Harlow Motorsport mk1 cup racer

[Williamspaul]

New dash looks alot better very happy with the fitment around the cage now my last attempt was a little rough 😂

 

[Williamspaul]

I adapted a mk2 obd bracket and screwed it inside the glovebox

 

[Williamspaul]

Oh fitted the BMS out of the van too now I hate the van lol

 

[Williamspaul]

So after alot of searching for the correct filler neck I found one unfortunately I had to purchase the whole car to get it but f**k it needs must and isn't she a beaut

As you can see I've had to fit a pH 2 neck red cap so I can use it

 

[Williamspaul]

Sorted the tracking out Sunday I'm supprised how far out it was considering how good it feels on track I've given it 4.1 camber 12 toe out each side and the caster is still uneven at 3.5 and 5 didn't have time to even that out but I will have it ready for donnington in January

 

[Williamspaul]

Another old photo of my car has been dug up at oulton park I believe. quite a coincidence as I was there last weekend

 

[Williamspaul]

 

[Williamspaul]

l also decided to make it more authentic to when it raced and removed the white headlight blanks and fitted the a set of carbon ones they wouldn't of been carbon back then but they would have been black Im glad I did as I think it looks alot better

 

[haimsey]

Black blanks defo look better.
Car looks spot on, done well with it

 

[Jekyll]

So cool!!

 

[Williamspaul]

Thanks guys 😁

 

[Williamspaul]

Here's some more pictures of it back when it was silver and its first number 44 not sure if I've mentioned that before but yeah it's the one with the pink day glow headlight blanks and mirrors so the pit crew could see it from the pits. You can also see its sister car the one with the one with the yellow bits on it driven by David Shaws brother Ian Shaw. I stole these pictures off the mark fish website I hope they forgive me they are of my car after all 🤣

 

[Williamspaul]

Bedford on Monday in the cup racer with the period correct overalls and a borrowed helmet had some oil cooler issues and managed to destroy a tyre but was a good day

You might notice the car now has pink wing mirrors more authentic to when it was raced they were painted pink so that the team could see it coming down the pit lane

 

[Williamspaul]

 

[Sheilas’ Wheels]

This is awesome!

 

[Williamspaul]

 

[Williamspaul]

 

[Williamspaul]

Went to cadwell Thursday my favourite UK track, all seemed to be going well just before lunch I was coming round crane of curve's the car completely span out no chance of saving it I was very confused as the car usually gives plenty of warning when the back is coming out. Turns out the gearbox had punched a hole in the bottom and dumped all its oil into the rear wheels 😭 any way I managed to keep it out of the wall with full throttle and some luck. So expect a new box and some changes to the car over the coming weeks

 

[EVO 4LEX]

Went to cadwell Thursday my favourite UK track, all seemed to be going well just before lunch I was coming round crane of curve's the car completely span out no chance of saving it I was very confused as the car usually gives plenty of warning when the back is coming out. Turns out the gearbox had punched a hole in the bottom and dumped all its oil into the rear wheels 😭 any way I managed to keep it out of the wall with full throttle and some luck. So expect a new box and some changes to the car over the coming weeks

I was there, didn’t realise it was yours that had spat oil everywhere but it made a mess of park and chris curve for sure. Hope you get it sorted without too much issue.

 

[Williamspaul]

I was there, didn’t realise it was yours that had spat oil everywhere but it made a mess of park and chris curve for sure. Hope you get it sorted without too much issue.

Should of come said hello mate I'm freindly lol

 

[Williamspaul]

 

[Williamspaul]

 

[Williamspaul]

 

[EVO 4LEX]

They got some cracking pictures of yours.. they got 3 of me and they were all the same! Lol

I was in this one!

 

[Sheilas’ Wheels]

@Williamspaul - what suspension do these run?

 

[Williamspaul]

They got some cracking pictures of yours.. they got 3 of me and they were all the same! Lol

I was in this one!
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Mines probably easy to spot and take pictures of tbf lol

I think it's just luck how many pictures you get tbh if your out on track every time the photographer is moving position you won't get many photos

 

[Williamspaul]

@Williamspaul - what suspension do these run?

Standard they use decarbon dampers with Renault 19 lower arms shafts and anti roll bar mine has been changed to Leda coil overs witch are very very stiff

 

[Williamspaul]

So I finally got round to pulling the box out its got a pretty decent hole too 😂 I'm going to replace the oil cooler too and modify the subframe to accept the 172 rad too as it's been in there at an angle for a while now

 

[Williamspaul]

So Mallory was a diaster I managed to destroy a clutch early on in the day undeterred I got a clutch brought to me at the track and fitted it in the pits 45 mins to strip 1 hour 15 mins to resemble was out just after lunch then the gearbox let go again pretty annoying 😭

 

[Williamspaul]

New rotors for the cup racer

 

[Williamspaul]

Few photos from Mallory

 

[Williamspaul]

Id seen this footage before but edited but now I know it was on old top gear with tiff needel there was a short section about the Clio cup in 95 about the close battle for the championship between my car and the other car of lee Brooke’s it runs from 5:00 minutes till just after 9:00

 

[lazyharry]

Have been reading through the build threads as a new member, coincidentally saw the car at simply french a few days a go. Love it. Chatted with a few of the other valver guys and found out one owned my old one j425 mlf. Small world

 

[Williamspaul]

View attachment 1660557Have been reading through the build threads as a new member, coincidentally saw the car at simply french a few days a go. Love it. Chatted with a few of the other valver guys and found out one owned my old one j425 mlf. Small world

Nice to see it’s getting spotted

It’s nice to see cars you used to own still being used

 

[Williamspaul]

I’ve made the decision that the big willwoods have to go I cracked another disk last time I used it Ghey don’t seem to be up to the job of track work I’m going to replace them with 172 brakes but that also requires changing the hubs and driveshafts also the hubs need machining down to fit the damper

 

[Cub.]

How have I missed this!

Love it, looks great fun on track.

 

[Williamspaul]

How have I missed this!

Love it, looks great fun on track.

It’s great fun I really love the car and all the attention it gets in the pits

 

[Williamspaul]

Had a delivery yesterday I took the plunge and purchased a clio 200 engine as a donor. I’ll be using the pistons for the higher compression maybe the rods if they are better, the valve springs as they are stronger and the cams too these little bits should push me over 200bhp quite easily along with the other supporting mods I already have.

However do need to research if the 197 valves are any better as we all know 172/182 valves are prone to dropping for whatever reason but I’ve never heard of a 197/200 valve dropping before.

 

[Filipe Dias]

Had a delivery yesterday I took the plunge and purchased a clio 200 engine as a donor. I’ll be using the pistons for the higher compression maybe the rods if they are better, the valve springs as they are stronger and the cams too these little bits should push me over 200bhp quite easily along with the other supporting mods I already have.

However do need to research if the 197 valves are any better as we all know 172/182 valves are prone to dropping for whatever reason but I’ve never heard of a 197/200 valve dropping before.

The 197/200 valves are way better than the 172/182. They are also two pieces, but the welding location is different from the 172/182.

I have all those parts in my garage for a future build also.

Keep us updated

 

[Williamspaul]

That’s good to know that they are different and I’m pretty sure they’ll fit too