JonC219's RB182Cup

Cub. · Jan 26, 2015

JonC219 said:
Yes Olly and a couple of mates are coming as well.
Got a new toy so wanted to at least do the Opener as I might not have a chance to do many track days after that

Looking forward to seeing yours with the Brembos mate
I was going to pop up to Jamie's whilst yours was in but work got in the way
Cheers for sorting out the thread title as well :smile:

Ooft - lovely bike!

Be good to catch up at Bedford mate. Jamie is doing the Britcar 24hr at Silverstone which I am plannning to head down too to watch. Was going to see about rustling some people from here upto go if you're keen.

NorthloopCup · Jan 26, 2015

JonC219 said:
Yes Olly and a couple of mates are coming as well.
Got a new toy so wanted to at least do the Opener as I might not have a chance to do many track days after that

Looking forward to seeing yours with the Brembos mate
I was going to pop up to Jamie's whilst yours was in but work got in the way
Cheers for sorting out the thread title as well :smile:

Love the fact you've got your bike in the living room mate! Nice bit of kit that.

JonC219 · Jan 26, 2015

danny_dub said:
Yeah that's me! Small world. Yeah Connor was our apprentice

He's got his own apprentice now! Weird how it turns out haha

Tim. said:
Another strong update, Jon, keep up the good work, this is a great car!

Cheers Tim. Are you going to the annual Surrey RR day that the other Tim is organising?

Chris197F1 said:
Just bought myself an RB 182 so this thread has been great for some inspiration! What colour are your brake calipers (or link to said item)? They look a spot on match!

Glad to hear it mate, I've missed a few updates out cos I get bored of it easy! But hoping to get a few more things done to it this year to turn it more into a fast road/track car as I've had it a fair while now.
Hoping to keep it as a 2nd car and then get a more comfortable daily.

The caliper paint was just Halfords caliper paint believe it or not! In there standard blue colour. My mate had it for his VXR so I nicked it as 1 tin will do loads

Cub. said:
Ooft - lovely bike!

Be good to catch up at Bedford mate. Jamie is doing the Britcar 24hr at Silverstone which I am plannning to head down too to watch. Was going to see about rustling some people from here upto go if you're keen.

Cheers bud, certainly sounds well! The Ohlins, the Brembos, the exhaust... I love bling :tongueclosed:

I might be able to do the Saturday so keep me in the loop mate. I'm off to Almeria on the Sunday for 3 days out on the bike so might be busy getting things prepped for that

NorthloopCup said:
Love the fact you've got your bike in the living room mate! Nice bit of kit that.

Mother wasn't too happy :wink: but soon piped down when me and the Old Man told her that's where it was staying!

George@RTR_Parts · Jan 26, 2015

JonC219 said:
Chucked on my Brembo Max discs from George @G 172 , if you need brakes this is the man you talk to!:up:

No worries Jon, cars looking good and liking the Triumph mate :up:

JonC219 · Feb 1, 2015

UPDATE

So yesterday I had a bit of fun with the French wiring:coldsweat: and my new Sabelt :smile:

Always wanted to change the standard Cup wheel not just because it looks a bit crap but the melting was getting obscene. On warm days my hands would be black from all the rubber stuff coming off it. Not good.

Last weekend I played around with the electrics so I could get an idea of what to do this weekend (it was successful) so Friday I grabbed the resistors I needed and got to work yesterday!

During:

Wheel by JonC219, on Flickr

Resistor (1 of 3 for cruise):

Wheel by JonC219, on Flickr

And finished!!:

Wheel by JonC219, on Flickr

I'll try and get a picture in the day light with the cover off (mechanic by trade so have dirty hands hence the cover)

Basically the bottom buttons are cruise related, the top buttons are mirrored both sides so the yellow is horn, blue is flash lights (I always seem to click high beams on instead of flash so came up with this) and the white is one wipe of the front wipers (as the French don't have that feature on the Clio)
At the moment the flash and wiper isn't wired in as I need to get some of this
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/400810412201?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2648&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
being that they don't go through the steering angle sensor and will need room for the wheel to turn

Will hopefully have something sorted next weekend but for now I'm more than happy with how it turned out. I'll try and get pictures of the back but I will be trying to neaten it up a bit as it's not up to my OCD yet.

