Clio Number 3

[Barron]

Initial plan was to buy an engine (2.0ltr) to fit to my 1.2 replica so i bought this for £550. The engine had only covered 16k miles so is in very nice condition.

Sold the 172 interior+wheel+door sills for £350 and still got the rolling shell including lots of other stuff for sale (Pm if interested )

this seemed a very expensive plan and at the end of the day and alot of hassle, so when this came up for sale a new project was in the frame.

The car only cost £2900 but ofcourse its engine was fucked, but my engine from above will fill the gap nicely
02 54k miles HPI Clear.

Mod List:
- Fit my Trophy Anthracite Turinis from current car
- Standard Rear Lights
- Carbon Fibre Splitter
- Cup spoiler
- Eibach Sportlines
- Brembo Max discs + Ferodo DS2500 pads
- Put my Alpine iDA-X001 Ipod headunit and type x components in it from current car

oh and fit the engine

/carl

 

[Marky_]

Should be entertaining for you

Was it insurance price putting you off a sport in the first place?

 

[philthy]

superb project, good find!

 

[Beef-Mc]

Should be a good little project over the winter months.

 

[Renault_Boy01]

good project

 

[Barron]

yeah insurance put me off and the fact i dont think it would be sensible running a 2.0ltr in my first year of driving. Looking back on it i wasnt really safe in my first few months in a 1.2 never mind a 2.0ltr

Another reason is im always up for learning new things so this project will help me learn about the running of an engine etc and its something for me and my dad to do together.

so all in all im very very very happy

/carl

 

[Leeshez]

 

[Christopher]

nice one fella

 

[HartZ]

Fair play to you bud

 

[Rich_16v]

So are you keeping the 172 or selling it on and keeping you replica?

 

[Barron]

probably keep the 172 and sell the replica, not sure yet though as im going to uni next year (Northumbria Uni) so i will probably leave it at home and drive it on weekends etc.

/carl

 

[madmike1]

where did you get them cars from? are they from a salvage yard?

 

[Sib]

go karl...

i did like your replica tho

 

[Timmay]

sounds like fun!!

 

[Barron]

where did you get them cars from? are they from a salvage yard?

Both from ebay problem was, one was from harlow and one was from wycombe. Both around 4.5hours away from here :dapprove:

 

[Barron]

go karl...

i did like your replica tho

Yeah really like my replica and will be a sad day when i come to selling it but a 2.0ltr is too much of a distraction

 

[bmh.01]

Top ones got a Ph1 engine in it hasn't it though?

 

[Barron]

Nope, top one has got a ph2 Clio 172 Cup engine in it and has only covered 16k miles

 

[bmh.01]

Hairy muff, looked like a Ph1 engine (cable throttle) from the pic. Loosing the aircon then?

 

[Barron]

Na will just transfer all the stuff over from the FF engine, cam belt snapped on the FF engine and dropped a valve and hit a piston as in picture...

got all the bits from the engine including inlet manifold etc and pumps.

 

[bmh.01]

Niiiice, looking good then. Don't forget to put some pics up once its finished then!

 

[James105]

Should be good, out of interest which car came from wycombe, as im sure i used to see that silver one around. (im from wycombe)

 

[Barron]

yeah it was the silver one

/carl

 

[Batman]

how much is your insurance gonna be, coz your 17 arent you? cant imagine it will be fun as its will be top group that 172 is in unlike a 1.2 converted to a 2.0 which is lower

 

[Barron]

wont be insuring until im 18 with 1 NCB, then it will be around 2k-2.5k expensive but you only live once ey

converting seemed like the good idea but financially the way im doing it will be much better than converting my blue one. The money i will make from selling my blue one will pay for my silver one and leave me with some money spare. Converting would add no money to my blue one as who wants a converted clio when you can buy a real 172 for a few hundred more?

/carl

 

[Batman]

wont be insuring until im 18 with 1 NCB, then it will be around 2k-2.5k expensive but you only live once ey

converting seemed like the good idea but financially the way im doing it will be much better than converting my blue one. The money i will make from selling my blue one will pay for my silver one and leave me with some money spare. Converting would add no money to my blue one as who wants a converted clio when you can buy a real 172 for a few hundred more?

/carl

but what about all the money you spent converting the blue one? as you had the whole shabang done on it with arch liners and the lot and the interior you wont get all that back + the insurance +

just make sure its what you want to do as its only a car at the end of the day you will get bored of it the same way, but thumbs up from me

 

[Barron]

Converting the body work on the blue one didnt really cost that much at all and ill probably get abit more money for it as it is rather than standard.

Converting my blue one seemed a shame to mess around with the engine when it would be a great first car for someone when i come to sell it. Putting the engine in it + all the extra's such as struts,brakes etc is alot of time and money which i will never get back. Atleast putting the engine in this silver one will mean the car wont devalue much and will be worth something compared to a converted 1.2.

/carl

 

[Batman]

didnt really cost that much at all

/carl

it wont have been cheap!

you should get half decent cash if you find someone that wants a good replica because any other numpty will just want it as a 1.2 clio

 

[Barron]

yeah small-ish market but any lad/lass whos looking for a first/second car wouldnt mind a replica with custom exhaust and shiz

/carl

 

[Batman]

yeah small-ish market but any lad/lass whos looking for a first/second car wouldnt mind a replica with custom exhaust and shiz

/carl

aii for the same price, how much do you think you could actually add on top of a decent 1.2 price before people say ... its ony a 1.2 and thats what i need

 

[GarethM]

good project fella

 

[adamRS]

clio wh*re!!!