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Illiad blue V6 255 #248
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V6 255, 172 cup, ph1
Yep. I keep looking at the trecento in the 172...
V6 255, 172 cup, ph1
Another update 
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Autoglass came yesterday with the right screen.
The technician found that the last time the screen has been done both scuttle clips had been binned and the screen trims had been re-used and just filled with clear silicone sealant. So some utter cowboy reused the single use trims and destroyed the paint in doing so.
For the record, I bought new genuine Renault seals and asked Autoglass to use those rather than the pattern they supply. It cost me £27 posted.
This has caused the paint in the windscreen aperture to bubble and flake off. It's been treated with a rust preventer and it isn't visible but I still know it's there.
I'm going to get the screen removed and the aperture sorted out/roof painted when I get the front end done.
It seems like some very silly corners were cut on this car at some point in it's life, but this should be the last thing I find now, everything else has either had Scott at SG's hands on or has already been sorted once the paintwork is done so hopefully V6 life will be all good after some hefty bills this coming Spring.
Scuttle clips and a new squib (mine is a bit clicky) should be here from RPD this morning.
..Autoglass came yesterday with the right screen.
The technician found that the last time the screen has been done both scuttle clips had been binned and the screen trims had been re-used and just filled with clear silicone sealant. So some utter cowboy reused the single use trims and destroyed the paint in doing so.
For the record, I bought new genuine Renault seals and asked Autoglass to use those rather than the pattern they supply. It cost me £27 posted.
This has caused the paint in the windscreen aperture to bubble and flake off. It's been treated with a rust preventer and it isn't visible but I still know it's there.
I'm going to get the screen removed and the aperture sorted out/roof painted when I get the front end done.
It seems like some very silly corners were cut on this car at some point in it's life, but this should be the last thing I find now, everything else has either had Scott at SG's hands on or has already been sorted once the paintwork is done so hopefully V6 life will be all good after some hefty bills this coming Spring.
Scuttle clips and a new squib (mine is a bit clicky) should be here from RPD this morning.
V6 255, 172 cup, ph1
No progress.
It's getting cold outside and still my daily.
It's getting cold outside and still my daily.
Thats a hell of 'daily' but as other have said - nice to see one being used and enjoyed!
V6 255, 172 cup, ph1
Did some MK1 spotting in the vee today. Saw two, managed to snap a picture of one.
V6 255, 172 cup, ph1
Passed a milestone today
V6 255, 172 cup, ph1
Made it jdm y0.
Seriously though, trendlines need the added neck support.
Seriously though, trendlines need the added neck support.
Are these genuine mate? Where did you get them from?
V6 255, 172 cup, ph1
Not genuine no they look the part though, just from a seller on eBay at £30 posted. Really nice for long journeys, I could do with them being a bit bigger due to being a fat f*ck with loads of back fat 😂😂
V6 255, 172 cup, ph1
Dropped the thing off to SG Motorsport yesterday for rustproofing the bay, new clutch, belts and dephasers, engine mounts, TTV flywheel and a quaife plus a few other little service bits like an aerial base and to try some angled lambda spacers to keep the eml light off with the janspeed manifolds. Scott is also looking at the suspension settings because the rear end feels a little soft.
Oh, and rear tyres and an MOT. See below for the current rears, since the weather has turned nice I've been taking my essential journeys quite seriously 🙈
Oh, and rear tyres and an MOT. See below for the current rears, since the weather has turned nice I've been taking my essential journeys quite seriously 🙈
V6 255, 172 cup, ph1
No it's just brown and grim.
Theyll do well to find a new replacement, or they just cleaning it? They're different to standard clios, they're gps bases
V6 255, 172 cup, ph1
It's not really cleanable, the gasket is breaking down. Scott said he can get a new one so I assume he can get them.
16V F7R
ClioSport Club Member
Clio 16V
It’s certainly going to be a great V6 in your ownership, nice work your having done there. The V’s get the through the inner rear tyres at a heck of a rate. Your a brave man buying it to use as a daily too rarer car and so are the parts. I used mine daily for about a year and then it was summer only after that. Fair play to you though, you only live once. Will you plan to stop using as a daily after most of your work with it is done?
V6 255, 172 cup, ph1
I've got another project starting up in the next few weeks so I'll probably split my driving between the two for a while.
Depends on work I suppose, once the pandemic is over and I (hopefully) start commuting again there's no way the vee will be a daily.
Depends on work I suppose, once the pandemic is over and I (hopefully) start commuting again there's no way the vee will be a daily.
V6 255, 172 cup, ph1
Stealing another picture from Scott's Instagram.
V6 255, 172 cup, ph1
More stolen pictures from Scott showing one of my fannymoulds and one of the engine bay repairs.
V6 255, 172 cup, ph1
Well, Scott sent me an e-mail on Friday saying the gearbox oil had come out silver when he drained it which lead to a bit of worrying this weekend.
He's had the box apart with his gearbox chap this morning and it needs two bearings, had just about worn the hardening off and if they'd been left any longer it would have been a refurb box at circa £1500 + VAT.
Did ask if that would be worth it said my box was otherwise mint, bearing ordered at around 10% of that cost and no real labour cost because it's apart for fitting my quaife ATB anyway.
Saved by the diff!
He's had the box apart with his gearbox chap this morning and it needs two bearings, had just about worn the hardening off and if they'd been left any longer it would have been a refurb box at circa £1500 + VAT.
