for track days etc so I decided to convert the base mounted seat to studs so I can quickly from the bottom of the frame remove a nut and lift the self aligning seat on studs off.

M8 high tensile Stainless Steel studs

Two nuts together along with some high strength stud lock and job is a good one

More stainless fixing for the OMP frame a bit overkill with the spring washers and Nylocs but works well and protects against vibration.

 

[Thrust-Rated]

Awesome build! Those bullets look great too. I'm tempted to de-wiper mine now aswell

 

[Chi]

Lovely job mate congrats on your results

 

[ACS_Motorsport]

Awesome build! Those bullets look great too. I'm tempted to de-wiper mine now aswell

Cheers buddy!

Yeah I love the bullets the colours work really well with the arctic blue and the anthracite!!

I was never a huge fan of the de wipered look myself until I saw the carbon blanks going around took me a while to source Chris but found him on here eventually nice chap and will I'm sure be glad to make you one.

 

[ACS_Motorsport]

Lovely job mate congrats on your results

cheers Chi appreciate it mate! Was bloody hard work! I'm just glad it paid off!

 

[Thrust-Rated]

Cheers buddy!

Yeah I love the bullets the colours work really well with the arctic blue and the anthracite!!

I was never a huge fan of the de wipered look myself until I saw the carbon blanks going around took me a while to source Chris but found him on here eventually nice chap and will I'm sure be glad to make you one.

Do spray shack still make these bullets or did they stop? Can't remember.
And cheers mate, I'll be sure to send a PM if the time comes to remove the wiper

 

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Also fitted new rear discs/bearings and pads and as these tend to last for ages I decided to paint them to stop the edges and centre rusting, hate the look of a rusty disc lurking behind a clean wheel

Used a height temp VHT primer and VHT enamel black

Bearing was seized on and came apart with the old disc leaving the race behind lots of lube and a blow torch later it came of easily enough then cleaned up the stub axle

New washer and nut fitted

The face was painted only lightly and shouldn't affect the wheel mating surface (now been on and off a few times and is still fine)

 

[ACS_Motorsport]

Do spray shack still make these bullets or did they stop? Can't remember.
And cheers mate, I'll be sure to send a PM if the time comes to remove the wiper

Yeah I believe so mate think they may have just finished a second group on these

 

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Spent a whole day in the sun giving her a wash, shammy, seal and wax came out lovely.

 

[ACS_Motorsport]

Stay tuned! More toooo follow!

 

[Martin.]

That's a proper update!

Such a mint car!! Absolutely love it.

Goes well too

 

[ACS_Motorsport]

Haha well was a long time coming and had a morning free which was planned to be working so was kinda a little bit lost haha

 

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Re: Newbie from Yorkshire! Clio 182 Full Phatt

Welcome mate, im only about 10-15 mins from donny up the a638 towards waky.

Small world just realised you know dan? @dann2707 Clio fweinds haha nice knowing there's a few local lads knocking around need a catch up

 

[dann2707]

We definitely need a meet up for some pics and a good chat

I'm sure @Nick_Leeds would be game too.

 

[williamsclio1]

Lovely looking car and some excellent choices for track days.

 

[ACS_Motorsport]

Lovely looking car and some excellent choices for track days.

Cheers buddy! Glad some people are still reading it I can imagine most if these threads are all but samey including mine lol wish I had more time to update. Hopefully ill be fitting my cage in the next week or so,

I plan on colour coding the rear and fitting a SD half cage with hopefully some triangulated modifications to the rear strut tops!

 

[ACS_Motorsport]

We definitely need a meet up for some pics and a good chat

I'm sure @Nick_Leeds would be game too.

Yeah definitely buddy and more the merrier!

We need more Yorkshire meets I feel like all the southerners get all the attention haha

 

[Jekyll]

Enjoyed reading this bud, car looks cracking!

 

[ACS_Motorsport]

Enjoyed reading this bud, car looks cracking!

cheers buddy!! appreciate it! there has been a serious lack of updates for a while because uni has taken over my life both with the masters course and formula student!! its killing me!! love working on my car and just don't have the time! 😢

 

[Jekyll]

There's always something that gets in the way, but at least that way it makes you enjoy the car more!

Love the engine bay. What's your views on the magnacor leads?

 

[ACS_Motorsport]

There's always something that gets in the way, but at least that way it makes you enjoy the car more!

Love the engine bay. What's your views on the magnacor leads?

Yeah your certainly right about that mate! Ive actually between now and the last update done quite a lot to the car just havent had the time to upload all the photos etc as its quite time consuming and ive never had a evening free where im not doing anything to do it!

Wit regards to the leads, they certainly look fantastic there's no doubt about that haha and being a thicker pure silicon i'm sure they'll have some benefit but then again so would refreshing with OEM more than likely as they were getting on a bit and looked pretty rough.

I certainly didn't really notice an improvement even combined with the matched inlets, new plugs and the IDK. Student loans were in a being a daft student I thought they would look decent with the engine mount and IDK haha :up:

 

[Jekyll]

I did wonder about them. They are nearly double the price of standard ones iirc and you don't see much difference, but they do look smart. They suit your engine bay colourwise, as you have a few red bits.

I loved my old Ktec IK. It sounded awesome from 5k up!

I noticed you had "red" solid mounts. Aren't they the "race" ones?

 

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I did wonder about them. They are nearly double the price of standard ones iirc and you don't see much difference, but they do look smart. They suit your engine bay colourwise, as you have a few red bits.

