Cub.
ClioSport Moderator
I love this car.
I shall be the 1000th reply, yes I shall. X
I shall be the 1000th reply, yes I shall. X
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Monaco 172 Track Car
- Thread starter YorkshireKyle
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The springs are what keeps tension on them
No sir, I don't think you shall. 1,001 for you x
Also, I forgot to mention as I'm quite sleep deprived. The legend that is @Louis came round yesterday and adjusted my PMS shifter as well as cable tying up some other bits. It feels better and I can get it into 2nd better, I'll have to take it round the car park at work and give it a proper test, I need to bed the brakes in slightly anyway
Once again, the PMS Whisperer comes in clutch
Cub.
ClioSport Moderator
The springs are what keeps tension on them
No sir, I don't think you shall. 1,001 for you x
Also, I forgot to mention as I'm quite sleep deprived. The legend that is @Louis came round yesterday and adjusted my PMS shifter as well as cable tying up some other bits. It feels better and I can get it into 2nd better, I'll have to take it round the car park at work and give it a proper test, I need to bed the brakes in slightly anyway
Once again, the PMS Whisperer comes in clutch
I could just delete @Filters reply
The springs are what keeps tension on them
No sir, I don't think you shall. 1,001 for you x
Also, I forgot to mention as I'm quite sleep deprived. The legend that is @Louis came round yesterday and adjusted my PMS shifter as well as cable tying up some other bits. It feels better and I can get it into 2nd better, I'll have to take it round the car park at work and give it a proper test, I need to bed the brakes in slightly anyway
Once again, the PMS Whisperer comes in clutch
172 Cup, 275 Cup-S
The springs are what keeps tension on them
Not if done right. @Dr HMS Derv Destroyer tell him
I've never been anything but nice to you.
Ever. This is undeserved.
But Fine, do it. Be number 1000.
I'm going to s**t in your helmet
Cub.
ClioSport Moderator
CSF26
This year I decided to camp (mainly because I have a new tent I want to get my money's worth out of) because I felt like I'd been left out for the last 2 years. Plus at Anglesey it was a pain in the arse to get back to the chicken nugget caravan or the garden shed
Thursday I washed the cars and trailer, it was stupidly hot. Big mistake, it took me ages because I had to stop every 10 mins to save me from melting
Arrived first. The 5 series was toasty warm after caning it down the backroads
Track pics. The Clio was well behaved all day, apart from me needing yet another pair of tyres. I seem to be wearing the outside edge a lot more than I used to. Maybe time for some more camber and more pressure
Next things for the Clio
- Heat management. I almost killed @Sir_Dave because it was that hot inside the car. So...
- Roof scoop
- Nimbus heat shield on the bulkhead
- Get the rust and rot sorted on the sills (this winter)
- Engine time. I might need to find someone to help with this, I don't have the time
I may end up taking some weight out too. I always find it quite lardy
Thanks to everyone who made it such a good weekend, and to all of those that came to say hello
Next trackday on my birthday next month at Croft
This year I decided to camp (mainly because I have a new tent I want to get my money's worth out of) because I felt like I'd been left out for the last 2 years. Plus at Anglesey it was a pain in the arse to get back to the chicken nugget caravan or the garden shed
Thursday I washed the cars and trailer, it was stupidly hot. Big mistake, it took me ages because I had to stop every 10 mins to save me from melting
Arrived first. The 5 series was toasty warm after caning it down the backroads
Track pics. The Clio was well behaved all day, apart from me needing yet another pair of tyres. I seem to be wearing the outside edge a lot more than I used to. Maybe time for some more camber and more pressure
Next things for the Clio
- Heat management. I almost killed @Sir_Dave because it was that hot inside the car. So...
- Roof scoop
- Nimbus heat shield on the bulkhead
- Get the rust and rot sorted on the sills (this winter)
- Engine time. I might need to find someone to help with this, I don't have the time
I may end up taking some weight out too. I always find it quite lardy
Thanks to everyone who made it such a good weekend, and to all of those that came to say hello
Next trackday on my birthday next month at Croft
NorthloopCup
ClioSport Moderator
I still have an engine stand, so I may be tempted to do one last engine build. Let me know what your idea is for spec and we can see what can be sorted.
