Mk1 Daily >> Trackcar

[terryc101]

Got me a ph1 172 mate, yeah i'm done with it for a bit, not worth it right now lol

Ah nice one! I'll have to keep my eye out for you about.

 

[terryc101]

New Poly windows fitted to the rear 3 windows courtesy of ACW Motorsport Plastics

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IMAG1281 by terryclarke13, on Flickr

BrandsHatch 27-2-15

First trackday of the year was a full open pitlane day at brands yesterday organised by Javelin, we'd never done a javelin day before but it was organised very well and everything seemed to run smoothly throughout the day.
Had a slight delay in the morning due to us accidentally leaving the handbrake on the trailer when we put it away last year, cue my dad dragging it with seized brakes 2 miles to our house lol! Was a freezing cold morning but by the time the sighting laps were done at 9 the sun was shining and the track only had a few damp spots remaining. the car was performing brilliantly all morning and really seemed to be in its element on the more confined circuit of brands compared to the long straights of snetterton.

Then my temporary fix on the oil line from last time failed and it started to drop a small amount under the car just before lunch. We decided the best bet was to ditch the cooler completely. so after removing the mocal plate and plugging up the radiator we got back under way, sadly the old filter just couldn't get a good seal onto the block and it continued to trickle out down the engine. For the good of the engine and the other people out there we decided to call it a day at about half 2.

Despite this easily fixable problem it was a really good morning and the car seems almost perfect now, brakes were spot on, handling great and no major issues (touchwood).

A few pics from the day

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That wont polish out!!

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Pro pics

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That's all the pic whoring for now! Hopefully be out at another trackday soon

 

[terryc101]

Being the start of 2 weeks off work and feeling super motivated I was up early yesterday to fix the oil cooler. Decided I would remove the radiator to make it a lot easier on myself and my arms and at the same time I'd finally fit the new header tank I bought months ago.

Bonnet and bumper off ready to go! Must try and come up with some sort of bumper quick release system.

IMAG1299 by terryclarke13, on Flickr

Coolant certainly needed renewing!

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So much more room to work once the rad is out the way, sandwich plate back on awaiting oil lines and new filter

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Header tank 50/50 lol

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All back together ready for its next outing at the Renautsport day in april

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[terryc101]

Little walk around video testing out my new action cam for trackdays.

 

[terryc101]

After fixing the oil cooler we booked up the RenaultSport track day at brands hatch on 9th of April. Had a really good day and the car performed fantastically again, sadly we were still getting a slight oil build up on the bottom of the sump towards the end of the day. Turns out that the sump gasket has gone on one corner and oil is seeping out slightly after prolonged hard driving. So once again an oil leak needs fixing before the cars next outing.

Some pics from the day

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The car then sat on the driveway while I thought how best to tackle the sump and when I could be bothered to do so as its not the easiest on a narrow driveway where I need to park the 172 also.

In the mean time we had been on the look out for some kind of unit/barn/garage we could rent or buy that would combine trailer storage with space to work on the clio, while out driving about for work I happened upon this sign.

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Went back the next evening to enquire and was offered the perfect place at a very reasonable rate. Its not quite 2 cars wide but wide enough to get a clio in and move around it freely, around 12 sockets running down one wall, barn style doors large enough to reverse the trailer in with the clio on and the unit is long enough for around 4 cars. Its also in the kind of location that nobody is going to go nosing around (note caravans lol).

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Went over during the week and started moving tools etc over and also took the track car so I could start work on the sump and a few other bits.
The guy whos yard it is knocked me up a quick workbench as he was bored lol

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Should be back on the road soon and hopefully at a trackday towards the end of june!

 

[firehorizon]

the cars coming along nicely mate, nice decent garage space as well.

 

[terryc101]

the cars coming along nicely mate, nice decent garage space as well.

Cheers, see you've done a fair bit to my old car. Looks in a much better state now.

