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Although I bought a new lamp pod last year , along with some good lights with HID bulbs , thought i'd actually get to use them this year after not taking the clio to Jersey last year , but I went to the rallycar show in Castle Coombe last week and seen some new LED spot lights on show , and...

No didn't get any numbers , got those last time on the dyno , just did more work low down to make it crisper and pick up cleaner from 2k its a lot nicer now : ) jersey here we come .

Just got back from a long day to Cornwall and back having the cars map tweaked , runs a lot cleaner low down now , it's nice and crisp now. With the 10/60 oil I'm seeing 5.1 bar of oil pressure when it's at running temp , so happy with that

He's mapping my clio tomorrow

Regarding the oil pump , I wonder if it would work and have more low down pressure if a change of size in the drive on the pump , having a smaller gear made and fitted , along with shortening the chain , that would make the pump spin faster and produce more pressure , the unknown would be how it...

If I got the sums right the saxo is 266hp per ton and my clio is 263 (242hp and 920kg) so not a million miles away , and my car could be made a lot lighter

Yes when I change to Castrol edge 10/60 I might even get a bit more pressure when hot , this tesco stuff is like water ! yes the pressure is higher up the revs , up to say 3k it's about the same as standard , there are some pictures I added of the inside of a pump not so long ago on the link...

I'll never keep any info on my car , or what we have done to it , if it can help anyone else just ask

Yes going sky high was in my mind as its a bugger to get the sump off with the engine being mounted on the subframe , wasn't looking forward to getting at it to change the shim , if anyone is interested I shimmed it 3.5mm its weird how some are saying they have over 5 bar standard , but more...

Driving around the trading estate late yesterday afternoon , I saw 5.4 bar of oil pressure at 4k revs , with oil temp at 85 , with my standard race car engine when I bought the car , and the engine that just threw a rod out would see 3.8 bar , this was two different bottom ends , and two...

That's odd then as everyone I have spoken to says 3.5 to 4 bar is the norm ?? even doing a quick search brings up this thread http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?323033-What-is-the-normal-oil-pressure-for-172 you sure your pump is standard , I can see with 10/60 fully synthetic oil...

Put some miles on it today , all seems good so far , interesting to see the oil pressure is going to 5.4bar max now , so nearly 2 bar more than before and that's with crap oil , so shimming the oil pump spring does work :D

Well she's back together and running now , had the engine back off Fred Friday afternoon , was away in Castle Coombe Saturday so didn't have chance to work on it , did plan on coming in Sunday but after being in a neighbors house till 4am for a birthday party I suffered most of sunday with a...

Had mine since may and loving it , what a bonkers car ! Changed the wheels and tyres on mine to mpss and BC 2 piece , tyres are as good as the original bridgestones. i have also fitted a Russ fellows system but without the dp's , sounds awesome ! mine is stage 1 and goes well , I can't...

The box is about 9k euro's , as far as I can tell it comes with the bellhousing to fit on the clio engine , if they mean the 197 block then as the sodemo engine needs a new block i'll see if the head will fit one and i'll use a 197 block , i'm still half tempted to build the 197 road car into a...

Just to add i'll be selling my sadev in the next 6 weeks , it has the lower CW&P for rallying , and has just had a brand new barrel sensor from sadev ! looking for £5k for it , which is what I have spent on it in the last year lol

I heard he was selling all the parts very cheaply ! I would have been interested in buying the box as a spare but you got in before me , which is a good thing as i'm buying a brand new ST82-14 before the end of the year to mate to the rebuilt F3 engine to go in my car as I don't think my current...

How can the mot station be liable for this , there was clearly a fault with your car , otherwise every Clio put through this would catch fire ! sounds like the sound deadening material was not fitted properly and was touching the manifold , so it could have caught fire anywhere , you should be...

Hi Does anyone know what thrust bearing the early UK 172 sadev box uses as its larger than a standard 172 one , mine was lost when the box was sent to SWR and they said there's a few types so measure the clutch plate , but I'm only running a standard plate and thats with Fred at the moment so I...

I wish my clio only cost that , i'm up to around £30k now lol , and i'm looking to upgrade to the larger sadev box before the end of the year adding another £10k to that , but half of that should be covered by the sale of my current box Yes its always cheaper to buy a car rather than build one...

Well if your building a car the seats and belts will be new so in date for 5 years , window film you can do yourself for £20 , I got the stuff from Peter lloyd rallying and did it myself , fuel sampling valve is less than a hundred quid , I see no issue myself so get it built lol. as for the...

My rally car is 920 kg , but I still have all steel panels , glass , and even electric windows , so could go quite a bit lighter

Did you just change the spring on yours , or did you shim it up , if you shimmed it , what thickness did you fit to get to 6 bar ? ​Cheers Ian

Here is my old one One careful owner lol Coleman , I was behind you yesterday on Ewenny Roundabout , thought you were going to have a play but you turned up towards Heronstone , car looks nice , I had an RB5 about 10 years ago , nice cars

Surely you can control the difference in hot and cold pressure with a better choice of oil , if its getting too thin when hot making a big difference in pressure , then a thicker oil would reduce that gap considerably , tbh , I don't see a big difference between hot and cold temps in mine ...

yes but no turbo runs with the wastegate shut all the time , you will get turbo's running out of puff on boosted cars on standard turbo's , my GTR is 600 hp and to go to 750 I need new turbo's lol , but they will produce more boost midrange than needed so is bled off , so putting a stonger...

ok lets forget about 3 bar for the Minute then as they run more pressure than that , speaking to various people they all say the pressure mine was running , 3.8 is about normal , so my pump must have been making more than that to hold it , if not the pressure would have dropped with revs , even...

Yes I know how a pump works , basically on the similar lines of a turbo , a turbo moves air and if it can't move all the air it builds up pressure and the wastegate bleeds off the excess , same as an oil pump , I mean oil mover , lol , see if I prove you wrong then when I mess about with shims...

yes your right , and that pressure is what Renault have decided is right for the use , ie , a standard car , that doesn't mean the pump is as you say made exactly to only run that pressure , each engine will have different requirements as no two engines will leakdown the same I bet , so the pump...

I don't think they are designed to run exactly a certain amount of oil pressure , otherwise they wouldn't need a pressure relief valve , personally I think they will run more pressure , and is capped on the valve , we'll soon see