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apologies for the duplication but some of the pics aren't showing for me have now discovered they wont show in ie 11 but do show in chrome!! very random. Anyone else have this issue?

Poor old Nicole has led a hard life it would seem and the abortion that was the current subframe bolt setup was just awful, low grade bolts with steel nylocs tacked to hacked up washers so it was off to the parts desk again for a full set of the original front subframe bolts and the funky...

Been a lot of progress but haven't had much time to update this thread so ill bring it up to date in 3 or 4 chunks. Picked up the last of the powder coating amongst which were the front wishbones that look better than new. The new oil pump turned up eventually so that went on which allowed...

Poor old Nicole has led a hard life it would seem and the abortion that was the current subframe bolt setup was just awful, low grade bolts with steel nylocs tacked to hacked up washers so it was off to the parts desk again for a full set of the original front subframe bolts and the funky...

Been a lot of progress but haven't had much time to update this thread so ill bring it up to date in 3 or 4 chunks. Picked up the last of the powder coating amongst which were the front wishbones that look better than new. The new oil pump turned up eventually so that went on which allowed the...

watched this already on my 3rd free trial of Mototrend on demand :-) best episode for yonks

Dave spent the day today removing the sound deadening from the interior, a job i was more than happy to let him get on with! I arrived late afternoon after finishing work early and managed to get the AC delete kit from PM fitted. Work on the engine is pretty much at a standstill now...

And I do! Before After All the rust just fell off with a quick wash, very happy with the result

Another quick update tonight. Decided to have a go at something I have been meaning to try for years electrolysis! Start with this Front upright that us to say the least crusty Rigged up a quick electrolysis tank with a decent bench top power supply Left it Bubbling away nicely and will...

Cheers, he's not just a mate he owns 50% of Nicole and our ex race car. He's up the unit all day Tuesday so is going to be removing the sound deadening in preparation for applying the Raptor bed liner to the interior so the next couple of updates should be interior work

Soooooooo have had a couple more sessions on the car, yesterday Dave came over so we made good progress with 2 of us. The new cam wheel locking tool turned up which meant we could finally get the cam belt finished. We had to reset the first time as after a couple of rev the timing had wandered...

Cheers guys much appreciated.

Made a bit more progress last night. Got the cam wheels off and the rocker cover as it was weeping a bit. Took a good hour with gun wash to get it nice and clean then masked it up and gave it a light coat of etch primer. Then a couple of coats of orange Fitted new cam front oil seals...

Had the same problem with mine, combination of prying with a flat bladed screwdriver and brute force got it moving in the end mate.

Dave and I spent some time in the Workshop on Saturday and managed to get the engine on the stand and start to take a look. Sump off first and although not spotless I have seen much worse. Fitted a set of ARP gig end bolts whilst we were at it as it seemed rude not to. For now we want to...

So just to confirm it's had the map changed but not on a rolling road?

Properly seated at both the coil and plug end? Check the coil posts for crud. are the new leads of good quality?

ECP are ok you just have to check what make there selling you, pretty sure they do sell genuine Valeo but you would probably have to specify it when ordering HTH

Cheers, also had a kit of tintable raptor liner delivered today which will be used to make the interior a bit tidier and somewhat weatherproof. Mac

Just picked up the first lot of parts from the powder coaters, pants photos taken in the back of the van and didn't want to unwrap them as I still need to get them to the workshop without damaging them but you get the idea :-) Front subframe And a couple of shots showing the surface...

Oh and for the more observant of you the heater box has also been removed!

Another good evening in the workshop. Decided to crack on and get the interior stripped. managed to remove both top and bottom of the Dash followed by the steering column. Then finished stripping out the front carpets sound deadening etc, to do this I removed the dash support frame...

Apologies for the photo snafu. More progress yesterday. Split the engine and box and the clutch looks fine which is good as we were told it had recently been changed when we bought the car, condition would seem to back this up. Also removed the power steering pump as the EPAs column arrived last...

Dave spent the day up the workshop yesterday and the end result was: At least we now know that a Clio 182 interior less the 2 front seats and the carpets will fit inside a Volvo estate... I'm making a start on the engine today and was initially surprised when i removed the inlet...

Dave spent the day up the workshop yesterday and the end result was: At least we now know that a Clio 182 interior less the 2 front seats and the carpets will fit inside a Volvo estate... I'm making a start on the engine today and was initially surprised when i removed the inlet manifold to...

"Sold now :smile:. I enjoyed that little car and buying it meant I gained interest in these little buggers and ended up with the LY, I doubt I'd have put that note on it if I hadn't bought this one :smile: " Well that didn't take long and a lot of car for not much money, Id have had it at that...

For the gearbox try Roger at Roger Bayliss transmissions on 07850 399988 he's done my race boxes diffs etc for years, does an excellent job at a fair price. Tell him Mac from VXS gave you his details. HTH

In case anyone was wondering why the heater is going in toto its to be replaced by one of these: http://www.t7design.co.uk/index.php/heating/heaters/3-5kw-lightweight-heater.html

A good night in the workshop last night closely followed by a night in A&E resulting in a cortisone injection in my arthritic shoulder! Managed to get the engine and box dropped out onto a trolley. Got the sound deadening removed from the engine bay as well as the closing panel for the...

If you need the box looking at i can recommend a chap in Lye, Birmingham ish. Not to far from you. Nice looking beast