Joe's Racing Blue Project

dann2707 · Jun 22, 2014

Just read this from start to finish. Amazing work man, gorgeous car.

Carbonraider · Jun 23, 2014

That's because you're Vht paint is still in my garage when we sprayed your rocker cover

Joe# · Jun 23, 2014

dann2707 said:
Just read this from start to finish. Amazing work man, gorgeous car.

Thanks mate

Carbonraider said:
That's because you're Vht paint is still in my garage when we sprayed your rocker cover

Haha, is it really? Use it on yours when you get round to it

Joe# · Jul 21, 2014

Hi guys.

I've had a lot going on for the past couple of weeks, so the car hadn't moved until yesterday. It was looking a little worse for wear, so spent a bit of time cleaning her, then took her for a drive and a couple of photo's.

IMG_7287 by Joe_Harding, on Flickr

IMG_7303 by Joe_Harding, on Flickr

And a quick picture of the wheels showing the painted caliper

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MG_7315 by Joe_Harding, on Flickr

The car is booked in for a alignment setup at BLiNK Motorsport in August. So I need to refit my PMS Stud Kit + Spacers (again) and raise the height of the car. After that I'm going to get the belts done, as the Dephaser is noticeably getting louder.

That's it for now.

Carbonraider · Jul 22, 2014

Joe is it me or is your caliper carrier on the wrong way :/

Looking sweet though.

Martin. · Jul 22, 2014

Carbonraider said:
Joe is it me or is your caliper carrier on the wrong way :/

Looking sweet though.

Yeah it is. I made the same mistake this weekend and had to change it all over.

Not sure what difference it would make though.

Mr R. · Jul 22, 2014

Martin. said:
Yeah it is. I made the same mistake this weekend and had to change it all over.

Not sure what difference it would make though.

There must be a reason as there is that big casting bit on the end.

Joe# · Jul 22, 2014

Ah, looking at it I think it must be. I'll get them changed over.

Me too Martin. It just looks as though the caliper sits slightly higher than normal.

Martin. · Jul 22, 2014

Phase1sr said:
There must be a reason as there is that big casting bit on the end.

I thought I would have been some kind of weight for balancing, but obviously not otherwise Joe, would have noticed issues lol.

Maybe disc guard or something... who knows.

Joe# · Jul 24, 2014

Martin. said:
I thought I would have been some kind of weight for balancing, but obviously not otherwise @Joe, would have noticed issues lol.

Maybe disc guard or something... who knows.

They've felt better than ever to be honest. I'll swap them over at the weekend though to be on the safe side though.

Dan · Jul 25, 2014

gonna refurb my brakes soon, easy enough to do?

how much was the kits from big red? and do they also do a rear kit?

Joe# · Jul 25, 2014

Dan said:
gonna refurb my brakes soon, easy enough to do?

how much was the kits from big red? and do they also do a rear kit?

Yeah it's simple enough to do. The toughest part would be removing the pistons if you haven't got access to an air compressor probably.

Around £25 for the front dust seals iirc. But it's obviously more if you want to replace the pistons and slider bolts also.

BiggRed stick the rear kit, but I haven't done them myself. I'm sure if read on hear that the rears are a bit a of pain to do though.

Cub. · Jul 25, 2014

Looks good, like the brake tidy up Joe. Think i'll need to add that to my to do list. Mine look awful currently and now I'm running the F1s, you can see them much more than with the standard 172 alloys.

Jonff · Jul 26, 2014

You can push the pistons out with a track pump and a bit of hose attached to the bleed nipple. Recently done it on a set of 4pots.

Joe# · Jul 27, 2014

Cub. said:
Looks good, like the brake tidy up Joe. Think i'll need to add that to my to do list. Mine look awful currently and now I'm running the F1s, you can see them much more than with the standard 172 alloys.

Thanks mate, I'm pleased with them.

Mine were pretty bad also. And like you say, the F1's done hide the brakes too well. Which I suppose is a good point in some respect.

Joe# · Jul 27, 2014

Thought i'd post this up after a drive through Wales last night. There was some spectacular roads up there, here's a little video I put together if anyones bored.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BFuUSfVgBc

Joe# · Aug 17, 2014

I took the car over to BLiNK last weekend to get setup. Decided to get for -2.8 degrees camber for front, with 6 minutes toe out.

And then on Friday it was time for for the belts to be changed along with the dephaser and water pump (which was completely fucked). Big thanks to the lads at Birchdown, as the engine is so smooth now

dmallett · Aug 17, 2014

With the water pump being ruined did your temperature gauge used to fluctuate up and down?

Car looks great as ever!

