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Absolutely bloody love this!
Glad to see this on the forum getting the love it deserves!
Any plans to do anything BTCCesque to bring the rear suspension ratio closer to 1:1?
Cheers!
I have been looking at the work you have been doing on yours too.
Funnily enough, I was very very very close to buying your shell but because I am equally a sad b*****d I couldn't part with mine.
Currently this project is on hold due to buying a Williams 3 do build as a daily car.
I...
Its all good fun with these cars!
I am intrigued to what suspension set up you have read about. There is a Full race suspension set up available from Pure motorsport which is a very serious bit of kit for very serious money.
The R19 widetrack is the same width as the the Williams setup but it...
Yeah I found them really helpful. Even on phone support to a relative newbie to a welder, they were more than happy to answer any stupid question...
Yeah... I thought mine wasn't going to be as bad as it is. But as soon as I started peeling away layers, more and more rot showed its face. Not...
I'm sure that it will be an interesting read even to look at pictures! Because you aren't chopping everything out doesn't mean its not an interesting thread! It would be nice to see one being tidied up/minimal work done to it :up:
Josh
Thanks!
Yeah once the screwdriver comes out you know you will have more work than you wanted. But oh well, keep an open mind and plough on!
Sounds like you have a proper rotter too like me!
Do you have a project thread for the work you are doing?
Cheers,
Josh
Bit more of an update of progress:
12/11/2015
Did a bit more on the floor/sill/drivers footwell.
During all this, my Laguna hubs arrived!
Laguna 2.2D hub on the Left, Safrane on the Right.
You can see that there is a noticeable offset difference between the hub face and the top of the...
Thanks for the comments!
Yeah it seems to be a massive trend of scrapping Valvers in the hope to get one without rust. One is enough for me though! Ha
Thanks! I'm trying to make the car last at least another 20odd years so I better do it properly. Plus m grandad used to be in the bodywork...
Thanks for the boost! Yeah I have had A LOT of people say 'why are you bothering?' But the answer is always 'why not?'.
Yeah.... About that. I cocked up with that one. I now have the correct hubs off a 1994-1998 Laguna 2.2D. There are distinct differences between the Laguna and Safrane hubs one...
No worries. It's been long overdue anyway!
I bet that will be a fun project!
I was a bit unsure how to tackle the inner sill at first but once I started cutting away it became more apparent.
The idea behind getting the Safrane hubs is to enable me to change the roll centre like one the Clio cup...
Bit more of an overdue update:
09/10/2015
12/10/2015
14/10/2015
16/10/2015
18/10/2015
02/11/2015
Since the weather has been getting worse and I was getting to the point of it stopping play, the Clio ended up back in the garage.
Also made it look like a car a bit more. Only a...
Cheers mate.
I have some updates but have been a bit slack with uploading them. Will crack on shortly.
Cheers mate. I have always been very partial to a mk1.
Cheers, Josh
Good afternoon,
Would anyone be able to look up some parts for me on Dialogys, please?
I rang a Renault dealership for numberplate cross references for some uprights. However, I am not that confident with the part numbers given.
Laguna:
W363 SGG: 77 00 423 103
P645 MLT: 77 00 428 005...
Haha! Student funding is the best. I practically built the car whilst being a student! Shame you cant really say you can get hold of a clean and tidy valver any more.
Josh
Bit more of an update:
25/09/2015
Finished adding material into the rear inner arch.
Ground the welds back.
Sealed the welded areas. Might not be the prettiest sealing but if it stops water ingress and rot then I'm happy.
27/09/2015
Started chopping away the drivers sill and the rust in...
Cheers!
It's not plug and play as you have to modify the engine loom to fit the valver plug, your exhaust either to take the standard 172 cat/decat, get an ECU which has to be virginised and the immobiliser bypassed and modify the inlet to relocate the coil pack to sit away from the rain...
Not sure if I will have any parts available but I will be selling the 172 engine and JB3 (valver) box soon for something rather different in its place :tonguewink: