So a a bit has happened with my Ph1 over the past 11 months since the last update!
Got the OZ F1's refurbed and coated them in Gyeon Q2 Rim ceramic coating. Used this before and it is a really good coating and copes with brake dust and high temps well. Put some Nankang NS2R's on them, very good I thought ont he tracks days I have done with them. Couldn't justify the Nankang AR1's....yet.
Bought some 3D printed centre caps and they were painted in the wheel colour with black diamonds
But I lost one and couldn't get a colour match so I ended up painting them black.
Did a track day at Donnington Park
This was great fun! First track day in about 5 years. Car was amazing, really enjoyed it. I thought it would be down on power and struggle at Donnington but held it's own really well, just my driving let me down!
Also did a track dat at Llandow. That again was great fun! Didn't get any photos though.
It hasn't been used much, or at all since July and the track day at Llandow.
The only thing that has gone wrong on it was the near side rear ABS sensor has worn through which has been a mission to find!
When I was in the rear wheel arch I noticed the rear wheel had been rubbing the arch liner. My guess was from the track day, as Llandow is quite harsh on the left wheels being a tight right hand circuit. The tyre wall looks ok and not too damaged.
Had some recent work done to remove the air con, new radiator and silicone hoses
Current spec of the car is:
- 2000 Ph1 172 with 130k miles
- Has had belts and dephaser done in the past two years (less than 5k miles)
- New spark plugs, coil pack and Magnecore HT leads
- New brakes all around - discs, pads, callipers
- Braided brake lines
- New wishbones, ball joints and track rod ends
- Powerflex steering rack bushes
- Powerflex dog bone mount
- Aluminium bonnet
- Bilstein coil overs
- PMS rear anti roll bar
- PMS solid top mounts
- Custom made exhaust
- Bucket seats in the front, still got the rear seats in
- PMS air con delete kit
- Smaller radiator
- Lower temp thermostat
- Aero catches removed to remove the slam pannel and bonnet mechanism
- New alternator
This all leads to the recent purchase
I bought the K-Tec ITB kit. Because noise. Just waiting for the ECU to turn up as they needed to get one in and prepare it with a base map but shipped the rest fo the kit. The plan is to do this myself over a few days (which is likely to be spread out over several weekends!) while doing a few other jobs:
- Paint some parts of the engine bay to tidy it up
- Paint the front bumper - I am happy to do this with just some rattle cans as a temporary measure until I get the thing resprayed as anything is better than what it currently is!!
- Fit the throttle body kit
- Source and fit the rear ABS sensor
- Oil change
- Improve the bulk head sound deadening as it looks a bit baff and tired
- Paint the rocker cover
- Get it mapped at some point in the new year
- Track day
- Will probably need to get a centre silencer for the exhaust as I have a strong feeling it will be a little louder than before and not pass sound tests!
- Get a wide band lambda to put an AFR gauge in
- Get the dash out so I can sort out the centre console with the broken centre vent (probably a good place to put the AFR gauge?)
I am a little excited!!
Long term goal is to put some spicer cams in when the cambelt needs doing again. And when the gear box goes bang put one in with an LSD. The most likely big thing to happen next is sort the body work out. And I might start to source parts like a rear beam, sub frame etc so I can get powder coated so it might end up looking fresh under neath (probably should do similar things for my E34 too), although need more garage space to put these before I start that! But that is like mega long term goals for bioth the Clio and E34.
Will try and keep this a bit more updated while I am doing the ITB conversion.
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