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Monaco 172 Track Car
- Thread starter Krarl
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Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
£1895
Hurt deep down to part with that much as I’m a Yorkshireman
Hurt deep down to part with that much as I’m a Yorkshireman
I like it!
Mate has one of these in 3 door black. Phase 2 RS Meganes still look very nice. They have aged very gracefully. Possibly one of the best facelifts given to a car IMO.
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Mate has one of these in 3 door black. Phase 2 RS Meganes still look very nice. They have aged very gracefully. Possibly one of the best facelifts given to a car IMO.
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Krarl
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Yeah PH1 225’s look god awful nowadays imo
The R26 was always the best looking Megane
The R26 was always the best looking Megane
Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
Made a new thread for the Megane if anyone gives a s**t[emoji23]
Megane 175 dCi
https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?sh...p?threads/Megane-175-dCi.821752/&share_type=t
Megane 175 dCi
https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?sh...p?threads/Megane-175-dCi.821752/&share_type=t
Nope, we don't care. Monaco running yet?
Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
Is it f**k![emoji23]
Got a few more bits these last few days, solid top mounts coming next week so everything will go together soon!!
Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
Just sold the dCi to a mate. We agreed £450 and he gave me £550 like a pleb[emoji23] Let’s see how long it takes him to check his texts and come back for his £100 the tit[emoji23]
Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
So a quick little update
Bought a few more things for the Monaco
Rear ARB
PMS solid top mounts
And I did a bit of stuff that doesn’t involve laying on the driveway doing bits to the car
Titanium heat wrapped my manifold, some people will indefinitely moan and cry “it will crack the manifold” or “it doesn’t even do anything” yeah oh well.
Did the whole manifold in 2 x 10m rolls and still have loads of 1 roll spare. I’m not gonna be running a heat shield down the back of the engine so thought for the sake of £40 I might as well try it and if it doesn’t work then oh well and if it cracks the manifold then it gives me even more of an excuse for boost.
Pics of the finished product, not bad for my first time wrapping something but I didn’t really take my time to get it perfect as it’s only going to sit somewhere where it’s not gonna be seen.
My next few jobs will be to clean down all aluminium parts and spray them with alumablast/high temp Ali paint and then do all steel parts with satin black spray paint/hammerite. Need to get some bits done but I’ve lost motivation a bit lately so need to pull my finger out and at least do some bits
Ciao
Bought a few more things for the Monaco
Rear ARB
PMS solid top mounts
And I did a bit of stuff that doesn’t involve laying on the driveway doing bits to the car
Titanium heat wrapped my manifold, some people will indefinitely moan and cry “it will crack the manifold” or “it doesn’t even do anything” yeah oh well.
Did the whole manifold in 2 x 10m rolls and still have loads of 1 roll spare. I’m not gonna be running a heat shield down the back of the engine so thought for the sake of £40 I might as well try it and if it doesn’t work then oh well and if it cracks the manifold then it gives me even more of an excuse for boost.
Pics of the finished product, not bad for my first time wrapping something but I didn’t really take my time to get it perfect as it’s only going to sit somewhere where it’s not gonna be seen.
My next few jobs will be to clean down all aluminium parts and spray them with alumablast/high temp Ali paint and then do all steel parts with satin black spray paint/hammerite. Need to get some bits done but I’ve lost motivation a bit lately so need to pull my finger out and at least do some bits
Ciao
Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
Where's that airbox from? I want to find a different kind of airbox for my Ph2 because the original has such a design that i can't stop it from making vibrating noise idling...
Also, nice project you got here
Which airbox mate? And cheers
This airbox on the 2nd photo, seems like a mutch better system than stock.
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Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
It’s just a 60mm offset filter banged onto the end of the MAF sensor haha. People say that it gets too hot there above the turbo but it made zero difference but made some lovely whooshy noises on boost haha
Well, i'm looking for a system that replaces the default stock airbox because the design on it is crap, i'll see what i can do... but that system with a proper sized airbox would be good no?
