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Clio 197 cup - Time Attack Build



Filters

Wales - South
ClioSport Area Rep
Been a while since i updated this

Had a successful track day at Castle Combe the other week, car felt great and a lot was learnt but there's a few changes I need to do in the suspension, definitely need stiffer springs coming into the new year.

Got some much needed tuition off of a friend of mine which helped me improve through out the day also.
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My girlfriends first time out on track as well, brave enough to tackle combe for her first time driving the car, and on a live track! smashed it, and i'm sure she'll be joining me out on a couple more to learn the car also.
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Been in talks with Fulcrum Motorsport recently, and I've decided to put a deposit down on a cage and get that done over winter. Also have a few other ideas of what i want to get done to make sure the car is safe and reliable (as much as you can get a French car to be anyway)

I had my license starter pack come through the other day also, so I have some revision to get done and my license to be sorted at the end of this year / the start of the new year ready for the season.
I will be entering Time Attack in the new year as my main series, as well as the odd Hot hacth series / Road series races by 750MC.


Hi friend ;)

Good times that was, glad to see you're pushing to get racing.
Anything I can do to help, just ask and you know I'll help where I can!

P.S Remember you can brake way later than you think!
 

TRH_Racing

South East - Herts/London
ClioSport Area Rep
Went to snetterton today, tried to get a final track day out the way

what a wet wet wet day that was, had a couple of spins; caused a small bit of damage to the side skirt but nothing bad
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as the day went on the drier the track got, so that was good to be able to feel the cars potential again!
Apart from that, a pretty standard track day! No red flags, one yellow, couldn’t have been better
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TRH_Racing

South East - Herts/London
ClioSport Area Rep
So after a long think recently, and with my mental health taking a large turn over the past two months.
time attack is being out on hold, I’ll be doing the odd single round entry, so I won’t be completely out of it, but not as I wanted too.
Having time attack lingering has been adding to the stress recently that I haven’t needed.
so it’s back to building the car to my specs and track days all year with the odd time attack entry.
Also needing a new car, and life coming into play a lot more as of late, everything started to have to take a bit more of a back burner.

the car build will continue as normal tho! 😄
 

TRH_Racing

South East - Herts/London
ClioSport Area Rep
Couple of jobs completed yesterday.

Finished painting the cup racer tow eye and got that back to good condition on the car, as well as stripping 5kg worth of sound deadening out the car as well, every little helps towards the end goal!

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Apologies for the s**t pics!


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TRH_Racing

South East - Herts/London
ClioSport Area Rep
Done some digging. Turns out it’s the radiator / hose that’s caused the leak this time and not the water pump
Starting to lose love with the car recently, small issues keep popping up and it’s really demotivating!

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TRH_Racing

South East - Herts/London
ClioSport Area Rep
Been a while since i updated this .. so i thought I'd have a quick catch up


The coolant loss issue was down to the radiator in the end, glad I got that fixed and didnt have to get the belts and water pump done just yet!
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February: time I popped up to AW Motorworks for a service and to get the corner weighting sorted out again, car was a bit lighter than i expected it to be, but still too heavy, the weight shown is with me in the car as well.
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March:
Shortly after this I took a trip to bedford with a few friends for a track day, my first time there and really enjoyed it, good fast track but i feel like it's a bit too long for the clios. None the less it was a wicked day and great to get the car back to where its built for! :D

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TRH_Racing

South East - Herts/London
ClioSport Area Rep
Part 2 here, due to only being able to upload X amount of pics at a time ..


A couple weeks passed ... Got a new passenger seat and some new pads, decided to try out some DS 1.11's for this year and so far they're pretty decent! got the seat sorted and the lap belt holes drilled while at Alex's sorting the brakes out.

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Then coming up to the past few weeks / today I got round to the rear pads .. One of the materials fell out on the way to caffeine and machine last month, didnt realize how bad they where so its a bit embarrassing! Got some brembo's in there to get me along for a couple weeks until my PBS pro track's turned up, which I got in and sorted this afternoon.

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TRH_Racing

South East - Herts/London
ClioSport Area Rep
Got a bit to catch up on but I’ll do that after CSF I think.
Got some fresh ar1’s through to try for Anglesey which I’m excited about.
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If anyone is heading over, be sure to come see me and @Filters in the garages for some hot laps to raise money for the clubs chosen charity! 😁😁
 

TRH_Racing

South East - Herts/London
ClioSport Area Rep
Been a while since i updated .. completely forgot about this progress thread.

TLDR is, Time attack is go go go for 2024

Fitted a new windscreen wiper motor the other week due to the last one packing in, and cleaned out the scuttle while I was there

Few things to do, rear calipers are being refurbished by MC Custom, and along with that i've got brand new OEM rear brake hose's to go from caliper - braided lines. bonnet catches and bumper quick releases

I'll try keep this updated a bit more on the path up to round one at anglsey
 

TRH_Racing

South East - Herts/London
ClioSport Area Rep
Quick spam of photo's through the recent prep .. !


Calipers refurbed and painted by MS Custom engineering and new OEM brake lines
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swapped the seats over - passenger seat is now the drivers and the halo seat is out .. swapped the harnesses over as well as i prefered the newer black 801.
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Bonnet pins installed
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Fortyone brake cooling strapped up and waiting for the hoses to arrive to make it all work and their Ti shims in as well

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Cool down light wired in thanks to Joe (cant remember his user on here)
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Deep cleaning day the weekend that just went, arch liners out and bare metal out. Nice to get the Yellowspeeds cleaned up again and lowered the car a tad up front both sides also
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Track wheels on with the AR1's and sold the black wheels with the AD08RS's on which was a bonus.
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Fire extinguisher and kart seat turned up so gave them a test fit today, prior to bolting in saturday! - Yes the seat is for the passenger, and yes it is allowed by regulations of time attack.

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