 

[firehorizon]

Cheers, see you've done a fair bit to my old car. Looks in a much better state now.

It's getting there but there's still a massive uphill fight with it, and many more dulls hours rubbing and sanding the body :/

 

[sonny172cup]

amazing garage space lol

 

[terryc101]

Back down the yard this weekend to carry on with fixing the leak in the sump. Stopped off on the way to pick up the trailer from storage and move it into its new home, will be much better off inside as the weather has rotted the boards pretty quickly, doesn't help that some idiots jumped on it by the looks of things!

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Once the clio is back together the trailer will go in the far corner and we'll be moving the bench etc to divide the place into two areas. Also to our amazement we managed to get my dads T4 hightop in, that'll make putting the trailer back in easier when the car is still loaded.

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Had a bit of a self made nightmare with the sump (pair of morons we are), removed all the bolts, studs to the gearbox and gave it a thump and it wouldn't budge, kept at it for ages before realising we'd missed 4 bolts in recesses at the gearbox end lol. So now ive got to go back on my day off and finish it off after wasting a day scratching our heads!
Thank god we can just leave the car in this state now and come back to it at our leasure.

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Used our mammoth trailer chain to secure the doors from the inside, thought the weight of it might pull the handles off!

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Also met the fearsome guard dog yesterday...

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[william...]

what the hell...such a guard i Need too!

 

[terryc101]

Tidied out the shed this week and discovered 11 part worn 15s lol! managed to sell them to one of the local drift guys to destroy.

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Picked myself up a set of Turbines and some toyo RsRs to use over the summer on the road, save wearing the 888s out and they look pretty dam good too.

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Gave them a quick wash but they need a really good decon and seal! Put the car back together too and fingers crossed the sump is on there good and proper now, put the new wheels on and took it out for a test drive :wink:

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Garage is now empty apart from the trailer so will be getting an overhaul over the next few weeks. lots more lighting, painting and looking at what to use for flooring at the moment.

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[terryc101]

Week off work this week and the weather is grim so I'll be cracking on with the growing to do list for the Clio.
Main job is going to be sorting the interior loom out and moving all the window controls etc into the centre console.

Popped down the garage today to stick the battery back on and see if it's still running ok after being sat since August, fired up on the first turn and ticked over in its usual aggressive manor :smile:.

Then got distracted by a friends newly acquired ph1. Changed the pads, added a Fabia splitter and the wrestled with the rear wiper for longer than we planned to trying to remove it lol.

Driving over there in the ph1 made me miss driving a Clio a lot!

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Looking sorry for itself! Can't wait to get it mot'd and take it for a blast.

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[firehorizon]

looks good buddy, just need a carbon bonnet now to compliment the spoiler

 

[terryc101]

Bought a second hand Sabelt wheel and started cleaning it up ready for when a boss arrives. Some serious grime coming off of it!

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[Matt@codered]

Looks good that little car..... Unit look brill!
The rollcage is the one from Mark Fish's race car, last time it was in his car was at a support race in Monaco I think. It was in candy metallic red originally.
My old girl (the blue mk1 hillclimb car) is here living in France with me now, also my hillclimb 172 swam the channel recently, so filling up my place quickly.

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

I really would love a 16v/Williams, they are so so cool. One of the best proportioned hot hatches ever in my view.

 

[GrahamS]

Glad to see Sam's ph1 about! Also really great to see a non 172 or 182 project thread for once!

 

[terryc101]

Spent another day down the yard today working through the jobs list.

Car had sat since august so swapped out the plugs for a fresh set and fired it up :grimacing: started on the first turn pretty much and ticked over lovely and lumpy for a while. Didnt spot any new leaks or anything so hopefully the engine side of things is all good, even let it see daylight for the first time in months!

image by terry clarke, on Flickr

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The next major job is to sort out all the wiring inside the car as lots had become obsolete lately and it was pretty untidy and a pain to use windows etc last year. All random switches will be moved to one central location where the stereo used to be, this means door looms coming out and being chopped and moved to power windows and stuff.

Both seats were removed and the front half of the cage to allow the dash to come out and i need to paint the footwells and put down some fresh griptape.

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Carbon spoiler lit up nicely in this pic


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How it was left this evening

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Door looms ready to chop

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Should get a good few hours on it over the weekend and get a lot done hopefully. Really cant wait to get it back on the road/track!

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

Would you like to donate this to me once you're done? I really want one lol.

 

[terryc101]

Got some more bits done this weekend in between work. First job was to fit new aerocatches to the bonnet, when i first fitted them I bought some cheap ebay knock offs and you get what you pay for! So we fitted some genuine ones that feel 10 times stronger and are a much more complete piece of kit. While the bonnet was off it also got some weight chopped out of it as its on and off quite a bit.

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The tailgate was also stripped of its loom as the car has no central locking or rear wiper so that was redundant, the only thing left in the tailgate is the latch and lock so its very light. We have some spare pins so may look at pinning it and cutting out the inner skin.

More weight could come off that 😅

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Then we got started on the main job for the weekend which was moving the various switches around the dash into the centre and trimming the looms of any excess wire. Was a pretty straight forward job with just some extending of wires needed to get power back to the window motors.

Drivers door loom plug reversed and stored in a speaker recess.

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Switches for windows,fan and interior lights in place.

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Found some old pov spec switch blanks in the garage to fill the old gaps.

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The tesco bag of weight loss!

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Everything waiting to go back in.

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And then it was time to sit by the fire and plan our next move...

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More updates very soon...

 

[terryc101]

Dash is now back. Also fitted the new sabelt wheel and lowered the steering column roughly 10mm, that combined with the smaller wheel gives a much better driving position and view. Took the car outside and gave it a drive around the yard for a bit, my left leg has become weak from the auto daily lol!

image by terry clarke, on Flickr

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Got a smaller lightweight battery on order so needed somewhere to mount the cut off switch for it. Decided the clock wasnt really needed anymore and set about hacking that up to make a space for it.

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Managed to source a scuttle panel with both mesh flaps in place at last so that got a lick of paint ready to go on. The old one had to be removed so i could try and fix the blowers as they had packed up last year. Seems the fan unit was just seized up from lack of use.

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Then gave up on the valver to help my brother with some bits on his new toy.

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[terryc101]

Got some hammerite mixed up in light grey to paint the footwells before the cage goes back in, then decided that I might as well do the whole interior while im there. Still got to pop the side windows out to finish around them and give some places a second coat, looks a lot brighter and should make finding dropped bolts etc a bit easier.

Had no idea that homebase could mix hammerite instore :smile:

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Then spent the day replacing the steering rack and sorting the crazy camber on my brothers Vitara.

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And we will be saying goodbye to our old workshop and moving to a new place a few miles closer to home. Much brighter, parking for half a dozen cars outside and a small office included. So if any of the South East csers need somewhere to do any work, let me know :up:

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[massiveCoRbyn]

I'm not a massive fan of Hammerite myself, but I do like a grey interior!

 

[terryc101]

I'm not a massive fan of Hammerite myself, but I do like a grey interior!

I just don't have the patience to spray it again, want it back on the road asap. I'll probably change it again next year lol.

 

[terryc101]

Spent today moving everything from the old unit to the new. Its a much nicer space and we dont have to worry about space for cars when mates pop down etc. Got a nice little office/kitchen/toilet area too so when something on the clio needs doing i can pretty much live down there, its also perfect for a mini cs meet!

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Find some interesting things in old workshops!

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The office.

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Valver and everything else from the old place in there, just need to organise it all and but some shelving etc.

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[terryc101]

Newly painted scuttle back on.

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Interior wiring sorted and switch panel done. Added some footwell led strips as the car was lacking an interior light.

