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You could tap it off and give it a bit of heat to help it on?

Last little job this weekend, whipped the rear quarter covers off to have a look at the rust. Nothing major, drivers side a little bit worse than passenger - both nothing more than discolouration - liberally coated in waxoyl and that should keep that at bay. Note cardboard: excellent at...

Needed to find somewhere to fit the timing strut - wasn't a fan of the position on the 306 as had to keep removing the plate and it just looked a bit naff - managed to get a couple of ally serrated rivnuts into the underside of the lower grille surround so that a couple of M6 bolts could retain...

With that done and waiting for some parts, fitted a tow strap to Clive. Fat M16 bolt through a pitking strap - the hole was only half-inch so had to be widened with a carbide bit. A standard HSS drill isn't hard enough to get through the toughened steel bracket. Got creative with step drill...

Metal finned articles fitted. Worthy of note that the radiator comes supplied with new m6 captive nuts that clip onto the radiator housing - so you need to make a note of where the old ones were so that the fan shroud and aircon condensor fit! Botls aren't re-supplied but some M6x15mm will do...

The old radiator and aircon condensor were shot, both original, so replaced with Valeo radiator and Thermotec KTT110086 aircon condenser - £60 delivered from Autodoc. Had to rotate the dryer so would fit the fixed end pipe on the Clio. Would have been nice to know that these are shipped full of...

And here's how it stands now! Bad radiator so took that out to change, but the new Valeo 732474 radiator (£40 from Mister Auto) didn't come with a bung for the extra hole - sourced one (M22 x 1.5) for a few quid off ebay thanks to someone on Facebook. Also destroyed the aircon rad taking it...

Bit of a stretch to say it's a car channel, it's more a machining/forging channel, but the guy does some car stuff (and some cooking, including peeling veg on a lathe). John Mills

172 Cup in Harrogate today around lunchtime :)

Obviously it's all down to personal choice, but if that passes a shoe test, it's low enough already.

So the new DVLA camper conversion guidelines hit the other day - the community is in uproar over it appearing to suggest that you can no longer convert a van to a camper unless it has a hi-top roof...

A few things - they're heavier, bigger and slower than a clio out-the-box, take a bit of winding up, but once they're wound up, they go well. I went quicker on the hillclimb in a mate's completely standard 206gti which was a bit heartbreaking. Considered going back into circuit racing, because...

Currently being broken for parts, but these were from some of its last outings.

Another consideration is that springs must retain original position, so you can't fit a coilover rear on a mk2 clio.

Acquired this 182FF from a friend last May, intending to replace my 306 as a track/hillclimb car as I was running out of patience with it. In the end, I kept the 306 so started to run the Clio as a daily. It had a wonky, blowy exhaust - so that was replaced with a stainless Milltek. Also...

Yep fitted and cured my flashing EML

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0068M8966/?tag=cliospnet01-21 £26 delivered - genuine Magneti Marelli IWP042. Cheapest I could find when I needed some!

But it didn't all go to plan...

Pretty much a year later - since the above rounds fitted solid rubber engine mounts, Quaife ATB LSD and swapped the rank Spax RSXs for some Gaz Golds. The car feels a lot better setup now, just having some shifter issues which I'm hoping to sort in time for Round 2 in May. With the addition of...

If you're in modified (which you will be with a turbo) you'll need a cage. There's also a 1.4x multiplier on forced induction, so you'll effectively be 2.8 ltr.

If you've played the first RDR and remember some of the funny letters, you'll cry yourself laughing at the letters in this cabin. Slightly north west of Mount Shann in Big Valley.

So I just bought a One X in the BlackLivesMatter Friday sale - comes with Forza Horizon 4, Motorsport 7 and RDR2. Anything else worth having?

Anyone had a go on this? Looks to have been released fairly recently, survival type like Day-Z, seen a few streamers play, looks quite in-depth and fun if you're in a squad - horrendous if you're on your own!

Inferno on Wetherby road, Harrogate yesterday afternoon near the football ground.

Got a power problem in the 306, supposed to be 167bhp, feels more like 137. Also, turns out it's not a great idea to lift in the spot I lifted at. Got away with it...

On the fastest time I've ever done at Harewood I was on the grass on the outside on the exit of Farmhouse....

Come say Hi next time. That Nova saloon is a beast, love it!

Yep, in the only 306. Though I'm hoping to take my 182 next time! https://www.cliosport.net/threads/alexhs-next-racing-adventure-of-sorts.808214/

Didn't get any photos of the shed-looking 306 did you?

First round a few weeks ago was cancelled due to the weather so today was Round 2, but the first of the season. Had some running issues again in the afternoon, plus a wayward engine mount was causing the engine to move around far too much - bodge fixed with some folded up coke cans! Practice...