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So, just a little update on this as my bro has been fairly busy with work/projects as of late. Again, i've simply been blown away by his latest stuff, such a talent 😌 I love the editing & music on this, epic track by a chap called "Lorn": And perhaps more appropriately for us: His...

Great video Mark :up:

These ones, are lush: This one had the timing tensioner changed & a de-coke just before i bought it. Bar the clutch/flywheel, which i knew about, it seems to be fine. Goes like stink lol. I know, must be a glitch in the Matrix Perhaps if i fitted Fiesta St or Golf R wheels it would still...

Epic engineering work! Great build.

Yup, bit of bad luck on this one really, although i guess, because i bought at the bottom end of the market, its not the end of the world from a £££ perspective. Id be fuming if id bought it from a Mini dealer for £11k lol. The chap spends 3 days a week at BMW/Jag/Volvo/Audi apparently, they all...

So yesterday morning i visited this chap: Locking Wheel Nut Removal | Wheel Nut Remover - No.1 Locking Wheel Nut Remover https://www.facebook.com/LockingWheelNutsRemoved/ Firstly he tried the Dynomec, which i was going to buy, & it simply snapped. Then he tired whacking a socket on, but again...

Looks great!! Please lower it though, it currently makes even a Trophy looked slammed

Haha, i thought the same 😂 So, at the weekend, i set about trying to fit some of the part id accumulated, the AEM/Airtec/Ohlins/Carbotechs, first off was the AEM, took a little while, but very straight forward and all incredibly well made. For an induction kit, its ruddy expensive i...

I know what you mean, but personally, knowing what the chap has built before, id be happy to give him my money 😂 e30 M3 with a V10+e90 manual box: e30 M3 with e36 M3 Evo engine+box: Apparently he's now sourced a V8 Turbo from the latest M5 ...

Well a 2nd hand V10 M5 engine off ebay is £8k, so £25k isnt so bad when you consider the price of manual e46 M3's these days, plus the associated fabrication to get it all to fitted & working properly in an OEM fashion. Its not the driftworks yo one. This is owned by a chap on PH.

If it helps, this is my R53 against what i imagine is a mapped R26 (from about 4:50 onwards): I havent driven an R26, but performance wise, a Mini with 225bhp or so & a diff would be more than a match for one on track id imagine, certainly from a handling perspective. On the road, id expect the...

Yeah, something like that, i want to try both on track on the same day, to see whether the much more road biased R56 will perform adequately. As you say, my track days are fairly minimal, & getting less & less, purely through a lack of time/availability of days off/weekend trackdays. The overall...

Few parcels have turned up ... AEM N14 Intake Airtec R56 FMIC Carbotech XP8 front pads Ohlins Road & Track coilovers Will start fitting things at the weekend id imagine ...

Just fit the bodywork to the normal one then!! At £25k, you would sell them by the bucket load.

Sounds like my Hoover. Looks like a 1.2. This is Fail: This is WIN: FFS Renault, pull your head from out of your 4rse. To help with my want for a new RenaultSport i have bought some Ohlins for my Mini. French numpties.

There was quite few F56's out there actually, the one running a half cage certainly wasn't shy. Is funny, no where else would you see ridiculous 911's & M3's being hunted by Mini'/Megane's seemingly travelling around in packs, nose to tail 🙈 Decided against the BC Racing coilovers in the...

So went to the ring this weekend, car is brilliant. Ill do a full report later on with photos etc, but i saw 140 mph on the GPS (145 on the speedo), before i decided that looking at the road was more important, speedo went beyond 150 lol ... for a standard car, i didnt think that was too bad...

Having spent a good 20 minutes at Goodwood on Sunday drooling over this thing, Renault need to at least stick the bodykit on the 1.6T and put a manual box in it. Hand on heart, if it looked EXACTLY like the one at Goodwood, but with 5 seats, i would be test driving one. If it was as good behind...

This ones just been de-coked and had the timing chain done, so hopefully will be ok. Its likely i'll buy a catch can though. My ISA earns no interest, so might as well have more things to play with lol. I know, although its seems my years of doom-mongering has had a fantastic affect on their...

So, my Trackshed R53 (http://www.cliosport.net/threads/another-mcs-the-track-day-toy.755737/) is currently smoking like a chimney & needing the valve stem's doing, so last month i bought a Lohen BVH. However, by the time id worked out that i also needed a Janspeed manifold, Tomcat, Catcam &...

Yeah in Houx as per normal. Where about's are you?

Ha ha, minimal is the way forwards!! After all, its supposed to look like a mixture of these: We have a Mondeo BTCC car going as well, so no point trying to compete with that cars epicness!! lol. Its ok, mines a V8, not a 318 :wink: Thats the rear bumper 😂

I must admit, you are probably right, so i'm leaving this alone, have bought something else to keep my tinkering hands occupied :tongueclosed: M3 hasnt been left alone 100% though, this weekend i gave it its first wash (only took 3 months) in preparation for Le Mans. Being that im travelling...

Same. Vodafone MN1 was my first mobile in circa 1998. After that, i think it was something along these lines: Nokia 8210, Ericsson T39, Nokia 8310, Nokia 6610, Sony Ericsson T610, Nokia 610i, Sony Ericsson K750, Nokia 6500 Classic, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 5S & current iPhone 6S. Choosing...

Renault lol. In marketing/sales for head office iirc.

Exactly. Umm, didnt you say that about the 200T as well though :kissingheart:

Not necessarily, as with a PCP, you also have a balloon to consider. For example, hypothetically speaking, assuming 4.5% interest, £1500 deposit: Clio 200T - £20k buy price, 50p balloon after 3 years, capital/interest payments based on £19.5k over 3 years, interest only on the £500. £556 per...

I have fitted Falkens/Kumho to BMW's in the past, although my preference is always to fit the best tyres i can afford tbh, so would rather put part worn (non puncture repaired), Continentals/Michelin's on instead i think.

I tend to agree tbh. With that in mind, the R53 is going to come off the road long-term, for me to rebuild the existing head (new valve stem seals etc) - i've always wanted to pull an engine apart, so now is the ideal opportunity. Furthermore, i simply don't want to spend £2.5k building the top...

I remember when you bought this, which makes me feel old!!! Still looks lovely though, glad its giving you great service :up: