Monaco 172 Track Car

[I Changed My Name]

Aye they were

Luckily the bloke that listed em remembered that I'd bought stuff from him before and don't f**k people about

 

[Horatio McAllister]

Bargain, It was too far for me to travel and I am not travelling for car parts until we are allowed otherwise I would’ve been all over them! Facebook is a bloody nightmare for time wasters! I’ve had someone jade the crap out of me to buy £15 worth of stuff, then just not turn up! Weirdo

 

[mossyv6]

Went to Asda for cat food and found these on the shelf quite cheap

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I think I need to shop at Asda

What colour you think bud?

 

[I Changed My Name]

Bargain, It was too far for me to travel and I am not travelling for car parts until we are allowed otherwise I would’ve been all over them! Facebook is a bloody nightmare for time wasters! I’ve had someone jade the crap out of me to buy £15 worth of stuff, then just not turn up! Weirdo

I get them people all the time. I had someone try to barter me down £2.50 for something I'd listed for £25 and had 45 people messaging me about😑😂

I think I need to shop at Asda

What colour you think bud?

Gonna stick to silver mate

Turinis look wicked in a fresh silver

 

[mossyv6]

I get them people all the time. I had someone try to barter me down £2.50 for something I'd listed for £25 and had 45 people messaging me about😑😂


Gonna stick to silver mate

Turinis look wicked in a fresh silver

Will look wicked mate. You doing them yourself or taken them to someone? I highly recommend Metal Magic at Barnsley.

 

[I Changed My Name]

Will look wicked mate. You doing them yourself or taken them to someone? I highly recommend Metal Magic at Barnsley.

Not sure yet mate

Depends if I can convince my dad that he needs a media blasting cabinet😂😂

 

[Clio_fool]

That's a good buy, and yes silver is best for turini's. Do not have them done at LCS in Barnsley, useless c**t he is.

 

[I Changed My Name]

Got a nice delivery the other day

 

[Djw John]

eBay one? How much do they go for these days?

 

[I Changed My Name]

eBay one? How much do they go for these days?

Nah Single Source Motorsport mate. I'd rather have one that didn't fold in half when you sneezed on it

I got mine part of a group buy but I'm sure they're £335 posted normally

 

[CliosandCoffeeCal]

Got a nice delivery the other day

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Looks like mine that 😉

 

[I Changed My Name]

its a very weird month

Every time I walk into my office I'm reminded that we should have been going to Blyton for a weekend of laughs and track time with mates

And the fact that my car sits 10ft away currently with a very unhappy gearbox! To say its lasted a year of abuse I would say its not done bad! Genuinely cannot wait until next year because CSF is the only thing most forum members will bother to attend. Car park meets arent something im interested in and its not often someone will organise a proper outing unless its the other end of the country.

The rest of this year I'll spend doing the jobs I've always needed to do like cage, shifter, 182 manifold, mapping, polishing inlets, steering wheel, EPAS and about 75,000 other things

Next year should be a good one... I mean its hard to get any worse after this one😂

 

[I Changed My Name]

VU53 RXA will be no more

My mrs got me matching plates for the Clio for my birthday

 

[Horatio McAllister]

Strange question Kyle, but do you know which dealership supplied your car new. Looks like a local plate to me in Gloucestershire. We sold bucket loads of 172’s back in the day. Just wondering on the off chance we sold it!

 

[Clio_fool]

VU53 RXA will be no more

My mrs got me matching plates for the Clio for my birthday

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At least she had sense to not buy those wanky 4d ones you've got on the red shed👍.

 

[I Changed My Name]

Strange question Kyle, but do you know which dealership supplied your car new. Looks like a local plate to me in Gloucestershire. We sold bucket loads of 172’s back in the day. Just wondering on the off chance we sold it!

I haven't got a clue mate. I'm the 5th owner and the only Northerner to have it😂 It didnt come with any proper dealer plates either

 

[I Changed My Name]

Part 1

Stripped the gearbox, manifold and cat off the other day. On the passenger side the selector seal had coated that side and my CV on the other side had just decided to exit all the grease onto the block and everything else in sight. After a few hours I had the subframe off, box out and the manifold and cat out

Considering the car has only been together for 1 year and less than 4k miles this is what I looked like after 3 f**king hours of tinkering!

Box out

The clutch is still completely fine for now, its not a hard job to remove the box and change the clutch so I'm not worried about it. Its standard power so it should cope. If not I have a few good used spares from cars I've stripped

Even after a mere 4 hours it looked like a bomb went off

I heat wrapped my exhaust manifold and link pipe... I did this mid August on the hottest day of the year so far🤦‍♂️😂 Shorts and a vest wasnt a good idea because I felt like a leper afterwards

This came off, the exhaust wrap does actually work. Engine bay temps were reduced in comparison to a standard manifold, tested using a Fluke temp gun too so not just a guess. For the sake of £20 its a good way of not melting stuff. The all important cat departed which will pay for other things👀

State of the subframe. Bearing in mind I cleaned this 1 YEAR AGO! That much f**king oil and grease on it Donald Trump declared war on it ffs

I manhandled the box into place, it slid on first time with no issue what so ever. Obviously I got nervous, pulled it back off again to check if the release bearing was sitting properly😂 It was, I was just being a paranoid weirdo but its better to be paranoid than bolt it all back up, press the clutch and hear a slight clunk😢

My subframe bolts were crusty so I checked my bolt buckets, found some MK3 Clio subframe bolts which were slightly longer but less fucked. I just used the standard nuts on the rear bolts though as they're mahoosive things. The front ones i just grabbed some other 10.9 grade bolts and some fresh nuts. If its good enough to hold a MK3 together then its good enough for a MK2