Touring_Rob
ClioSport Club Member
NorthloopCup
ClioSport Moderator
The chicken nugget caravan will always hold a special place in my heart
Especially watching Dan slip into a guiness book of world records coma
Croft tomorrow with @Rskennedy, @Brigsy and some others I havent met yet
Swapped the AR1 for some Hankook Ventus RS4. Managed to snap them up for less than the price of 1 AR1. Only reason for the swap is I'm wearing the AR1 down so quick on the edges that I wanted to have a play with something new
Locked and loaded
Swapped the AR1 for some Hankook Ventus RS4. Managed to snap them up for less than the price of 1 AR1. Only reason for the swap is I'm wearing the AR1 down so quick on the edges that I wanted to have a play with something new
Locked and loaded
There's a 
wedding at the hotel
That means deploying reasonable precautions
wedding at the hotelThat means deploying reasonable precautions
Rskennedy
ClioSport Club Member
GBS Zero, RR Sport
Remember kids always use protection and cover it up
in the area at the moment. Seem to be forcing their way onto any field etc, the f*****s took over the local football field this week leaving a right mess behind
Croft 14/08/2026
First of all, what a circuit! So glad I was able to tick it off my list of tracks I wanted to do
Started the morning going out and building confidence, a few steady laps to get everything to temp and then back to the pits to check tyre pressures and wheel nuts (once it'd cooled a bit). First impressions is that it's so fast but so technical, a couple of hard braking zones and a lot of places where you can get it really wrong!
Went out for a second session around 10.30 to be suddenly greeted with the most horrific loose feeling every time I accelerated. I limped it back to the pit garage at a steady 30mph
Got it up in the air and couldn't really see anything untoward
The passenger side wheel studs were a bit loose but had only backed out half a turn. I whipped all of them out, cleaned the threads and put fresh loctite on them. I did the same for the drivers side and checked the rears which were all fine
13.45 I go out for a 'steady session' with @Rskennedy and Pete (green Caterham). I take it easy and get everything back up to temp as it was stone cold. A few laps in Rich still wasnt anywhere to be seen so I start giving it sends because I've got the trailer, so f**k it. If he dies, he dies
After a few laps of death it clears up and starts feeling loads better. At that point I chill out and wait for Rich and we have a little bit of a 2 man train going on for a fair few laps. Rich then departs and goes back to the pits and I keep giving it sends. After another 10 mins I get bored of being on my own and getting gapped by much faster cars so I come in
It was that hot for the first time EVER, my fan comes on! I just assumed it didn't work!
Another session out and no issues to report, I started finding the limit of the Hankooks cos I was driving like a fuckin knob, so much that I went 2 wheels off the track at sunny out
Last session of the day, me and Rich were about on pace with each other so we kept swapping between who was leading and who was following. He's quicker in some places and I'm quicker in other places so it makes for a good little battle
Then disaster
Rich said my car elected a new pope as he inhaled enough smoke to put @DaveDreads out of action. Smoke f**king everywhere! I'll have to get the footage from my GoPro but it was horrendous, genuinely thought the car was gonna go up in flames so I jumped out, usually I wouldn't but it smelled so hot and putrid
First of all, what a circuit! So glad I was able to tick it off my list of tracks I wanted to do
Started the morning going out and building confidence, a few steady laps to get everything to temp and then back to the pits to check tyre pressures and wheel nuts (once it'd cooled a bit). First impressions is that it's so fast but so technical, a couple of hard braking zones and a lot of places where you can get it really wrong!
Went out for a second session around 10.30 to be suddenly greeted with the most horrific loose feeling every time I accelerated. I limped it back to the pit garage at a steady 30mph
Got it up in the air and couldn't really see anything untoward
The passenger side wheel studs were a bit loose but had only backed out half a turn. I whipped all of them out, cleaned the threads and put fresh loctite on them. I did the same for the drivers side and checked the rears which were all fine
13.45 I go out for a 'steady session' with @Rskennedy and Pete (green Caterham). I take it easy and get everything back up to temp as it was stone cold. A few laps in Rich still wasnt anywhere to be seen so I start giving it sends because I've got the trailer, so f**k it. If he dies, he dies
After a few laps of death it clears up and starts feeling loads better. At that point I chill out and wait for Rich and we have a little bit of a 2 man train going on for a fair few laps. Rich then departs and goes back to the pits and I keep giving it sends. After another 10 mins I get bored of being on my own and getting gapped by much faster cars so I come in
It was that hot for the first time EVER, my fan comes on! I just assumed it didn't work!