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Driving position much improved with the column lowered and smaller wheel fitted.

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still to do
refit passenger seat
finish fixing cage to the shell
have replacement sills fitted and sprayed
mot time

 

[terryc101]

While sorting through the many tubs of clio spares in the shed at home i found a few rare gems of the 16v/Williams world...

The lesser spotted gearbox drip tray

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And the even rarer OE brake coolers, normally found at the side of the road after falling off.

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Fitted both, using extra cable ties on the coolers. No doubt they'll fall off or snap at some point.

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Almost there...

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[terryc101]

Bought a big sheet of foamex and made up some doorcards this weekend.

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While cutting them out we also fitted the windy window mech to the passenger side. It was going to be a lot of effort to sort the loom and keep an electric one and it barely gets used anyway, this way saves some weight too.

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All done and ready to be fixed in place

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Made up a fuel pump cover too as the old one wouldnt stay clipped in anymore and would rattle constantly.

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Made up some new footplates for the cage also and got those in place and the cage mostly bolted down again. Next job will be the bodywork, need to arrange that for the next couple of weeks, mot then track!

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[terryc101]

Cage is back in, seats are back in. Interior is all back in apart from the new door cards which will be done this weekend. Pretty much set for CSF in a couple of weeks.
Drove it outside and gave it a quick wash then had the trailer inside to sort out some new boarding for it and my brothers vitara for various little jobs.

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Heres a little video i took of it on tickover while it was outside



Just got to put the doorcards in and give it a few more test drives when its quiet and then put the track wheels on and itll be ready for Blyton. After this the bodywork will be getting sorted as my neighbour is going to do the sills for us when he gets time.

 

[COSTA_MK1]

looking good mate! loving the unit a lot.

 

[terryc101]

Had my mates ph1 down yesterday to do a few bits to it, took the valver for a little blast down the road before we left. Let him drive it and he didnt want to give it back lol.

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Went down this morning and put the passenger seat back in and swapped the turbines out for the track wheels.

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And its ready for the weekend :up:

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[terryc101]

Rear tailgate cover and door cards finished and fitted :up: really tidies up the interior.

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[terryc101]

Bought a second hand set of H&Rs for the rear, cleaned them up and fitted them this weekend. Also removed the rear bumper and arch liners for the first time since Ive owned the car (8 years I think), surprising lack of rust but a lot of dirt built up in the liners.

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Nice bit of weight saving!!

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Gave the rear a clean up and paint, removed the exhaust and heat shield too so I could treat the boot floor and give the shield a lick of paint.

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Lovely and quiet on a sunday!

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Went for a little explore on the yardmobile looking for a battery tray for my brothers vitara...

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And found a two post ramp :hushed::up: hopefully nobody wants this and we can move it into the garage!

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The place doubles as a tractor graveyard

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That's just a handful of the old things dotted around the place, the guy really likes keeping hold of stuff lol

 

[imprezaworks]

Ha great pics mate

 

[terryc101]

Haven't done much with the clio lately but did go down and re organise the garage today as it had become a mess! Its now a much better work space and i actually know where things are now :up:

 

[terryc101]

Finally got round to sorting through the CSF footage from blyton. Gonna have to upload it in chunks as I have a days worth but here's a little bit so far.

 

[AdamAnderton]

Cars looking good.
This is what I have done for quick release on the front bumper, I was using cable ties for years and gave up with that idea.

 

[terryc101]

Cars looking good.
This is what I have done for quick release on the front bumper, I was using cable ties for years and gave up with that idea.

Yeah I've been thinking of doing something similar for a while now, they're currently held on mostly by gravity and that 10mm behind the number plate 😅

 

[terryc101]

4 years since I last drove it and it's sat on a trailer in various places since then, most recently on the drive being used as a cat bed.

Have decided to sell the trailer so off came the Clio.

Eldest decided to wash it for me (he needs more training). Now to decide what to do with it...