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To save some more weight, I installed a Daihatsu Cuore alternator. Weight saving is significant, about 2,5 kg's for just the alternator. :p I was able to use the Volvo mount, but had to make an adjuster for tensioning the belt. Also, wiring is a bit different from standard, you need a...

@schulte8726 Clio, Golf 7 GTI and a bit of personal life. 😀

Screw the Clio, show the SR3. 😉😆

Thanks, and I made them myself. 😉

As my last trackday at Zandvoort was a complete disaster, and I love the track, I was keen on getting back rather sooner than later. Luckily another opportunity arose. As my cooling system failed last time (because of my own incompetence), and I had my engine out over winter, and replaced a...

Search for badass_clio on Instagram, he's doing the exact same thing right now. 😉

Thought so. Already had my doubts when I did this, but because I did lots of other things like the cambelt and the gearbox, with little time, I never thought again about researching this up front. I basically forgot about it. 😆

I assume it was tight enough. I've used a blanking cap, specifically meant for this. https://www.biesheuvel.nl/producten/default-category/automotive/siliconen-slangen/blanking-caps What I can think of is that as long as the thermostat is closed, coolant has nowhere to go, building up...

I already decided I'll feed it into the reservoir drain, as it's closer, but it's basically the same. I'd just like to know if it's even possible what I did, or if I made a mistake.

Thanks, and yeah, if I don't want this to happen I shouldn't mess with cars as much as I do. 😊

Normally, this goes to the heater matrix. As I don't have a heater any more, and I changed my coolant system, I thought I could just blank of off, forcing more coolant through the main system, increasing coolant capacity. I had it looped before. Yesterday, my blanking cap blew off because of...

Well, I had a trackday yesterday at Zandvoort. First of all, it was wet, which is always a bit of a disappointment for me. Second, I managed to do just one lap in total, as a blanking plug for my coolant system blew of, and I lost all my coolant. Couln't replace the plug, so my day was over very...

With a trackday coming up tomorrow, I finally have the car ready. :giggle: Lots of little things needed to be finished. For instance, I never liked the splitter rods I had, as they made things really complicated to remove the bumper. So I made new larger splitter mounts and reinforced the...

Feel proper happy for you. Like I said on YouTube I hope you're the fastest, but I could also appreciate some race spec Clio being a bit faster to trigger jou a bit more. 😁👍

That's with a full tank of gas as well. 😉 Good to hear you'll be at Zandvoort as well, I'll see you there. 👍

Here you go

Just a tiny update, I weighed the car again. It weighed the same as 2 years ago. Only difference is, at the time I weighed it with 20 liters of fuel, this time with 50 liters of fuel so decent savings have been made. Weight with me in it is 980 kg Weight without me is 860 kg Weight without 50...

Just replied in your thread, but I have planned: Zandvoort June 30th, Assen August 3th, Zolder September 28th and Assen Octobre 18th.

Go to Zandvoort the 30th of June, I'll be there. 😝 But I will be at Assen the 3rd of August as well. 😉

Will there be a trackday this year?

I drove my first metres with the car. :giggle: Just some small things to finish off now.

When the engine was in, I put everything back to where it's supposed to be, all went smooth, and today I was ready to do the test start. It wouldn't start at first, turned out to be the earth wire which sits at the front of the gearbox, which I forgot to connect. Then I saw some coolant leaking...

I guess the cheapest option is the Danst Engineering ZX12 kit. My mate runs them in his Golf 1 1.6 16v. They run well. He get's over 200 hp out of them on a 1.6 engine.

So when the belts were done, it was time to move to the other side of the engine. I've had an oil leak for as long as I've had the car, I figured it could only come from the crankseal at the gearbox side. Turned out it did. When I pulled out the old one, I noticed a slight scoring on the...

Just to answer the thread title, because I love modifying, that's it basically. 😁

Thanks for the compliments. The same goes for me, I get a lot of ideas from other builds on here or others do things I already have in my head. The alternator IS a Denso unit. Just bought it secondhand very nearby for 20 Euro's. 😁 About the engine mounts, I'll have to find out, don't know...

Haven't looked at it properly yet, but the alignment is pretty close at this point already.

Another update, slowly we'll get there. First, I added some bonnet vents to guide the heated air from the radiator out. There wasn't any room for some proper ducting, but hopefully the air passing the radiator hits the engine, and gets sucked upwards. Otherwise, the high pressure above the...

I've just got smaller diameter bolts in the top, and marker them, they stay in place. 😉

I have it like that as well. I used the small bracket with the 2 bolts, and welded that to the chassis.