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Bluebeard
ClioSport Moderator
Whichever has fuel
Nafoff
ClioSport Club Member
As I am not of the younger generation I do not understand your acronyms.
*picks up mic and hands it back for another try 😜
Bluebeard
ClioSport Moderator
Whichever has fuel
Another day at Castle Combe, to say it was too bloody hot is a massive understatement.
Car was faultless again and apart from my mates ludicrous FD2, nothing overtook me all day.
I’m at the limit with the car now though. I can’t make it go any faster. I’m consistently 1.21’s. So I’m confident in the car, the car is (imo) at its limit. So it’s gripper diff time.
£££🤮
The yellow Ph1 I’m chasing is 220bhp, diff, cage etc etc. within 3 corners I’m past him and within a lap I can’t even see him. So it’s definitely a capable car. It just needs a diff. Desperately.
Awesome work, nice times. Any onboard?
Bluebeard
ClioSport Moderator
Whichever has fuel
Sadly not. Honestly mate, it was a struggle just to drive let alone worry about the go pro. It was 31 degrees at 1pm. And I’m fat.
Adey.
ClioSport Club Member
Would of been awesome to come spectate, but also being fat, I spent my day on the sofa with a fan chilling my balls😂
Looks like it goes flipping well mind good stuff
Looks like it goes flipping well mind good stuff
TBH knowing my gopro it'd probably record for about 20 seconds then overheat.
Cub.
ClioSport Moderator
Shuffling along nicely there spud, sounds great. Good work 👍
Bluebeard
ClioSport Moderator
Whichever has fuel
Long overdue update… and many many people tagged…
@colesy was selling a freshly rebuilt gearbox with a Gripper Diff that had been built by the man himself @NorthloopCup so I had to have it. £1500 later I have a new gearbox.
Then, if it’s having a shiney new box it needs a clutch… £600 later I have this;
So it’s now up with @lemonnobby - the best Renault specialist in Bristol and he’s going to fit the gearbox and clutch and also check the car over as it’s been parked up for about a year.
Oil and filter with this stuff (I normally only use genuine but @Hixle gave this time me FOC. What a lovely man)
And then 2 new ph1 driveshafts that I got from @Russ_16v many many years ago.
Hopefully it will all be back together by the end of this week and we can start booking some track days.
Peace out. X
@colesy was selling a freshly rebuilt gearbox with a Gripper Diff that had been built by the man himself @NorthloopCup so I had to have it. £1500 later I have a new gearbox.
Then, if it’s having a shiney new box it needs a clutch… £600 later I have this;
So it’s now up with @lemonnobby - the best Renault specialist in Bristol and he’s going to fit the gearbox and clutch and also check the car over as it’s been parked up for about a year.
Oil and filter with this stuff (I normally only use genuine but @Hixle gave this time me FOC. What a lovely man)
And then 2 new ph1 driveshafts that I got from @Russ_16v many many years ago.
Hopefully it will all be back together by the end of this week and we can start booking some track days.
Peace out. X
Bluebeard
ClioSport Moderator
Whichever has fuel
Coops Mk1
ClioSport Club Member
Lots of Scrap...
Nafoff
ClioSport Club Member
Should I look at Cliosport Festival?
It sounds a little dull?
It sounds a little dull?
NorthloopCup
ClioSport Moderator
I can answer this.
Do you like cars? YES
Do you like Clios? YES
Do you enjoy track driving? YES
Are you a raging homosexual? YES
Then CSF is where you need to be. 👍🏻
Bluebeard
ClioSport Moderator
Whichever has fuel
Convoyyyyyyy!
Nafoff
ClioSport Club Member
You driving or trailering the car? If the latter you got space/ability to take mine too?
I could then bring all the spares and a kitchen in the van.
LETS TALK
Bluebeard
ClioSport Moderator
Whichever has fuel
I’ll be trailering mate, I don’t know how big you think my trailer is, but not that big. 😂
Nafoff
ClioSport Club Member
Previously I have seen you with a flatbed and then a trailer...
Bluebeard
ClioSport Moderator
Whichever has fuel
I have access to a flat bed, but it has no towbar.
I’m also buying an X5 and a trailer this week. But I can’t combine the two sadly.
Nafoff
ClioSport Club Member
No worries. Will have to have a think. Unsure if driving the car all that way is viable/sensible
It is also the weekend around my Wife's 40th....
Bluebeard
ClioSport Moderator
Whichever has fuel
You’re more than welcome to load my car up with your belongings mate. Should make the trip a bit more comfortable.
