"Totoro" Ongoing project

[.Joe]

Afternoon All,

i've had my clio for about a year now, and i've finally going that little bit further from an airfilter and an exhaust, i've covered 30k miles since i bought her last june.

I will hopefully get some photos up a little bit later, at the moment i have the following things planned for her

Cooksports on Cup shockers
PMS topmounts
PMS gear linkage
Oreca Group N


the dephasers started making a bit noise so it will be off to get the belts done, hopefully by the end of the month.

I'm still in debating with myself whether to strip or not, to gain a bit of boot space

Cheers

Joe

 

[.Joe]

a few photos of where she stands at the moment

 

[.Joe]

Good evening all, i've had the first of my deliveries today which came in the shape of a 5 and a half foot box

so up the car went onto the ramps, got the old stealth system off, which was a pita.

started fitting the Group N and ended up having to remove the rear bumper, which was an excuse to give it a tidy out.

so all fitted now and sound 100x better

 

[lesley]

What's with the 'totoro'?

 

[Cub.]

Spirited away character?

But I'm confused why it is related to the car in question. If I'm honest.

 

[.Joe]

What's with the 'totoro'?

when i got the car, i had shall i say a mild addiction to studio ghibli, ended up getting this sticker for it and its stuck really

 

[lesley]

Ah cool. Yeah it's a studio ghibli film, just wondered what the relation to your car was

I think totoro is my fave SG film

 

[.Joe]

Spirited away character?

But I'm confused why it is related to the car in question. If I'm honest.

My neighbour Totoro, its a name thats stuck, im one for naming my cars, usually when i name a car, it ends up the car lasting a max of 4/5 months, this one is currently at just over a year and going stronger than ever

 

[Cub.]

Ah, apologies, I'm not up on my studio Ghibli it appears.

 

[.Joe]

Ah, apologies, I'm not up on my studio Ghibli it appears.

well it was either Totoro or Clarissa, but seeing as i've had her for a year now, a bit of a birthday treat was in order

 

[INZ 18]

I know those exhaust are supposed to be the dogs.... but will it even pass an mot seeing it protrudes past the bodywork lmao

 

[Skinnny]

Got on oreca on mine too its the dogs! Sticks out loads though like yours haha I love it! Plans sound good!

 

[.Joe]

Unless the garage is very uptight it shouldn't cause a problem, I'll be fitting the decat today, and I am supposed to have something else arriving so I'm quite excited, will hopefully have an update tonight

 

[.Joe]

All of my parts have now been ordered, my conservatory is going to be very busy for the next week or so,

Oreca is now all fitted and the car has never sounded better,

 

[.Joe]

Off to BTM in the morning for the Cambelt and dephaser, and hopefully over the next week all of my PMS parts should be arriving, to be fitted in time for the ace on 21st :clap:

 

[.Joe]

Back from BTM, Cambelts sorted, timing was out, seized idler, and also sorted my power steering leak and squeaky pads, absolutely amazing work. it was worth every penny. will definitely be going back, just waiting on all of my suspension and gear linkage now

 

[Chambers_RS]

Pms stuff is awesome but the shifter is really awesome. Especially to drive with

best mod I've done so far

 

[BoatNonce]

I know those exhaust are supposed to be the dogs.... but will it even pass an mot seeing it protrudes past the bodywork lmao

I'm not sure I've seen one stick out that far before TBH.

And it's nothing - on the westie part of the manifold is outside of the bodywork, and the rest.

 

[welshname]

Nice plans so far. You should really fit spacers though. Car looks ridiculous once lowered on cooksports and cup shocks. Needs the wheels to fill the arch a little better.

 

[INZ 18]

I'm not sure I've seen one stick out that far before TBH.

And it's nothing - on the westie part of the manifold is outside of the bodywork, and the rest.

Yea. We had a megablade same deal. But on that the mani and can were still not the furthest thing sticking out, the wheel arches were.

 

[.Joe]

Pms stuff is awesome but the shifter is really awesome. Especially to drive with

best mod I've done so far

i ordered all my Pms stuff at the start of the month and i can't wait for it to come, need to get my new shockers on

Nice plans so far. You should really fit spacers though. Car looks ridiculous once lowered on cooksports and cup shocks. Needs the wheels to fill the arch a little better.

they will come in time, i've just never been one for trusting them, i thought it puts too much stress on the hubs?

 

[welshname]

It puts more stress on driveshafts, wheel bearings etc but it's not that much more really

 

[.Joe]

It puts more stress on driveshafts, wheel bearings etc but it's not that much more really

I may have to look into some


What are the best sizes to go for?

 

[Goodj]

when i got the car, i had shall i say a mild addiction to studio ghibli, ended up getting a sticker for it and its stuck really

ah! I did wonder.

Same reason my car is called "Road Fund Licence"

 

[.Joe]

ah! I did wonder.

Same reason my car is called "Road Fund Licence"

well it could have been called "cheaper than a girlfriend" but the past month would have made that a lie

 

[Goodj]

An F40 with fuq'd fuel bags costs less to run than a woman.

 

[.Joe]

An F40 with fuq'd fuel bags costs less to run than a woman.

Needs less maintenance too.


my shocks have finally been dispatched and my PMS Kit should be with me on Thursday so the build can commence shortly

 

[.Joe]

A little mid week update:

PMS Kit arrived this morning, and I got a bit excited so up on the ramps she went,
So far I have the gearlinkage on and by gosh it is amazing.

All the new suspension should be going on on Saturday

I'm more excited than a kid getting the millennium falcon at Christmas!

 

[.Joe]

I've finally got round to getting more images up since fitting the rest of my PMS kit, and I've got to say it is a completely different car now, an absolute monster, so now I'll let the pictures do the talking

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i have a little bit of a feeling that spacers may be needed now, there is just too much arch gap.

Changing the front shocks was an absolute PITA, as i had to keep faffing about to get everything lined up correctly, after this i took it for a Hunter 4 wheel alignment and to my amazement it was only 4 minutes out. although the steering wheel looked as if it had just had a weekend on the town.

Finally got the PMS top mount and strut bar kit fitted and my god, its just point and shoot

I went up to the csoc meet and Milton Keynes and forgot my car was a lot lower and ended up reversing into the curb and bent my new group n

And here is how she's sitting at the moment

I've just booked my self onto a trackday for a little birthday treat for myself later this month.

 

[.Joe]

So the birthday presents to myself have started arriving after fitting an ARB the cornering has completely changed absolutely gorgeous

The parents got me a new wheel



Need to stay off the PMS website till payday otherwise I won't make it to the end of the month

 

[.Joe]

there has been a lack up updates but i'd say this is going to be quite a big one,
the first part is a little 21st birthday treat to myself,

ended up working through the night to get these fitted, could say a was a wee bit excited getting these in the post

been a pita trying to get them to balance properly, but she's booked in to EFI on wednesday :clap:

Got on the phone to R-sport and got a pair of these ordered.


My Steering wheel finally got fitted :rasp:
Getting some Mirco seats via the Cliosport Group Buy

i finally got a chance to get out on the track so jumped in at the depend for an evening at snetterton, not going to lie, but i am hooked on it.

and finally next month i'm off to Mark fish to get a cage fitted

Been a busy 2 months so far

 

[.Joe]

All is going well so far :rasp: Efi did an amazing job with the mapping. got 5 runs all topping 198.7 bhp considering its done 112k so far its doing really well.




The Spec list so far:


112k 172
K-tec Dth ITB kit
Oreca Group. N with Decat
Magnecor Leads

Cup shocks
cooksport springs
PMS top mounts and strut brace

PMS shifter
Gearbox refurbed at agency with a 33/37 5th gear

Turinis refurbed in Clio anthracite

have a PMS aircon delete going in next weekend


hopefully more updates soon