Sorry about the essay content to start with, it will become more brief.
I thought I would start a small progress thread to keep track of ongoings of my new run around.
I am building another Cup just now to go racing with. After driving my race build car I was well impressed with the Clio's and thought I might have one in the future for some road fun. I sold my Corsa VXR to make way for a tow car/van and trailer purchase. I am in no rush to get a tow vehicle yet so I was left without a car for using day to day, cue the purchase of my second cup.
I was lucky and a well priced trailer came up down in Carlisle, not a million miles away for me to travel given that most were down the south of England. The same week I placed the deposit on the trailer a cheap Cup came up for sale on here that needed some work but was perfect for my needs, I prefer doing repairs myself knowing that they 'were' done and done right. The car just happened to be in Carlisle too and only 4 miles apart.
I travelled down to Carlisle on the 21st Feb and picked up the trailer then headed over to Russ Rallye's house to pick up the cup. The car seemed alright from the viewing ( was dark by this point) decided to take it after a short drive and a going round with a torch. The road test was 'interesting' to say the least, it pulled all over the road and there was a few oil leaks that will need looking at but all things that can be fixed. Some badly painted parts that i'll sort too. I also picked up a full 172 interior from Dannyboom on the way down as I never liked the basic spec of the Cup's interior.
I returned home 13hours after leaving, most time spent on the motorway so I was totalled, the next day I got it up on some stands and came up with a list of known parts and some unknown parts that would need looking at as well as some nice touches to tighten it up and improve what is there already.
I will do a final spec list when I get round to doing the work but so far I have ordered pretty much everything to rebuild the suspension and steering, replacing the cambelt & aux, full service inc all oils and fluids, all exhaust mountings & gaskets, pretty much every seal on the engine bar the head gasket and stem seals, new tyres, re surfaced front and back disks, 197/225 Brembo 4 pots and ds2500 pads, braided hoses, spacers, dog bone mount( already fitted) full new interior and omp base frames, seats and harnesses will be borrowed from my race car for just now, all new dash strips and gearknob.
Like I say I will do a full write up when parts go on, I HOPE to do everything starting this weekend and have it rebuilt and M.O.T'd in time for me going on holiday the Saturday after this coming weekend.
A few photos that Russ Rallye done for sale thread and a couple of poor iFails I took. I will update with pictures of everything when I get going.
I thought I would start a small progress thread to keep track of ongoings of my new run around.
I am building another Cup just now to go racing with. After driving my race build car I was well impressed with the Clio's and thought I might have one in the future for some road fun. I sold my Corsa VXR to make way for a tow car/van and trailer purchase. I am in no rush to get a tow vehicle yet so I was left without a car for using day to day, cue the purchase of my second cup.
I was lucky and a well priced trailer came up down in Carlisle, not a million miles away for me to travel given that most were down the south of England. The same week I placed the deposit on the trailer a cheap Cup came up for sale on here that needed some work but was perfect for my needs, I prefer doing repairs myself knowing that they 'were' done and done right. The car just happened to be in Carlisle too and only 4 miles apart.
I travelled down to Carlisle on the 21st Feb and picked up the trailer then headed over to Russ Rallye's house to pick up the cup. The car seemed alright from the viewing ( was dark by this point) decided to take it after a short drive and a going round with a torch. The road test was 'interesting' to say the least, it pulled all over the road and there was a few oil leaks that will need looking at but all things that can be fixed. Some badly painted parts that i'll sort too. I also picked up a full 172 interior from Dannyboom on the way down as I never liked the basic spec of the Cup's interior.
I returned home 13hours after leaving, most time spent on the motorway so I was totalled, the next day I got it up on some stands and came up with a list of known parts and some unknown parts that would need looking at as well as some nice touches to tighten it up and improve what is there already.
I will do a final spec list when I get round to doing the work but so far I have ordered pretty much everything to rebuild the suspension and steering, replacing the cambelt & aux, full service inc all oils and fluids, all exhaust mountings & gaskets, pretty much every seal on the engine bar the head gasket and stem seals, new tyres, re surfaced front and back disks, 197/225 Brembo 4 pots and ds2500 pads, braided hoses, spacers, dog bone mount( already fitted) full new interior and omp base frames, seats and harnesses will be borrowed from my race car for just now, all new dash strips and gearknob.
Like I say I will do a full write up when parts go on, I HOPE to do everything starting this weekend and have it rebuilt and M.O.T'd in time for me going on holiday the Saturday after this coming weekend.
A few photos that Russ Rallye done for sale thread and a couple of poor iFails I took. I will update with pictures of everything when I get going.
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