Back to the fold - Supercharged Clio 172 Track Car

[Waitey]

@Waitey I can sort the crunch and get the gripper diff serviced. ??

I’ve been looking at Sadev’s.

I’ll run this box for the mean time and just nurse it.

 

[Waitey]

Just been through Cubs thread and the box was refurbed the grand total of 6000 miles ago.

Part of the box refurb was the synchro on 3rd!

Renault boxes do not last well!

 

[bill]

i noticed new box in the for sale advert, would have expected it to last lonher than that ffs!

i used to get through them on my mk1 valver, 3 i think, 1 in my williams, the 172 cup however was fine.

bit of a bummer, but i could live with it, if i had that car.

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[Bluebeard]

Just been through Cubs thread and the box was refurbed the grand total of 6000 miles ago.

Part of the box refurb was the synchro on 3rd!

Renault boxes do not last well!

You’ve adjusted the bearing for the shifter though haven’t you?
I’ve been round track in that car with Cub driving like his balls were on fire and neverd a crunch.
If I was you (I’d be rich, clearly) I’d spend a couple of hours playing with the linkages to see if you can get it right.

 

[Waitey]

You’ve adjusted the bearing for the shifter though haven’t you?
I’ve been round track in that car with Cub driving like his balls were on fire and neverd a crunch.
If I was you (I’d be rich, clearly) I’d spend a couple of hours playing with the linkages to see if you can get it right.

Not touched the shifter as I couldn’t be arsed to take the cat off to get at it.

All it’s had is the joints lubed up. The shift issue is a synchro and not a miss alignment. You can feel the graunch and resistance on any shift above around 4k.

Lucky most tracks are 3rd upwards so it’ll be fine.

 

[Waitey]

Took it for fuel, ready for Sunday. It still works....

 

[Waitey]

All ready bar the straps for its first day out on track with me tomorrow.

 

[bill]

will there be footage? woukd like to see how well this goes, always loved supercharged clio's.

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[Waitey]

will there be footage? woukd like to see how well this goes, always loved supercharged clio's.

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I’ve packed the cameras but I’ll see how the car gets on first.

Might do a bit in the afternoon.

 

[bill]

hope it behaves for you, a mate went oulton today, very wet lol. not sure what tomorrows ment to bring

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[Waitey]

hope it behaves for you, a mate went oulton today, very wet lol. not sure what tomorrows ment to bring

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Accuweather doesn’t look too bad so I’m only taking the Dunlops.

 

[JamesBryan]

The Dunlops on that are the harder H1 compound iirc. Will take some time getting heat into them, if it's wet then forget about it ?

 

[Waitey]

The Dunlops on that are the harder H1 compound iirc. Will take some time getting heat into them, if it's wet then forget about it ?

Haha I’ll run them at 17psi. Hot in 3 laps....

 

[Cub.]

will there be footage? woukd like to see how well this goes, always loved supercharged clio's.

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There are 4 or 5 videos of it on track in my old thread.

@Waitey - hope it goes well and you have fun.

 

[bill]

There are 4 or 5 videos of it on track in my old thread.

@Waitey - hope it goes well and you have fun.

will have a butchers [emoji1303]

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[Waitey]

Fucked already. Clio’s are s**t.

 

[DCELEC 182]

What’s up with it?
Funny thing is I keep debating going for a big power hike as I’ve spent all the money on handling mods.....but I’ve done 20 plus trackdays with no mechanical failures and all the funky bigger power cars always seem to have problems!
Hope it’s an easy fix and you get back out there ??

 

[Waitey]

Cats fucked and the manifold join has come apart.

Done 4 laps.

 

[JamesBryan]

It has a cat?

 

[Clio_fool]

Fucked already. Clio’s are s**t.View attachment 1396974

Maybe it's you? Didn't have much joy with the kit car's either did you.

 

[Louis]

Vband and decat it ? guys at CSK mentioned your new clio when I popped down!

 

[Scrooge]

Your Skittles problem is worse than @Cookie

 

[Cookie]

Fucked already. Clio’s are s**t.View attachment 1396974

It was parked on my drive once. Sorry.

 

[leeds_182]

Fucked already. Clio’s are s**t.View attachment 1396974

I’ve got that jack.

 

[Waitey]

I’ve got that jack.

It’s a good jack!

 

[Waitey]

Maybe it's you? Didn't have much joy with the kit car's either did you.

I wish it was. Sadly I had nothing to do with the building of this!

 

[JamesBryan]

Does it still have the 172 exhaust manifold or a 182 one?

 

[Waitey]

Well......

Today wasn’t a total waste of time.

60 laps done. Half a tank used. My two mates got a drive of it too.

Issue with it was the rear exhaust hanger breaking, the movement then causing the cat to manifold joint to open and bugger the gasket ring.

Cable ties and some exhaust paste got us back out after an hour of down time.

How did I get on..... honestly, I didn’t enjoy it. Pace wise it was ok, but I didn’t have fun.

I’m sure it’s a pretty sorted Clio but there was little joy to be had, I wasn’t excited to take it back out.
I ended the day enviously watching the guys sliding around in MX-5’s et al having loads of fun. Even a guy in a C2 Endurance racer with 68bhp seemed to be getting more from it that me.

The Clio was always going to be a bit of a risk, I was thinking the charger and AST’s would make it exciting enough to keep me going back. Sadly it doesn’t seem to!

My friends enjoyed driving it, which is good as its a good car to learn in.

I had the most fun of the day on the sighting laps in the Rangie!

 

[Waitey]

Does it still have the 172 exhaust manifold or a 182 one?

172 with the Cat connection in the twatty place.

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

Going from a kit car with a 10k engine to a Clio was never going to end well.

 

[Waitey]

Going from a kit car with a 10k engine to a Clio was never going to end well.

That kit car wasn’t fun though, just scary...

My first kit car was a laugh though with only 150bhp.

I think I’m a RWD boy though, FWD just seems a bit blunted.

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

That kit car wasn’t fun though, just scary...

My first kit car was a laugh though with only 150bhp.

I think I’m a RWD boy though, FWD just seems a bit blunted.

That’s fair, possibility that it was setup based though?

 

[Oggy997]

I'll give you £300 for it

 

[Clio_fool]

Yeah maybe it needs some tweaking to get it to your liking? As for reliability it's hardly moved for the last few years right? A bit of a shakedown is probably all it needs to loosen it up.

 

[Scrooge]

I’ll give you £3.5k. Always loved this car

 

[Waitey]

Worked for a bit like....

 

[gambit]

Looks like a cracking car. Shame your shakedown was mixed. Whats your plans now?

 

[Waitey]

Looks like a cracking car. Shame your shakedown was mixed. Whats your plans now?

Sell it tbh.

 

[Usr117063]

What were you expecting it be like?

 

[leeds_182]

60 laps isn’t a bad effort and it’s the first time on track for sometime so was always the potential for some issues. If all you had was an exhaust issue I’d say the car did ok to be fair!