Hello from sunny Cornwall!

[pure-motorsport]

Hello all,
I thought I should introduce myself as I'm a newbie to the forums and i've been struggling to find time to post.
My name's Nick Benton and I run a small garage in not so sunny Cornwall, we specialise in Renaults (as they keep us busy!!) and we have a small unit right on the waterfront in Padstow.
My background has been in motorsport and I have competed for many years in various different series'.
In the evenings and weekends I am slowly building a range of motorsport oriented parts for use on 172/182s.I don't know if I'm allowed to blatantly advertise on here so I won't say any more about that!

I'm currently building a hillclimb/sprint Phase 1 172 which I will be competing the ASWMC speed championships.
I was hoping to finish it for this year but taking it step by step and developing parts as we go have slowed the progress somewhat.
We are hoping for a weight of around 850kg and about 240bhp running on slicks but we shall see what it ends up. I will post some pics in due course.

I hope to meet some of you at some point as I plan bring the Clio on some R.S. track days when it's finished (if they allow slicks?)

Cheers,
Nick

 

[jordan172]

hi and welcome........ can this be true??? a renault specialist in cornwall?????

just what this place needs!

get some pics up of the 172

 

[dave.hat]

hey nick welcome buddy
did u fix my 172 ph2 a couple of months ago?

 

[marinemackay2003]

welcome to cs nick

hopefully we will be getting a meet together sometime soon so pop along

get some pics up of the ph 1

cheers

chris

 

[marinemackay2003]

Hi bud

Make sure you Wack your name on the Devon Cornwall mailing list in the SW area in meets list

 

[markhinton]

Awesome, I've got family down there so would be good to pop in sometime! Welcome!

 

[rsclio182]

Welcome mate! Looking forward to seeing you at future meets

 

[Tom_90]

welcome, need to see pics of that 172

 

[Bluebeard]

Ah!!!

I rang you ages ago about my clio!

 

[red21]

Hello, & welcome
Good luck in getting the car ready for 2010, I may even see you on the hills if I get things sorted my self.

 

[pure-motorsport]

hey nick welcome buddy
did u fix my 172 ph2 a couple of months ago?

Hello Dave,
Quite possibly - was yours the Black 172, throttle pedal/limp home mode following gearbox replacement one?!!!!

 

[Paul_LY-182]

hi and welcome!

 

[tremmers]

hi nick, i came to look at your iceberg 172 when you had it for sale. Although i didn't buy yours thanks so much for the advice you gave me. Will get mine and my bros 182 down to you when we need some servicing!

 

[bearne1]

Howdy, despite me living in Devon I quite fancy a trip over the border!

 

[Sandy309]

Nick's workshop has probably the best location in the UK! Put up a pic out of the door Nick!