BG182 Track car
hello all,
been joined up a few month now so i thought id start a project thread up, ive mainly been into vauxhalls for years and this is my first french car, so after breaking my corsa turbo track car i decided to buy one due to there known handling abilities and get back into having fun and using the track car rather thaan buuilding and fixing it all the time lol
few pics of my old car
corsa b c20let, evo tdo5 turbo conversion stand alone mangement , custom suspension, fully rose jointed etc mapped to 350 bhp
anyway onto the clio,
bought a few months ago off a member on here BG182 clio on a 04 plate , here she is as i got her
spec list of when i got it
93000 miles but does have fsh lots of recipts and just had service and cambelt, dephaser, water pump done by fred at btm
both cup packs
172 cup hubs
fk konigsport coilovers
ktec cat back exhaust
ktec discs all round with green stuff pads
white line rear arb
16" speedline turnini wheels
it drove very well obv a bit of getting used to coming from the corsa but still alot of fun, steering just felt a lil dead so it wasnt long before i started cracking on with it.
First up removed the awkward old steering rack bushes
Old
New
Next up was some new genuie cup wishbones from west renault
After some long chatting and with my mate at the motorfactors and looking at different tie rods tryin to find the correct length ones i got these
Listed as kangoo 4x4 exact same 335mm length , fitted these with the new track rod ends , nightmare job for access with mole grips but got there in a few hours
Gt a scorpion decat for £35 so got that fitted along with a new downpipe to decat gasket and fitting kit, sounds loads better nice and raspy on full load but quiet when you want it to be
Bought a full pms stud kit and also some m.a.d 15mm ally hubcentric spacers, Got them fitted up
Also cleaned up the coilovers didnt realise the hole was slotted so can adjust camber, so set it to max , think i got enough lol
Also early xmas prezzie off the misses, new sparco helmet
Just bought a set of polycarbs front an rear sides wih 2 sliders and ds2500 pads.
Well i had the alignment checked/adjusted to day, well happy with all the readings seems pretty even, ignore the toe in thats now set to about the same amount but toe out instead, camber is bang on lol what a guess and rear looks good what yas think?
so its now after xmas and have been doing a few lil bits and collected a few bits to get it ready for bedford
up the bonnet was anoying me as it had loads of stop chips and tiny lil ones all over it, so i filled the big ones, flatted back with 2000 grit paper and then used the wipe technique to smear paint over the entire bonnet with a cloth and then polish back with a cutting compound. very scary to say the least but it does work well, still has a lil dent id like removed.
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after the cut
took the front and rear diamonds off, bullets off and clio badge off and painted them all in the colour im doing the wheels rover gunmetal grey, the rear one is satin black atm as ran out of paint.
swapped the cup spoiler i had to the std 182 one tbh i prefer the way it follows the roof as its less than half the weight of the cup one which is pretty damn heavy , it is a track car after all and need a strict diet lol.
received me sparco sumframes this week and my 2 pairs of side mounts and drove down to bristol last weekend to pick this bad boy up corbeau revolution just gone out of date from a unfinished project, it has literaly not been sat in,its mint, very tight but feels pretty awsome really grips you.
want to make use of the existing corbeau forza seats i already had from the corsa so will try to use that as a passanger seat.
cleaned it all up and also looks pretty new
the forza is a bottom mount seat opposed to the revolutions side mount so i took a few measurements and looks like is just have to make 2 box section rails to go between the seat and the subframe to get the hole spacings required, just need to see where about it sits in the car now and the height of it.
after a decision for the 15" wheels i wanted and a while of searching and missing a few sets i finally got my hands on a set of 15" 6.5j renault turbines in need of a refurb for £150 there et36 so should fill the arches nicely with my 15mm spacers on front and 10's on back.
heres what they were like when i got them
primered before flatting any bad bits with 800
fully painted and laquered, just painted the tyres are thre goin in the bin anyway in way for my yoko a048's, only done the one so far, will be doin the rest this week as they take a fair bit of effort well happy though they should look awsome on the car.
also purhased the unlock code for the rstuner over xmas so rich is goin to load that on for me over the next few weeks , cheers mate
gave her a mini detail today and well happy few lil dents but she does look well, need to remeber its a track car lol.
