LewisTaylor's BlackGold 182

[Rhys Beal]

I don't have any ball joint pullers, I have never needed them as I have big hammers

I have never had any trouble with the track rod ends so would just advise heating them up and giving them another go.....Blow torch rather than a hair dryer though

 

[LewisTaylor]

Installed my RS Tuner 98 Ron map this morning, car feels much better for it now. Alot smoother when cold and does feel a bit more responsive now. Would love to get it on the rollers to see what power it's making, would be nice to be near the 180 ish it's supposed to be lol.

 

[Da Jenser]

very nice car

question about wheels: have 7x15 ET? with 195 50?

 

[LewisTaylor]

very nice car

question about wheels: have 7x15 ET? with 195 50?

Thanks, Yes, et43, but i'm running 15mm rear spacers and 25mm front spacers (that's per side )

 

[LewisTaylor]

Little bit of an update. Well after fitting standard springs and shocks it became obvious, when you combine a mostly stripped interior, with standard shocks and springs and 15" wheels, it becomes a 4x4 lol So i thought i'd splash out on some Eibach Proline springs that were on ebay, and local to me so saved on the postage. They'd only done 700 miles, looked brand new so i was very happy with them although when i fitted the rears tonight the car actually looks higher, opinions please....

Before:

After:

I haven't fitted the fronts yet as this weekend i'm changing my wishbones, ball joints and track rod ends, at the same time hoping to cure my knocking. I also have an ABS sensor to fit too, so a good days work, considering my track rod ends as corroded to hell, any suggestions for help? lol

 

[BIGASH]

Lol at the height, have you taken the handbrake off since it was jacked up?

 

[LewisTaylor]

Lol at the height, have you taken the handbrake off since it was jacked up?

No lol, think you may have just hit the nail on the head, i'm so stupid sometimes.

 

[BIGASH]

Haha I didn't want to state the obvious but thought I would check before accusing whoever sold you them of selling you a lift kit

 

[Chip-mk1]

Lol, will settle a bit once driven as well no doubt.

 

[domsclio182]

Lol I know you said your drive was a nightmare to get on and off, but come on.

 

[d4vy]

No lol, think you may have just hit the nail on the head, i'm so stupid sometimes.

Never forget when you fitted that arb upside down "lew that doesn't look right some how....."

She's looking good tho mate

 

[Cup_Phil]

Hahahaha I wrote a reply out saying "have you taken the handbrake off and bounced it a bit?" but thought suuuuurely he'll have done that so deleted it LOL

 

[Adam.]

Hahahaha I wrote a reply out saying "have you taken the handbrake off and bounced it a bit?" but thought suuuuurely he'll have done that so deleted it LOL

LOL I was the same....looking back you can see the wheel hasn't moved at all now!

 

[Cup_Phil]

Oh yeah! hahaha

It'll drop about an inch or two with the handbrake off - it'll also settle another 3-5mm in the first week
When I first fitted my billies I set it where I wanted it and then a week later it was nearly scrubbing so I had to wind them back up a bit

 

[LewisTaylor]

Lol i feel pretty silly now, i did let the handbrake off and it did drop a bit

Lol I know you said your drive was a nightmare to get on and off, but come on.

Haha gonna have to get a picture of the end as it's pretty steep

Never forget when you fitted that arb upside down "lew that doesn't look right some how....."

She's looking good tho mate

Oh yeah, i done well i guess, no destructions to read, all guess work got there in the end though!

Thanks mate, by the time it's properly on the road it will almost be a new car

 

[LewisTaylor]

Today has been an eventful day..

So i set out to fit new track rod ends, lower ball joints, 172 cup front wishbones and eibach springs on the front...

The track rod ends and ball joints weren't budging so i left them for now and carried on. I was surprised when i compared the 172 cup wishbones to the 182 wishbones, there was at least 5mm more castor as per what i have read on here so all good I didn't fit these based upon that fact, but my wishbone bush's needed replacing so i thought i'd get a second hand set of these while my 182 ones were being polybushed, but i might just leave these on now.

Took the car for a spin, knocking has gone, but after about 2 miles, the engine cut out No idea what's caused it, it's turning over for a few seconds then stopping, so need to investigate that. Any idea's? I'm thinking maybe a bad earth.

 

[LewisTaylor]

Still not solved my problem with starting the car. So started a thread with more info, if anyone could help would be appreciated

http://www.cliosport.net/forum/show...t-fault-codes-in-thread&p=9163172#post9163172

 

[LewisTaylor]

Apparently i would seem my fault is a broken wire in the loom, i was advised in the thread above to pull it apart and look for it, easier said than done lol had a go at it today and no luck yet, so i'm now looking at reluctantly replacing the engine loom, which annoys me as i spent alot of time re-wrapping all the wires on this loom a few months ago. But once it's off and the car is running, i will lay it all out in the garage and see if i can find the fault to rectify it. Then i can have it as spare

I also purchased some Turini's as they were very cheap and local, needing a refurb which i'm hoping i can get done locally cheap then sell my 2118's. I also purchased some of the older k-tec gold solid top mounts, as i really like the way solid top mounts make the steering feel, plus they were cheap, just the way i like things

A friend of mine has also started getting into Detailing and is hoping in future to start his own detailing firm, but he has offered to do a full paint correction and headlight restore for £100 so really looking forward to seeing how he brings the car up, penciled in to have that done after christmas, IF i get it running by then

 

[dmallett]

Ive got an engine loom from my flamer if you want it? and if its the same ha.

glad your still picking up bargains :rasp:

 

[Rhys Beal]

You haven't Dan. I have it

 

[dmallett]

Youve got the interior loom i thought? Theres a bundle of wires from the clio sitting in my garage anyway

 

[Rhys Beal]

Ah whoops. I think you're right

 

[LewisTaylor]

Ph1 loom wouldn't be any good anyway as 182 have Electronic throttle body I've sourced 2, just a case of who gets back to me first

But thanks for the offer anyway.

 

[dmallett]

Makes sense! Overlooked that bit

 

[LewisTaylor]

Been busy this weekend. So started off yesterday by changing the ABS sensor that's been playing up. Damn they are tight, ended up banging the s*it out of it with a hammer and wood chisel to brake it out lol. This is what was left of the old one once i got it out....

It was fair to say to say the corrosion had welded it in. I had to dremel away some of the corrosion to get the new sensor in. But that's all fitted and working now, which means for the first time in 6 months i have no warning lights on the dash

After that i moved onto fitting some K-tec solid suspension top mounts i had as i've never been a fan of the standard ones.

Engine bay could really do with some TLC, but saving that untill i have some VHT paint. Once that was done i gave the outside a quick wash down as the car looked like i had been 4x4ing then it started raining lol so never got the chance to dry it. Come back to it this morning now the rain had stopped and got some photo's before i started fitting the cage.

I then cracked on with fitting my half cage, i thought i'd try and be cleaver and just remove the seats off the side mounts and leave the subframes in (hate going under car..) but i soon realised the cage was that tight it wasn't going to be that easy...

So the subframes had to come out anyway. I then wiggled the cage in, i must say it's a perfect fit, very happy, with all the interior plastics and head liner still in it was dead tight, got it in and into position.

Fixed it down with M8 (i think 8.5mm drill bit was dead tight with these) high tensile nuts and bolts. Subframes back in, quick hoover around...

Seats in...

Harnesses on the new harness bar.

K-tec boot mat put in place, couldn't use this before as the harness' were fitted to the floor, much neater inside the car now.

I then trimmed the bolts down under the car and sprayed black to prevent corrosion, will use proper under body sealer at some point but this was just to do for now. I intended on using the strengthening plates on the rear archs but they needed bending the fit this just seemed a much easier way with some big washers. I'm not too fussed as i doubt the car will ever see any track action.

