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Thank you mate. It's so hard to explain the awe of the place, pictures don't do it justice and nor do my words. Planning for next year already.

Put in some time this weekend on the JMS Inlet. The manifold looked like it was painted with a brush, so I started to strip it. Under the thick black was thick red. FML. It beat me and I've dropped it for vapor blasting. The aluminium which was anodised blue, which isn't the worst colour...

Great reply. Thanks @Brigsy It came with these injectors: Which I think are Megane 225 injectors. Maybe the way forward is 182 Manifold, 197 cams and injectors then.

Belts are due soon anyway, so this is an option. 100% I'm not making it a track car or going for peak power, just want a good all rounder.

Great question. Open to opinion and thoughts here tbh? 182 Manifold? I'm not keen on opening the engine up to fit cams unless I need to.

Slight change of plans.

Day 5. The long road home. Driving through some really old French villages that reminded me of Band of Brothers headed toward LeShuttle. We stopped off at Reims for photos and lunch. Back at LeShuttle we managed to get an earlier return journey which I was thankful for as I still had a...

You had the mintex on the front, is that correct?

Day 4 - We fueled up headed out of Sedrun for the last time, through Andermatt and south towards the San Gotthard Pass. We stopped for breakfast and coffee surrounded by incredible views. Next was west through the Nufenen Pass which was my favourite. Pictures completed at the top, then...

Day 3 We headed southeast then on to the San Bernardino Pass. We all agreed that this wasn't the best pass for one reason or another. We then continued further south to the Italian border and back north through the Panoramico Sosto. This was popular with the locals. We chilled here for a...

First we went west across the Furka then onto Grimsel and back east along Susten. The views were unbelievable. We headed along the Susten pass but hit stationary traffic at a road closure due to, of all things, Cows. We span around and did the entire route in reverse. Lunch at...

Recap of the drive from South Wales to Switzerland. Arriving in Andermatt, the roads seemlessly went from motorway to hairpins in an instant, coupled with low fog and mist, it was quite a challenging drive both physically and mentally. The sheer drops, low viability and barriers made of shoe...

Road trip with the boys to Switzerland. The team consisted of me and the Clio 172 Cup, a Porsche Cayman R and two Caterhams. 5 nights inc staying in Ashford, which is a foreign country to me so I'm including that too! I left South Wales and headed to a Travel Lodge in Ashford, ready for the 5am...

This is a great update as I'm looking for an OEM'ish exhaust that's quieter than what I have now.

No bad, not bad at all.

Bit of a bump but how you finding these pads? Squeal, bite, dust?

Wow. Great work. What nuts/bolts did you used to reattached the rear beam brackets to the car? The ones that go through the body.

£6 from ebay, cheaper than Amazon. Went for red illumination over blue or green to at least try and blend in with the dials and look kind of OEM.

Final bits and pieces ahead of the Euro trip next week. Fitted @04-182 's 3d printed cup holder and replaced the cigarette lighter with a dual USB connector and volt meter. I'm waiting on a fresh set of brake pads and I think I'm ready to go!

When was the Prestatyn show? I was there recently, probably missed it by a day knowing my luck. Be keen to get a stand there next year if you think it would be a good idea?

No paint that I've done and 2 previous owners are on here with threads that I've linked on the first page. None have mentioned paint only PDR. There is some fine laquer peel on the rear quarter although it is minor. Bonnet has a rust patch coming through which I can deal with as its a...

Yeah, he's leaving the Clio at home. In safe hands with Tom and the boys as they've done the route before and have planned the whole thing.

After all the above was done I needed to give it a bit of a shakedown. So I drove from South to North Wales around the Evo Triangle, horse shoe pass and some of the amazing roads that bless North Wales. 420+ miles to a whole tank of fuel. Clio was really good. Apart from some rattles...

Bit of an update. I've got a BIG Euro Road trip coming up in Sept so trying to iron out any creases with the Clio before I go. The hot start issue hadn't got any better or worse, so I bit the bullet and had a new Bosch Starter fitted. Serviced the gearbox Fresh oil and filter New tyres...

Evo Triangle today.

Nice this. Did you sort your starting issue? Also, your headlight washer blanks, one is on the wrong way.

With the movement of the engine and the exhaust, it was just enough to clunk the metal hanger and the metal of the exhaust. Push the exhaust forward and back and you may hear it. Report back, nothing better than diagnosing a noise on a clio!

How are your exhaust hangers? I had a clunk that ended up being the centre hanger. The rubber has a metal ring in it and mine wore through the rubber, so the metal ring was touching the metal hanger of the exhaust.

9/8/25 Spotted a silver 182, caged with a KTEC Sunstrip, reg was 6 characters long. Began with a Y I think? Gave me a flash and I gave a little wave back.

*checks 'how many left'