dmallett's indecisive clio thread! Monaco ph2 pg1+, Titanium ph1 pg31+, PB ph1 pg43+

[dmallett]

Quick summary of how i got to owning the new car,

June this year i broke my ph1,

This then replaced it for a little while,

Then i bought a house so the 350 went, I got offered another clio part exchange so took up the offer. The car went the end 9th of December, I also sold the clio the same day as you do.

A week later i picked this clio up from 519 after he offered me the car minus the itbs it had before. Awesome picture i know!

And a picture of it in its previous owner ship at the ring.

Spec of the car at current,

Spax full coilover setup
182 manifold
Cat 421 cams
special peugeot cat fitted
Ported head
ARP rod bolts
janspeed stealth
AC delete (laguna brackets and alternator)
Short rad + Pacet fan
Brembo Sport pads + Pagid disks
Ktec induction kit

Probably other bits ive forgotten also.

Short term plans,
General Tidy up. restore headlights and tart up the engine bay with some vht paint.
fit F1s that are in my garage, 2 barely used hankook v12s on them and 2 brand new v12s. These will be getting refurbed at some point, want to do them satin bronze but am struggling to find paint.
Spacers.

This car will be held on a tight budget due to now owning a house and there wont be many nice pictures as i sold my DSLR.
But hopefully i will get it out on track at least once next year and just enjoy it.

More pictures to follow tomorrow if its dry,

Cheers for reading

Dan

 

[dmallett]

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As for power the cars making roughly 195bhp and over 160lbft. I will get it on our local and very accurate rollers at FMS soon as i know a few others off here want to go again!

 

[KielT]

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Finally! Good looking car mate. Have to see it for real soon bud, maybe have a go

 

[Fletcher]

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I like this. It's making good power too!

 

[dmallett]

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Finally! Good looking car mate. Have to see it for real soon bud, maybe have a go

You can have a good mate, doesnt bother me. You dont want to see it in the light though, has a few bad bits and i dont want to upset your OCD cleaning ways

I like this. It's making good power too!

Cheers. Dan at 519 knows whats hes doing, car drives a dream on the 421's. Feels quicker than my old ph1 did (on gt cams and weighing 910kg).

You can tell the cam profile is much wilder, the idle is pretty lumpy sitting about 1000rpm

 

[Dan519]

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Driven, not detailed definitely have to see if we can do snetterton at some point

 

[dmallett]

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Driven, not detailed definitely have to see if we can do snetterton at some point

Needs a bit of polish, managed to clip.the rear bumper on my neighbours house not to bad thankfully!

We should, if we find a cheap day ha.

Rekindled my heel.and toe abilities tonight on a very wet back route, forgot how fun clios are!!

 

[Cub.]

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Looks great, and good to see you back in a Clio.

 

[KielT]

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You can have a good mate, doesnt bother me. You dont want to see it in the light though, has a few bad bits and i dont want to upset your OCD cleaning ways

haha! I managed to get myself a free polisher and products from 3M so I'll give ya at a good clean lad

 

[domsclio182]

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Looks like a good one Dan.

 

[2Damnsly Andy]

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Nice to see you back in a Clio Dan and some impressive power figures there. These cams as lairy as the 438's?

 

[Dan519]

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Nice to see you back in a Clio Dan and some impressive power figures there. These cams as lairy as the 438's?

421 are more agressive my a small margin

 

[yeecup]

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thought the standard ecu had problems running the 421's? or has the remap just increased the idle speed to stop it stalling. either way power is very good.

 

[Dan519]

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thought the standard ecu had problems running the 421's? or has the remap just increased the idle speed to stop it stalling. either way power is very good.

it's always been down to how much of the ecu code has been translated/decoded, and having someone clever enough to find the right bits of code, then change to the right settings for the way the idle and return to idle is controlled. It's not just raising the idle, although that is a part of it. 438s still give a nicer idle

 

[2Damnsly Andy]

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^^ Looking at some for mine and wanted to know which are better as the car is due its cambelt in march time so cams at the same time makes sense.

 

[yeecup]

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id go for 438's on standard ecu, 421's if ur going down itb route with omex/gen ecus.

 

[dmallett]

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Proper reply and update to follow soon.

If 438s are anything like 421s I'd get them, car is alot better than the ph1 on gt cams.

Also found some bronze paint, test sprayed one wheel straight on the wheel lol, it should look good!!

 

[Djw John]

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Good stuff mate, it seems pretty much spot on for your needs

 

[dmallett]

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Looks like a good one Dan.

It seems a good one Dom, still need to see your boosted 182!

Good stuff mate, it seems pretty much spot on for your needs

First time you havent aimed abuse at me for a while and your right, car meets everything i need it to so couldnt be happier with it.

 

[dmallett]

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F1s on, first thoughts are the hankook v12s seem to grip well in the wet and offer low road noise. I doubt ill get to try them in the dry for a while!
For the price I presume they are in similar league to the old t1rs, these seem to grip better than they did in the wet. So far so good!

Queue awful pictures,

Wheels will be going ford roman bronze, bit old school! I did a little test and i think they will look good, hopefully i am right.
Ill paint them when the weather picks up and my work load drops.

Now on the look out for some 25mm and 5mm spacers!

Tomorrow i plan too,
Fit silvertec indicator bulbs, vht paint the engine bay, remove fogs and carbon canistor and paint the front badge satin black.

Filling my time with doing petty stuff to stop me spending money on this ha

 

[LewisTaylor]

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Good to see you got it in the end and all is going well mate

 

[dmallett]

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Good to see you got it in the end and all is going well mate

Cheers mate, feels a long while since ive seen you! Hope all is well down your end with the house buy etc

 

[LewisTaylor]

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Cheers mate, feels a long while since ive seen you! Hope all is well down your end with the house buy etc

Thanks mate, it has been, i was thinking of coming to the christmas dinner with you lot, but after being on holiday for a week (and only just getting my car finally working before leaving!) My exhaust is now blowing It's never ending with this car lol, house buy is going well, how are you settling in?

 

[dmallett]

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Thanks mate, it has been, i was thinking of coming to the christmas dinner with you lot, but after being on holiday for a week (and only just getting my car finally working before leaving!) My exhaust is now blowing It's never ending with this car lol, house buy is going well, how are you settling in?

I cant make it tomorrow anyway now got family stuff on which i forgot. Poxy car! hopefully it will be working soon and you can rekindle the love for it

Got the keys on the 7th, spent my spare time for a few weeks decorating/destroying stuff and moved in on xmas eve as you do, its a working progress atm. but it feels like home so thats the main thing!

 

[dmallett]

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haha! I managed to get myself a free polisher and products from 3M so I'll give ya at a good clean lad

Sounds good to me!

 

[Addicted]

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Not gonna lie, that Red ph1 is such a nicer colour/car combo than the new monaco

 

[dmallett]

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Not gonna lie, that Red ph1 is such a nicer colour/car combo than the new monaco

You are right, bad move breaking it. Ohwell live and learn! Shouldnt be to hard to build this car to similar spec again if i so desire, unsure if i want this to end up stripped out and raw though.

 

[Djw John]

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I know, I'm building up to abusing you for having ph-ghey but I'll hold fire just now. Just be glad it's not silver, Monaco is at least a good colour for them

 

[dmallett]

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I know, I'm building up to abusing you for having ph-ghey but I'll hold fire just now. Just be glad it's not silver, Monaco is at least a good colour for them

Unsure if its actually monaco under all the s**t. Sure you dont want to come ring trip next year?

 

[Djw John]

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We'd love to but having just been for a quite for a new bathroom it's 100% not happening

 

[dmallett]

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Shame. You kinda need a bathroom though!! I'll let you off

 

[DannyR]

dmallett's 421'd monaco

What's wrong with a hole outside and a hose?

 

[Djw John]

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We're a bit more advanced up north than you eastern boys f**king houses!

 

[dmallett]

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Better pics of the F1s, ill adjust the suspension to suit after i get spacers and address any rubbing.

Then i sprayed a few bit with some silver vht paint that i had left over from the ph1.

Looking much fresher now!

Laguna air con removal setup,

Removed carbon canistor

Removed the fogs also, fitted silvertec indicator bulbs and the badge is in the process of going satin black. Splitter is abit battered so ill probably get another skoda one at some point.

Removed the rear wiper also, but forgot to take a pic of that!

V5 also turned up today which was quick considering the time of year! Next up is fixing the head light washers, putting it throuhg an MOT and then taxing it. Along with finding some spacers for it.

 

[Djw Dave]

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Looks nice mate. I'll leave alone that its a ph2 and that its a rubbish colour compaired to flame

Seems a nice spec and like you say shouldn't be too hard to build it up to the standard of the ph1 if you so wish.

 

[dmallett]

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Looks nice mate. I'll leave alone that its a ph2 and that its a rubbish colour compaired to flame

Seems a nice spec and like you say shouldn't be too hard to build it up to the standard of the ph1 if you so wish.

Cheers Dave, I dont think it will be going down the route of buckets and seats as the ph1 did. Keeping it more enjoyable for everyday use for now seems the best idea.

 

[Djw Dave]

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Cheers Dave, I dont think it will be going down the route of buckets and seats as the ph1 did. Keeping it more enjoyable for everyday use for now seems the best idea.

Yeah thats what i said about my current flamer. Going well so far

 

[dmallett]

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Haha, If I did go down that route I would be tempted to leave a standard passenger seat in tbh. I used to hate the hassle of pissing about with the passenger harness for any passengers.

Mind that would look abit weird.

 

[dmallett]

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Wheels are 100% going that ford roman bronze, just ordered all the stuff to paint them.

Including paint i have kicking about it in my garage it should cost under £35 to do all 4 wheels, and a bit of my time ha

 

[Djw Dave]

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Wheels are 100% going that ford roman bronze, just ordered all the stuff to paint them.

Including paint i have kicking about it in my garage it should cost under £35 to do all 4 wheels, and a bit of my time ha

Awesome. Can't beat a DIY refurb for £35