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Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
I was gonna make a custom one like a bucket intake (ph1 style) and have a cold air feed but then I realised it’s a retarded idea as it’s only a 100bhp diesel and just decided to slap a Ramair filter on there for more noise
Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
Is there any way to change the name of a thread[emoji102] Suppose it’s the “tale of 1 really expensive and unbuild Clio + RIP dCi” at the minute
Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
Right
So instead of actually building my car I’ve just been buying more bits and more bits just because I’m an arsewipe
Just got an RS Tuner for when the car is eventually running in 2023 and one thing that’s been on my list for ages which is a lower cambelt cover. Mine has started to open up a bit and I’d rather have a good one without any openings
My Mrs didn’t even bat an eyelid that I was washing it in the sink
Also got another set of wheels, finally found some turbines not at the other end of the country or for £500
Still have all the original metal Centre caps and bolts too
And then I was inspired by @Louis with his painted inlet and I’ve been meaning to do mine for about 3 months.
Sprayed all the Ali parts up with silver, not sure what colour to do the letter or I might just leave it
Not the best paint job but it was freezing outside and I couldn’t be arsed going the full mile because the bonnet is only gonna get shut on them anyway
Will look better than grease covered and oil spattered crap. Might pull my finger out and do something with the car at some point, too much to do and the weather is putting me off. Plus I have to drive to my parents to do anything because being a r****d I decided to pull the engine out there instead of doing it at my house[emoji1750][emoji3603]
So instead of actually building my car I’ve just been buying more bits and more bits just because I’m an arsewipe
Just got an RS Tuner for when the car is eventually running in 2023 and one thing that’s been on my list for ages which is a lower cambelt cover. Mine has started to open up a bit and I’d rather have a good one without any openings
My Mrs didn’t even bat an eyelid that I was washing it in the sink
Also got another set of wheels, finally found some turbines not at the other end of the country or for £500
Still have all the original metal Centre caps and bolts too
And then I was inspired by @Louis with his painted inlet and I’ve been meaning to do mine for about 3 months.
Sprayed all the Ali parts up with silver, not sure what colour to do the letter or I might just leave it
Not the best paint job but it was freezing outside and I couldn’t be arsed going the full mile because the bonnet is only gonna get shut on them anyway
Will look better than grease covered and oil spattered crap. Might pull my finger out and do something with the car at some point, too much to do and the weather is putting me off. Plus I have to drive to my parents to do anything because being a r****d I decided to pull the engine out there instead of doing it at my house[emoji1750][emoji3603]
Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
Loaded the Megane up today with boxes filled with Clio parts. These boxes are only half of the things I have for the 172
It just shows how long I’ve not touched the Clio for by looking at the steering wheel, gip
Good job I’ve got a 197 steering wheel cause that’s rank lol. Finally pushed it from its resting place and onto the drive to get some s**t sorted
Only managed to get the old rack off, put the cup bulkhead panel on and put some polybush arb inner mounts on.
Before
After
Tomorrow I’ll probably jetwash the bay down and clean all the s**t off. Dress up my engine with the inlets, HT leads, cup alt setup, maybe paint the block, stick the new clutch on and bolt up the gearbox ready for Monday. Gonna give myself 3 days off and hopefully on Monday or Tuesday I’ll have a car down on 4 wheels and that starts! Shock
It just shows how long I’ve not touched the Clio for by looking at the steering wheel, gip
Good job I’ve got a 197 steering wheel cause that’s rank lol. Finally pushed it from its resting place and onto the drive to get some s**t sorted
Only managed to get the old rack off, put the cup bulkhead panel on and put some polybush arb inner mounts on.