Stupidly forgot resistors for the airbag though so will be borrowing someones Clip or taking the wheel off again at some point...

Cheers!

Tim. · Feb 1, 2015

A very functional update, Jon, I think it's great!!

Have you driven it in anger with the new wheel yet? I bet it feels tiny in your hands, but I'm sure you're used to that already

JonC219 · Feb 1, 2015

Cheers Tim I wish I'd done it a lot sooner!
Only put it on yesterday so haven't driven it that much yet, it's definitely a lot more direct. I'm finding I'm turning the wheel too much at the moment so need to get used to it.

Martin. · Feb 1, 2015

That looks awesome mate. @Ant_Smiggy you'll be jealous of this

ACS_Motorsport · Feb 1, 2015

Martin. said:
That looks awesome mate. @Ant_Smiggy you'll be jealous of this

Indeed I am! Shame I'm no good with wires! Haha! Can't be good at everything I guess 😂

Keith185 · Feb 2, 2015

Looks brilliant

Just read through your thread, can't belive i hadn't before, awesome work and car.

JonC219 · Feb 2, 2015

Cheers Keith. Hoping to get a few more bits done this year then turn it more track based next year when it becomes a second car (fingers crossed)

Nick_Leeds · Feb 2, 2015

Looks excellent Jon, where did you get/how did you make the mounting plates for the buttons?

JonC219 · Feb 2, 2015

Nick_Leeds said:
Looks excellent Jon, where did you get/how did you make the mounting plates for the buttons?

I originally bought this plate:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/131242967566?_trksid=p2060778.m2749.l2648&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

But then my inner tart came out and I wanted more buttons :tongueout:
I had thought about a custom made jobby but ebay browsing came up with this:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/301389277227?_trksid=p2060778.m2749.l2648&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

It's expensive but still cheaper than getting a fabrication company to laser cut one out then faff about with anodising

If you're not going to the extent I did with the buttons you can have my smaller unused button plate for £13 delivered? Saves a couple of quid for you then, only had it a month or so and just sat unused!

Martin. · Feb 3, 2015

You paid £50 for that plate. OUCH lol!

JonC219 · Feb 3, 2015

Martin. said:
You paid £50 for that plate. OUCH lol!

Classic late night ebay purchase haha

JonC219 · Feb 8, 2015

UPDATE

Nothing much to report over the weekend. Pretty much got everything I need for the service now. Got most of the bits from ECP but got the air filter from Renault. Also ordered a radio stalk blank so will get that picked up next weekend.

Got the tracking done...

Geo by JonC219, on Flickr
Only toes adjusted this time around. I know the guys well so I can put it on the machine for nothing so will change to the track wheels and get a shim on that left rear to even up the camber. Then get the camber on the front matched up to 1.5 degrees neg and double check the rear once it's all back together.

Waiting impatiently for my PMS RARB from the group buy at the moment so hopefully that will be soon if everyone rings up :wink:
And picked up some white spray grease from good old Halfords to spray up the Powerflex bushes as they're starting to creak a little

Til next time...

Martin. · Feb 9, 2015

Yours is very similar to mine Jon. My camber on the OSR is more than the NSR, same with the toe. I need to find a 1.5mm shim for mine to correct the toe and a 3mm shim to correct the camber.

JonC219 · Feb 14, 2015

Martin. said:
Yours is very similar to mine Jon. My camber on the OSR is more than the NSR, same with the toe. I need to find a 1.5mm shim for mine to correct the toe and a 3mm shim to correct the camber.

I'm getting a shim from PMS when they send my RARB so hoping to get it all on at the same time then will double check everything on the machine again

So today I took this

Added this

To get this!

