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The Inferno Project Thread
- Thread starter Dave..
- Start date
Just had a read through this for the first time.
Please tell me you've cleaned the frosties out? And where were you last night? Leave me on my own at the Peacock
Please tell me you've cleaned the frosties out? And where were you last night? Leave me on my own at the Peacock
Just had a read through this for the first time.
Please tell me you've cleaned the frosties out? And where were you last night? Leave me on my own at the Peacock
Nope the frosties are still there. The f*cker can stay dirty till it stops breaking on me. Once something goes right, I might clean the bloody thing.
...and you turned up in the rain, without consulting anyone. That's blatantly your own fault.
Yozza'd Titanium 182
looking good mate
Mazda 3 MPS Mk1
Dave!!!!!
This is the first ive seen of this thread!
I never knew your car was a cat D and when at TDF it looked dead tidy, would never have guessed! You've done some really good work on it mate, night and day difference and having seen it in the flesh its been done well too!
Good skills!
This is the first ive seen of this thread!
I never knew your car was a cat D and when at TDF it looked dead tidy, would never have guessed! You've done some really good work on it mate, night and day difference and having seen it in the flesh its been done well too!
Good skills!
Gaz finest?
They've made the car so un-fun to drive. But when the time comes to refurb and sell, they'll be brilliant sir. Best coilovers I've ever had
Cheers mate! Wish it was a Cat D though.
Cat C :dapprove:
Have to say as well, nice to be reminded from the first page of this, just how much of a helpful and nice bloke Mr Dan Bayes was. Will always be remembered.
UPDATE!
Something I haven't done for many many days.
Back in September I had a trip to BTM for my latest exhaust :approve:
Do like.
But since then, it's not had a lot of attention. I've not washed it at all, and pretty much left it gathering crap.
So today in -4 degrees, with a free day to myself I thought I'd look after it a bit.
Before:
After..... ish:
I should point out at this point that all the pictures are off the iPhone. So they're crap.
Rear beam then got treated to silver?! Hammerite. No one will see it... be reet.
Ignore the kitchen roll stuck in the middle...
As this car is stuck with me for eternity, last thing I want is parts going rusty, so I'm doing my best to nip every thing in the bud, and sort it before things get bad. Unfortunately I've already spotted a big chunk of paint that's missing from the lip of the rear wheel arch :dapprove: So chances are a part re spray will be on the cards. Body work wise, there's a lot to work at.
Then moved on to giving it a wash. Used the finest one bucket method and dirty water.
and after...
Started to wish I hadn't bothered though... mmmmm ice.
In the new year, new wheels will be going on, and suspension will be seen to.
Something I haven't done for many many days.
Back in September I had a trip to BTM for my latest exhaust :approve:
Do like.
But since then, it's not had a lot of attention. I've not washed it at all, and pretty much left it gathering crap.
So today in -4 degrees, with a free day to myself I thought I'd look after it a bit.
Before:
After..... ish:
I should point out at this point that all the pictures are off the iPhone. So they're crap.
Rear beam then got treated to silver?! Hammerite. No one will see it... be reet.
Ignore the kitchen roll stuck in the middle...
As this car is stuck with me for eternity, last thing I want is parts going rusty, so I'm doing my best to nip every thing in the bud, and sort it before things get bad. Unfortunately I've already spotted a big chunk of paint that's missing from the lip of the rear wheel arch :dapprove: So chances are a part re spray will be on the cards. Body work wise, there's a lot to work at.
Then moved on to giving it a wash. Used the finest one bucket method and dirty water.
and after...
Started to wish I hadn't bothered though... mmmmm ice.
In the new year, new wheels will be going on, and suspension will be seen to.
New wheels?? What are you getting?
I love this colour, looks great when it's clean
A set of 15" superleggeras. When I get round to being paid.
....and less of the when it's clean comments! I can't pay myself, so there's little incentive.
^This
Knuckles
ClioSport Admin
that body kit made baby jesus cry... it was a sorry looking thing before you kindly nursed it back to health
6 months worth of update:
Back just before Christmas (and some of you have noticed the scars) I had a little incident with a grass verge and a corner.
So my one peice fibreglass splitter is now three peices, and I'm an arch liner down. Very lucky to get away with it really.
Wheel dug in^ and brought me to a very quick stop.
Then after Christmas, way was made for my latest set of wheels.
Coops had these up for sale, and I couldn't say no to the tyre prices for 15"s.
They looked good for a while
and then they just looked plain dirty all the time :dapprove:
So after a couple of months I decided I didn't get on with T1-Rs, and that I needed paradas back in my life. I missed the outright grip that they have.
New tyres :approve:
This meant the pro races had to go back on for a bit, and gave me a good opportunity to repaint the superleggeras!
and then back on with the superleg's!
Next we have the tail of the "xenon of love". The xenon of love was a wonderful thing while it was with me. It shone upon all who gazed at it, with a lovely pink light.
So both bulbs got replaced for a 6,000K set. Much more light than standard, and makes driving at night that bit more clear.
So after that a couple of months went by where no money was spent.
But as it rolled around to MOT time, there needed to be something done about my suspension. Which was a definate MOT failure.
Dan at 519 had something in the pipeline which wasnt quite ready, but my MOT was fast approaching, so we fitted some Vmaxx coilovers to tide me over.
Turns out though that two weeks later, Spax were ready to take my car for the development work, so it was a bit of a wasted exercise.
Excellent, I was going to have some fantastic suspension built on my car.
My good mood was slightly ruined though when I got down there. My gearbox started making some lovely noises, a constant whirring noise had developed. I had my hopes set on it being the clutch release bearing. So we left the car with Spax, and told them to be gentle!
Bye car!
5 Days later, and it was ready. I got the train down to Dans, and we went over to Bicester, where we greeted by the little thing bouncing down the road.
We had a look over everything and discussed what had been done, and it was a perfect set up. The engineers down there had worked miracles getting the right damping and spring rates.
So as we were down at Spax, I asked Dan to take it out for a spin and confirm with me, what was making the noise that worried me.
The worst was confirmed. Dif bearings were on their way out. Gearbox out job :dapprove:
Back just before Christmas (and some of you have noticed the scars) I had a little incident with a grass verge and a corner.
So my one peice fibreglass splitter is now three peices, and I'm an arch liner down. Very lucky to get away with it really.
Wheel dug in^ and brought me to a very quick stop.
Then after Christmas, way was made for my latest set of wheels.
Coops had these up for sale, and I couldn't say no to the tyre prices for 15"s.
They looked good for a while
and then they just looked plain dirty all the time :dapprove:
So after a couple of months I decided I didn't get on with T1-Rs, and that I needed paradas back in my life. I missed the outright grip that they have.
New tyres :approve:
This meant the pro races had to go back on for a bit, and gave me a good opportunity to repaint the superleggeras!
and then back on with the superleg's!
Next we have the tail of the "xenon of love". The xenon of love was a wonderful thing while it was with me. It shone upon all who gazed at it, with a lovely pink light.
So both bulbs got replaced for a 6,000K set. Much more light than standard, and makes driving at night that bit more clear.
So after that a couple of months went by where no money was spent.
But as it rolled around to MOT time, there needed to be something done about my suspension. Which was a definate MOT failure.
Dan at 519 had something in the pipeline which wasnt quite ready, but my MOT was fast approaching, so we fitted some Vmaxx coilovers to tide me over.
Turns out though that two weeks later, Spax were ready to take my car for the development work, so it was a bit of a wasted exercise.
Excellent, I was going to have some fantastic suspension built on my car.
My good mood was slightly ruined though when I got down there. My gearbox started making some lovely noises, a constant whirring noise had developed. I had my hopes set on it being the clutch release bearing. So we left the car with Spax, and told them to be gentle!
Bye car!
5 Days later, and it was ready. I got the train down to Dans, and we went over to Bicester, where we greeted by the little thing bouncing down the road.
We had a look over everything and discussed what had been done, and it was a perfect set up. The engineers down there had worked miracles getting the right damping and spring rates.