I loved my old Ktec IK. It sounded awesome from 5k up!

I noticed you had "red" solid mounts. Aren't they the "race" ones?

Yeah they are pricey but arnt all things that look pretty haha!

Yeah the IDK does sound lovely goes well with the exhaust set up ive got!

Yes they are the harder race ones from vibra-technics that ktec re brand such a worth while mod! made the throttle response genuinely better something which i definitely did feel the difference, my old ones were pretty bad which didn't help haha

 

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Right then its been a long time coming so I thought I'd pull my finger out and show you what I've been up to in between my hectic uni life think ill just let the pics don't most of the talking hopefully I can just mult upload by the masses on my iPood here goes....

Nope can't do that...one at a time it is copying and bloody pasting from photo buck haaarumpfh

Set about talking my wing off, to remove the washer pipe line, re locate the re wiring loom into the rear quarters and remove my roof lining...and gave everything a right good clean and degrease....

Came out bloody lovely do love this colour...

Started to remove and unplug the loom arial and lights etc

And all the associated crap that holds the roof lining in

Did this around Halloween time so the car had a genuine cobwebby spooky vibe about curtesy of the fluffy roof lining

Despite the hanging fluff the roof lining came out in one piece in great condition...anything you see being pulled off btw all the trime etc is for sale or going to a good home! So shout up if there's anything you need.

 

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FOR SALE - ILLUMINATED VISORS

Bloody hate the winter months as its always gets so dark working on the car...I carried on regardless of not being able to see s**t with relocating the loom...

Wrapped up the exposed wires that were going to in the rear quarters probs not necessary but soothed my OCD

Rear light cluster plugged back in

The light failed on me so back at it the next day

Gonna run the loom through the seat belt mech mount hole

Removing the loom from the bootlid was easy getting back in was a tad trickier...

I tied a load of cable ties together and taped these to the loom then carefully threaded the cable tie through the lid and pulled it through using the cable tie. Which btw wasn't the best things to use as where they joined together the square kept snagging on everything! Recommend some welding wire...

VOILA no wires on show looks so much better in a stripped out interior! Even more so when it all gets painted!

 

[ACS_Motorsport]

Couple of things bought from Bilt Hamber for the winter months...

This stuff is incredible! Bought it for the wheels and busy work really as a fall out remover but tried some on my engine block and worked a treat! Didn't get a before pic but take my word is was bad! The usual nasty orange block to this....

You can reall see this stuff working straight away

Whilst I'm in the Bay Area...

Rude not too...
Quick detail and new plastic clips

Also replacing the twin pump bottle for the smaller cup one and the shitty halfords special washer lines which you can just see have folded enough to reduce the flow...

Had a right good clean in there whilst the sun was shining

Back inside started removing all the airbag crap and loom. Not bothered about lights coming on the dash as these have been removed tehehe still flew through an MOT even though they don't illuminate.

Back outside, haters gonna hate, bought some red silicon piping for the washer lines! So much structurally stronger and doesn't fold in on it's self or go hard like the crap halfords stuff and it was cheaper!

Quite like it. Acquired taste I think.

How easy it curls

Randomly bought one of these...

Before

After

Nice touch I think,

Anybody know why there is two different temp sensor plugs? Tried em both and one makes the air blowers colder? Bit random unless its for different countries and climate?

 

[ACS_Motorsport]

Sooo started doing this....

And that's it for tonight

 

[Martin.]

Bring on Wilson

 

[dann2707]

Top work matey! Loving it Ant!

 

[ACS_Motorsport]

Bring on Wilson :wink:

No spoilers you!!

Top work matey! Loving it Ant!

Cheers mate! Appreciate it! Bit of a different path to you haha! All I'm gonna say is I've had a taste of the weight saving and it's bloody addictive!

 

[Jekyll]

It too clean for tracking

 

[Martin.]

I am pretty jealous of your OCD, commitment/motivation and knowledge. Puts me to shame!!

 

[ACS_Motorsport]

It too clean for tracking :wink:

The plan was to build a clean everyday track doable car, as I can't afford another car yet you slowly doing the track work to it the cleanest and best way I can and when I can afford another daily drive go full hog with this one.

I am pretty jealous of your OCD, commitment/motivation and knowledge. Puts me to shame!!

Wouldn't go as far as saying with knowledge lol I've still got a lot to learn! I did have a go at TIG welding though which wasn't a total distaster! I want this car to be my own build so will show you how I got on with that later. :grin:

 

[ACS_Motorsport]

More on the tar removal...

This back one was a nightmare with the shape of the floor, I struggled with the tools I used anyway heat is your friend.

The weight quickly adds up and the roof one alone was 3kg

Bag of ice on the roof and a hose of water to keep the roof paint cool this is a must as you have to get the roof one pretty dam hot to get it off! its beast!

I started getting quite attached to my ball of lead

Free money!!!!! Yaaaaaay!

These pics are coming out in slightly weird orders on my pc copying them from photo bucket but you get the jist so far!!

 

[ACS_Motorsport]

Just chilling...

 

[ACS_Motorsport]

These ones were surprisingly easy! the easiest ones id say they practically fell off, needed some heat of course

Behold my friend Wilson....the Blue Lead Turd

@Martin.

 

[ACS_Motorsport]

Then went over all the remnants with a stronger tar remover...

Came out really well

 

[Martin.]

Wilson is so chilled!