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Oh and for the more observant of you the heater box has also been removed!

Another good evening in the workshop. Decided to crack on and get the interior stripped. managed to remove both top and bottom of the Dash followed by the steering column. Then finished stripping out the front carpets sound deadening etc, to do this I removed the dash support frame...

Apologies for the photo snafu. More progress yesterday. Split the engine and box and the clutch looks fine which is good as we were told it had recently been changed when we bought the car, condition would seem to back this up. Also removed the power steering pump as the EPAs column arrived last...

Dave spent the day up the workshop yesterday and the end result was: At least we now know that a Clio 182 interior less the 2 front seats and the carpets will fit inside a Volvo estate... I'm making a start on the engine today and was initially surprised when i removed the inlet...

Dave spent the day up the workshop yesterday and the end result was: At least we now know that a Clio 182 interior less the 2 front seats and the carpets will fit inside a Volvo estate... I'm making a start on the engine today and was initially surprised when i removed the inlet manifold to...

"Sold now :smile:. I enjoyed that little car and buying it meant I gained interest in these little buggers and ended up with the LY, I doubt I'd have put that note on it if I hadn't bought this one :smile: " Well that didn't take long and a lot of car for not much money, Id have had it at that...

For the gearbox try Roger at Roger Bayliss transmissions on 07850 399988 he's done my race boxes diffs etc for years, does an excellent job at a fair price. Tell him Mac from VXS gave you his details. HTH

In case anyone was wondering why the heater is going in toto its to be replaced by one of these: http://www.t7design.co.uk/index.php/heating/heaters/3-5kw-lightweight-heater.html

A good night in the workshop last night closely followed by a night in A&E resulting in a cortisone injection in my arthritic shoulder! Managed to get the engine and box dropped out onto a trolley. Got the sound deadening removed from the engine bay as well as the closing panel for the...

If you need the box looking at i can recommend a chap in Lye, Birmingham ish. Not to far from you. Nice looking beast

Sorry typo meant to say 90, the polybush black are i think 95 shore so not that much harder.

I have used strong flex in Poland for my last 3 track cars with good results. Much cheaper than power flex, they only do up to an 80 shore bush and currently don't have an equivalent to the power flex black. For 5% off use the code alfa5 at checkout.

Good day today. I'm slightly hampered as my left shoulder is in a brace but with the judicious use of straps I managed to get the front subframe down single handed! I did struggle to get at the pinch bolt connecting the rack to the column so in the end detached the rack from the subframe then...

I have original Aero Catches here to compare them with mate and there seems to be very little difference. The material seems to be comparable, i think its a glass reinforced plastic on both. I can see no difference at all between the posts. I know what your saying but we will probably leave the...

Yes Mate, full strip rear cage, half dash, EPAS etc etc. No idea when the cam belt was last done so were pulling the engine and doing a cam belt dephaser, water pump etc and stripping the engine bay at the same time.

Good news and bad news.. Our Polybushes have arrived from Strongflex have arrived, this will be the 3rd car we have used them on and so far have been very happy with the quality especially when you consider the prices. Bad news is that the torrential rain yesterday resulted in this mess...

Good news and bad news.. Our Polybushes have arrived from Strongflex have arrived, this will be the 3rd car we have used them on and so far have been very happy with the quality especially when you consider the prices.

Managed to get a couple of hours in the workshop tonight after finally getting Nicole in from the yard. In the workshop at last by Snakebelly posted Jun 8, 2016 at 11:23 PM Were ditching the heater, Ac and power steering so quite a lot of this stuff wont go back on. Parts coming off by...

Just noticed the colour looks a bit washed out. Its actually RAL 2004 bright orange :-) not exactly original I know but its our old racing colours (Black & Orange) so had to be done.

Still stockpiling parts. Fresh wheels by Snakebelly posted Jun 6, 2016 at 8:26 PM Picked these up from City Powder Coaters this morning, £100 for 5 and they have, as usual done a cracking job for the money. Haver fitted some Nankang NS2r's I had lying around. Got another 5 to pick up next week...

would have been busier but have 2 other cars I'm working on at the same time! I think I have an addiction....

Started work a couple of days ago. Removed front bumper and stripped out all the A/C hoses and the condenser, unfortunately that revealed that the radiator is toast, the slightest movement and it sheds fins. We were tempted to go for an all alloy rad but in the end just ordered an non A/C...

So it begins, parts starting to arrive.

So what's the plan? 1. engine and gearbox out. 2. Thorough clean of the engine bay and totally remove the heater box 3. Cam belt and dephaser change and a PMS AC delete kit along with new accessory belt and tensioner. 4. New plugs and leads 5. Remove Headlights and replace with blanks 6. Check...

And a couple more of her back at base. Please forgive the hopeless photography, David Bailey I'm not!

A few more pics of Nicole as collected.

Well been lurking around here for a few weeks now so thought I should get round to starting a project thread for "Nicole". This is a joint venture between me and my long time car Buddy Dave. We used to race competitively but gave that up some years back and now just tat around doing trackdays...

Yep at my mates tyre shop earlier and showed him this, not a chance was his reply, too close to the sidewall.

If your sure its the originals then they will be the standard size. If it was me and it was totally stripped I would spend the money and take it to a local engine builders just to get the mains and big ends miked up and ground if necessary.

And trying to be more positive this time. If your crank journals have worn they will need to be reground, as the grinding process removes metal the bearings have to increase in size to take up the slack. Hence they are available in Standard, the size that would be fitted at the factory, 0.25mm...