BMW, will be a 197
Evening all
New to the forum and thought I’d put a few pics up of my Clio 172 Ph2 track car…
Bought earlier this year from a decent guy who built it going through illness and never managed to get it on track unfortunately. It started out like this…
And now looks like this - I’ve taken off a few stickers, carbon wrap, moved the number plate etc
Also made a bit of a DIY induction kit with a lightweight battery
First track day last Friday at Cadwell…
Hoping to chat to some other Clio owners as I go along the process of making this a really reliable track weapon!
The first track outing went well enough but 3 days before the alternator went, so I had to change it - I’m an amateur on the spanner’s at best!
I’m not sure if I buzzed the electrics somehow by stupidly connecting the battery back up with the key in the ignition still? However it wouldn’t start afterwards - I disconnected the battery and shuffled a couple of relays about and somehow it started and got me 2 1/2 hours to Cadwell the night before.
On the day of the track day it did 2 sighting laps fine but then went into limp mode on the first open lap (wouldn’t go over 4k). Managed to get a code reader and cleared an O2 sensor fault and it ran all day fine…
This week I took it to & from a tyre garage to get 4 new Michelin PS3’s fitted and it was fine. I’ve gone into the garage tonight and now it won’t start - sounds like it’s not getting fuel again like after the alternator?!
The relays I jiggled around last time which may of made a difference were the 3 little black ones in this pic (above the brown ones)
I feel like I’m looking for a fuel relay issue - are any of these fuel relays?
Any advice? I’m a very amateur mechanic so be kind! I’m determined to sort it without going to a garage if possible though…
Cheers all!
New to the forum and thought I’d put a few pics up of my Clio 172 Ph2 track car…
Bought earlier this year from a decent guy who built it going through illness and never managed to get it on track unfortunately. It started out like this…
And now looks like this - I’ve taken off a few stickers, carbon wrap, moved the number plate etc
Also made a bit of a DIY induction kit with a lightweight battery
First track day last Friday at Cadwell…
Hoping to chat to some other Clio owners as I go along the process of making this a really reliable track weapon!
The first track outing went well enough but 3 days before the alternator went, so I had to change it - I’m an amateur on the spanner’s at best!
I’m not sure if I buzzed the electrics somehow by stupidly connecting the battery back up with the key in the ignition still? However it wouldn’t start afterwards - I disconnected the battery and shuffled a couple of relays about and somehow it started and got me 2 1/2 hours to Cadwell the night before.
On the day of the track day it did 2 sighting laps fine but then went into limp mode on the first open lap (wouldn’t go over 4k). Managed to get a code reader and cleared an O2 sensor fault and it ran all day fine…
This week I took it to & from a tyre garage to get 4 new Michelin PS3’s fitted and it was fine. I’ve gone into the garage tonight and now it won’t start - sounds like it’s not getting fuel again like after the alternator?!
The relays I jiggled around last time which may of made a difference were the 3 little black ones in this pic (above the brown ones)
I feel like I’m looking for a fuel relay issue - are any of these fuel relays?
Any advice? I’m a very amateur mechanic so be kind! I’m determined to sort it without going to a garage if possible though…
Cheers all!