Before
After
Tomorrow I’ll probably jetwash the bay down and clean all the s**t off. Dress up my engine with the inlets, HT leads, cup alt setup, maybe paint the block, stick the new clutch on and bolt up the gearbox ready for Monday. Gonna give myself 3 days off and hopefully on Monday or Tuesday I’ll have a car down on 4 wheels and that starts! Shock
Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
Of course it’s going on there[emoji23] Some little crackhead will buy it
Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
Done a few more bits
Put together the gearbox mount, what a faff, couldn’t for the life of me figure out how to do it[emoji23] Big thanks to @JamesBryan and @STEVE.M as I’d probably still be scratching my head if not[emoji23] I was also missing a small spacer from underneath so had to use a few washers to space it up
Decided to use the dCi spider mount as they’re a lot more robust and less prone to snap like the petrol ones
I washed the gearbox down just because it was covered in all sorts of s**t and it’d been sat in my bunker for 6 months[emoji23]
Came up alright for a 90p IKEA pot brush, washing up liquid and some V-Power in a can sprayer
Then yesterday I got up mega early, drove to GSF to pick up a new release bearing and went to my mam and dads to get started. I set up my scaffold first which is a pain in the arse doing it alone. Then I test fit my cup alternator setup, didn’t realise I had to use the 75A cup alternator with the threaded bar instead of the standard 172 item, it should be able to cope with EPAS anyway.
I’m not posh enough for an engine crane and plus this scaffold will easily lift a car without folding. Tried and tested! My lifting gear is more than capable too, never had an issue lifting anything but by god is it f**king heavy! I reckon that scaffold setup weights around half a tonne[emoji1750][emoji3603][emoji23]
Engine then met gearbox, I hope they don’t try and kill each other
I found all the bolts for everything and even the dowel that decided to back itself out of the block. Me and my dad then set out to put it in the car
And the day came, it went in! Been a long time coming
Now the job of finding all the little brackets for the loom and getting that laid in its proper position...
Made a few minor adjustments (I bent them) to some of the brackets as the one on the front of the block made the alternator signal wire quite tight
Need to get some spark plugs now as I’d forgotten about them. Fit the driveshafts, dogbone, upper inlet, throw some engine and gearbox oil in and it should run (fingers crossed tightly)
My initial plan was to just build it into a track car straight away but I miss it being on the road. So now my plan is getting it up and running, MOT and tax I and then I can just crack on with smaller jobs like braided lines, wishbone bushes, outer arb bushes, fitting my rebuilt rear beam and a metric f**k-tonne of other stuff to go with it
It actually looks sort of like a car now, the old overflow bottle is going, I need to pick one up from GSF today before anyone asks[emoji23]
Does anyone know if the PAS pressure sensor needs to be connected or will the car throw a wobbly because it’s not there?
Cheers for reading
Put together the gearbox mount, what a faff, couldn’t for the life of me figure out how to do it[emoji23] Big thanks to @JamesBryan and @STEVE.M as I’d probably still be scratching my head if not[emoji23] I was also missing a small spacer from underneath so had to use a few washers to space it up
Decided to use the dCi spider mount as they’re a lot more robust and less prone to snap like the petrol ones
I washed the gearbox down just because it was covered in all sorts of s**t and it’d been sat in my bunker for 6 months[emoji23]
Came up alright for a 90p IKEA pot brush, washing up liquid and some V-Power in a can sprayer
Then yesterday I got up mega early, drove to GSF to pick up a new release bearing and went to my mam and dads to get started. I set up my scaffold first which is a pain in the arse doing it alone. Then I test fit my cup alternator setup, didn’t realise I had to use the 75A cup alternator with the threaded bar instead of the standard 172 item, it should be able to cope with EPAS anyway.
I’m not posh enough for an engine crane and plus this scaffold will easily lift a car without folding. Tried and tested! My lifting gear is more than capable too, never had an issue lifting anything but by god is it f**king heavy! I reckon that scaffold setup weights around half a tonne[emoji1750][emoji3603][emoji23]
Engine then met gearbox, I hope they don’t try and kill each other
I found all the bolts for everything and even the dowel that decided to back itself out of the block. Me and my dad then set out to put it in the car
And the day came, it went in! Been a long time coming
Now the job of finding all the little brackets for the loom and getting that laid in its proper position...
