building the fastest clio in the country #buildingthefastest

[RuskiWeldFab]

Just incase you missed it on Facebook I’ll leave it here. You know for the record.
Building the fastest standard engine (the one from MK2 clio) Clio in the country. By fastest I mean fastest lap times around UK tracks.
Finally got mapped! Stoked! 460 bhp/tonne. Now to learn how to drive it haha. 4th time lucky!



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[EVO 4LEX]

Nice work, glad you got there in the end! When’s your next trackday and where?

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

460 lol that's mental!

 

[Usr117063]

I smell something German and going to the rears

I watched yesterday, what tyre size did you settle on, 245?

 

[RustyMojo]

I bet that’s an absolute animal! What’s the plan to get the power down and stop the wheels from spinning?

 

[djp66]

I bet that’s an absolute animal! What’s the plan to get the power down and stop the wheels from spinning?

Re-cast the front wings and bonnet out of pig iron

Seriously though, can't start to imagine what that much power is going to be like.

 

[R3k1355]

Fastest round a track? Thats a hell of a goal to set yourself, good luck!

I don't doubt you've got the power, I think you'll spend the next year or so getting the car setup to put the power down.

 

[Krarl]

I can remember when this car was silver ffs😂

Been watching your YouTube since the beginning, every new video is a "here i know I bought X... but now I want it to do Y so I welded this and now its 15 times better"😂

 

[RuskiWeldFab]

Nice work, glad you got there in the end! When’s your next trackday and where?

Thank you! First outing 5th Nov Donny


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[RuskiWeldFab]

460 lol that's mental!

Yes [emoji51]


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[RuskiWeldFab]

I smell something German and going to the rears

I watched yesterday, what tyre size did you settle on, 245?

Nothing is settled yet


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[RuskiWeldFab]

I bet that’s an absolute animal! What’s the plan to get the power down and stop the wheels from spinning?

Learn how to peddle it [emoji2960]


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[RuskiWeldFab]

Re-cast the front wings and bonnet out of pig iron

Seriously though, can't start to imagine what that much power is going to be like.

Me neither. [emoji2962] only one way to find out


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[RuskiWeldFab]

Fastest round a track? Thats a hell of a goal to set yourself, good luck!

I don't doubt you've got the power, I think you'll spend the next year or so getting the car setup to put the power down.

Yep always aim high! Otherwise may as well call this build “building the fifth fastest” [emoji23]
And luckily i have time to figure out how to lay the power down. Drag cars seem to be able to do it [emoji1696][emoji6]


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[RuskiWeldFab]

I can remember when this car was silver ffs[emoji23]

Been watching your YouTube since the beginning, every new video is a "here i know I bought X... but now I want it to do Y so I welded this and now its 15 times better"[emoji23]

Haha thanks buddy! Yeah that’s pretty much how it goes. Buy new take it apart modify it don’t be sitisfied make your own from scratch [emoji23]


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[EVO 4LEX]

Thank you! First outing 5th Nov Donny


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What sort of times are you hoping for at Donny? Few of us at Cadwell 30th November if you fancy it??

 

[RuskiWeldFab]

What sort of times are you hoping for at Donny? Few of us at Cadwell 30th November if you fancy it??

No idea if I am honest. Will be testing day. Start with low boost. Lost of things to adjust.
Next one after Donny is snett on 1st dec.


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[jp_lcr]

Thank you! First outing 5th Nov Donny


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Been watching the videos too really enjoyed them but of all the dates to pick for first track day 🤣 not bonfire night, take some extra fire extinguishers with you please!!! 🚒

 

[RuskiWeldFab]

Been watching the videos too really enjoyed them but of all the dates to pick for first track day 🤣 not bonfire night, take some extra fire extinguishers with you please!!! 🚒

i got is covered haha.

 

[stebat]

Thank you! First outing 5th Nov Donny


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😬

 

[Krarl]

Ilya keep your eyes peeled for what Danny has done to his K20 Clio 👀

You'll have a good fight for the title on your hands 😂

 

[RuskiWeldFab]

Ilya keep your eyes peeled for what Danny has done to his K20 Clio 👀

You'll have a good fight for the title on your hands 😂

Danny? whos Danny? never heard of Danny..

 

[Krarl]

Danny? whos Danny? never heard of Danny..

You may be about to 👀

 

[Louis]

Ilya keep your eyes peeled for what Danny has done to his K20 Clio 👀

You'll have a good fight for the title on your hands 😂

Doesnt count when it's not an f4r

 

[scullyg40]

Doesnt count when it's not an f4r

That's arguable. @RuskiWeldShit has a VW gearbox. 😚

 

[Hyperhatch]

What’s the fastest times for each track? There’s not many in the UK so shouldn’t be to hard to get some reference

 

[Krarl]

That's arguable. @RuskiWeldShit has a VW gearbox. 😚

That's because Renault ones blow up above 12bhp

 

[Hollidog]

Fastest time I can find at Donny for a Clio is a 1:20.026 done by a chap called Tom Mensley at the CSCC Tin Tops meeting on 26 Sep

 

[JamesBryan]

Fastest time I can find at Donny for a Clio is a 1:20.026 done by a chap called Tom Mensley at the CSCC Tin Tops meeting on 26 Sep

A lad called Jamie Tonks has done a 1:18 I think it was in a 172 with 195bhp and 850kg.

I'll have to find the video.

 

[Hollidog]

Someone has gone faster for sure - I just went through the last couple years of events on TSL Timing. I'd expect this thing to be a couple seconds faster easy considering its got 2.5x more power than standard 😱

 

[JamesBryan]

Sorry, 1:19 it was.

 

[NorthloopCup]

Sorry, 1:19 it was.

On a set of my hubs and one of my gearbox builds lol

 

[Hollidog]

Good chance a part of nearly every track Clio has been through your workshop at some point, Mark!

 

[Steven103]

Not meaning to take anything away from this effort, but the quickest lap (to date) probably isn’t going to be found by looking at recent CSCC entrants or track day videos on YouTube though is it.

It’ll be the pro half of some random pro am entry of a supercharged cup racer on a pre-YouTube britcar test day in 2006 or something equally obscure.

 

[JamesBryan]

On a set of my hubs and one of my gearbox builds lol

Yep 👍🏻

 

[Krarl]

On a set of my hubs and one of my gearbox builds lol

Can't wait for next year when I can stick a set of your hubs on mine and give em a whirl

The ones I bought look like they've been in the sea 😂

 

[RuskiWeldFab]

Not meaning to take anything away from this effort, but the quickest lap (to date) probably isn’t going to be found by looking at recent CSCC entrants or track day videos on YouTube though is it.

It’ll be the pro half of some random pro am entry of a supercharged cup racer on a pre-YouTube britcar test day in 2006 or something equally obscure.

fair enough. but the plan is not just beat some tin tops time by a sec. but completely annihilate it by a sizable margin. depending on track of course. time will tell.

 

[EVO 4LEX]

Sorry, 1:19 it was.

Correct me if I’m wrong but best lap shown on that vid was a 1:22.7??

 

[RuskiWeldFab]

What’s the fastest times for each track? There’s not many in the UK so shouldn’t be to hard to get some reference

none yet. hasn't seen a single one in this configuration.

 

[dann2707]

fair enough. but the plan is not just beat some tin tops time by a sec. but completely annihilate it by a sizable margin. depending on track of course. time will tell.

I think you could if you had the power going to the right wheels. That's a lot of power going to the front!