It's the little things

JonC219 · Feb 18, 2015

This happened today...

Obviously taken on a private road, by my passenger, whilst on a dyno blah blah blah

MarkX · Feb 18, 2015

like the little blank panel! Don't suppose you have a part number for it?

JonC219 · Feb 18, 2015

MarkX said:
like the little blank panel! Don't suppose you have a part number for it?

Certainly do mate!
8200050034

MarkX · Feb 18, 2015

JonC219 said:
Certainly do mate!
8200050034

excellent thankyou

Martin. · Feb 19, 2015

JonC219 said:
Certainly do mate!
8200050034

How much was it?

JonC219 · Feb 19, 2015

Martin. said:
How much was it?

Think it was £2.80 plus vat mate

JonC219 · Feb 26, 2015

UPDATE

Did a bit of pre-Bedford prep this week:spanner:

First up was a full service, which was a perfect opportunity for the ARP bolts to go in:nut:

ARP Bolts by JonC219, on Flickr

Replaced the sump plug for a gold plug from Opie, can't hurt for a bit of extra security

Gold Plug by JonC219, on Flickr
It has a shallow hex so perfect for the Clio sumps:up:

Genuine Renault air filter chucked in to replace the POS Crossland that was put in temporarily:down:

Reno OEM Air Filter by JonC219, on Flickr

I also rigged up my new camera into the home made camera mount

Camera Mount by JonC219, on Flickr
I've kept the iphone holder on there so I can get some front and back shots at the same time should I wish

After a general check over I could get on to fitting the good stuff :tongueclosed:
Went for the 19mm PMS RARB in the group buy and also got a half degree shim for the rear to even up the camber left and right

PMS RARB by JonC219, on Flickr

Half degree PMS Shim by JonC219, on Flickr

The hardware looked absolutely brilliant. I love a bit of machined bling :tonguewink:

PMS RARB by JonC219, on Flickr

Encountered a couple of stubborn bolts but nothing a bit of penetrating fluid and brute force couldn't solve. After an hour or so had both the shim and RARB in place, set to soft for now

PMS RARB Fitted by JonC219, on Flickr

Took it out straight after :stig:
I'll just copy and paste this from earlier...

Initial thoughts from a few roundabouts/corners tonight
Change of direction has improved. The front end feels a lot more 'pointy'. Seems less hesitation for it to turn now
Tighter corners/roundabouts feel slightly improved, the front end feels a bit more planted. Can chuck it in with a lot more force
The long high speed sweepers are where I can notice the biggest change. No hint of understeer at all, can keep the power on and everything stays in check

So I'm very happy with it. Everything about the car just feels solid now. It's actually improved the normal driving feel, back end felt a bit twitchy before now it's fine

As the name suggests, body roll has also been reduced quite dramatically
The Clio almost seemed to lurch round corners and you could feel a definite roll to the chassis.
Now I stay a lot more in the seat (standard cup garden chair) rather than reaching for my passenger door handle

I also managed to blag a short aerial from my mates Clio before he sold it. Its like the standard aerial just half the size so hopefully I'll get some radio signal now the really short one is off

Looking forward to giving it death Saturday now, see you there! :car::stig::smirk:

Keith185 · Feb 27, 2015

Great work and write up

Really tempted to sell my whiteline RARB (thats sat new in box for 3 years) and get the PMS one even more so now xD

BGEarles · Feb 27, 2015

JonC219 said:
I'm getting a shim from PMS when they send my RARB so hoping to get it all on at the same time then will double check everything on the machine again

So today I took this

Added this

To get this!

It's the little things

Really is a nice touch! [emoji2]

JonC219 · Mar 14, 2015

UPDATE:

Bit late on the update after Bedford.

It was a shame that @Martin. had gearbox issues after everything he's been through lately. Never had a chance to really jump in other peoples cars either as was too busy having fun in mine!:car:

A few pictures I found on Dan Jenks FlickR (sorry not sure on your user name) so thanks for taking those :smile: