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Okay so have had some issues since our last update.
Everything was going together swimmingly until it came to winding out the tie rod ends, literally just that and the brake lines left to do.
The passenger one came off the ball joint and undid the pinch bolt no bother and I could adjust it...
Okay so today progress:
Got started about 3:30pm as I had uni lectures and had to do some running around. Picked up the new subframe bolts from renault as well, was in a cba type mood and was going to leave it all till tomorrow then I remembered that I had tax untill end of tomorrow, oh waittt...
Ahh Hello bud! I forgot you had a clio! Yeah this is what im doing atm while the mini is sitting on my parents drive, it needs a turbo rebuild rolling road day and potentially a re-hone or rebore. Its all money I cant afford atm so bought this cheap but ened up crashign it :/
Yeah shes still...
Picked up the following today:
Williams Subframe & Widetrack
Williams Wheels
Heatshield
Indicator Stalk
Pass wing (just incase I need one, or the colour isnt quite right)
Parcel Shelf
Williams Suit Carrier
*hopefully* get it all fitted over the next two days in between lectures - depending on...
So the past day or so, have been removing the subframe ready for the williams jobby thats im going to collect in a few hours:
Shocks off:
Shizzles undone:
Was steaming ahead untill the last two bolts became a massive problem (the two bolts at the rear of the subby) as usual the cages...
Thanks for the offer mate, but I pretty much have had the whole front end off the williams that the front panels came from, all im really missing is the engine and loom lol
Hey guys!
What I wanted to ask was should I get an F7R (Williams 2.0 16v) or an F4R (172/182 2.0 16v) for my mk1 clio.
Basically I want to make it a nice rounded track car and daily and maintain comfort.
I was thinking the F7R with the following spec:
CatCam 225's
SuperSprint Manifold
Ported...
yeah I thought it was pretty shot away mate, luckily my dads a magician and shes back :) You were deffinatly right, the mini is pretty much the same as a valver
new thread here as I changed the original post
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?680102-Nicole-the-432-Valver-)-(Otherwise-known-as-The-YOJ)
Made a new thread due to wanting to change how I wrote it, Mods please delete the old one
Hello all, so this thread begins on a dark Sunday night (6/1/2013), I had been to the C16V new years meet the night before and really fancied owning another clio, was talking to chip about the mini and its...
Cars all fixed now, was going to wait till it was fully finished to show you guys however Matthew has shared the news already.
Front end is all repaired all panels back in shape and it has a new front end on it now as well.
It just needs a new subframe which im picking up next week :)
Just...
Ahh! Hasnt Z master got SDV now?
If so I think a meet up at fcs 13 would have to be in order haha!
Benji, are you taking the piss lol I was considering asking to delete the thread and re-make a new one lol
Yeah, gotta change the engine as the existing ones knocking real bad but it will all be fine afterwards :)
i was thinking about going to the cs sat 2013 are you and chip going this year?
Oh Hai Lesley!
Yeah :) I ended up buying chesh's half bodged volvo project but thats probably going to get broken now for parts for this and because I dont have room for 3 cars haha :)
How are you doing!? Long time no speak!?
No thats not me lol thats my housemate his name is Neil really lol, I was writting it up like I have every other post I have written and kinda fancied writing it as a story haha
Our story begins on a dark Sunday night, the hero of this story is a student who had been to a Valver meet the night before and had gotten the bug back, real bad. After discussing the trials and tribulations his classic mini was putting him through with a good friend; it was decided that it be...
Been watching this thread since I was just 16 and it was on "75% complete", I'm now 21 in less than a month LOL
I thought you'd given up on it tbh but good to see it will be finished :D Whose doing the work for you atm??
Yeah, well it wouldnt be so bad if it hadnt have all been bodged to s**t
Thanks mate :)
Ahhh :) Well tbh I wanted it because its a cheap and easy way of getting a turbo conversion, just happend to find a white clio (my third white one) with it in for £270 :)
yeah I haven't really been on it, had a quick nosey around since it was made free but lets be honest it went to s**t years ago when chip was banned and other frequent members left
yeah puts me off my dinner as well! Luckily Reevio has promised to come and sort it all out for me :S Cheers, mini is cool I always wanted one of those too :)
Ahaha I didn't realise you guys had jumped ship?
Yeah I think Chesh's method to wiring was: "I Have a green wire and a blue and...