Another session out and no issues to report, I started finding the limit of the Hankooks cos I was driving like a fuckin knob, so much that I went 2 wheels off the track at sunny out
Last session of the day, me and Rich were about on pace with each other so we kept swapping between who was leading and who was following. He's quicker in some places and I'm quicker in other places so it makes for a good little battle
Then disaster
Rich said my car elected a new pope as he inhaled enough smoke to put @DaveDreads out of action. Smoke f**king everywhere! I'll have to get the footage from my GoPro but it was horrendous, genuinely thought the car was gonna go up in flames so I jumped out, usually I wouldn't but it smelled so hot and putrid
Rich watching me pull over
Rskennedy
ClioSport Club Member
GBS Zero, RR Sport
A good day had by all. We had some proper good tussles and that was the night before…
Glad it wasn’t an engine and you weren’t on fire. When I was coming back to the pits at the red flag and saw the fire response team on track I got a bit worried.
Glad it wasn’t an engine and you weren’t on fire. When I was coming back to the pits at the red flag and saw the fire response team on track I got a bit worried.
NorthloopCup
ClioSport Moderator
Get that wrap off the exhaust manifold mate asap. It just absorbs oil and becomes a fire risk. Hideous stuff.
Rich watching me pull over
Aye I will be mate, it's now soaked in shite
I think I'm gonna try and get it coated in something like zircotec as well as putting actual heat protection on the bulkhead
Dont worry mate, he made me take loads off last time and it went in my eyes.
Im sure it won't be different this time
NorthloopCup
ClioSport Moderator
Personally, I’d put some heat protection on the bulkhead and leave the manifold as is.
Croft pic spam
Touring_Rob
ClioSport Club Member
Such a nice colour
Excuse the horrendous wind noise, bad driving, awful lines and shocking sunstrip
This was the last session of Croft with @Rskennedy trying (desperately) to keep up with @Brigsy
This was the last session of Croft with @Rskennedy trying (desperately) to keep up with @Brigsy
Rskennedy
ClioSport Club Member
GBS Zero, RR Sport
AND failing miserably...
After the car die a small death scare at Croft I decided to call it for trackdays this year. The cars been absolutely mint for the past 2 years needing only small fixes
So to pay it back, I think this needs addressing
Which tbh, it's not as bad as I first anticipated. The front jacking points and outriggers will be done at the same time
But because I'm a mong, I can't just leave it there. So I decided I wanted the inside painting, so I stripped the interior back
But then, if the interior is getting painted, surely it makes sense to take other bits out too?...
At this point we're escalating. Fast
I needed the car prepped before Monday evening (tomorrow). So started hamfisting the f**k out of all the sound deadening. Which meant doing something absolutely retarded
I will preface this, I didn't have anything hot enough to melt the material, and I was STRESSING to chuff that I wouldn't get it done in time
Here's the f**k up
If you hadn't already guessed what was going to happen...
So now the roof needs sorting
This was the end of Friday
So to pay it back, I think this needs addressing
Which tbh, it's not as bad as I first anticipated. The front jacking points and outriggers will be done at the same time
But because I'm a mong, I can't just leave it there. So I decided I wanted the inside painting, so I stripped the interior back
But then, if the interior is getting painted, surely it makes sense to take other bits out too?...
At this point we're escalating. Fast
I needed the car prepped before Monday evening (tomorrow). So started hamfisting the f**k out of all the sound deadening. Which meant doing something absolutely retarded
I will preface this, I didn't have anything hot enough to melt the material, and I was STRESSING to chuff that I wouldn't get it done in time
Here's the f**k up
If you hadn't already guessed what was going to happen...
So now the roof needs sorting
This was the end of Friday
Why didnt you tell me. Id have come over in the week you little cretinAfter the car die a small death scare at Croft I decided to call it for trackdays this year. The cars been absolutely mint for the past 2 years needing only small fixes
So to pay it back, I think this needs addressing
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Which tbh, it's not as bad as I first anticipated. The front jacking points and outriggers will be done at the same time
But because I'm a mong, I can't just leave it there. So I decided I wanted the inside painting, so I stripped the interior back
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But then, if the interior is getting painted, surely it makes sense to take other bits out too?...
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At this point we're escalating. Fast
I needed the car prepped before Monday evening (tomorrow). So started hamfisting the f**k out of all the sound deadening. Which meant doing something absolutely retarded
I will preface this, I didn't have anything hot enough to melt the material, and I was STRESSING to chuff that I wouldn't get it done in time
Here's the f**k up
View attachment 1803329
If you hadn't already guessed what was going to happen...