Made a few minor adjustments (I bent them) to some of the brackets as the one on the front of the block made the alternator signal wire quite tight
Need to get some spark plugs now as I’d forgotten about them. Fit the driveshafts, dogbone, upper inlet, throw some engine and gearbox oil in and it should run (fingers crossed tightly)
My initial plan was to just build it into a track car straight away but I miss it being on the road. So now my plan is getting it up and running, MOT and tax I and then I can just crack on with smaller jobs like braided lines, wishbone bushes, outer arb bushes, fitting my rebuilt rear beam and a metric f**k-tonne of other stuff to go with it
It actually looks sort of like a car now, the old overflow bottle is going, I need to pick one up from GSF today before anyone asks[emoji23]
Does anyone know if the PAS pressure sensor needs to be connected or will the car throw a wobbly because it’s not there?
Cheers for reading
That hook seems overkill!
PAS Sensor missing just means it doesn't raise the revs when the PAS is under high load such as full lock. You'll be fine
PAS Sensor missing just means it doesn't raise the revs when the PAS is under high load such as full lock. You'll be fine
Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
Yeah the block and tackle is, lifts it no problem though.
Think this one is rated for a fair few tonne when we put it on a D shackle[emoji23]
Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
Given myself something to get my arse into gear for
Booked on track for CSF19 so I want the car to be done before May so I can book on track before CSF and get some more seat time and find any issues with the car!
Booked on track for CSF19 so I want the car to be done before May so I can book on track before CSF and get some more seat time and find any issues with the car!
Sj1782
ClioSport Club Member
Audi s3 8p
Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
I’ll have it firing this week, then it’s just elementary stuff like wiring my EPAS, pressing in some polybush Ed and changing brake lines and calipers. I’ll have it done before yours is on the road again[emoji6][emoji6]
Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
Suppose I should give an update then...
This is currently how the car sits
Got it fired up like nothing happened, cranked it with the coil unplugged so the injectors built pressure and oil flowed a bit due to the engine being sat for 6 months and the fuel lines dry as a bone.
Only had two issues which were the lower o-ring on the fuel line connector had split and the fan not working. That's why the fan blower box and wiring were sprawled out down the drivers side part of the bay in that pic. Forgot to get a pic once I'd put it back in.
Vid of it's first start. Proper tappy and horrid at first but then it got going and sounds cracking. My dad shat himself because there was a fair amount of fuel being pushed into the exhaust and it let out a little bang when it started[emoji23]
http://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/5c2fbc321e38c/VID_22340422_093149_802.mp4
Gonna try and get brake lines and new shockers on it on Monday and get it in for an MOT so I can do other bits at my house
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This is currently how the car sits
Got it fired up like nothing happened, cranked it with the coil unplugged so the injectors built pressure and oil flowed a bit due to the engine being sat for 6 months and the fuel lines dry as a bone.
Only had two issues which were the lower o-ring on the fuel line connector had split and the fan not working. That's why the fan blower box and wiring were sprawled out down the drivers side part of the bay in that pic. Forgot to get a pic once I'd put it back in.
Vid of it's first start. Proper tappy and horrid at first but then it got going and sounds cracking. My dad shat himself because there was a fair amount of fuel being pushed into the exhaust and it let out a little bang when it started[emoji23]
http://cloud.tapatalk.com/s/5c2fbc321e38c/VID_22340422_093149_802.mp4
Gonna try and get brake lines and new shockers on it on Monday and get it in for an MOT so I can do other bits at my house
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Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
Got the clio moving under it's own steam today. Spent 20 minutes aligning the shifter mech, bits of a pain but I've got it proper spot on and it goes into gear effortlessly. Shame really as I'll be putting in a Scenic shifter at some stage,[emoji23]
Just need to put on my cup shocks and cooksports then braided lines and it could be ready for and MOT
I also got a pic of both of the cars together for the first time without one being in pieces
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Just need to put on my cup shocks and cooksports then braided lines and it could be ready for and MOT
I also got a pic of both of the cars together for the first time without one being in pieces
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Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
Update time
So I wanted to have the car on the road by now but life gets in the way.
