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Small update just to say it's all mapped now. It did max the oe injectors out so has a set of megane 225 injectors in there now. Looks like one of the oe ones was leaking slightly as well which may explain why I thought it was overfuelling last season. Very impressed with the improvements...

Haven't decided on coating it yet mate, if the heat given off isn't excessive I probably won't bother but will see. It's the same as heat wrapping I guess, do you want to keep the heat retained in the manifold and therefore the head and risk the damage that way or do you want the manifold to...

Still have vvt on my 421's it's the throttle bodies that make it idle high, even just off the throttle stop there's a fair amount of air passing into the engine hence the idle being higher. Russ

Mines idling as low as it'll go without stalling at approx 1300-1400rpm but yours might be different on those bodies. Russ

The vvt makes no difference as its active above 1500rpm on a standard car anyway so the cam is always advances, mine idles about 1500rpm anyway! Russ

Nice one sonny, can't wait till the first race now with all these quick clio kicking around. Russ

It'll be a different car once it's mapped and let off its leash mate, just sounded like it was coming on song and you had to change gear yesterday. Appreciate the ride out for the father in law too. Russ

@Diagro Thanks mate appreciate it. Car is currently away being mapped, looks like the oe injectors are maxed out with the new manifold so my Meg 225 ones I was keeping for my new engine are going in tomorrow so it can be finished, current figures are encouraging! Russ

Hhmm, my excuse is I don't get out much nowadays! Russ

Yeah maybe nobody else noticed either! Russ

Cheating barsteward! Russ

Productive week on the car this week. Took it to Blink Motorsport yesterday and had all the geo done and corner weighted. Rear beam should be spot on now. All corner weighted with race fuel level comes in at 890kg + driver so happy with that, I've added weight with the sump guard put stripped...

Oil breather plate is all finished now, really pleased with how it's come out. New alloy fitting welded on New plug fitted in original hole All primed up And painted And refitted with new hose etc. That's the car all done for now. Going for full geo setup next Friday and the map...

Looking good james, what cage is it out of interest? Russ

No mate it's not mine just in for some work. @neil a certainly a good way to lose a fair bit of weight but more importantly make it a lot more reliable and eaiser to fix if there is a problem, essential on a race car. Russ

Van is at the body shop now for a couple of weeks. Got a good chunk of work done on it today. Hopefully next time I've got some pics it'll be mint with all new bits fitted! Seen as the clio is just about ready for testing and The breather plate is away being welded ive got time for other...

Haven't tested it yet! It's certainly a better designed and built piece of kit for similar money. It is the thicker option too. Russ

Lol do something useful then and find me a brand new fiamma F65s 4m awning in black for £50! They're £700+ and that makes me feel ill! Russ

Probably the one I just sold the other week to newcastle for £50! Russ

Linky no worky! I'm guessing it was probably some pink fluffy seat covers knowing you! Russ

It was on ebay Danny a black one he's relisted it now as a non runner I think. Was a decent car, fairly original with good history, a few dents/marks but pretty clean. Russ

Oh the irony! Went to pick up a nice ph1 today, been sat in the garage for 2 weeks and the guy came to start it this morning, pop bang and then just constantly turning over! Had a poke about to check basics, crank sensor, fuel and spark etc but it looks like the timing has slipped or jumped to...

Damn right it would mate! But tbf that's not just Ktec that can't time one up, done a belt recently on a 182 that had had it done previously by a 'specialist' and it was out + the amount of renault main dealer ones out there isn't funny either! Russ

Think it's time I started building more race cars for paying customers! Flol at how the battery isolator is mounted, hanging off one bolt! Seriously who is gonna buy that for £9.5k, I could build one for a customer in a matter of weeks for not much more than half that! Russ

Exactly, £10k is probably 2/3 the total build cost of the whole car upto now so just not worth thinking about especially in one go! Russ

I'll be a bit off 260bhp I'm afraid, I think getting a reliable f4r to do those kind of numbers would make my eyes water in terms of money! It's new crank and solid lifter territory and I could never justify that. Yeah I agree with the 197, ive raced Kevs Tricolore 200 at donington in tintops...

The extra horse power is on the cards mark don't worry, but the ex prod btcc cars aren't all that much faster, it's the Hondas that are the problem hence why I was building the civic, they make a lot of power easily and they've got a lot more mechanical grip. The clio is a lot lighter though! Russ

Not a lot happening but if you've been paying attention you may have noticed that I've sold all my honda shell and parts, just waiting for the roll cage to be collected. I just haven't got the time or money to build another high spec race car at the minute + I think I should really be developing...

More to the point 'if' there is a launch day! Russ

Booked in with Paul at TDi North for week commencing 2nd March. Russ