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No it's going track only, fancy racing in the Tricolore ultimately but I'll have to assess my budget in the new year and make a call.

Is doing away with the VVT an easy job?

Very nice

Car's back today, only got one picture as its dark. This used to be the brake fluid reservoir. Looking into a donor car as I could do with a few things. Anyone with a sub £500 172 Cup with a working engine let me know. Accident damaged etc is fine.

Also my 200 Gordini wheel is for sale with the changes to spec that are planned. Would be interested in swapping it with something suitable for track use. http://www.cliosport.net/threads/clio-200-gordini-steering-wheel.762938/

Cheers, will do :up:

Cheers, I'm happy I'm getting it back. Found a Laguna II V6 earlier. Not the most special car on the planet but might be worth a punt. She's just a bit unsure on the auto box. I prefer the build quality and interior on the facelift but they're a bit more money.

So today the insurance company confirmed my suspicions and the 172 has been written off. It's a shame but it was inevitable, there goes my 11 years of not claiming on insurance. That's not the end of the car though as it's being delivered back to me on Thursday :smilingimp: The plan is to strip...

They've made a mistake on the second part. Google 172 Cup MOT exception. There's a note for testers you can show them.

Glad to see it back how it should be.

Cheers Alex, due to hear from the insurance company later and then I'll be acting pretty quickly. Looking forward to seeing yours running now.

I'm out on that date, my son's birthday on the Saturday and recovering from the works Christmas do on the Sunday.

Possibly mate, thankfully the coilovers I got from you were unharmed along with the Brembos. Will try to figure it out properly tomorrow. How's your clan or Renaultsports?

We'll see, big bill anticipated. Likewise, hope you sort yours.

Today was supposed to be the day that the 172 was back with me with everything done after over two months of niggles. The lambda was changed, but we actually found it to be a faulty plug. It was due in at SC to have the servo done and a couple of new tyres. After the MOT, while the car was...

Split fuel return it appears, lucky that it wasn't much worse.

Still presuming it's the servo, may never get to the bottom though as there was a small-ish fire in the car and the servo, MC and a few other bits are a bit hot and melted. Good luck with solving it :disrelieved:

Date dependent I'm in with the 182.

Has anyone done it with a 172 in the £1,000-£1,500 price range of late. If so how much did you have to pay to get the car back? Early days yet as my insurer doesn't know about the damage but need to have a chat with them tomorrow. Trying to decide whether fixing it is feasible.

Can't believe he has the balls to.... Glad the car's running ,seems like ages ago you had it nearly ready and it just never went anywhere.

Car looks mean in all black, any more plans for it?

Not heard of that or experienced it myself with a Clio.

I've had/got a similar problem. The only thing it can be now is the servo, changed everything else. It's in the garage on Tuesday again so I'll let you know how I get on. Wasn't my master cylinder or ABS pump.

I've seen a few done but seem to remember there being issues with the electrics. Was something along the lines of the ABS light or getting the clocks to work properly.

Really impressed with the work that's gone into it. Always fancied seeing a "bigger" dci in a Clio.

You got a target for when you want it completing by?

Wish I could take on this as a project. Sadly the wife won't have it for her daily 😞 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Renault-21-Turbo-Phase-1-200bhp-80s-Super-Saloon-Retro-Car-5-GT-Clio-WIlliams-/171525906882?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item27efbda1c2

I haven't found them that way so far as I've not been able to push it due to other niggles. Found it fine on the crap roads around here though in normal driving. They do have adjustable damping though on the rear and it's on its softest.

I was going to go Cup shocks and Eibach/Cooksport springs but picked a set of Gaz coilovers up second hand, freshly refurbished. Been happy with them so far.

Yeah agree with you on that one.