DCI100 / 211hp MK1
Well hello everyone!
Im back again as i couldnt resist!
Some of you will remember my old clio GLP (still miss her just not the rust!) lol
This is how she ended up:
Anyway i still popped on the forum every now and again to see if anything cheap come up that i can turn into a track car as i am never ever driving a stripped out 'Track ****' as an every day car. Plus the astra is to costly to do the odd track day as a set of decent pads is £280 and four reasonable tyres is around £500 fitted so ideally dont want to be doing that.
Anyway this little car turned up
http://www.clio16valver.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=48020
Before going to even view the car as i didnt want to waste Neil's time i sorted out where i was going to store it and how i would get it home. Well my uncle said that he could trailer it back so that was sorted! And then my nan and grandad said i could build a 'garage' (wooden one with roof and doors) to the side of thier shelter for the caravan. Its about 10ft wide and 18ft long so plenty big enough for me to work in
. The clios home pictured below.
So i arranged to go and view the car with my mate alex (alex-clio on c16v) (Struggler on CS). Shitty horrible day unfortunately so didnt really get under the car but it was straight and pretty much rust free so i good foundation for the build. So a deposit was left with an arrangement to collect before the end of Jan.
Time went by me pestering my busy uncle to give me a day which finally come so we went and picked up the car on 19th Jan.
During the time from me leaving a deposit and collecting the car i started sourcing bits that i would need for the build. First thing was first Front and
rear suspension and breaks from a 172. I managed to source this from Stevescort off of CS a really nice chap. Managed to get the following.
(All PH 1 172 bits)
Front Hubs, Front Calipers, Front Discs and Pads, Wishbones, ARB, Subframe, Steering Rack, Front Shocks, Rear Shocks, Complete rear Beam, Handbrake Cables, Gear Lever, Gear Linkage, Speedo Clocks.
I also picked up 4 Oz F1 wheels with Toyo PX4 tyres and a PH1 172 Airbox with the Pipercross Race Filter and large fire extinguisher for £110 happy days!
I also bought KTR front and rear discs with pads off of Bomber on CS as i was going to buy some new discs and pads for the front anyway and these
had only done 200 miles.
I also purchased a Cup master cylinder and servo the standard car had no ABS so it has the brake lines already in place. I just need to get an adaptor for two of the lines as for some reason on the cup there are two different sizes. (Gave the servo a lick of paint as it was a bit rusty.)
Below are a few pics of the stuff i have stripped down, cleaned up and painted.
I also have burnt out all of the bushes to make way for the full polybush set i have bought off of Deano off CS as i want to focus on the braking and handling of the car. Quick question has anyone got any pictures of the sleeves welded in for the wishbones.
More to come (not going to be an amazingly fast project due to funds and time) Also need to pay for the shelter for the car first and wait for the weather to get better so i can build it.
Im back again as i couldnt resist!
Some of you will remember my old clio GLP (still miss her just not the rust!) lol
This is how she ended up:
Anyway i still popped on the forum every now and again to see if anything cheap come up that i can turn into a track car as i am never ever driving a stripped out 'Track ****' as an every day car. Plus the astra is to costly to do the odd track day as a set of decent pads is £280 and four reasonable tyres is around £500 fitted so ideally dont want to be doing that.
Anyway this little car turned up
http://www.clio16valver.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=48020
Before going to even view the car as i didnt want to waste Neil's time i sorted out where i was going to store it and how i would get it home. Well my uncle said that he could trailer it back so that was sorted! And then my nan and grandad said i could build a 'garage' (wooden one with roof and doors) to the side of thier shelter for the caravan. Its about 10ft wide and 18ft long so plenty big enough for me to work in
So i arranged to go and view the car with my mate alex (alex-clio on c16v) (Struggler on CS). Shitty horrible day unfortunately so didnt really get under the car but it was straight and pretty much rust free so i good foundation for the build. So a deposit was left with an arrangement to collect before the end of Jan.
Time went by me pestering my busy uncle to give me a day which finally come so we went and picked up the car on 19th Jan.
During the time from me leaving a deposit and collecting the car i started sourcing bits that i would need for the build. First thing was first Front and
rear suspension and breaks from a 172. I managed to source this from Stevescort off of CS a really nice chap. Managed to get the following.
(All PH 1 172 bits)
Front Hubs, Front Calipers, Front Discs and Pads, Wishbones, ARB, Subframe, Steering Rack, Front Shocks, Rear Shocks, Complete rear Beam, Handbrake Cables, Gear Lever, Gear Linkage, Speedo Clocks.
I also picked up 4 Oz F1 wheels with Toyo PX4 tyres and a PH1 172 Airbox with the Pipercross Race Filter and large fire extinguisher for £110 happy days!
I also bought KTR front and rear discs with pads off of Bomber on CS as i was going to buy some new discs and pads for the front anyway and these
had only done 200 miles.
I also purchased a Cup master cylinder and servo the standard car had no ABS so it has the brake lines already in place. I just need to get an adaptor for two of the lines as for some reason on the cup there are two different sizes. (Gave the servo a lick of paint as it was a bit rusty.)
Below are a few pics of the stuff i have stripped down, cleaned up and painted.
I also have burnt out all of the bushes to make way for the full polybush set i have bought off of Deano off CS as i want to focus on the braking and handling of the car. Quick question has anyone got any pictures of the sleeves welded in for the wishbones.
More to come (not going to be an amazingly fast project due to funds and time) Also need to pay for the shelter for the car first and wait for the weather to get better so i can build it.