Loggyboy's racer - 750mc Ktec Clio 182 Championship

[loggyboy]

Picked up the 2nd to last piece of jigsaw this weekend. Only my ARDs to go and I should be racing this year.

Its tatty and battle scarred and its not my name on the side, but shes proven race winner for only a little more £££ than the parts alone needed to upgrade my current track Clio. Plus I'm bound to be trading paint so pointless starting with a nice tidy ex road/track car.
Next is ARDs which i hope to book in coming weeks with the aim of doing a few events this year before a full season next year.
On a side note the Kia Sorento I bought a few months back as a tow car performed faultlessly for the ~500mile round trip so even more pleased with that choice of that, recommended to anyone wanting a cheap tow car with a 3tonne cap.

 

[bob the builder]

very nice chap, welcome to the racing club.
once you get out for your first one you will never go back.
good luck

 

[green]

Rubbing is racing! Good luck with the test and racing.. look forward to your updates

 

[simonmac]

Got a Sorento myself and towed for the first time last month with the Scooby on the back, was surprised at how easy the Sorento pulled it. Had mine remapped when i got it so got a bit more poke than the std 140bhp it came with.

 

[loggyboy]

I'm now registered for the series and i've chosen 44 as my number, partly as its LH's but also as its close to the shape of the logo of the team name i've created. Now its not technically a team yet but I like the idea of it not just being 'me'.

I haven't settled on a colour scheme yet, but something like this is my current fave.

https://www.instagram.com/mistral_motorsport/
https://www.facebook.com/mistralmotorsport/

 

[iyrix]

This is awesome, where is the first event/shakedown?

 

[loggyboy]

This is awesome, where is the first event/shakedown?

Not 100% sure yet. Was hoping to do a TD and do ARDs at same time over next few weeks, but its finding time around work and other commitments at the moment. Some time in June I hope.

 

[Wellbs]

Had a Sorento and a sportage couldn’t speak more highly of them. We tow 3.5t most days. Cheap motoring bar the tax and pretty good trim spec on the titans!

 

[2.4te]

Great to meet you over the spoiler today Dave!

 

[loggyboy]

Great to meet you over the spoiler today Dave!

You too!! Have fun at the sprint & solo.

 

[loggyboy]

Sneaky trip this evening to Brands for my ARDs and a shake down. Passed the ARDs no probs but sadly couldnt put in many laps as the slightly stricter noise restrictions in the evenings meant as soon as i went for it I was black flagged. They let me out again and managed 10 or so laps at 75%. Car felt good, really nimble, but im not convinced the single back box exhaust is helping anyway so as I want to do some more TDs before I go racing i will swap it for my scorpion 192 system, can always swap back when I race.

 

[Mbeau]

Shame about the noise. They are really strict on it at Brands. I have been blacked flagged there on an evening session before. I am sure there are much noisier cars than any Clio going round though!

I was there during the day yesterday in a white RS 200, which was parked near your trailer. I knew I recognised the car from somewhere! It's certainly had a hard life! Like the above plans you have for colour scheme. Will keep an eye on this thread.

 

[loggyboy]

Shame about the noise. They are really strict on it at Brands. I have been blacked flagged there on an evening session before. I am sure there are much noisier cars than any Clio going round though!

I was there during the day yesterday in a white RS 200, which was parked near your trailer. I knew I recognised the car from somewhere! It's certainly had a hard life! Like the above plans you have for colour scheme. Will keep an eye on this thread.

Yeah even on day time one I got flagged once in my old trackday car (a car that is ok around 90db Thruxton!) on a very cold day when the noise seems to travel. Went back out and it didnt happen again. Suspect it was me and another car combined or a gust of wind that triggered it.
I was 2db under on static but 6db over on drive-by last night so WAY over!

Yes she certainly is tatty. I have already replaced the bonnet with a tidier one, and have a spare drivers door to fit. Once I have had a chance to fit that I will go over the rest of the car and try to knock out a few of the larger dings. Also have another idea on graphics to help disguse the dents more!

 

[loggyboy]

Some more shots from Brand Hatch:

 

[loggyboy]

That's the final tick box done.

(Full 1yr license is on its way!)

First.planned race entry is Silverstone in August.

 

[Speedy300]

Congrats, the excitement must be building. I would love to do this one day.

Have you got to do much to the car before your first race?

 

[loggyboy]

Congrats, the excitement must be building. I would love to do this one day.

Have you got to do much to the car before your first race?

