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182 Full fat track slag!
- Thread starter New2RS
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Eddie555
ClioSport Club Member
Q7 2018 & 172 Cup.
Thats a very dangerous suggestion.. Fall down that worm hole and your bank account gets drained... Really quickly... Dont ask me how i know.. Lol..
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Chambers_RS
ClioSport Club Member
Clio 172 Cup&Leon K1
Nice Clio with good track mods so far 👍🏻
Appreciate that mate. Coming from the owner of possibly the best looking engine bay on the forum I’ll take that.
Cheers
With so much time spent rolling round under the car lately the dairy lee jacking points particularly the drivers side are battered. Decided to modify my trolley jack to use on the chassis rail without having to pre lift the car. (Jack is too tall)
So...
Off with the original cup.
M8 bolt + nyloc in.
5mm angle I had in the garage.
Trimmed down to fit under the car.
Just fits.
Car in the air. As we all know it scrapes the underseal off but that’s easy to maintain so reasonably happy until I get my old man to fab the jacking points.
So...
Eddie555
ClioSport Club Member
Q7 2018 & 172 Cup.
I used some paint brush cleaner the other day to do parts on mine.. it just wipes straight off..Covid 19 boredom hit hard today so out came the roof lining..
View attachment 1469454View attachment 1469455Surprisingly easy to get to this point but that glue is a nightmare. Leaving it for another day
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Eddie555
ClioSport Club Member
Q7 2018 & 172 Cup.
I did this part under my scuttle. 2 mins wiped all off and gave it a scotch brite and painted. Its bonkers as there was another bigger piece on the drivers side and they totaled 763 grams..
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Just get a better jack with a bigger cup rather than the Billy basic my first home mechanic special.
JezzaMac
ClioSport Club Member
Surprisingly easy to get to this point but that glue is a nightmare. Leaving it for another day
I’m having a shite time with this bit of glue on the roof as well! Lol
Horrible stuff and it’s everywhere, I didn’t even realise there was some under the scuttle. I’ll pretend it’s not there for now
That’s exactly what I am so the jack will have to do for now. Even the ramps at my mechanics crush the jacking points.
It’s by far the worst of any of the deadening I have tackled, and it’s overhead but I’m gonna try the paint brush cleaner that Eddie555 suggested.
Eddie555
ClioSport Club Member
Q7 2018 & 172 Cup.
And 2 pieces in the rear quarters and in the c'pillars. It all adds up.. in total this week with doing my loom and loads of stupid little bits ive nearly taken out 8kg of absolute crap thats not including all the dirt and cemented mud that fell out of places..Horrible stuff and it’s everywhere, I didn’t even realise there was some under the scuttle. I’ll pretend it’s not there for now
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Good result there mate. It definitely adds up. The loom is where I’ll struggle. I’m no mechanic and those 15 year old French wires worry me
Thanks mate.
I’m in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Headliner came out pretty straight.
Eddie555
ClioSport Club Member
Q7 2018 & 172 Cup.
Good job there bud.. Maybe the paint brush cleaned i have is stronger.. Actually maybe i could offer it to Donald Trump as a Covid healer.. [emoji23][emoji23]
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Cheers mate.
It must be some good s**t if it allows you to wipe that glue away
I still had the scraper out at times.
JezzaMac
ClioSport Club Member
Mint - think I’ve got some white spirit in the garage! Will dig it out and give it a shot!
These fog light ducts look ace, have you got a link to the exact ones you got?
These are the ones I got mate. I went for the stealth version with 63mm ducting which fits the standard airbox well. If you’re creating brake ducts however, you could go for a bigger option.
After getting the inner roll bar bushes changed to cure a knock underneath the car I was disappointed to discover it was still there. Turns out it is the wishbone bushes. 3 year old black series bushes had failed. I’ve posted elsewhere on the forum about this and now I know the lifetime warranty powerflex offer does not cover the black series
£107 I didn’t want to spend.
The last few jobs on the car now before the spending stops..
Wishbone bushes
Geometry
EFI to tidy up the map
Over to Carl for EPAS
Roll cage
After that it’s maintenance and track days.
b*****d money pit
£107 I didn’t want to spend.
The last few jobs on the car now before the spending stops..
Wishbone bushes
Geometry
EFI to tidy up the map
Over to Carl for EPAS
Roll cage
After that it’s maintenance and track days.
b*****d money pit
Did you speak to powerflex about this? I've found their customer support goodAfter getting the inner roll bar bushes changed to cure a knock underneath the car I was disappointed to discover it was still there. Turns out it is the wishbone bushes. 3 year old black series bushes had failed. I’ve posted elsewhere on the forum about this and now I know the lifetime warranty powerflex offer does not cover the black series
£107 I didn’t want to spend.
The last few jobs on the car now before the spending stops..
Wishbone bushes
Geometry
EFI to tidy up the map
Over to Carl for EPAS
Roll cage
After that it’s maintenance and track days.
b*****d money pit
Pointless really mate, black series bushes are not covered by the warranty. I’ll either get purple next time or stick with black which are an improved version.
Its worth a message to them, they might surprise you.
Very true mate. What’s an email. I’ll get one over and post the response. Cheers
Managed to get over to EFI to get my map cleaned up after leaving the acoustic pipe off. I added a decat in the meantime and was pleased with the adjustments/result..
Bhp and torque up and the curve is much smoother now. Chris suspect’s my CAT was a bit clogged.
That’s it for the engine as it won’t give anymore without wasting thousands and it’s driving well.
Bhp and torque up and the curve is much smoother now. Chris suspect’s my CAT was a bit clogged.
That’s it for the engine as it won’t give anymore without wasting thousands and it’s driving well.
A before and after printout from the dyno..
Red is group N with standard CAT and accoustic valve detached. It made 182 bhp and 165 ft/lb.
Black is adjusted map with decat, blanked acoustic valve and fog lightCAF making 188bhp and 171 ft/lb.
Couldn’t resist an engine bay shot of Chris’s 5 turbo methanol drag car..
Sweet.
Red is group N with standard CAT and accoustic valve detached. It made 182 bhp and 165 ft/lb.
Black is adjusted map with decat, blanked acoustic valve and fog lightCAF making 188bhp and 171 ft/lb.
Couldn’t resist an engine bay shot of Chris’s 5 turbo methanol drag car..
Sweet.