track car
daily track tower, looked a little uncared for so gave then a treatment to
thats it so far, ive now put her in the garage so i can start stripping, fit seats polycarbs, 2500, ducts, brake pads etc so more updates soon
been joined up a few month now so i thought id start a project thread up, ive mainly been into vauxhalls for years and this is my first french car, so after breaking my corsa turbo track car i decided to buy one due to there known handling abilities and get back into having fun and using the track car rather thaan buuilding and fixing it all the time lol
few pics of my old car
corsa b c20let, evo tdo5 turbo conversion stand alone mangement , custom suspension, fully rose jointed etc mapped to 350 bhp
anyway onto the clio,
bought a few months ago off a member on here BG182 clio on a 04 plate , here she is as i got her
spec list of when i got it
93000 miles but does have fsh lots of recipts and just had service and cambelt, dephaser, water pump done by fred at btm
both cup packs
172 cup hubs
fk konigsport coilovers
ktec cat back exhaust
ktec discs all round with green stuff pads
white line rear arb
16" speedline turnini wheels
it drove very well obv a bit of getting used to coming from the corsa but still alot of fun, steering just felt a lil dead so it wasnt long before i started cracking on with it.
First up removed the awkward old steering rack bushes
Old
New
Next up was some new genuie cup wishbones from west renault
After some long chatting and with my mate at the motorfactors and looking at different tie rods tryin to find the correct length ones i got these
Listed as kangoo 4x4 exact same 335mm length , fitted these with the new track rod ends , nightmare job for access with mole grips but got there in a few hours
Gt a scorpion decat for £35 so got that fitted along with a new downpipe to decat gasket and fitting kit, sounds loads better nice and raspy on full load but quiet when you want it to be
Bought a full pms stud kit and also some m.a.d 15mm ally hubcentric spacers, Got them fitted up
Also cleaned up the coilovers didnt realise the hole was slotted so can adjust camber, so set it to max , think i got enough lol
Also early xmas prezzie off the misses, new sparco helmet
Just bought a set of polycarbs front an rear sides wih 2 sliders and ds2500 pads.
Well i had the alignment checked/adjusted to day, well happy with all the readings seems pretty even, ignore the toe in thats now set to about the same amount but toe out instead, camber is bang on lol what a guess and rear looks good
what yas think?so its now after xmas and have been doing a few lil bits and collected a few bits to get it ready for bedford
up the bonnet was anoying me as it had loads of stop chips and tiny lil ones all over it, so i filled the big ones, flatted back with 2000 grit paper and then used the wipe technique to smear paint over the entire bonnet with a cloth and then polish back with a cutting compound. very scary to say the least but it does work well, still has a lil dent id like removed.
url=http://s682.photobucket.com/user/ashleybruneau/media/IMG_2183.jpg.html]
after the cut
took the front and rear diamonds off, bullets off and clio badge off and painted them all in the colour im doing the wheels rover gunmetal grey, the rear one is satin black atm as ran out of paint.
swapped the cup spoiler i had to the std 182 one tbh i prefer the way it follows the roof as its less than half the weight of the cup one which is pretty damn heavy , it is a track car after all and need a strict diet lol.
received me sparco sumframes this week and my 2 pairs of side mounts
and drove down to bristol last weekend to pick this bad boy up corbeau revolution just gone out of date from a unfinished project, it has literaly not been sat in,its mint, very tight but feels pretty awsome really grips you.want to make use of the existing corbeau forza seats i already had from the corsa so will try to use that as a passanger seat.
cleaned it all up and also looks pretty new
the forza is a bottom mount seat opposed to the revolutions side mount so i took a few measurements and looks like is just have to make 2 box section rails to go between the seat and the subframe to get the hole spacings required, just need to see where about it sits in the car now and the height of it.
after a decision for the 15" wheels i wanted and a while of searching and missing a few sets i finally got my hands on a set of 15" 6.5j renault turbines in need of a refurb for £150 there et36 so should fill the arches nicely with my 15mm spacers on front and 10's on back.
heres what they were like when i got them
primered before flatting any bad bits with 800
fully painted and laquered, just painted the tyres are thre goin in the bin anyway in way for my yoko a048's, only done the one so far, will be doin the rest this week as they take a fair bit of effort well happy though they should look awsome on the car.
also purhased the unlock code for the rstuner over xmas so rich is goin to load that on for me over the next few weeks , cheers mate
gave her a mini detail today and well happy few lil dents but she does look well, need to remeber its a track car lol.
track car
daily track tower, looked a little uncared for so gave then a treatment to
thats it so far, ive now put her in the garage so i can start stripping, fit seats polycarbs, 2500, ducts, brake pads etc so more updates soon
