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@GrahamS came down again this weekend for another car day. Our aim was to finish off the oil cooler install, and get the car running so some track days can be booked before the Summer is over. After a slow chilled out start, the afternoon approached and we'd not got much done. It was looking...

Who did you buy the wheels off out of interest? They used to be mine for a while.

Hopefully you can take home some more silverware this weekend. Pissed off I can't make it along to watch!!

Man maths at its finest :p

I like the look of that a lot

Haha looks great fun! Car looks like a hoot to drive

Aha it is your car with them then. Saw a photo of it on their Facebook group.

When I looked into springs. The upgraded cat cam ones and similar, were actually too much for my standard build with 421s and ITBS. They needed a more aggressive cam from memory to compress the stiffer spring... Something along those lines. So my engine builder advised against them. (lots...

My PRG twin axle trailer weighs 400kg unladen. It can take a car up to 1300kg. If Clio is a 1100kg and trailer is 400. That gives you scope for any tow car with a maximum gross weight of 2000kg. I think that's how it works. Max gross weight of tow car, plus trailer weight, plus load weight...

Looks very tidy now matey. Is the ball joint on the RC hubs a newer version? Looks different from what I can remember Kelv's looking like.

I understand what you're saying Chip. haha But, you wont need a couple of tins. It'll be one tin if it's Black Hammerite, into the second at most. White you may need more as the colour will show through it more. I scraped and rubbed down the entire rear floor of my Clio when the paint...

You'd definitely want ARP rod bolts yes. ARP head bolts not necessary. 197 valve springs a good addition if the head is apart anyway.

Haha. How expensive are we talking, or has there been no mention of price yet?

This is the one: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ALUMINIUM-42MM-ALLOY-RACE-RADIATOR-RAD-VW-GOLF-MK1-MK2-GTI-JETTA-SCIROCCO-CADDY-/150980635337?hash=item232725aac9 My mate paid £100 for one recently, so it looks like the price changes every now and again. This one looks like it could be the same too...

Without looking back through every post to find it. Can someone give me a summary pretty please.... Is this being made, has it already been given the go ahead? What are the estimated prices? I really like the look of it.

ARP bolts. Get the head done by @ALD. Supertech valves. 197 valve springs over 182 valve springs. I wouldn't bother with forged or high comp personally. Will just mean much bigger repair bills if anything goes wrong. 182 manifold is sufficient, or get the PMS one if you have monies to burn.

Looking forward to seeing the in car footage!! Looked great on the drive by! Bet the M4 was like wtf is this Clio behind me.

Where did you leave the car over there when you returned home? With a mate somewhere or in a garage? I'd have been worrying about it being nicked if it were me! Looks mint in the photo of it coming off the trailer! x

I doubt a layer of paint weighs enough to be concerned about chap. May as well go for a small dump before driving it if you're looking at that fine a detail :tongueout: Sound deadening weighs a fair bit. Something like 15-20kg in total. My mate has made a mascot man out of all of his and...

Black Hammerite. Two coats with a brush. I did try and do one coat originally but it started to run and looked s**t so I ended up rubbing a lot of it off again and doing more prep work before hand. It's not perfect by any means. But does the job and looks tidy enough. Plus it cost me about £15

Brush on. Easy to do and you wont get brush strokes. Just don't try to do it in one coat. Plus the paint is cheap and you can top up chips or scratches very easily. Obviously a proper professional spray job will be better but that's money you could spend on trackdays.

There's no touching on the body by any of the springs, and no rubbing on the front wheels on full lock when maneuvering around my drive (Had no MOT at the time to road test again). So I'm yet to find what the knocking from before was. The rear springs are pretty close though so maybe it could...

Road legal, but I generally use a trailer all the time now. Can't be bothered to deal with breakdowns and getting the car home. Clutch failure at Bedford could have been a nightmare. Well it was, but at least I had the Clio day to enjoy whilst waiting for the recovery truck.

F*ck me, what a story! How you didn't smash the thing up and give up I don't know. Hats off to the gents who helped out too, love hearing about stuff like this! Gutted the trip wasn't as expected though, I was looking forward to seeing a tasty update. Long live the cup x

Not that it makes THAT much difference, but is it the smaller engine, in manual, with no leather and no bull bar/roof bar trim?

Can you really lol? Toyota? How can that be possible? On Autotrader they're all £16-20k with 20 odd thousand miles.. I'll let the old man know though. He wanted to price it high anyway as he was not sure whether to change or not.

Price reduction. £20,000 now.

You don't stop lol! Is that a jack for a tank!!!!! Size of the thing. Oh how I'd love to have flat ground to jack my car up on.

My old man has put the family wagon up for sale. No other reason than because he wants a change. Had it from new for three years now. Not had any issues, apart from a heated seat button which Toyota fixed. 19K miles. Full Toyota service history. Great spec with roof and roll bars. I've...

Some third party videos of it at Brands from other cars on my post: http://www.cliosport.net/threads/martins-track-clio-182-project-thread.767120/page-9 Latest track day (which was ages ago now):