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So now the roof needs sorting
This was the end of Friday
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This morning was a fresh day, a fresh head and a better idea of what not to do
I started by getting the blowtorch on the roof sound deadening. By god this made it so much easier! If you're going to do this yourself, a nice robust scraper and a butane blowtorch is perfect
With that easily tackled I turned my attention to the rest of the sound deadening that I didn't hit beforehand
All the sound deadening out
This is when I started to test petrol Vs isopropyl 99.9%
Petrol wins. It was 50x quicker, that's not an exaggeration. That was one small wipe with petrol on the left
Absolutely blitzed through the rest of the cleanup. I went through at least 5 rags cleaning all of the glue off. I then took out as much of the bulkhead matting, I wasn't going to at first... But then bad side of brain took over
Big bag of sound deadening removed
Guess the weight, this doesn't include all of the chunks Hetty hoovered up. I reckon she got the best part of a kilo out
Tomorrow I need to clean up some more stuff, remove a load of unwanted and un-needed brackets, take the side skirts off and then give it a clean ready for 5am Tuesday morning
Itll get the arches welded up, rolled, front jacking points welded, interior painted, roof sorted, roof scoop painted (and fitted), and I've made the last minute decision to remove the aerial so I'm hoping if it's not too much of a pain they can weld up that hole and paint the full roof
Whilst it's away I'll still be buying parts for the engine build in the background. I reckon it was a CV boot at Croft
Either way I reckon I'll get 2 new shafts, or recondition 2 I have in the garage
The next time you and I see the car it will have less orange
I started by getting the blowtorch on the roof sound deadening. By god this made it so much easier! If you're going to do this yourself, a nice robust scraper and a butane blowtorch is perfect
With that easily tackled I turned my attention to the rest of the sound deadening that I didn't hit beforehand
All the sound deadening out
This is when I started to test petrol Vs isopropyl 99.9%
Petrol wins. It was 50x quicker, that's not an exaggeration. That was one small wipe with petrol on the left
Absolutely blitzed through the rest of the cleanup. I went through at least 5 rags cleaning all of the glue off. I then took out as much of the bulkhead matting, I wasn't going to at first... But then bad side of brain took over
Big bag of sound deadening removed
Guess the weight, this doesn't include all of the chunks Hetty hoovered up. I reckon she got the best part of a kilo out
Tomorrow I need to clean up some more stuff, remove a load of unwanted and un-needed brackets, take the side skirts off and then give it a clean ready for 5am Tuesday morning
Itll get the arches welded up, rolled, front jacking points welded, interior painted, roof sorted, roof scoop painted (and fitted), and I've made the last minute decision to remove the aerial so I'm hoping if it's not too much of a pain they can weld up that hole and paint the full roof
Whilst it's away I'll still be buying parts for the engine build in the background. I reckon it was a CV boot at Croft
Either way I reckon I'll get 2 new shafts, or recondition 2 I have in the garage
The next time you and I see the car it will have less orange
Its a w**k of a job that, have heard that dry ice does a decent job but never tried it, can definitely not recommend using a wire wheel on a grinder unless you want black s**t everywhereThis morning was a fresh day, a fresh head and a better idea of what not to do
I started by getting the blowtorch on the roof sound deadening. By god this made it so much easier! If you're going to do this yourself, a nice robust scraper and a butane blowtorch is perfect
View attachment 1803334View attachment 1803335
With that easily tackled I turned my attention to the rest of the sound deadening that I didn't hit beforehand
View attachment 1803336View attachment 1803337View attachment 1803338
All the sound deadening out
View attachment 1803339
This is when I started to test petrol Vs isopropyl 99.9%
Petrol wins. It was 50x quicker, that's not an exaggeration. That was one small wipe with petrol on the left
View attachment 1803333
Absolutely blitzed through the rest of the cleanup. I went through at least 5 rags cleaning all of the glue off. I then took out as much of the bulkhead matting, I wasn't going to at first... But then bad side of brain took over
View attachment 1803340
Big bag of sound deadening removed
View attachment 1803344
Guess the weight, this doesn't include all of the chunks Hetty hoovered up. I reckon she got the best part of a kilo out
Tomorrow I need to clean up some more stuff, remove a load of unwanted and un-needed brackets, take the side skirts off and then give it a clean ready for 5am Tuesday morning
Itll get the arches welded up, rolled, front jacking points welded, interior painted, roof sorted, roof scoop painted (and fitted), and I've made the last minute decision to remove the aerial so I'm hoping if it's not too much of a pain they can weld up that hole and paint the full roof
Whilst it's away I'll still be buying parts for the engine build in the background. I reckon it was a CV boot at Croft
Either way I reckon I'll get 2 new shafts, or recondition 2 I have in the garage
The next time you and I see the car it will have less orange
I tried the wire wheel on the grinder, the sound deadening just laughed at it!
Heatgun did f**k all
Blowtorch and scraper, then petrol and a rag worked absolutely perfectly
Yeah thats what i found best, petrol in the cuts are a bonus touch too
