Titanium 182 ITB Build

[Dan The Top Bloke]

OK well this is over a year overdue but no time like the present eh?

So lets jump right in with the car before the 182,

I had a E36 323 'Vert witch was a lovely car to drive and i kick myself every day for getting rid of it 😧 its truly a different car to the clio but cant dwell on the past so here she is.

So after parting with my loved BM on march the 17th 2014 I was fresh faced and bought myself a clio 182
witch im still not 100% sure but I think it only had one cup pack ( Spoiler and splitter) so here she is the night i got it,

From the word go as with any car it had little niggles so i set about getting these sorted (from memory)

The splitter was cracked
The breaks all round were horrendous
The exhaust was blowing
It had horrid mud flaps
Wheels looked bland.

So i got about to getting a set of turni's ( not knowing the value of them at all!!)

Then a few days following the splitter arrived so whipped it on only a skoda one as i was pretty skint at the time and it was only a tenner!

I then eased off for a bit as i was in some money problems but soon sorted that all out and then the turinis needed new tyres so me being me thought 'hey why not get new wheels?' and some came up for £200 with decent tyres as I look back I realise why @Richy182. Loved them so much

They were a set of cade euros in 16's

Then a few days after I got round to looking at the exhaust on my clio as it started blowing again after i fixed it and found the weld going into the back box had split soI set about getting a new system and hey presto a 2nd hand ktec/janspeed super sport system turned up for cheep and with it being only 4 months old I couldn't say no! I don't have any better pictures than this sadly.

and that was it for a LONG time really all I did was keep it tip top and cleaned and took photos so here's a few of it clean.

Then on may the 29th 2014 I did the most stupidest silly thing any clio sport owner can possibly do......

It went to K-Tec for a remap.....
With pops and bangs...

They said after witch I still don't believe made 184bhp and 165ft pounds
Worst decision ever.....


Then I pretty much left the car is it is until recently when I've caught the bug again and started spending money on it.

After getting asked everyday by @Richy182. when im getting new wheels i did got some turinis in grey and i love them!

Well worth the 9 hour round trip to get them!

Here's when i first got them on.

Then after this the headlights looks in poor shape and the front end needed a freshen up so I booked in in to SouthWest Tints for headlight restoration and a spot of wrapping one of the best things I've done to my car really freshened it up!!

And then as of late I've bought myself a new engine to go in as this one is pushing on 118K as we speak so i got one with 74k on for a steal here's the removal of my new engine.

A ball ache and a half that is!!

After this I've bought my self a 'FATTYS' induction set up and for the money you pay its well worth it! slight pig to fit as the pipe didn't wanna go in the filter but after a few swear words later its in and fitted

And this brings us up to my latest buy for the clio,
A set of megane LUX full leather recaros.
(witch I also think I got a good deal on)

I've got the rails sat ready to go just got one of the seats booked in to get the damaged fixed and reupholstered so excited to fit them

Also I've had a remap put on since the ktec one as i want to keep my new engine healthy so after much recommendation i went to see @Dan@SJM
And wow his map really shows how rubbish the ktec one was!

And well that's it to present day gave it a good clean last night and im about to go wax it now
so these are the latest pictures of it

Will keep this updated from now on
Looking forward to meeting some of you guys at future events.

 

[Stay Puft]

Looks nice mate, turinis are much better! Those flames are ridiculous!

 

[Dan The Top Bloke]

Yeah I know there gone now! Had my immature stage haha yeah deffo well I was thinking of selling it until I got the wheels mate now don't wanna get rid of it!!

 

[Dan@SJM]

Glad you're happy with the map mate

 

[dann2707]

As if you changed engines because it was getting on a bit that's amazing!

Car looks good.

 

[Dan The Top Bloke]

Yeah well the new ones not in yet going to do belts and ARP bolts while its out mate, and yeah Dan is fantastic!

 

[Dan The Top Bloke]

cheeky update as its been a hectic few days but I managed to find time to fit one recaro seat whilst the other one is sent for re trimming

 

[Dan The Top Bloke]

well the meg recaros are in and im chuffed to buggery here's a fitted pic,

and a before and after of the repair job that had to be done,
Before-

After,

He did a pretty good job of the repair so have a mint set of seats now , Orderd a half roll cage this morning as well so waiting on that next to be fitted

 

[mak2503]

Nice little updates I was glad you put it back on the Turini's. Those seats are beautiful. Just need a new thumb grip on that steering wheel.

 

[Dan@SJM]

Flol at the name change

 

[Dan The Top Bloke]

Nice little updates I was glad you put it back on the Turini's. Those seats are beautiful. Just need a new thumb grip on that steering wheel.

thanks mate yeah it does need a new one its on the to list.

