Allright, so this is my first post on this forum. I came to this forum because I recently bought my second Clio 172, solely for the track. Since this forum is very much track orientated, I can find a lot of usefull info on here, so thanks for that to you all.
My name is Stefan, I am 34 years old, and I come from a small town in the North-east of the Netherlands. I currently have a phase 1 Clio 172 from 2000, and a BMW 130i for daily driving. The 130i will mostly remain standard, but since most of you will probably find this an interesting car as well, I will keep this car updated here as well.
So these are the two cars:
The BMW on it's old wheels, which I didn't really like:
So I got a set of AC Schnitzer type 3, which are being refurbished at the moment, and will be painted dark grey. In the back I will put a 10 mm spacer:
I also bought a set of BMW Motorsport style 216 in E90 offset for the winter:
The car came with a carkit, and I hate these things, because they really downgrade the interior, so it had to come out:
Which was quite a job:
Then I upgraded the subframe bushings, to delete the loose back end. The originals have quite some room, which can be seen in one of the next pictures:
To get the old ones out, I put the jack under the subframe, put a lot of ballast in the trunk, including the 100+ kg owner, and let gravity do the rest along with a lot of heat:
While I was up there, I also installed the towing bar, detachable of course, along with the electrical circuit:
That it's for now for the BMW, other than refurbishing the AC Schnitzers, and installing a new gear knob, I don't have much plans for this car other than to enjoy it. The six cilinder really is a pleasure to drive.
The towing bar has a function ofcourse, and other than towing the mobile home on holidays, I also bought this to take the Clio to the track:
It weighs 327 kg's, which is important for me, because the BMW only is allowed to pull 1200 kg's. Which means I have to get the weight of the Clio down to 873 kg's. I don't know if that's possible, but at least I have a goal, and I don't think it will be a problem if I go a little bit over the maximum pulling weight.
The first things I want to do to the Clio are:
-replace original filter
-brake cooling
-new brake fluids
-towing hooks
The first thing I did was put back the original filter, as it came with the car, instead of the cheap open air filter that was there. When I look at the original airbox/filter, I cannot see why another system would give much improvement, as it seems to be a very good design.
Also, the biggest mod of the year, is installing a panoramic rear view mirror. It works, but I expect more inprovement when I will install the bucketseats, so that I am not looking to myself anymore, but more to what's behind me.
I made a start with the brake cooling, and got the fog lights out, and the inner panel to have a look at what is possible:
The pictures are a little crappy, because it was very sunny.
With the wheel on full lock, there is almost no room at all. At first I wanted a closed system to the back of the brakes, but now I see that it is not possible.
I also weight the horn and foglights, and the first weight savings have been made. I will also remove the carbon canister on the other side.
The car is now officially 1,873 kg's lighter.
This morning I made a start on stripping the car, with this as a result:
Total weight I got out of the car, is a whopping, 67 kg's, and 47 grams, which brings the total weight saving to: 68,92 kg's! :up: Very please with that already. :stig:
It was nice to see that the spare wheel was also an OZ F1, instead of the normal steel ones:
The top rubbers of the suspension look quite new, which indicates that the suspension must be new as well, which is also nice.
My name is Stefan, I am 34 years old, and I come from a small town in the North-east of the Netherlands. I currently have a phase 1 Clio 172 from 2000, and a BMW 130i for daily driving. The 130i will mostly remain standard, but since most of you will probably find this an interesting car as well, I will keep this car updated here as well.
So these are the two cars:
The BMW on it's old wheels, which I didn't really like:
So I got a set of AC Schnitzer type 3, which are being refurbished at the moment, and will be painted dark grey. In the back I will put a 10 mm spacer:
I also bought a set of BMW Motorsport style 216 in E90 offset for the winter:
The car came with a carkit, and I hate these things, because they really downgrade the interior, so it had to come out:
Which was quite a job:
Then I upgraded the subframe bushings, to delete the loose back end. The originals have quite some room, which can be seen in one of the next pictures:
To get the old ones out, I put the jack under the subframe, put a lot of ballast in the trunk, including the 100+ kg owner, and let gravity do the rest along with a lot of heat:
While I was up there, I also installed the towing bar, detachable of course, along with the electrical circuit:
That it's for now for the BMW, other than refurbishing the AC Schnitzers, and installing a new gear knob, I don't have much plans for this car other than to enjoy it. The six cilinder really is a pleasure to drive.
The towing bar has a function ofcourse, and other than towing the mobile home on holidays, I also bought this to take the Clio to the track:
It weighs 327 kg's, which is important for me, because the BMW only is allowed to pull 1200 kg's. Which means I have to get the weight of the Clio down to 873 kg's. I don't know if that's possible, but at least I have a goal, and I don't think it will be a problem if I go a little bit over the maximum pulling weight.
The first things I want to do to the Clio are:
-replace original filter
-brake cooling
-new brake fluids
-towing hooks
The first thing I did was put back the original filter, as it came with the car, instead of the cheap open air filter that was there. When I look at the original airbox/filter, I cannot see why another system would give much improvement, as it seems to be a very good design.
Also, the biggest mod of the year, is installing a panoramic rear view mirror. It works, but I expect more inprovement when I will install the bucketseats, so that I am not looking to myself anymore, but more to what's behind me.
I made a start with the brake cooling, and got the fog lights out, and the inner panel to have a look at what is possible:
The pictures are a little crappy, because it was very sunny.
With the wheel on full lock, there is almost no room at all. At first I wanted a closed system to the back of the brakes, but now I see that it is not possible.
I also weight the horn and foglights, and the first weight savings have been made. I will also remove the carbon canister on the other side.
The car is now officially 1,873 kg's lighter.
This morning I made a start on stripping the car, with this as a result:
Total weight I got out of the car, is a whopping, 67 kg's, and 47 grams, which brings the total weight saving to: 68,92 kg's! :up: Very please with that already. :stig:
It was nice to see that the spare wheel was also an OZ F1, instead of the normal steel ones:
The top rubbers of the suspension look quite new, which indicates that the suspension must be new as well, which is also nice.