Kyles Clio 172 Cup Project

[Kyle 86]

After previously owning a BG 182 for 3 years ive been through a couple of french hatches including a citroen saxo VTS and a peugeot 106 GTI so i always had the bug for another Renaultsport Clio so in march this year i went and brought a very clean 172 cup with 48500 on the clock and i paid £2850 for her after finally finding a low mileage very clean example of a lad called nick who only sold the car because he moved to america i brought the car in completly standars form

so i decided to pump a few £££'s into her...She is now running 195.8 BHP and 174 LBS of Torque after having 438's fitted last week at K-Tec Racing
Mods so far are

KTR Recessed exhaust with decat
Matched inlets
KTR 2 RS induction kit
Cat cams 438's
Custom KTR Pop and bang Remap
Eibach Sportline Pro Springs

plans for the winter include

Fully Polybush suspension
Whiteline ARB
Alloys Refirbed and resprayed anthracite
KTR solid top mounts
Recaro Trendlines

so im going to post a few pics of her from march up until now

 

[Kyle 86]

The car in standard form when i brought her

 

[Kyle 86]

The engine bay so far

 

[Kyle 86]

Eibach sportline pros and brand new rear dampers which have now been fitted

 

[Kyle 86]

Brembo max disks and ferodo DS2500's fitted and brake calipers yellow

 

[Kyle 86]

My car now with private plate and 3/4 size plate

 

[Kyle 86]

Rear end of the car

 

[lizzie.williams01]

Looks good!

 

[Kyle 86]

New 2.0 L 16 valve badges done by simon from spray shack

 

[Kyle 86]

438's

 

[Kyle 86]

And the RR printout from K-Tec Racing

 

[Kyle 86]

Looks good!

Thank you
Shes getting there

 

[Kyle 86]

More pics to come soon

 

[Carbonraider]

Car looking good so far mate and some subtle mods too although...

That caliper looks fishy to mee... :/

Goes to look at own car...

 

[Jekyll]

Car looking good so far mate and some subtle mods too although...

That caliper looks fishy to mee... :/

Goes to look at own car...

Caliper carrier doesnt look right? (upside down)?

As above, nice subtle mods

What you got planned next then Kyle? Tax?!! :rasp:

 

[Kyle 86]

Car looking good so far mate and some subtle mods too although...

That caliper looks fishy to mee... :/

Goes to look at own car...

Lol must me my dodgy painting

 

[Kyle 86]

Caliper carrier doesnt look right? (upside down)?

As above, nice subtle mods

What you got planned next then Kyle? Tax?!! :rasp:

Oh s**t it is aswell haha ill sort that but shes away now for the winter
Next will be top mounts and polybushes/Dogbone

Hope your all good mark

 

[Kyle 86]

A few quid spent at K-Tec lol

 

[Kyle 86]

Lol must me my dodgy painting

Your right its upside down my mate fitted them ill hunt him down now lol

 

[Jekyll]

Lol I guess it's a job over the cup killing season!

Have you got any plans for the interior?

 

[Ryanj]

Looks great! Really good selection of mods for a road car...I think the interior would be the next port of call for me.

 

[Kyle 86]

Ill do em when i take the wheels of for refirb lol

Erm i defo want some Recaros for her mate and who done ya steering wheel retrim mark? Im probs going to get that done aswell

 

[Kyle 86]

Looks great! Really good selection of mods for a road car...I think the interior would be the next port of call for me.

Cheers Ryan

Recaros are on the list for interior im tempted to Rip the back seats out aswell i done that in my old 182 the back seats have been in the loft for 3 years lol back ends twitchy thou with the seats out :-(

 

[Jekyll]

Snappy on here mate. Charged me £160 via exchange basis on any colour you want

Trendlines do seem to hold there value, although the evo/accord ones seem to fetch for less.

Plus if you take the seats out you can smell the decat more. Mmmm decat fumes

 

[Kyle 86]

Nice 1 mark ill get it done 1 day
Hmmmm i love the smell of the fumes haha a no a few people have put evo ones in but im not that keen on them theres a set on ebay now i wish i had the money

 

[George@RTR_Parts]

Coming on nicely Kyle :approve:

 

[Kyle 86]

Cheers george how are u matey

 

[Keyser Soze]

Very nice. How's it feel now with that power compared to standard?

 

[Bobby.]

Good mods mate, bet it pulls well!

 

[Kyle 86]

Yeah it pulls really well lads mid range is better the engine feels more alive with the cams

 

[Jekyll]

You need to get your steering wheel done like this if your keeping it oem/oem+

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?672774-Steering-wheel-re-trim-(snappy)

The renault sport sabelt one would look nice in yours if your going after market

 

[Kyle 86]

Cheers mark ill get it sorted after the new year ill get a pal of mine to take the wheel off for me as im useless haha i like the sabelt but i dont want all the airbag issues and stuff

 

[Bobby.]

Air bag issues?

 

[Jekyll]

Its easy to take off the old wheel.

Disconnect battery and leave for 20 mins,
Twist steering 90 degrees left or right and unclip the clip on the back of the airbag with a flat ended screwdriver,
Twist wheel 180 in opposite direction and do the same to the other clip,
Remove wires off rear of airbag once loose,
Take T50 torx bit to the center of wheel and undo,
Done

 

[rollerdan]

Hardly air bag issues mate just a light on the dash . Which can be turned off for pennies . Fitting a smaller wheel was the best mod ive ever done you get a much better feel with the steering it honestly does dude

 

[Bobby.]

Hardly air bag issues mate just a light on the dash . Which can be turned off for pennies . Fitting a smaller wheel was the best mod ive ever done you get a much better feel with the steering it honestly does dude

Amen.

 

[George@RTR_Parts]

Cheers george how are u matey

I'm good ta mate, yourself.

Keep up the good work with this

 

[Kyle 86]

Air bag issues?

Im so useless i wudent wanna set it off lol

 

[Kyle 86]

Its easy to take off the old wheel.

Disconnect battery and leave for 20 mins,
Twist steering 90 degrees left or right and unclip the clip on the back of the airbag with a flat ended screwdriver,
Twist wheel 180 in opposite direction and do the same to the other clip,
Remove wires off rear of airbag once loose,
Take T50 torx bit to the center of wheel and undo,
Done

You are a star mark ill get round to it soon ill get my mate to take it off as im s**t and i ant got the tools haha

 

[Jekyll]

Kyle, ive just bought an odb2 reader so i can always bring it to the next meet and wipe the light off for ya lol