Did ask if that would be worth it said my box was otherwise mint, bearing ordered at around 10% of that cost and no real labour cost because it's apart for fitting my quaife ATB anyway.
Saved by the diff!
Very cool car and great to see someone actually doing something with one. FFS at that tyre though
V6 255, 172 cup, ph1
There weren't cords at least! I'm just hoping RDR doesn't find this thread
Scott sent some pictures over of the engine out.
I'm looking at that link pipe and where it sits in relation to the tailpipes and thinking.... Valve time? Would that be too obnoxious?
Scott sent some pictures over of the engine out.
I'm looking at that link pipe and where it sits in relation to the tailpipes and thinking.... Valve time? Would that be too obnoxious?
It's quite neatly packaged really!
V6 255, 172 cup, ph1
Doesn't seem like it when you can only just get the seat far back enough when you're 5'10"
I think the stock manifolds are log manifolds so it's be neater still with those on.
I think the stock manifolds are log manifolds so it's be neater still with those on.
V6 255, 172 cup, ph1
Engine is back in.
Getting excited to have it back!
Getting excited to have it back!
V6 255, 172 cup, ph1
Realised I hadn't put a cold start in here... My neighbours are not my biggest fans. I really.like the pipewerx exhaust, bassy down low and it screams up top.
V6 255, 172 cup, ph1
Had a phone call today, it's back on the floor and nearly done, in for MOT on Thursday AM and I'll be picking it up Thursday PM if all goes to plan.
V6 255, 172 cup, ph1
Scott has cleaned up the suspension and brakes, replaced and painted a rear caliper, new brake pads, all the welding, new engine mouths, clutch, TTV and quaife installed, repaired a crack in the exhaust and given it a general once over.
Has fitted a bulkhead for me to look at, think I'll likely have it to make the vee a bit more practical, it's easily removable anyway.
Has fitted a bulkhead for me to look at, think I'll likely have it to make the vee a bit more practical, it's easily removable anyway.
V6 255, 172 cup, ph1
Pinched another from Scott's Instagram
V6 255, 172 cup, ph1
Look what I found while mooching around Malmesbury today...
Scott has also put his preferred fast road settings on the suspension and it's epic, really engaging to drive. He's recommended I go to the stock front tyre width of 205 rather than the 225s fitted to stop any scrubbing on full lock and make it less grabby at the front.
The drive home was eye opening, the TTV and Quaife make a night and day difference to the car. The rear traction and acceleration have been totally transformed.
Redtstuffs have been tossed in favour of pagid and the braking is much more progressive and road oriented.
Scott has also put his preferred fast road settings on the suspension and it's epic, really engaging to drive. He's recommended I go to the stock front tyre width of 205 rather than the 225s fitted to stop any scrubbing on full lock and make it less grabby at the front.
The drive home was eye opening, the TTV and Quaife make a night and day difference to the car. The rear traction and acceleration have been totally transformed.
Redtstuffs have been tossed in favour of pagid and the braking is much more progressive and road oriented.
V6 255, 172 cup, ph1
Went to Exmoor today for a picnic.
May have grounded the front out a little.
Gorilla tape to the rescue until it's in for paint at the end of the summer. Looks a lot worse than it is, was already scuffed and slightly cracked so I've only added a little more damage. Already spoken to Scott about it, apparently bodyshop will sort it at the same time and it's a common repair on a vee.
May have grounded the front out a little.
Gorilla tape to the rescue until it's in for paint at the end of the summer. Looks a lot worse than it is, was already scuffed and slightly cracked so I've only added a little more damage. Already spoken to Scott about it, apparently bodyshop will sort it at the same time and it's a common repair on a vee.
bad times!
Poopensharten
ClioSport Club Member
Golf R
Love that you use this as intended.
I’d absolutely do the same! Bravo mate.
I’d absolutely do the same! Bravo mate.
V6 255, 172 cup, ph1
Update...
Still an utterly reliable car. Went to see the in-laws today, Cheltenham and back and stopped in at Costco on the way home.
Dog needed a new bed and they had decent but massive ones. It was a little warm when I got back but who says a vee isn't practical? It's essentially a (rubbish) van with the bulkhead.
Still an utterly reliable car. Went to see the in-laws today, Cheltenham and back and stopped in at Costco on the way home.
Dog needed a new bed and they had decent but massive ones. It was a little warm when I got back but who says a vee isn't practical? It's essentially a (rubbish) van with the bulkhead.
V6 255, 172 cup, ph1
Driveway is being done so the vee is stranded in the garage for a few weeks.
Rare sighting of the vee and the ph1 together.
Rare sighting of the vee and the ph1 together.
nice garage you have there - space is the ultimate luxury!
Rob
ClioSport Moderator
I don’t know how I’ve never stumbled in here... I just thought you were some building surveyor type from the house/DIY thread.
Love the proper use this gets, best colour too.
Love the proper use this gets, best colour too.
V6 255, 172 cup, ph1
Has been the ramp at SG today, Aircon pump failed a couple of weeks ago, Scott sorted it today. Took a few random snaps.
V6 255, 172 cup, ph1
V6 has been pushed back into daily duties while the cup sis awaiting an engine mount.
Took it to drop off an air rifle I'd sold then to Costco earlier.
Took it to drop off an air rifle I'd sold then to Costco earlier.