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That’s what I’m saying we all know they aren’t safe but the governing body deems them to be safe. For me it’s cage mounted harness bar for harnesses or don’t have them. Equally I won’t drive a stripped out car without a cage just not worth it.

The best thing is when you go to club race meetings and it’s full of people with incorrectly mounted harnesses that have been passed by scrutineering.

4.5k I believe, good money for the spec on it. Can’t wait to have a go in it.

Today I’ve welcomed another Clio into the family. I think my dad was feeling left out so he’s bought a 182 turbo so we can go to track days together next year and have some fun. Looking forward to developing the cars side by side.

Miss mine so much, might have only been a wrx but loved it. Will get another one day!

Depends what the car is used for? If solely a road car I’d go for the standard febi replacements which will be miles better than 10+ year old bushes. If it’s part road/part track day I’d go powerflex purple but full on race car black series powerflex.

So not much of an update recently. I have hopefully bought a full sparco bolt in cage for the princely sum of £300 and it’s FIA approved so could in theory be used for racing (not that I’m going too) will be fine for track days though. A good friend of mine is going to weld in the spreader...

Haha 100%. To be fair I raced a k series engined car for 6 years and the headgasket never failed on any of them.

I hope it’s not banned on tracks half the MG race series use it in there race cars, good old rover k series aye 😂😂

Previous owner had it put in my Impreza and I never had any issues. But they are pretty known for headgasket issues. I wouldnt use it in a clio imo

I’d be all over this but after having a 7 plus for 3 years I don’t think I could go back down to a smaller screen

So a quick update today, removed the unnecessary wiring from the body loom. Airbag and radio wiring removed and plugs/wiring removed that were in the loom but not spec’d with. Worth it just to make the loom look tidier even though it’ll be behind the dash. thanks to @GrahamS for sending the...

Cool cheers @Bilb123. I cable tied all the airbag wires up behind dash today along with moving the ecu and it just looks messy. The car will only have 1 more mot before itll become full on trailer queen track car so i can get round the light being on. Cheers 👍🏻

Sorry to revive an old thread, so if remove the airbag wiring and the airbag ecu the car will still run? Or does the uch need a can signal from the airbag ecu to run? I will try it tomorrow but sat here pondering at the moment Light on the dash doesn’t worry me too much

Sorted, car thought it was nighttime because of the sunstrip and putting the headlights on. Turned off auto headlights and it’s all good 👍🏻

So I’ve been messing about with the Clio wiring and it all runs etc I haven’t cut anything out just been tidying it up. Now the climate control screen will come on with the ignition on, and all functions work, but as soon as you crank and start the car the screen goes off and doesn’t come back...

Went off at cadwell by all accounts

Bit of progress today, the EPAS kit I bought turned up 😊 so I immediately got cracking (furloughed life) got the subframe off with the rack I know could’ve probably removed the pipes without taking the subframe all the way off but I really couldn’t be bothered to struggle. Rack blanks and link...

So I’m trying to piece the final part together for my epas setup and getting the controller off eBay. I’ve seen these 2, is there any difference? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/142463350168 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262195433245

The B14’s will stay for a while as it will be used on the road occasionally and I do like their compliance, although that’s probably changed now it’s Polybushed. Future Plans: Full cage Once I’ve got a tow car/trailer Coilovers will be replaced with a proper setup. Remove rear beam refresh...

and some quick pics of my previous ZR race car I raced for 5 years and boxster I raced for 2 years

And that brings it up to date. Yesterday I’ve removed the dash to trim back the body loom of unneeded plugs. I have also bought an EPAS setup and cup alternator setup and full strip out has begun. I plan to get a full cage fitted even if I only do track days, hate being on track without a cage.

As it was all out I also Polybushed the subframe, black series bushes in the lower arms and purple series rest. I’ve also renewed the engine mounts with added powerflex insert for now although in time I’m sure these will be replaced too. Also taken the opportunity to upgrade to a 182 manifold...

At the beginning of March I took the engine out the old girl to do the belt, fit a clutch and generally tidy up the bay and engine loom as it had been out before and not refitted properly. At this time I decided as it was going to be going on track this year to strip the engine too to check the...

So fast forward 3 months no longer needed as a daily things are going to get interesting. In the time I’d been using it daily I’d fitted a sparco seat on extra low frame and fitted a ktec bolt in cage.

Hi, so I thought I’d document my journey with my 172 into track car/possibly race car. A little bit of background about me this is actually my 4th 172 and 7th clio having had 2x 172 cups 2x172 1x 182 and 2x 1.2’s. Day job I’m a technician for Porsche which is fun to say the least. So back in...

I think I’ve done that in a previous life this is just adding to it 😂😂

Dash removed. I think it’s officially a project now. Do I start a project thread? Would anyone be interested?

Just read this entire thread, wow the cups come on a long way! Given me extra motivation to do mine now!

Now I’ve got it back together I’m now thinking that I should’ve done an EPAS conversion at the same time. Is it hard to do? I’ve not done any research into it