Bluebeard
ClioSport Moderator
Whichever has fuel
So my long suffering g mechanic Paul ( @lemonnobby ) has very kindly taken on the task of fitting the new gripper’d box and a new Sachs racing clutch whilst I tan myself in Spain.
He’s having trouble because the OE clutch cable is not meant for a Mk1 and it’s not fitting with the Sachs clutch.
He assumed I ordered it from Kam Racing so contacted them. (But I ordered it from Pure)
Kev at Kam then rang Nick at Pure, Nick then emailed me and asked for Paul to call him.
It’s now in the process of being resolved.
Just wanted to give a shout to Kev and Nick, what awesome blokes. 💪🏽
He’s having trouble because the OE clutch cable is not meant for a Mk1 and it’s not fitting with the Sachs clutch.
He assumed I ordered it from Kam Racing so contacted them. (But I ordered it from Pure)
Kev at Kam then rang Nick at Pure, Nick then emailed me and asked for Paul to call him.
It’s now in the process of being resolved.
Just wanted to give a shout to Kev and Nick, what awesome blokes. 💪🏽
On holiday in Spain with your hot wife and hilarious kids that look like great fun, yet still thinking about your track car, f*cking love you Gumbo! 
Bluebeard
ClioSport Moderator
Whichever has fuel
Absolutely no idea mate. It was about 12 years ago we put the engine in. 😂
It worked perfectly fine before with a standard clutch. But I guess a stronger/different clutch is beyond the realms of whatever is in there.
Bluebeard
ClioSport Moderator
Whichever has fuel
Track car first, everything g else after. Man rules.On holiday in Spain with your hot wife and hilarious kids that look like great fun, yet still thinking about your track car, f*cking love you Gumbo!
Coops Mk1
ClioSport Club Member
Lots of Scrap...
Sometimes need to trick the mechanism too for it to work, the ratchet on the pedal end can be a pig, shout me up if you need a step by step to set it as I've done it about a million times, lol
Why may I ask have you moved to a different clutch?
Bluebeard
ClioSport Moderator
Whichever has fuel
It’s a new box with a gripper. Been recommended to uprate the clutch by numerous people. For the sake of an extra £350 to save an £1800 gearbox, rightly or wrongly I thought it best.
Coops Mk1
ClioSport Club Member
Lots of Scrap...
Forgot to tag Jean Ragnotti too @16v_paddy
16v_paddy
ClioSport Club Member
Valvers & 172 Cup
Not wanting to sound like an arsehole but that does sound a bit like b****cks to me, ok it's not quite a reasonable comparison as I've been running an F7 fitment clutch but I've ran a Volvo 480 turbo clutch (cheap as f**k too) for years with a Gripper'd box & the only time it's really failed me is now that I've got the Sadev it can't handle flat shifting at 8k so I'm only now fitting a Sachs motorsport clutch
NorthloopCup
ClioSport Moderator
I’m the one who told him to run the Sachs clutch because I’ve seen more valeo failures than I care to remember. This is the ‘oem’ valeo unit. Strangely the genuine Renault valeo doesn’t have the same failure rate.
16v_paddy
ClioSport Club Member
Valvers & 172 Cup
Seems like it's just an F4 thing then, what actually fails on them?
NorthloopCup
ClioSport Moderator
The straps break and just machine their way through the casing.
lemonnobby
ClioSport Club Member
Yeah still mk1 as far as I can tell. The 172 one is a big shorter not sure if it will fir if just tricked it for now
Coops Mk1
ClioSport Club Member
Lots of Scrap...
Not really, I've used Valeo for all 3 cars with a total of 150k miles or more and all three have done at least one trackday, with about 30+ total between them.... Zero issues or failures
Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
Mechanical sympathy, not banging downshifts and watching the needle smack 8k helps. Loads of people drive their cars as if they've nicked them and cry when they blow up🤣
Bluebeard
ClioSport Moderator
Whichever has fuel
Without meaning to sound like a knob, it’s my toy. I’m not worried if it takes a bit longer to sort, or it costs a bit more money.
If it was a daily it would have gone OE only and I’d have chosen no other route. But as it’s a bit of an oddball, and it’s my toy/hobby, I’m not worried if it takes longer or costs more.
(Just as long as it’s ready for a shake down at Combe and then a full day at CSF! 😂)
If it was a daily it would have gone OE only and I’d have chosen no other route. But as it’s a bit of an oddball, and it’s my toy/hobby, I’m not worried if it takes longer or costs more.
(Just as long as it’s ready for a shake down at Combe and then a full day at CSF! 😂)