So today I just decided to stick my new cup shocks, solid top mounts and cook sports on
Straight away the old shock gave me issues so I tackled it the best way I know... take the grinder to the fucker
Then I started building up the new cup shocks, cooksports, new top hats and PMS solid top mounts. @OssPoop the cooksports are actually being used after buying them like a year ago[emoji23]
Instead of using the s**t Renault bump stops and dust boots I used some spare Polo 6R ones I had from when my sister put coilovers on her car. They're 10x better and wont split in half after 20 seconds. I cleaned them out and put a slit in then then cable tied them tight around the shock.
Fully built up shock minus the ABS line bracket which I took off and sprayed with some satin black
Then I cut down some new bolts instead of using the w**k torx ones
Under the car when fitted up
Drilling out the holes in the tuttets for the PMS solid top mounts was nervy, marked it out about 3 times before drilling a pilot hole, then I checked it twice again and then drilled it out to 8mm
Then I drilled out the other side
Decided to stick in my wheel studs and PMS spacers that I picked up for £12 just while I had the wheels off
Put my battery cover on and bolted everything down properly, bit fiddly but I'm happy with it all
Will get some more pics of the car but it looks so much better and 10x more aggressive.
Just need to stick my braided lines on as the NSF original line is rusty as f**k, might wire in and fit my EPAS and put in the dCi column before I take it for the MOT. I did take it on a naughty drive up and down the street but it feels nice and tight but it needs the tracking doing after I stick some camber bolts in.
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So I wanted to have the car on the road by now but life gets in the way.
So today I just decided to stick my new cup shocks, solid top mounts and cook sports on
Straight away the old shock gave me issues so I tackled it the best way I know... take the grinder to the fucker
Then I started building up the new cup shocks, cooksports, new top hats and PMS solid top mounts. @OssPoop the cooksports are actually being used after buying them like a year ago[emoji23]
Instead of using the s**t Renault bump stops and dust boots I used some spare Polo 6R ones I had from when my sister put coilovers on her car. They're 10x better and wont split in half after 20 seconds. I cleaned them out and put a slit in then then cable tied them tight around the shock.
Fully built up shock minus the ABS line bracket which I took off and sprayed with some satin black
Then I cut down some new bolts instead of using the w**k torx ones
Under the car when fitted up
Drilling out the holes in the tuttets for the PMS solid top mounts was nervy, marked it out about 3 times before drilling a pilot hole, then I checked it twice again and then drilled it out to 8mm
Then I drilled out the other side
Decided to stick in my wheel studs and PMS spacers that I picked up for £12 just while I had the wheels off
Put my battery cover on and bolted everything down properly, bit fiddly but I'm happy with it all
Will get some more pics of the car but it looks so much better and 10x more aggressive.
Just need to stick my braided lines on as the NSF original line is rusty as f**k, might wire in and fit my EPAS and put in the dCi column before I take it for the MOT. I did take it on a naughty drive up and down the street but it feels nice and tight but it needs the tracking doing after I stick some camber bolts in.
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Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
Probably a fair bit as I wont be using a great deal on the road. I currently dont have any camber on the back so that will need sorting too
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Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
I'll have owned this car for a year in May and I've only driven it for 20 seconds yesterday[emoji23][emoji23]
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Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
Where?
I did things properly for a change[emoji1787][emoji23]
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Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
Yeah that sounds about what I'll be going for, was thinking about cup arms etc. I think in the long run I'll mock up some roll centre stubs on some old hubs but rather than have bolt in ones I'll weld and gusset them to the bottom of the hub and then use some massive rose joints
Unless a full kit comes up dirt cheap then I'll just buy that[emoji23]
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Cant see why it wouldnt work! If you can do it yourself for cheap...
You could use this for bump correction like I do, works well! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JAPSPEED...=item231b0f8b64:g:nucAAOSw4qBaxekK:rk:22:pf:0
You could use this for bump correction like I do, works well! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/JAPSPEED...=item231b0f8b64:g:nucAAOSw4qBaxekK:rk:22:pf:0
Krarl
ClioSport Club Member
A mate of mine made some on his track car, they looked a hell of a lot beefier than the kits and it had a lot less points of failure
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