So as we were down at Spax, I asked Dan to take it out for a spin and confirm with me, what was making the noise that worried me.
The worst was confirmed. Dif bearings were on their way out. Gearbox out job :dapprove:
With a limited number of miles available to me now, before the diff ate itself completely, I had to stop using the car everyday, and only make essential trips. Like my MOT and FCS (debatable).
Either way, I got the MOT booked, and it failed epicly on emissions. Like I told them it would.
I hadn't bargained on them actually wanting to put the cat back on though to do the retest. Normally when I say, the cat is in the boot and there's a decat on it, they understand the implications. But this garage wanted to do things by the book. I wasn't particularly happy, since it's taken f*cking ages to get my exhaust to seal properly, without it blowing. They also wanted to charge me for a second lambda sensor, since mine has been removed. Don't think they appreciated me setting them straight about lambda sensors and fuelling though
Well, with the cat back on, it passed. Surprise surprise. But now I was left to drive my f*cked car home, and oh look, the exhaust is blowing. Tossers.
So that same day, I got it up in the air and started making it ready for FCS.
Smashed foglight came out
Starting to collect the f*ckers!
Better.
Last thing to do was sticker it up ready to look like a tw*t at FCS
The car made it down, around the parade lap and back up, absolutely fine. So I was very pleased with it. But now it's sat in a corner waiting to have the box pulled out. Looking very sorry for itself too
Just a couple of stolen pictures from FCS then:
It needs a lot of attention since it's in such a state now. But it will be back.
Either way, I got the MOT booked, and it failed epicly on emissions. Like I told them it would.
I hadn't bargained on them actually wanting to put the cat back on though to do the retest. Normally when I say, the cat is in the boot and there's a decat on it, they understand the implications. But this garage wanted to do things by the book. I wasn't particularly happy, since it's taken f*cking ages to get my exhaust to seal properly, without it blowing. They also wanted to charge me for a second lambda sensor, since mine has been removed. Don't think they appreciated me setting them straight about lambda sensors and fuelling though
Well, with the cat back on, it passed. Surprise surprise. But now I was left to drive my f*cked car home, and oh look, the exhaust is blowing. Tossers.
So that same day, I got it up in the air and started making it ready for FCS.
Smashed foglight came out
Starting to collect the f*ckers!
Better.
Last thing to do was sticker it up ready to look like a tw*t at FCS
The car made it down, around the parade lap and back up, absolutely fine. So I was very pleased with it. But now it's sat in a corner waiting to have the box pulled out. Looking very sorry for itself too
Just a couple of stolen pictures from FCS then:
It needs a lot of attention since it's in such a state now. But it will be back.
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Milltek'd clio 182
saw this at the fcs, looking good fella, alot better than when you first purchased it, would of never expected it the way it was before you owned it poor little thing, obvoiously in the right hands now, well done fella
Cheers! I think most people are shocked by how it used to look. I barely recognise it at the start of this thread. It's coming up to 4 years now since I bought the car and we've been through a hell of a lot together!
Quick update about recent events.
I took it up to a mates garage about 3 weeks ago where it's been ever since. Last week I went up to see the gearbox come out, where we found something very interesting!
Up on the ramps it goes
Clios second home that is^
Engine brace fitted. Perfectly fine. In no way whatsoever is that going to bend the plastic wing, I wasn't over reacting in anyway shape or form
Drive shaft out.
...and finally, remove gearbox
Cheers Mark
Now for the interesting bit. Having pulled it out, I was all ready to take the box with me for a refurb, where the diff bearings would be sorted.
But wait... what's this?!
That looks like it was once a release bearing...
...and that'll be the clutch that it's been grinding away at!
Well that's saved me a gearbox refurb... quick trip to Renault and I've got myself a new release bearing shaft/support/sleeve/thing.
Old one really was f*cked.
Then shopped about for a few more bits, and it should all be going back together again tomorrow night!
Starting to miss the little thing. As much as it annoys me day to day, it is an awesome car.