Flol at the name change

glad you approve Dan

 

[Richy182.]

Updates required

 

[Dan The Top Bloke]

maybe later on

 

[Dan The Top Bloke]

Well i've been slacking in the update department and theres been a lot of changes to the humble little clio, So after reading about a past group buy on some rear roll cages i got myself thinking and decided to get ahold of the man who makes them directly through ebay and asked him if he'd build me one and he even offerd me a little discount for being a cs.net member witch was cool so i placed my order for a rear cage with a X brace and harness bars. The worst bit was waiting for it to turn up! eventually it got to my house a week later so i straight away started stripping the packaging tape off (witch was a nightmare)

i then decided to just get a few coats of hammerite on it to just freshen it up,

So after a few days of waiting for it to dry properly i some how managed to fit the cage in my car and was off to pick up @Richy182. as he offerd to help me fit it need less to say with a cage lyeing down in the back of a clio and hanging out the boot it didd'nt make for a comfy trip to richys house.But heres my bestst selfie face with a cage crammed in the back.

After getting to @Richy182. we started fitting the cage witch was a little bit of a pain but easy enough.

So with the cage fitted in the back buying a set of harnesses was really really biteing away at me so at the monthly south west clio meet i took my phone out and bought a set
2 days later i get this in the post,

So they got fitted that night and im really happy with how they look aganst the leather trendlines and black cage.

And that brings me upto date, the next on the list for next payday is either a private numberplate or a rear mat to cove the exposed metal and maybe sort out a new steering wheel.

 

[Dan The Top Bloke]

P.S sorry for the awful and silly spelling mistakes! 😊

 

[Scrooge]

Decent job with that

 

[Dan The Top Bloke]

thanks mate its getting to the way i want it

 

[Dan The Top Bloke]

Small update time,
So after seeing the fog light blanks fitted on @Richy182. s car I wanted a set and found some
Fitted them at the weekend with some help from @Richy182. and @Dan@SJM and while the bumper was off changed the bulbs to some 5k HID bulbs and I like the way the front looks now,

Also bought myself a lovely runabout car at the weekend, a lovely 1.8 51 plate astra, its a beast haha

Saves putting work miles ect on the clio now win win

 

[Danmw]

Well i've been slacking in the update department and theres been a lot of changes to the humble little clio, So after reading about a past group buy on some rear roll cages i got myself thinking and decided to get ahold of the man who makes them directly through ebay and asked him if he'd build me one and he even offerd me a little discount for being a cs.net member witch was cool :smile: so i placed my order for a rear cage with a X brace and harness bars. The worst bit was waiting for it to turn up! eventually it got to my house a week later so i straight away started stripping the packaging tape off (witch was a nightmare)

i then decided to just get a few coats of hammerite on it to just freshen it up,

So after a few days of waiting for it to dry properly i some how managed to fit the cage in my car and was off to pick up @Richy182. as he offerd to help me fit it need less to say with a cage lyeing down in the back of a clio and hanging out the boot it didd'nt make for a comfy trip to richys house.But heres my bestst selfie face with a cage crammed in the back.

After getting to @Richy182. we started fitting the cage witch was a little bit of a pain but easy enough.

So with the cage fitted in the back buying a set of harnesses was really really biteing away at me so at the monthly south west clio meet i took my phone out and bought a set :tongueout:
2 days later i get this in the post,

So they got fitted that night and im really happy with how they look aganst the leather trendlines and black cage.

And that brings me upto date, the next on the list for next payday is either a private numberplate or a rear mat to cove the exposed metal and maybe sort out a new steering wheel.

How did you fit the cage mate? Weld plates in? About to order the same one and well some help would be appreciated hah

 

[Dan The Top Bloke]

How did you fit the cage mate? Weld plates in? About to order the same one and well some help would be appreciated hah

literally allbwr did mate was take the front seats out position the cage in place drilled the holes through, and bolted it up with the spreader plates on the other side.

 

[Danmw]

literally allbwr did mate was take the front seats out position the cage in place drilled the holes through, and bolted it up with the spreader plates on the other side.

Silly question maybe. Did you put the spreader plates under the the foot of the cage?

 

[Dan The Top Bloke]

Silly question maybe. Did you put the spreader plates under the the foot of the cage?

Not a silly question as not everyone knows and no the plates went under the car.

 

[Danmw]

Not a silly question as not everyone knows :smile: and no the plates went under the car.

Cheers pal!

 

[Dan The Top Bloke]

Cheers pal!

If you get stuck pm me and I'll get you a few picture's , if you get the fitting kit I found that the bolts supplied were a tad short so I got some longer ones at screwfix mate.

