Recent content by ph1ls1

Hi guys, Ive done some work on the 172 and Im pleased to say its all worked really well. With the bits I've done i was running a tenth or 2 quicker than a front running clio cup car at rockingham and i had a passenger weighing me down too, so everything seems to be working as i want. But with...

Hi guys, I need the cam belt and dephaser doing on my 172, spoke to haywards today in medway and they quoted £970 & that doesn't include the dephaser! Anyone know a specialist who can do it at a more realistic price? I did a search and came up with two techs as a possible in dartford and I've...

Hi All, I've been getting through jobs on my 172 and have some BC racing coil overs on their way, top mounts and full set of bushes. Also a set of 15" wheels and some A048s and plan to be at Rockingham on the 12th to try it all out. I'm very very out of practice with doing any mechanical work...

Thanks for the link, looks like a good series with a good range of cars. Will check out the regs so as the XR is rebuilt it stays within the regs. May give that a go, even if I can't manage a full season. I have a little one & weekends are not mine anymore, although if he likes racing ill get...

I definately want a set of 888's, never heard a bad thing about them, just deciding what rims to put them on really. I've raced mostly single seats, started in karts and have done some formula ford (earlier 1600 kent engines), formula 3, formula renault, formula palmer audi, even had an F1 test...

Thanks i will look for a set of these then and maybe just run them all the time, got the try the 888s too tho! Once i get my Lotus back in a week or 2 the Clio will really just be a track car, just trying to keep it as a half sensible backup car and for getting slightly bigger things home from...

Sounds interesting, Im not far from Brands myself, prob do another day there in a 2 or 3 weeks when i have the next lot of stuff bolted on. I've actually decided to go for the DS1.11s now after talking to George so will see if thats much better, but when the brake kit on (tomorrow hopefully) i...

Its a 2003, is that an early one? Where would i be best getting the OEM bushes from? Ktec only seem to have the poly ones, so is it gonna be a main stealer job? Spoken to George and he can get the brakes to me so i can have them fitted by Friday, I decided on the Brembo Max HC discs plus...

Haha, yea i thought that. It is easy to get everything in one place assuming they are the right parts of course, but I've only posted a few times here and found everyones advice extremely helpful and saving me a fair bit of cash already! A message here seems to be the best thing before i part...

Thanks guys, really appreciate the feedback. Unfortunately yea definitely the brakes, back into the pits and they were pretty smoky! Im a retired racer and still pretty quick driver tho and can push it very hard, the extra speed i can carry out a corner needs to be scrubbed off and need to brake...

Hi All, I posted a few weeks ago after buying a 172 for some advice on what to do with my Clio which was really helpful. I decided to hold off changing things before i tried it on a track. The exhaust fell off a week or so ago so I put on a silenced decat and the rest of the system and i...

Ive just joined up as a paid member now, guides look well worth it :)

Thanks guys, I think i will order the engine mounts then and start with the gearbox one and a set of discs and pads, Ive already looked at the Brembo ones so i may go for those i think. Donnington on the 19th Sept so I'll go along to that for a shakedown along with a couple of friends i do some...

Hi All, Ive just got myself a 2003 Clio 172, I only really bought it as it was cheap and local instead of a hire car while my daily driver is in having some work done for a couple weeks, but its a good little car and i think I'll hang onto it and do some track days in it, its got 80k on it and...