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Cheers man. Not a touch on your beast though!

I know about this day. A friend has already invited me along :-) however it's a bit too far for me. I was hoping to go when it was being held at Silverstone but I understand they have just recently changed the venue and date. Your car sounds like it needs a lot more work than mine at the...

Just track days at the moment mate. Although I have considered getting into some form of racing at some point. But nothing is on the horizon just yet!! The car isn't even in a decent state at the minute and it's been stressing me out for a couple of months, to the point where I had lost the...

Getting there. Still got a whole years worth to go! Cheers man. Lots more to come but I've had enough of posting photos for today haha.

Cor that looks rapid!

On the last visit to Mike when he was fitting my ARP rod bolts, he mentioned that my bearings were quite worn. So as it was now winter I thought I would do a little freshen up of the engine. I also planned to do a suspension refresh and tidy up a lot of things along the way, so I bought these...

On the 'Ring trip I noticed two of my road tyres had nails in. So I decided to get rid of them and get another set of 15s and stick some tyres on that I could use in the wet. With a lot of recommendation from the race guys on here I went for Toyo R1R. So I ordered some tyres and bought these...

@Kelv then sorted out a trip to the 'Ring for 6 months time, October 2013. So I spent a lot of time looking for a trailer to take the Clio there on. I eventually picked up a lovely PRG trailer from Warwickshire. In the mean time I had taken the Clio back to Mike again for fitting of the...

I replaced the standard bullets with a nice anthracite Spray Shack item.. (Yes I do have shorts on)

I then bought these: :cool: But I had another track day booked in before I could go about getting them fitted. This time at Brands, one of my favourite track so far. Even @Kelv attended this time and came for a few passenger laps to give me some pointers. Also bought a new...

I then treated the car to a proper valet. It was gleaming once done and looked immaculate.

I then did some more painting on the inside, with a lot of help from the old man (he likes painting). Also got a KTR boot mat cheap so stuck that in. I then took the car to Matt @ Code Red Motorsport who relocated the battery for me and fitted a cut off switch with fuse bypass...

I did another track day with some Honda mates and the Clio showed them how it was done ;)

I did a wet airfield day and the car got filthy. Started off with the road wheel and the Michelin tyres but swapped to the track wheels when it dried up a bit. Was surprised at how good the R888s were even in damp conditions. A couple of days later I bought this: The alternator was...

Haha how can you tell ;) Yeah, @Ant_Smiggy has them in his beautiful beast now.

My mate and I did a track day at Mallory in the middle of winter which was great fun. He had a slight off and got the car covered in mud. The Clio performed very well as always, but I stayed on the road wheels with Michelin tyres this time. When we got home I got the local valet place to...

I then stripped the car out some more and started to prep it for a Safety Devices rear cage. Got the cage fitted and then did a bit more painting inside to try and tidy it up a bit.

It was such a relief to get it all sorted and covered mate!!

Next up was a slightly larger change to the car as it was cambelt time. So I took the car to Mike @ Michael Woodford Motorsport. Whilst it was being done I thought it would be silly not to put some cams in at the same time. So I provided Mike with the following parts and asked him to fit them...

I purchased a retrimmed steering wheel from Snappy and got that fitted as soon as it was received. It made a nice change to the melted standard one. I also fitted a new gear stick gaiter to match the wheel.

I got the car fully serviced, new oil, oil filter, coolant, spark plugs. Upgraded to Magnecor ignition leads and solid engine mounts. Then as soon as it was home I set about fitting my new KTR induction kit and starting to paint the inside. I also got a smaller front plate fitted, and took...

Old badges off and new one on... Also had the car repaired by a local body shop. The guy did an awesome job and was very well priced. Wouldn't hesitate to use him again. All paid for by the other driver's insurance company eventually, after many months of hassle and aggro though.

The next weekend I set off for another track day at Bedford. Unfortunately on my journey and only 10 minutes from home someone crashed into the back of me. I was so angry I made the driver sign a disclaimer I had written out in the petrol garage near by, admitting all fault. Took the car...

A second set of wheels was purchased along with some sticky tyres. These became my track only wheels.

Soon after fitting these I gave the car it's first proper clean up. Looking rather tidy.

The next purchase was some lovely leather bucket seats and second hand harnesses, to make it feel more race car and to stop me from rolling around in the corners. These made such an improvement to the driving experience for over a year, and I would have still had them to this day if I didn't...

To further try and reduce the body roll on track I bought some Eibach Sportline springs. I got my local mechanic to fit them for me as I had never touched a car before and was too scared to try and do it myself. I also got him to fit a Powerflex bush on the dog bone mount for me whilst he...

I never said I was selling it lol. I have lost the love for it. But it'll never go, I'm far too balls deep haha!!! I'm looking at other cars still to replace my daily. Hoping that once the mapping is done and Alex has sorted out all the wiring mess for me, I can start using it more and...

Next up was a new exhaust. The noise of the system was key for me. I don't like anything too 'droney' So after lots of time spent looking at videos online I decided to go for a full Milltek system and benefit from it's lifetime warranty. This was fitted free of charge by the supplying garage...

I did a couple of track days at Bedford and Woodbridge before anything happened next. They really are decent cars out of the box and I had some good fun with it, but this was always a toy for me and a step into being more hands on so I decided to try and reduce the body roll. A Whiteline ARB...