Fletcher · Aug 17, 2014

I do like this RB, glad to hear it's running well again mate.

botfch · Aug 17, 2014

Its never that quiet when I go driving round those roads :/

Cars looking good !

Joe# · Aug 17, 2014

dmallett said:
With the water pump being ruined did your temperature gauge used to fluctuate up and down?

Car looks great as ever!

I didn't notice any difference to be honest. It was only when I was loosing coolant I realised something wasn't right so i didn't drive it.

Cheers

Fletcher said:
I do like this RB, glad to hear it's running well again mate.

Thanks Fletch, me too.

Archtronics said:
Its never that quiet when I go driving round those roads :/

Cars looking good !

I know, I was really surprised although it was later on in the evening. Brilliant roads around there.

Joe# · Aug 30, 2014

Had a brilliant day at Oulton Park on Wednesday for the RenaultSport day. Good to see the usual lot, and meet some new faces also.

I've got lots of video footage to go through, so I'll post up some in a couple of days. Thanks @Adam93 @Paul.M for the following photo's

Racing Blue by Adam Melville, on Flickr

Ready to race by Adam Melville, on Flickr

IMG_4180 by theycallmepaul, on Flickr

IMG_4263 by theycallmepaul, on Flickr

NorthloopCup · Aug 30, 2014

Fantastic looking RB you've got yourself mate! I was meaning to have a look around it at oulton. Maybe next time!

Fletcher · Aug 30, 2014

Looks great Joe

Cub. · Aug 30, 2014

Epic car. Was hammering around Oulton aswell

nickc107 · Aug 31, 2014

Yep good looking car that
What brake set up you got

Joe# · Aug 31, 2014

NorthloopCup said:
Fantastic looking RB you've got yourself mate! I was meaning to have a look around it at oulton. Maybe next time!

Fletcher said:
Looks great Joe

Cub. said:
Epic car. Was hammering around Oulton aswell

Thanks guys

nickc107 said:
Yep good looking car that
What brake set up you got

Cheers!

Brembo HC front discs
Ferodo DS2500 pads
Goodridge hoses
Dot4 fluid
Stanadrd Renault rear discs and pads

Ph1 Tom · Aug 31, 2014

It looked and sounded great Joe. Nice to meet you too

holtt · Aug 31, 2014

Did you get the pic on the other thread mate? car looked good!

Joe# · Aug 31, 2014

Ph1 Tom said:
It looked and sounded great Joe. Nice to meet you too

Thanks Tom. Good to meet you also

holtt said:
Did you get the pic on the other thread mate? car looked good!

I did, thanks a lot!

Ed.200 · Aug 31, 2014

Only had a quick scan of your thread will give it a proper read at some point.
Was good to have a chat with you. As others have said cracking car! Is an awesome colour and sounded great!

Joe# · Aug 31, 2014

Ed.200 said:
Only had a quick scan of your thread will give it a proper read at some point.
Was good to have a chat with you. As others have said cracking car! Is an awesome colour and sounded great!

Thanks mate

TimR26 · Aug 31, 2014

Car looks great Joe

George@RTR_Parts · Sep 1, 2014

Looks great on track mate, try taking your front fogs and arch liners out on your next track outing. Helps get some airflow to front brakes Joe

Ash' · Sep 1, 2014

Looks great on track Joe!

Joe# · Sep 1, 2014

TimR26 said:
Car looks great Joe

Cheers Tim. Although your R26 will put it to shame soon lol!

G 172 said:
Looks great on track mate, try taking your front fogs and arch liners out on your next track outing. Helps get some airflow to front brakes Joe

Thanks mate. I removed them for Anglesey last year back when I was running a standard setup, and it felt better then. Think I'll remove them for the next trackday and see how I get on. Cheers

Ash' said:
Looks great on track Joe!

Thanks dude. I don't know how it still looks clean in those photo's though. I came back from the Ring on Monday and didn't bother to clean it lol.

Joe# · Sep 6, 2014

With Trax being tomorrow, I decided to sort my headlights out again as they were getting pretty bad.

Starting first with a quick clean up and making note of the most affected areas. (The pictures don't really show how bad they were)

IMG_7327 by Joe_Harding, on Flickr

IMG_7328 by Joe_Harding, on Flickr

All taped up, and then wet and dried for quite some time until I was happy with them. After that I used Megs Scratch X, and then a Menzena polish afterwards.

IMG_7329 by Joe_Harding, on Flickr

IMG_7330 by Joe_Harding, on Flickr

IMG_7331 by Joe_Harding, on Flickr

Then on to cleaning the car, which was a little over due with going to the Ring again over the Bank Holiday, and the trackday.