182, SQ7, Trafic
Well, I've been taking some time to start this thread up, I've had the car for a few months now.
For those of you that don't know, this was my first Supercharged Clio project thread http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?455505-DJRoberts-DannyR-Ph1-172-Supercharged-Fast-Road-Track-****/page29
And a couple of pictures and videos;
I'm the last one in this video
Unfortunately ended like this
Have got more videos on a mates old phone and watching them has made me get my arse in to gear!
I then had varying amounts of other cars and none gave me the same satisfaction of a 'charged Clio. So when Paul's demo car came up for sale, we spoke and a few weeks later I owned my 2nd Supercharged Clio, but this one had near 330bhp
Anyway, this ended up blowing a gearbox and at the time had no money at all to get the work done, and after having an accident a few months previous, I wasn't in a great way of being able to do anything myself.
So a year has now passed, and during the summer a Friend bought a Ph1 172 from PH and we done a few trackdays in it. He offered me the car and I thought about it but didn't want it, after another couple of trackdays I knew I wanted it.
So, it had had a couple of members as owners on here I believe, and had been confirmed it was a freak of an engine with 184 bhp, proven a couple of times on reliable rollers at SRR. The car was basically where my first was at before it got Supercharged. This was now my 7th Ph1 172!
So, I got it home and first changed the wing mirror covers!
The Spec of it was;
ITG Maxogen
YozzaSport Race System
182 Exhaust Manifold
Matched Inlets
Group N Pops & Bangs map
Gaz Coilovers
Ferodo DS2500
Brembo HC Discs
OMP Rollcage
Sparco Bucket Seats
TRS Harnesses
Aluminium Bonnet (wrapped in Carbon Fibre)
I wasn't keen on the CF wrap bonnet, but with it being a rare Aluminium I kind of stuck with it. The GAZ coilovers were also not great for what I wanted, they were good for lows but not track work.
Sitting far too low
So I got a second hand set of FK KonigSports from .Kev. on here, have had these on 2 others I've had including the original SC'd one. Excellent Coilovers. Anyway that got the suspension sorted and sitting at a decent height/stance again. I also found some AeroCatches I had had under my bed for 3 years so got these fitted and removed the bonnet mechanism and bits. Also had a battery box ready for another car from before that I hadn't used so chucked that in the back too. Still need to wire my fuse in.
After this I have been plagued with misfire problems, its been a nightmare, after its fixed and fine, a few days later there is another problem. I think the engine is about to giveway. It did manage to do Snetterton 300 a couple of weeks ago, faultlessly, until the way home when the FPR hose blew/fell off!
After the trackday it had killed my tyres, they were nearly dead anyway so gave them a good send off. Was looking for more for Christmas, so bought a set of black OZ F1's from Beefy on here, fitted them today and this is how it sits.
So, it still has the misfire problem, shall hopefully sort tomorrow, if not the engines being changed over the Holiday period and the other one will be put on the stand, broken down and rebuilt. I also got my loss of earnings cheque through from my Golf R32 crash yesterday, which was a nice present and allows me to buy the internals for the new build.
New engine build will be a bit of experimentation I think. I'm going to be running, Megane F4RT 225 rods and pistons, to bring the compression down a bit. Will be using some higher spec bearings (any ideas, please share) and some ARP rod and crank bolts.
Its nothing crazy but it allows me to run decent reliable power at around the 260-280 mark which is what I'm looking for. I still believe my first 240bhp one was more fun that 330bhp, mainly because I trusted to give it hassle!
I have a few other plans for it, but wanting to get the engine build done first and then save for a supercharger. This may be a long thread that goes on for a while! I will try to keep it updated as much as possible, even stupid things as the problems could help out other members.
Just one last picture for now as what it may look like one day........
Thanks for looking everyone!
Danny
For those of you that don't know, this was my first Supercharged Clio project thread http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?455505-DJRoberts-DannyR-Ph1-172-Supercharged-Fast-Road-Track-****/page29
And a couple of pictures and videos;
I'm the last one in this video
Unfortunately ended like this
Have got more videos on a mates old phone and watching them has made me get my arse in to gear!
I then had varying amounts of other cars and none gave me the same satisfaction of a 'charged Clio. So when Paul's demo car came up for sale, we spoke and a few weeks later I owned my 2nd Supercharged Clio, but this one had near 330bhp
Anyway, this ended up blowing a gearbox and at the time had no money at all to get the work done, and after having an accident a few months previous, I wasn't in a great way of being able to do anything myself.
So a year has now passed, and during the summer a Friend bought a Ph1 172 from PH and we done a few trackdays in it. He offered me the car and I thought about it but didn't want it, after another couple of trackdays I knew I wanted it.
So, it had had a couple of members as owners on here I believe, and had been confirmed it was a freak of an engine with 184 bhp, proven a couple of times on reliable rollers at SRR. The car was basically where my first was at before it got Supercharged. This was now my 7th Ph1 172!
So, I got it home and first changed the wing mirror covers!
The Spec of it was;
ITG Maxogen
YozzaSport Race System
182 Exhaust Manifold
Matched Inlets
Group N Pops & Bangs map
Gaz Coilovers
Ferodo DS2500
Brembo HC Discs
OMP Rollcage
Sparco Bucket Seats
TRS Harnesses
Aluminium Bonnet (wrapped in Carbon Fibre)
I wasn't keen on the CF wrap bonnet, but with it being a rare Aluminium I kind of stuck with it. The GAZ coilovers were also not great for what I wanted, they were good for lows but not track work.
Sitting far too low
So I got a second hand set of FK KonigSports from .Kev. on here, have had these on 2 others I've had including the original SC'd one. Excellent Coilovers. Anyway that got the suspension sorted and sitting at a decent height/stance again. I also found some AeroCatches I had had under my bed for 3 years so got these fitted and removed the bonnet mechanism and bits. Also had a battery box ready for another car from before that I hadn't used so chucked that in the back too. Still need to wire my fuse in.
After this I have been plagued with misfire problems, its been a nightmare, after its fixed and fine, a few days later there is another problem. I think the engine is about to giveway. It did manage to do Snetterton 300 a couple of weeks ago, faultlessly, until the way home when the FPR hose blew/fell off!
After the trackday it had killed my tyres, they were nearly dead anyway so gave them a good send off. Was looking for more for Christmas, so bought a set of black OZ F1's from Beefy on here, fitted them today and this is how it sits.
So, it still has the misfire problem, shall hopefully sort tomorrow, if not the engines being changed over the Holiday period and the other one will be put on the stand, broken down and rebuilt. I also got my loss of earnings cheque through from my Golf R32 crash yesterday, which was a nice present and allows me to buy the internals for the new build.
New engine build will be a bit of experimentation I think. I'm going to be running, Megane F4RT 225 rods and pistons, to bring the compression down a bit. Will be using some higher spec bearings (any ideas, please share) and some ARP rod and crank bolts.
Its nothing crazy but it allows me to run decent reliable power at around the 260-280 mark which is what I'm looking for. I still believe my first 240bhp one was more fun that 330bhp, mainly because I trusted to give it hassle!
I have a few other plans for it, but wanting to get the engine build done first and then save for a supercharger. This may be a long thread that goes on for a while! I will try to keep it updated as much as possible, even stupid things as the problems could help out other members.
Just one last picture for now as what it may look like one day........
Thanks for looking everyone!
Danny
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