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Pretty pleased with it V5 turned up today so with any luck I can get rid of the shell by the weekend and get cracking on the 197 Also trying to find a turbo from a RS250 but struggling to locate one...

Keeps me busy. This is the first time I've ever done anything like this, just saw other people doing similar and it seemed like a good idea at the time...

The car's not loud enough either at the mo so stainless steel exhaust procured, get it fitted next weekend

Liking the look of the red seat with the interior and the silver paintwork so decided as the silver interior dash trim was a bit worse for wear to remove it and paint it Should be dry by tomorrow then will stick it in. I've also changed the stereo for a Sony one as the original Renault was...

Finished stripping the 172 and the majority of it is now sold and gone. As I want to get cracking on the 197 I dragged the shell out of the garage yesterday, hopefully get it scrapped in the next week but need to wait for my V5 to turn up as I've taken my private reg off it. Kinda of hoping...

Stage 2 Megane 225 engine tuned by RS Tuning. Just starting reshelling into a 197

Wet road and wheel spin on un scrubbed semi slicks, have to change to 3rd gear before 60 as well due to gearing on smaller clio wheels

So here we go again.... collected the 197 earlier and I'm impressed. Gear change is a revelation compared to the vague shifts of the megane and 172, a couple of small bits need sorting on the body work and the wheels could do with a refurb but overall I'm pleased with it. Chassis and brakes feel...

Made a start stripping the 172 and sold a few bits off it already Need to get suspension and brakes off then pull engine, box and wiring then scrap the shell unless anyone has a use for it...

I know, I love the look but its now too hardcore to be practical. Can't leave it anywhere and the compromises I've had to make to the driving position with the pedal box to accommodate my dad mean it's now uncomfortable for me to drive as well. A 'normal' clio with an epic power train just seems...

2 owner, full history and I'm going to pull it apart :cool: I quite like the look of it as it stands. I'm thinking keeping it subtle rather than looking like it'll kick your head in this time. I want to be able to go on some road trips and I can't lock the original so that's another reason to...

That's exactly what I said :up: In all seriousness the car as it stands is pretty hard core and my dad uses it as well and he's not exactly a spring chicken so something less extreme and more clubsportish will be easier to live with. Plan for the 197 is the turbo engine, gearbox, and diff, ecu...

So the problem I've been thinking about since yesterday is what to do about the brakes. Need to go to bigger discs and brembos, that combined with new pads, brackets, lines, resized master cylinder, fixing the linkage etc is going to cost around £1k, and to be honest I can't be arsed spending...

Reasonably successful day at Oulton on Wednesday :cool: Car is a handful, massively fast in a straight line, young @dann2707 came down for a nosey and a quick passenger ride where we pulling away from stuff like new Impreza Turbos. Had issues right at the start of the day where I lost gears 2 4...

Wet road and wheel spin on un scrubbed semi slicks, have to change to 3rd gear before 60 as well due to gearing on smaller clio wheels

Picked the R888Rs up and got them fitted to the car. GG compound, and really soft so have high hopes for them at oulton provided the weathers dry Got a GPS data logger/lap timer coming tomorrow so interested to see what we can get 0-60

Brake bias valve installed on dashboard support bar, easy to reach and not going to get hit accidentally. And that's it, we're done. Need to give it a quick wash, get some road testing in, get some videos and see how we get on at Oulton Park :up::stig:

sure have, it's back down on the ground as of an hour ago, couple of bits left and we're good to go

All the wiring can come out along with the airbag ECU. Done it on two cars with no issues

51mm flexible hose for brake ducts, made some 'brackets' with strips of aluminium pop riveted to the car, then ducts attached with good old fashioned cable ties

Chopped the bumper to fit a couple of brake ducts. Couldn't do the usual thing of mounting behind the fog light holes as the drivers side one is where my oil cooler is. Going to fit a couple of deflector plates on top of them to tidy it up; to be honest I don't like how it looks but if it works...

Next track day is two weeks on Wednesday at Oulton so just finishing last bits and pieces before it gets its first proper test. Sorting out some brake ducts at the moment, then need to mount brake bias adjuster and pick up spare wheels and R888R's I dropped off this morning for fitting and it's...

Bit of fettling and it's in. Mounts to clio body mounting point and picks up the mounting points on the Megane sump

Finally got around to making a proper lower engine mount. Square box section and a random bush welded together

I'm helping young Dan out as much as I can. His shafts were made by the same bloke as mine and mine were too long on the drivers side as well but I got lucky as I was able to chop a bit off (due to extra long splined section) as a temporary fix. Then they snapped after mapping. My new shafts are...

Some other bits turned up today Brake bias adjuster for the pedal box. Thinking of mounting near the gear lever, need have a proper look at the weekend where it can go. Also got new intercooler hard pipe kit, so started fitting. Think the intercooler needs to move up and back towards the...

Guy in Oldham who did Windle's, and mine (which snapped after remapping)

Mine doesn't do that..... unbolt the hub and check the shaft spins freely

I'm still running my solid mount and it vibrates on idle, no issues on the move. Dan says the issue is when driving, potentially driveshaft related talking to him