More to come soon

 

[Cup_Phil]

Everytime I see how thin that main hoop tubing is I shudder a bit lol

 

[LewisTaylor]

Everytime I see how thin that main hoop tubing is I shudder a bit lol

Shudder all you like, but I haven't built this car to be rolled. Coming from a cup racer roll cage I can safely say the quality on this cage is bloody good.

 

[Cup_Phil]

Well no I know you've not built it to be rolled - but s**t happens on track days - I've had mine up on 2 wheels well beyond the comfort point at brands

I'm sure it's better than nothing - and it'll stiffen the car up a bit

 

[LIL B]

Humm, can't exactly know that no one on the track will not hit you, either.

 

[LewisTaylor]

I'm not doing anymore track days, that's why i sold the ph1 track car i had... it's more of a show cage/secure fixing point for my harness'.

 

[Djw Dave]

Looking good mate. I like the blue against the black. Any better exterior shots with the cage in place?

 

[LewisTaylor]

Looking good mate. I like the blue against the black. Any better exterior shots with the cage in place?

Thanks, was trying to do something different Not yet as when i finished it was very overcast and about to rain so called it a day lol.

 

[Djw Dave]

Thanks, was trying to do something different Not yet as when i finished it was very overcast and about to rain so called it a day lol.

Thats fair enough. Looks a nice contrast from what i can see.

 

[Cup_Phil]

I'm not doing anymore track days, that's why i sold the ph1 track car i had... it's more of a show cage/secure fixing point for my harness'.

Fair play

 

[Greeny.]

No track days Lewis? Why not? It will be more than capable on track I personally wouldn't have a rear cage or buckets (again) if I wasn't going to track it, wasted effort imo Come to Snet when we go!

 

[LewisTaylor]

No track days Lewis? Why not? It will be more than capable on track I personally wouldn't have a rear cage or buckets (again) if I wasn't going to track it, wasted effort imo Come to Snet when we go!

Took on a massive house project so that will swallow up all of my pennies for the next 3 years, which is why this car has gone back to a standard ish spec. But i kept the Recaro's as i prefer them to the standard seating position which is far to high for me. The car isn't at all stripped apart from the rear seats so is still fairly comfortable.

The car would probably be fairly capable on track even though it has standard shocks i have fitted eibach prolines, solid top mounts, 172 cup wishbones, 25mm front spacers and 15mm rear spacers so should handle well

I'll definately come to Snet when you all go to watch.

Done a bit more today, started by de wipering the rear, done it the lazy way by taking hack saw to it lol:

Then i removed my RenaultSport badge:

I then took the inside panel off the bootlid, removed the wiper motor and then pushed the Clio badge out. I then cleaned off from behind the badges and fitted a grommet to my wiper surround. The boot lid is looking alot better IMO would like one of them RS badges to go over the old Clio holes but don't have one yet.

I then gave the car a good wash, good hand polish and applied some AG HD wax and some tyre shine, i'm very pleased with how the car has come up, as I'm no detailing expert.

 

[DannyR]

It virtually works out cheaper to go to the Nurburgring too than a track day!

By the time you've paid £150-200 for a trackday plus £150-200 on 3 tanks of fuel it's only an extra £150-200 to go to the ring, camp and do a couple of laps

 

[Chris205]

What's going on with the 4x4 stance lewis? Thought you had some uber fancy AST's or have they gone the journey?

 

[LewisTaylor]

What's going on with the 4x4 stance lewis? Thought you had some uber fancy AST's or have they gone the journey?

I had alot of fancy things that have all gone due to house buy. Had an awesome stance when it was on the coilies. Standard shocks, eibach's and 15" wheels leaves me looking like a 4x4.

 

[dmallett]

I like it Lewis! Miss those seats, I feel so wrong in standard seats.