 

[Danmw]

If you get stuck pm me and I'll get you a few picture's , if you get the fitting kit I found that the bolts supplied were a tad short so I got some longer ones at screwfix mate.

Cheers! It's just the spreader plates thats confusing me at the moment aha! I'll sort some bolts out then

 

[Dan The Top Bloke]

So a bit of a big update,

So after getting that spare engine out completely ( yes I know it took ages)

i had a little think abut while its out how can i get the best from this engine and for it to still be reliable, Then a set of ITB's poped up on cs.net.
After a little think I decided to do it and bought them, as this was going on my friend @Richy182. started to break his turbo set up so I bought a few goodies from him aswell so I've got a freshly rebuild head with supertec valves

Crap picture but that's when we just took it out and I also bought his standalone ECU

I also bought a few other goodies from him a PMS air-con delete kit and a battery relocation kit.

So the bodies witch i bought from @dinger should hopefully be here this week, let the fun begin

 

[Dan The Top Bloke]

Been slightly slacking lately due to doing the garden work at my house, but now its done its time to crack on again.

So a whole load of parts have arrived at mine and its getting me more and more excited!!

So the jenvy bodies turn up firstly,

So need to clean them up and whatnot but that's one of the end jobs

then the areo catches and the 421 catcams

So then the new engine got put up on the stand a commenced the stripping,

So all was going well right up until the LAST head bolt decided that the head wanted to snap off,witch was a head ache, had to drill off the remaining part of the bolt and lift the head off.

Plenty of aggro later the head was off,

So next is waiting on the ARP rod bolts swap them over then its all head work left,
Here's a off topic pic of how useful a clio is as being a van.

So this is how its left at the moment waiting on parts so more to follow
Exciting times!

 

[l33th3tr33]

#shed

 

[Dan The Top Bloke]

#driftking

 

[Dan@SJM]

#bestdayever

 

[Richy182.]

#hazelnuthotchocolate

 

[Dan The Top Bloke]

Slow progress on this at the moment but progress is progress,


So i started to do a little more the other day and first job was to clean the engine up a bit as i diddent want to get coverd it crap as i was working on it, bit of Jizer and a bit of warter and its pretty clean for now,

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  I then proceeded to remove the sump and found out where i attached it to the engine stand there was two bolts going through the sump, so i had to remove it from the stand and place it on a bench.
  
  
  
  Then i whiped the sump off ready for the next time i can get down there,
  
  
  
  
  
  A pic of a few goodies that arrived
  
  
  
  
  I also thought its a good idea to keep tabs on what i've bought so far and what i need to get and feel free if you think ive missed anything out to let me know
  
  Things that I currently have.
  -Cat cams 421 profile VVT
  
  -OEM gaskets all round
  
  -ARP conrod bolts
  
  -Slim line ally twin core rad
  
  -Megane Injectors
  
  -Jenvy throttle bodies 120mm trumpets 45mm wide
  
  -OEM headbolts
  
  -Typhoon 2 ecu
  
  -Battery reloaction kit
  
  -PMS aircon dealte kit
  
  -Aero catches
  
  -Rebuilt head with supertec valves
  
  -New low mile engine
  
  -PH 1 pedel and throttle cable
  
  
  
  Things i need,
  -Cambelt kit
  
  -Clutch
  
  -Oil cooler
  
  -Slim line fan
  
  -Air filter set up
  
  -Oil and filter
  
  -Mapping
  

 

[Martin.]

Looking good. Almost like a de ja vu for me

 

[Dan The Top Bloke]

Looking good. Almost like a de ja vu for me

Thanks mate, I have read yours and it smart! dont think i'll be going into quite as much detail as you have on yours though.

 

[Martin.]

Thanks mate, I have read yours and it smart! dont think i'll be going into quite as much detail as you have on yours though. :tongueout:

You say that now, but once you start it's a slippery slope haha

 

[Dan The Top Bloke]

You say that now, but once you start it's a slippery slope haha

How do you find it on the itbs? i've never acctually been in one.

 

[Martin.]

It's just a slight improvement over the standard car really. Nothing too crazy power wise. The noise is lovely though.

 

[Dan The Top Bloke]

It's just a slight improvement over the standard car really. Nothing too crazy power wise. The noise is lovely though.

any issues in being reilable?

 

[Martin.]

any issues in being reilable?

No more than a normal engine. In fact mine it's actually more reliable as I put ARP rod bolts in it.

 

[Dan The Top Bloke]

No more than a normal engine. In fact mine it's actually more reliable as I put ARP rod bolts in it.

Ideal as thats one thing thats been playing on my mind, I've gone for the ARP rod bolts too