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Mine has evolved into becoming purely a weekend & track day toy. Came off the road in October because of a bust gearbox so I've bought a 2 litre high compression engine for it - will sort out a gearbox later :rasp: It's been my daily driver since I got it in 2007

This site might be useful http://www.cuddles.abelgratis.net/kerbweights.htm

No specialist insurers as such, they always ask you how many miles you'll do when asking for a quote. You just have to do it the old fashioned way & actually talk to them on the phone. I take back my previous comment because of your age, might work out cheaper & easier to go with the tow car &...

In your situation - which isn't too dis-similar to mine - I'd keep the track car road legal & have it insured on a limited mileage policy unless getting the trailer & tow car is something you can get while getting the track car sorted. I'd also double check to see if you need to get another...

An F7 engine of similar spec will always look better than that thing :rolleyes:

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^^I disagree with you a bit on that, once R888's are below the legal tread there's still plenty of life left in them for track days. 1 pair I've got on mine were bought at just legal tread & I've done 4 track days on them and about to do 1 more in a week or so. I'd say that it's well worth...

Only other thing to suggest is keep an eye out for used R888's etc on here, ebay & the motorsports parts section of PH classifieds as you can get some epic bargains ;)

For you the only tricky part will be the wiring for whatever management you use. The manifold for the 172 is readily available off the shelf as well

Is it actually a williams though? The number on the ID plate under the bonnet will reveal the truth

Admittedly I posted before looking at the advert :o lol! But to the OP don't be put off by cat C & D write offs straight away, the important thing to think of is when the write off occurred within the cars life, if it happened early on in it's life be wary as the threshold in ££'s for it to be...

I had a dented rear quarter panel on my valver in 2008 & the insurance assessor said it's a Cat C write off as the repair cost exceeded a certain percentage of the book price of the car

Cat C & D write off's don't mean jack s**t on these cars nowadays, all the ratings represent is that the cost of repair (ie the quote obtained to fix it) crosses a certain percentage of the book value of the car, and since the book prices of them are so low due to their age an insurance company...

I'd say it's safe to assume it's manual steering as I used parts from a 1.2 RL to convert my valver to manual steering

The throttle body needs to be taken apart & cleaned up as they do get clogged up with crap over time, same for the throttle cable

I've had no experience of the mk3 clios so can't say much but out of those I'd personally feel that the megane would be the better choice

I've been to places that make the shittiest parts of Notts look like paradise in comparison lol, the whole country is a shithole, we just have rather a lot of decent places that sort of make up for it....a bit. Bit of an update on the damage for those interested, last we heard from the repair...