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Had this on a few of my road cars. Back and forth to tyre places like Kwik-fit, Tyre-Spot, ATS-Euromaster et al. Same as you, never felt quite right and the steering wheel slightly out of line. Same old excuses. In the end a friend said have you taken it to a body repair centre. The thought...

Great wheel/colour combo. Very nice!

Thanks fella 😀

Put a shift in today correcting all the years of corner cutting by previous keepers. Can’t wait to see this finished and back in the car.

Just helps not getting filthy when working on them. Have you decided on pistons, cams, etc....?

If only Fred. The detergent soak was to soften the grime as some of it was proving difficult to remove. In the end i couldn't get it all out and the pitting was pretty bad in some areas. So i went back to my guy to discuss aqua blasting it. He's a top notch bloke - check out aquablastinguk.com...

Began cleaning up the engine and brackets this week. 17 years of filth and grime right there 👇 Actually taking the engine and box out has been a real eye opener for me, more on that later. Super happy with how these turned out though and can't wait to see it all back on the engine and car...

I’m running EPAS on the track car in conjunction with A040/52 tyres, 15” Pro Race wheels, roll centre correction kit, -3.5 degrees of camber. Took a bit of adjustment to get the feel right, but I wouldn’t go back to HPAS for track. Other advantages, as pointed out above, is accessibility to the...

Is that Smeathorns Road on the way to Castleton?

Began stripping and checking parts from the engine tonight. A bit of cross threading going on with this gearbox bolt. Thankfully still available from Renault. Whipped the sump off as it would be mad not to and began cleaning it up. Agitated it with a stiff brush and some B&H surface HD...

Not car related but similar theme. Swapped my 1978 Gibson Flying V for a "trendy" Charvel Grover Jackson with a Floyd Rose tremolo in Candy Red. Thing died after 2 years. Go try and buy an original 1970's Gibson Flying V. I also had a white RS Escort, Sierra Cosworth 500, 205 GTi, 309 GTi and a...

Hmmmm...Solid red LED means the key is valid and authorised to start, but there is obviously something else at fault. A proper diagnostic check will say for sure. Have you tried removing the crank position sensor and given it a clean? Cleaning it won't make a faulty sensor work of course, but...

And it’s out. Whipped gearbox off, clutch and flywheel and it’s fairly obvious where it’s leaking. It’s proper manky in there as well so looking forward to giving it a good clean up

Half a day preparing to remove the engine and box. Just need to assemble the engine crane and it’s ready to come out. No major dramas and everything seemed to go to plan. I’m going to be doing quite a lot over the next month as it’s the only area I’ve never really tackled, apart from...

There are some proper morons in this world. Why smash somebody's screen in like that. On the brightside they could have nicked your alloys as well.

Began the process of stripping parts from the engine. Not sure how much I should remove but I figure the lighter, the better. I’ll nibble away at it each night so hopefully by Saturday it’ll be pretty much ready to come out. As much as I’m a little anxious about doing the job, I’m pretty...

Looks the same but without the dust. Are you going to restore it then?

Job for this weekend on the BG daily is to get to the bottom of this oil leak. Uses around half a cup full a year but it’s flippin annoying me. It’s not coming from the box or the sump, so I suspect it’s the crank oil seal 💭🤔 Got the seal and also invested in the tool. With 3 Clio Sports it...

It’s a small world. Which ones? I’m in the office with Rachael - youngest - and clare’s Just in the office complex across from us. Sam’s my boss these days and Stephen’s still at Durham. Nice people.

It’s a good circuit that. Sponsored and Co-ordinated the SG Petch Sprint Championship and some of the teams from the Elite Karting Leagues. 9 great years and met some really top drivers and people from that. Couldn’t get away with it myself as I’m a bit on the heavy side compared to the stick...

Cool. I really enjoy it when a few lads get together for a good blast. All my mates are old boring farts, so I’ve been travelling to trackdays on me todd for years. Starting to make some track fwends now 😂

If I remember rightly it’s usually end of December. I know when I was sponsoring karting championships the circuits usually gave me dates around November time. I could probably find out tbh. I’ll make a note to drop them an email.

Now’t like a bit of peer pressure Mark 😳😂

When I saw the notification from you I thought you were going to repost my old comments about Racing Blue Clio’s 😂

I'm starting a new thread on my recent Clio 182 purchase - a 2005 Clio 182 FF in Racing Blue. And by restoration i don't mean concourse, just a decent high standard so she'll last many more years. My other thread is now getting very busy with my BG daily and track car. That thread is here for...

Love this shot from Croft last Tuesday. Not a Javelin photo - they're average at best - but a shot by a chap called Andy Bennison. Next trackday already booked for November 15th. Hope it stays dry this time.

Next time you clean them, put some hydrate-80 or Jenolite on beforehand then paint them. They won’t rust through then.

The Clio Sport landscape has changed forever people. Put simply, the best Clio Sports are now in the hands of the best owners. The time has come for you scruffy little b****s to move onto something else 🤣

Certainly sounds like it fella. Conversely we've just sold our youngest son a property for half of what it's worth. They've just had a baby and he travels 300 miles each weekend from his work to see his new son and girlfriend. He needs his parents support right now.

Crikey, your parents did that to you?