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cheers for the comments guys, its by no means immacualte and looking like in need of some mechanical attention this year but all in all not too bad
plans include:
- fit the set of 4 parada spec 2's sat in the shed
- fit 'new' alternator and actually new aux belt
- fit megane or laguna jc5...
the passenger arch is okay, but right at the back where it meets the rear light cluster its just starting to go, drivers arch is a mess really, dodgy repair god knows when so its full of filler, wrong shape and blistered on the crap respray paint on it. also has a small amount of rust coming...
Bought 0199 back in october i think it was last year, since then its been my daily and hasn't seen a wash in the last 5 months :oops:
So with the cold finally breaking and the rain/snow stopping I decided to get off my arse and actually break out the bucket and sponge :D
As you can see...
jamie, not sure what bodies ronne runs, but its pushing around 230bhp
jack, no idea if i overtook you or not, i did a lot of overtaking on the way to fcs ;-) cars running around 268bhp and 250lb/ft at the minute, 12.8 second 1/4 mile
not the diff no, it was first gear, stripped it totally on the first launch!!lol
got it home under its own steam though, rattled the 100 miles back up the m1
blew my gearbox again, so my car didnt pop a time ,but drove Ronee's naples itb'd beastie, clocked a 13.6@105 then took a few snaps to commemorate the moment!lol
think people are posting pics of their own cars as you kind of build your car to be as your favourite car would be, if you get me. whats the point of owning a car and finding one you like more, mines my car, it has all the little touches that others wont notice that make it mine, hence its my...
orange light looks like engine failure light lol
i'm about to fit a long ratioed jc5 out of a renault 19 turbo derv to my mk 1 clio turbo, i'll let you know how it goes on, at the minute it hits the limiter in 5th easily, indicated off the end of the clocks on std valver clocks, so 155 odd, not...
60fts were 2.2-2.4, so needs work
yep ran similar to dan, he hit a 12.89@107 but his 60ft was mint at 2.0
fairly hapy, but its addictive, i want to do better and i know how to improve, just need to go back to practise!
back warrington again this weekend to visit the parents foxy man but not...
went to the RWYB/Saturday night special this weekend just gone
all runs update from the weekends attempts, did 8 in all:
Best was:
12.83@112.9mph
Rest were:
12.88@112.8mph
12.89@113.2mph
12.91@111.8mph
13.05@111.8mph
13.09@112.6mph
13.16@112.8mph (muchos wheel spin)
13.24@109.9mph (missed...
lol, yes mate just about, we toyed with the quarry local aswell, but found this location first so rolled with it! cheers for the heads up tho and sorry didnt pop back in, spanked back to cromford to avoid the rush hour a38
Had a bit of a photoshoot in Sutton-in-Ashfield today...........
:P
some i took at the shoot
and some my mate Barry took
Nice to have the car out and about finally 8)
cheers for looking
Ben
the original propagander for the williams i believe mentions it was designed and built by a division of renault named 'renaultsport' i may be wrong and i think it was in its infancy at the time, hence didnt give the name to the car but its was a renaultsport project.
valvers however i'm not...
looking for info on:
a. how to wrap a set of 4 15" wheels and tyres for postage
b. best place for courier delivery options
any info/experiences much appreciated
thanks
Ben