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Ive been away from the garage for a while, Skiing in France and Christmas getting in the way (hard life eh!) but got back on it this weekend just gone. Got the front brakes back together, struggling to find new front discs at the moment so put on a set of used I had on the shelf for now...

Bike is done and riding :) shame I dont have a license really innit!

I found some left over heat wrap so I wrapped the downpipe Fitted in loosely ready for the midsection. Tank straps done, rubber sheath fitted and on the car Axle positioned ready to roll under On she goes Brake pipe connected and handbrake cabled also fitted up with the...

While the straps were drying I started assembling the axle on the bench. Wheel bearings on... Tapped out the torx scew holes for the brake disc retainers, look at all the grot! Taps are great for cleaning out threads. Caliper hangers and calipers. The infeed brake line goes to a funny...

Sunday, again, I spent an hour on the other car bleeding brakes and so on, then carried on with the tank straps. This time, the drivers side ends. Doubled it over, plug welded it then angled the top. Did the same for both. You can see here how much stiffer the T-bit makes it along the bottom...

I cut 2 x 30mm strips then a thinner strip which I cut up and welded to the straps where the bottom of the tank sits. This will stop the middle of the tank sagging when its full of fuel. I got to here and it was 8:30 and freezing so I knocked it on the head.

Saturday morning I spend working on another 21 Turbo, but after it got dark I headed in the garage and got cracking. I kinda feel like i'm further into this than I wanted to be, but isn't that always the way? Note to self/everyone, these are 14mm hex, M10 heatproof nuts, makes refitting the...

Mine was flawless, but then I did the conversion myself so it was done properly. If its hurled in by an idiot I would imagine not.

Threw some paint around All the innards cleaned up Paused this, went over the axle with bonda primer. Each coat takes AGES, its fiddly to paint. Back to the calipers Threadlocked the bleed insert into place Pleased with these, new pistons and seals fitted, good to go back...

Got the axle blasted so all the shananigans revolve around that this update. Treated While this dried off I cleaned some other bits up, and attacked the calipers I also stuck the calipers in my little sand blast cabinet, before prepping for tapping by drilling the hole out to 9mm...

Pre-winter wash, wax and interior deep clean. Nothing else to report, going to do a service soon, its nowhere near due but - y'know.

I dug the powdercoated caliper hangers out of the spares box, chucked the used ones in the spares bin just in case. Then I decided to have a look at the calipers themselves, having bought a rebuild kit with new piston recently to see if it would fit. Some interesting workings around the...

I wanted to just take the beam to be blasted, so I needed the ABS sensors out, as per usual this didnt go well for the sensors. What a waste, as these were testing OK.

OK then time to retorque the head bolts and set the valve clearances. I found a temporary crossmember in roof storage so stuck that on and fitted the new rubber woggle things for the intercooler Once that was done I ran it for a few mins, topped up the coolant and then pondered the...

Indeed, almost eight grand of free goodies. Given i'm about to drop the engine out of mine, sign me up for some of that! I'll go create a youtube channel now lol

More cleaning and painting Got the cooling system together (HOLY s**t jubilee clips have got expensive!) Shiny new Mikalor's for the boost pipes And then I ran it up for 20mins, up to fan temp. Let it run with a fan on for a bit, heater seems to work OK, no issues to report...

One has been busy of late, including a blast across France and Germany for laughs. Saw a raft of 21 Turbo at a French show, been so long since I saw them in these numbers. It felt GOOD :D This white Ph2 made me pine for mine a bit, I have to admit. Aaaaaanyway. I have also continued the...

The Clio has been an absolute delight to use - can't believe its nearly a year since I bought it! We went for a bit of a jaunt to Montlhery & the Ring :) Even popped by Reims. I had a work trip to Portugal on Tuesday afternoon, so I left the Pistenklause at 8:30pm Monday night and was...

They make the inside a little bit more special :) I got rid of the hideous Ph1 steering wheel too.

I have one, i'm 6'6" and my kids (14m/16f) and 6'1" and 5'11". We fit in it fine, for a Clio its got decent room. I just did a 1300 mile round trip to France & the Ring and it was lovely. MPG driven normally I get 30-ish mpg, on steady cruise up to 40. Obviously the faster you go the less you get.

I'd say more than that even. Got to be five figures in the bodywork, let alone the rest.

Did you have the engine bay/under carpets/front (not) engine bay done too?

I hope my Mrs doenst see this, she will have mine up for auction in 3.862 seconds lol

I was quoted £14k by Option One for mine. I ended up taking it all the way to Aberdeen (from Coventry) and got a really, really top quality job through a friend for a quarter of that which made the 450 miles each way with a trailer well worth it!

That does look like a lovely paint job doesnt it!

I did think that, the aux belts on it are old and need changing so I think it'll probably get attacked when I change them :)

Usually you get a few stutters but id ran the fuel pump for a bit by bridging the relay over, so she popped up on all four right away :)

Continued assembly of the engine bay, alternator and power steering pump on Hoofed some oil in it as well, primed the fuel system with some fresh fuel and... (this was genuinely the first turn of the key too) Gave the shafts a clean up to finish

I gave the alternator a clean up and dusted a waft of silver paint on the front Then I got the remote oil cooler pipes and freed up the collars, making sure they were well oiled. These are a sod for seizing to the pipes and then you have to wreck the pipe to get it off. Three were fairly...