Just thought id' write a bit of a summary of the last
12 months, not far off coming upto having the car for a year!
5 Engines
F7P - 1.8 16v - The Original.
F7R - 2.0 16v - Megane Bottom End + Valver (1.8) Cylinder Head (Rolling Roaded @ ~134bhp)
F7R - 2.0 16v - Megane Bottom End + Williams (2.0) Cylinder Head.
F7R - 2.0 16v - The Above Rebuilt after Cambelt Failed.
F4R - 2.0 16v - The Current 172 Engine.
3 Geaboxes
JB3 048 - 1.8 16v - The Original, 2nd Began to Grind So Swapped To...
JB3 048 - 1.8 16v - On 120k+ Miles, Gave Up @ Mallory.
JB3 048 - 1.8 16v - New Style inc. Bolt In Diff, Current Box.
- Engine(s) have been removed 10 times.
- 6 Oil Filters.
- ALOT of Engine Oil
- ALOT of Coolant.
- 30+ Litres of Gearbox Oil.
- 2 Clutch Housings Siezed on F7P/F7R Engines.
- 4 Clutch Cables.
- 3 Speedo Cables (Now Gone Electric Speedo).
- 3 Sets of Top Mounts (Originals, New Standard, Currently AST).
- 4 Exhausts (Side Exit, Magnex, Scorpian, Currently Mongoose).
- 2 Snapped Gearbox Mounts.
- 4 172 Exhaust Manifold Downpipe Gaskets.
- 6 Bottom Ball Joints on 2 Sets of Wishbones.
- 4 Headgaskets for Various Engines.
- 24 New Sparkplugs.
- 8 Track Rod Ends on 3 Steering Racks (2x Valver + 1x Williams).
- 3 Sets of Front Disks (Used, Standard 172, Brembo HC).
- 2 Sets of Front Pads (Standard 172, Ferodo DS2500).
- 2 Sets of Rear Disks + Bearings.
- 16 New Valves (For F7R, Which Ended Up Being Wrong)
- 3 Williams Wheel Refurbs (2 x DIY, Currently Powdercoated).
- 1 New Windscreen.
- 8 Bent Valves (Cambelt Failure, then Wrong New Valves)
- 3 Batteries (Original, 1x Standard New, Currently Odyssey).
- 4 Alternators (Bushes Went In 3 High Milers, Currently Running a 100k+ One).
- ALOT of Hammerite Hammered Black. Me No Likey Rust.
- 2 F4R Bottom Ends (1x Ph1 Siezed, Currently Ph2 Bottom End).
- 4 Camshaft Swaps (172 Standard, Schricks, Schricks When Cam Seals Went, 172 Standard).
- 2 BrickTec (tm) Valves (Currently Still In Operation Somewhere)
- Recovered By The RAC 9 Times From Various Places
7 Trackdays Been and Gone
Oulton Park - 12th December 2008
RAF Marham - 18th + 19th April 2009
Brands Hatch - 27th May 2009
Cadwell Park - 6th July 2009
Cadwell Park - 11th August 2009
Mallory Park - 15th August 2009
Not to mention everything else like:
- All The Wiring Changes (From Original Valver, To Cut Down Williams Looms, To Cut Down 172 Looms)
- Bodywork Changes (Ph1 Parts Fitted)
- Engine Strip Downs and Rebuilds (F7R and F4R Mainly)
- Cleaning Parts/Components and the Chassis
- Painting Parts/Components and the Chassis (Hammeriting Everything)
- ALOT of Rusted and Rounded Off Bolts (Good Ole' Mk1s)
- All The Time Machining Brackets + Making Random Crap I Never Used
- Days Wrapping Exhaust Components (Williams Manifold + Downpipe + 172 Manifold + Downpipe)
- £££ Spent Buying Tools From Halfords + Renault (Timing Tools Especially, And In General, Cheers BRUN/Martin!)
- All The Hassle of the 172 ECU + Emulator
- ESPCIALLY all the Help From Matteh In Persuading Me To Do The 172 Converstion After Christmas LOL.
- All The Fun We Had Fitting The Cage Originally (Cheers Daz + Whiteley)
- The MANY Tyres Used + Changed...
- All The Money Spent On Trackdays/Shows + Accomodation For Them
- All The Ups + Downs of This Thread!
- Winston for persuading me to get a Mk1 in the first place...
- Ive Probably Missed Out Tons, But Id Rather Not Think Anymore! Ha!
And Last But Not Least, The Amount Ive Learnt Over 12 Months! Had Never Touched Anything Mechanical On A Clio Before This Project
Oh, Easily
Over 200 Days of Labour, The Joys of A Mk1
