Clio 172 cup rally/race/track car

[bloke]

Agreed on that, i ordered 2 lines and it took well over 7 days for a stock item to be delivered and still needed work despite being 'plug and play'

they will of been the correct length, just not for a clio though :tongueclosed:

 

[Nathan Evans]

engine in and got rid of abs pump at the same time. the fitting wasn't that bad but to be honest i'd never have anything from them again. it was only down to the fact we had waited so bloody long for them and the car was booked to be logbooked that stopped them from getting sent back.

bit of a pain bringing the line into the car, ended up doing it just to the side of the column.

Yeah that is a joke really. I only ordered them because it's meant to make my life easier. Did you get the bulk head fittings for the rear?
And was this on Robs car?

 

[bloke]

Yup, front and rear fittings. For rob b.

 

[Brushwood69]

And I collect my GRP tank guard

Who made them? Where can I get one? How much are they?

Ta
BW

 

[Nathan Evans]

Who made them? Where can I get one? How much are they?

Ta
BW

There you go

 

[Nathan Evans]

Tank guard picked up, I got fibreglass one as the car will only be doing tarmac events,
Still feels pretty strong, and it bolts in to the original mounts

Sorted a few bits out with the dash so I can make some space to mount my kill switches and extinguisher pull cords

Fag lighter in the dash

OBD port now in the dash

Still need to get the passnager side front poly window in. Rears and drivers are fitted

The sparco seats sold last night. Now I need to find some new seats, I've also got a spare dash that I need to send to get flocked but I haven't had time to cut it around the cage yet.

More progress coming soon. Couple of weeks and it will be ready to get logbooked

 

[Nathan Evans]

If any one is wondering how to fit front poly windows.

I've tek screwed the bottom in, from the inside, pushing the window to the outside of the body work and have used silicone on the bottom outside seal.

Very easy to do, glass window and motor out, and poly window in, with door card back on in 10 minutes

 

[Nathan Evans]

I now have everything I need to finish the car to msa rally spec.

Just need to get some free time to fit it all.

Picked up my new HRX seats tonight, almost identical to the sparco circuits, but a fraction of the price.

 

[Nathan Evans]

Another one of the new hrx seats

 

[eon172]

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Another one of the new hrx seats

Nice, where from?

 

[Nathan Evans]

Nice, where from?

Lightninghouse.net on Facebook

 

[Pauleds]

Comfiest seats ever. Got them in my clio.
HRX harnesses are excellent too

 

[Nathan Evans]

Comfiest seats ever. Got them in my clio.
HRX harnesses are excellent too

I tried them on Saturday morning. Then went to demon tweeks, tried every seat there and only one seat compared really, and they were almost twice the price.

Take it you got them off Bryn too?

 

[Pauleds]

No I got them direct from HRX after doing a deal for seats, harnesses and side mounts with them at last year's Autosport show. Bryn has only started dealing them this year.

 

[eon172]

Lightninghouse.net on Facebook

Thanks, guess it's actually... http://www.lightninghouse.co.uk [emoji6]

...and you have to ring for prices. Shall take a look, cheers.

Edit: my bad, you did say Facebook and I've now found it, ta.

 

[Nathan Evans]

Fitted the new seats, took ages to get them where I want them and I'm still not completely happy with the seating position.

Fire extinguishers plumbed in with the new hand held fitted too.

Pull cords fitted. But I need another plastic trim.
I drilled this one wrong.

Still need to fit sump and tank guard, and need the auto elect to wire the kill switch and some horn and intercom switches.

 

[Nathan Evans]

Took the seats out again and re fitted them. Now I'm happy with how they sit.
They could go slightly lower but at the minute it's not worth the new subframes to do it.

Road wheels on, just waiting on a few quotes from insurance company's. I'm not even going to do a 1000 miles a year in it. But it's better than taking it for a blast up the street on competition only tyres.

Still a few little bits to sort, I'm off a few days this week so should have it somewhere near.

 

[Nathan Evans]

Update time.