Hugely.. want to get one trackday in first to really open her up qnd get a proper feel for it.
Not really much to do on car. Ive been tidying up some of the electrics and the drivers window is unreliable so trying to trace the fault (dodgy earth or similar connection i suspect). Apart from that i just want to add the vinyl to my preferred colours and add the mandatory series sponsors decals.

 

[loggyboy]

The Electrical problems started to really play up so started to trace every wire to find the fault. Eventually found a disconnected earth that had been bundled up with the disused airbag loom. Reconnected and everything is back to normal. This gave me the chance to start playing with the less important bits and bobs.
First up were the interior trim. Door cards had been replaced with ally sheets, but the switches and door handles had been bodged by cutting the old plastic door pulls. So put the 3d printer to the task.



Not 100% happy with the design, but not bad as a 1st prototype.

Also fitted the lap time transponder.

 

[loggyboy]

Took her to Surrey Rolling Road this Saturday to get a baseline figure and peace of mind on fueling etc.

A health output... which was nice.


Theres always someone who 1ups you though ....

Cobra running Nitrous and Meth injection. Running rich, expects to get closer to 1000 when tweaked.

 

[loggyboy]

Productive day fitting a flocked dash, taking an age to trim around the cage neatly. Adding my old S3 phone to datalog and give me a predictive lap delta, and the 10hz GPS in background.

I hardwired a usb power supply for the mandatory in-car camera, Intending to run it in dashcam mode so i dont have to faff switching it on and off.

And fitted the front tow straps.

Not many jobs left apart from to acctually go racing.

Washed her last weekend ready for graphics on Tuesday, and I did a Final mock up of what im going for.

 

[loggyboy]

Looking more like a Racecar now:
Massive thanks to Kris @ www.kreatifsigns.co.uk

 

[JamesBryan]

Saw the 182 Championship cars going round Cadwell last weekened.

Very close racing apart from the two front runners ?

 

[loggyboy]

Saw the 182 Championship cars going round Cadwell last weekened.

Very close racing apart from the two front runners ?

Yeah this car was up with them last year so no excuses for me... lol

 

[JamesBryan]

Yeah this car was up with them last year so no excuses for me... lol

That Don de Graff was one of them, he's an ex Formula Renault driver. Really quick!

 

[loggyboy]

That Don de Graff was one of them, he's an ex Formula Renault driver. Really quick!

Yeah no pressure then!! lol
This car in hands of previous owner was 4th overall last year.

 

[loggyboy]

First race is on Sunday.
Really looking forward to it.

 

[loggyboy]

Not updated this is while, but for those wanting to see how last season went::

Silverstone:

First Race weekend report.

Rounds 11&12 of the 750MC Ktec Racing Clio 182 championship took place last weekend at Silverstone. This was my first race weekend and first time I had driven the car bar a few laps at 70% at Brands when I did my ARDS in May. We arrived early on Saturday despite races all being on Sunday. This...

cliosport.net

Donington

Mutilple pile up at donington in the ktec race.

1st corner incident, 1 car gets pitched sideways and the concertina effect muddles up most of the field in it. I was in the silver car towards the middle/rear of the line of cars on the inside line. Still finished 9th which is my best result of the 4 races so far.

cliosport.net

And some pic from last months shake down at Brands Hatch.



And a video of the dry(est) session.


Plans over next few weeks are:

Update the exhaust as new regulations state the 2 tail pipes must both pipes must pass exhaust gasses through, also add swap-able centre silencer so I can get more trackday compliance.
Fit the electronic cut out switch (rather than the ancient FIA key switch)
Wrap the new headlights.
Work out away to mount my 360 camera so I can live stream the race from a passengers perspective.

 

[Greeny.]

Missed your initial thread, I remember this car, took a couple of pics back in 2018 when it was raced, glad to see its looking better now though:

 

[loggyboy]

Missed your initial thread, I remember this car, took a couple of pics back in 2018 when it was raced, glad to see its looking better now though:

Yes its been thru the wars! Still a lot of battle scars some old, some new!

 

[Djw Dave]

Missed your initial thread, I remember this car, took a couple of pics back in 2018 when it was raced, glad to see its looking better now though:

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The irony of the sponsors

 

[loggyboy]

Thought Id best update this:

Just as things started to go well with 2 podiums at Donny in May:



The next time out at Silverstone in August - she sadly got wiped out in Quali.

RIP Racecar No1 - Long live Racecar No2

Now Prepping my old white track car to replace her.