I insured the car and drove it on the road for the first time ever......
It was horrible. The gaz suspension was either to hard or to bouncy. So I bought some bilstein b14's.

In the mean time I've fitted my pms sump guard, tank guard and hydro hand brake with a mounting plate.
I also bought amd fitted a pms exhaust. Hopefully in the next year I'll get the pms manifold to match.
The exhaust is considerably quieter than what I had before but still sounds good. Only at age thing is that the car feels like it's holding back now. There used to be a lot more power lower down in the rev range to what it feels like now.

I still need to wire up the cut offs and horn. But they're the only things stopping it from being msa log booked.

 

[JohnnyE]

Looks great bud

 

[Nathan Evans]

Looks great bud

Cheers mate. Getting there now. Just wish I painted the inside of the car.

Any more sprints left this year mate?

 

[JohnnyE]

No mate but doing Angelsey rally day with #shiftspark

 

[JohnnyE]

@shiftspark

 

[Nathan Evans]

No mate but doing Angelsey rally day with #shiftspark

Great. I'll see you there. Hopefully in the clio, if not I'll be in my brothers 106

 

[JohnnyE]

I’m co driver with colin

 

[Nathan Evans]

I’m co driver with colin

The good thing with that day is the co driver and driver can change for free. You don't have to sign on as an additional driver.

 

[JohnnyE]

Sound so I will be able rip the back out of @shiftspark car

 

[shiftspark]

@JohnnyE You bend it you mend it.

 

[JohnnyE]

No probs got a couple of quid in my work pants

 

[Pauleds]

Shall I come to give you some tips?
@JohnnyE @shiftspark @Nathan Evans

 

[shiftspark]

No probs , you can also bring your car for us to use :up:

 

[Pauleds]

Won't be fixed anytime soon unfortunately

 

[shiftspark]

Swap for mine , no cash needed

 

[Pauleds]

Lol. No thanks.
Would take in PX though

 

[Nathan Evans]

Bilstein B14 fitted. Don't know how I feel about them. Fell ok down the lanes but bump steers quite a bit. After 90mph the front lifts and the steering goes really light, it might be because of how high the car is and the sumpguatd is getting air under it.

 

[Nathan Evans]

The car is finally finished to get msa log booked.

Electric cut off and switches all wired in this week

Me and my brother took the cars to three sisters in Wigan for a blast yesterday.

We both killed a set of tyres. My brother had a blow out on the fastest bend and put his into the tyre wall. Luckily all he needs is a new light and bumper.

The clio went well after we sorted the tyre pressures out. First session the tyres got to hot and I could get any grip anywhere.
I'm going to change the front springs on the bilsteins to 450 lbs as it was to soft.

 

[Nathan Evans]

The car is finally finished to get msa log booked.

Electric cut off and switches all wired in this week
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Me and my brother took the cars to three sisters in Wigan for a blast yesterday.

We both killed a set of tyres. My brother had a blow out on the fastest bend and put his into the tyre wall. Luckily all he needs is a new light and bumper.

The clio went well after we sorted the tyre pressures out. First session the tyres got to hot and I could get any grip anywhere.
I'm going to change the front springs in the bilsteins to 450 lbs as it was to soft.

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[Akay]

Cars looking and going well mate!

Can you remember what size/length tek screws you used for the front polys? Going to pinch that and order some!

 

[Nathan Evans]

Cars looking and going well mate!

Can you remember what size/length tek screws you used for the front polys? Going to pinch that and order some!

Cheers mate.

Mine are slightly bodged. And I do want to change the screws I have.

I think I used 25mm screws. But in the middle of the window I've got the screw, screwed into a 5mm packer that's pushed against the poly.

Ideally you need a few different lengths or use rivnuts.

 

[Akay]

Ok, il get a few 32 and 25 then cheers

 

[Nathan Evans]

Ok, il get a few 32 and 25 then :smile: cheers

If you pop the rubber seal off on the inside you'll be able to see the gap you've got to bridge with the screws