Standard amount of copper grease needed on a subframe bolt. It was carefully torqued to 16 ugga duggas on setting 2 of my Milwaukee gun (dont worry I spread that amount onto the other bolt too before you all cry)

State of the old box. Will keep as spares for when I get a diff, it looks nice in the garage next to the other 3 gearboxes I have in there 😂

 

[I Changed My Name]

Part 2

Whilst under the car I noticed this

No not the cable tied brake line @Louis! Pretty sure that spring aint meant to look like that🤔

Swapped all my springs for some Grams ones i had in the garage

Exhaust all back up and bokted together, was a tight fit but no leaks after I blebbed the 2nd join full of mastic

Filled the box up with standard NFJ

This is one of them tools worth its weigh in gold!! Took me all of 2 mins to put over 3l of oil in the box!

Fitted the inlet up with a new breather gasket, part nunber in the pic for anyone wanting one

All back together and ready to fire... or maybe not fire... fingers crossed

Started like it was never apart, although my dash had other ideas🤔😂😂 ITS CHRRRIISSSSTMAAAASSSSS😂

This was the state of the front section of my garage afterwards, absolute disarray. Nobody has time to tidy away after a long day. Just cheb everything in the pink bucket and shut the door😂

 

[I Changed My Name]

Part 3

Now it wouldnt be a Clio without something going wrong!

Drove it for about 40 miles and started hearing a slight clunking from the rear, pulled over and instantly knew what it was. Rear shocker had worked its way loose. Really really lucky it didn't snap the bolt off in the beam

Luckily @Louis came to my rescue with an 18mm open ended spanner

The car drives so much better now, no more crunchy gear changes or missing 3rd gear!

Next jobs are to do my track rod boots, get a 172 cup offside shaft, oil change and then just rag its tits off! I forget how fun these are to drive, overtaking people on the B roads to work is ace and never gets old. The car is just ridiculously loud now😂 182 manifold, decat into an unresonated ktec stealth, proper asbo machine. Its really quite raspy between 3 and 4k revs too

Quick sound clip I forced my mrs to record

 

[DomP182]

Was the box much of a job to change? mines leaking like a beast.

 

[I Changed My Name]

Not compared to my Megane. I'd sooner do 10 Clio gearboxes compared to that heavy motherfucker! 😂

In short, subframe out, gearbox out, check clutch, gearbox in, subframe back on. Not the worlds hardest job but can be a bit of a pain if you don't have much knowledge

 

[DomP182]

Your monaco is looking very tidy

 

[scullyg40]

Did you sort out all the lights?

 

[I Changed My Name]

Did you sort out all the lights?

Some, EML was because of the decat which has gone off, ABS has gone of since driving it but airbag, TC and serv were on before because my angle sensor is a dick and my steering wheel airbag is a shithouse😂😂 Ive got an RS Tuner with all modules but need CLIP to reset the angle value



Gave it a wash, it had been sat for 2 months unloved

Need to get these Rota's powdercoated, I painted them in my garden whilst I was hammered😂😂

First time using Bilt Hamber auto foam. Properly good stuff, way better than the last s**t I used!!

Used Sonax BSD as a drying aid, works way better using it like that compared to using it on dry paintwork as it leaves a weird streaky residue

 

[Greeny.]

Nice this, what tracks you usually visit?

 

[I Changed My Name]

Nice this, what tracks you usually visit?

When I get my cage in I'll try and book onto Oulton or Cadwell. Would have been booked onto Blyton twice and Cadwell but covid scuppered those and I had a nice fat refund to spunk on more parts 😂

I'd have booked onto something again for when stuff re-opened but the gearbox had other ideas and a family holiday was on the cards so I've called this year a big L

 

[leeds2592]

Nice this, what tracks you usually visit?

Ring Road Grand Prix.

 

[I Changed My Name]

Ring Road Grand Prix.

Are you partaking now your car is done you big shithouse? 😂

 

[leeds2592]

Are you partaking now your car is done you big shithouse? 😂

I shall, once this pellet at the garage decides if my bodges pass his intense scrutineering 😂

 

[I Changed My Name]

I shall, once this pellet at the garage decides if my bodges pass his intense scrutineering 😂

Fucksake @bashracing just let his car piss will ya

 

[BashRacing]

You'll need this fella doing it to stand any chance

 

[leeds2592]

You'll need this fella doing it to stand any chance

Must have been him doing it, it only failed on my windscreen washers not working and my 3rd brake light which I took out as it wasn't working 😂

 

[I Changed My Name]

Just a record for myself

116,668
27/08/2020
Oil + Filter

Genuine Purflux filter and Shell 5w40

Cleaned the dipstick too, was a bit grotty. Brake cleaner and a dish sponge scrubby side for anyone wondering

 

[Flob]

Just a record for myself

116,668
27/08/2020
Oil + Filter

Genuine Purflux filter and Shell 5w40


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Cleaned the dipstick too, was a bit grotty. Brake cleaner and a dish sponge scrubby side for anyone wondering

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Did you put the dish cloth back on the drainer before she got home? Or did she find you outside scrubbing your dip stick?

Car looks very tidy mate! I thought the Rotas would look awful but they really suit the car.

 

[I Changed My Name]

Did you put the dish cloth back on the drainer before she got home? Or did she find you outside scrubbing your dip stick?

Car looks very tidy mate! I thought the Rotas would look awful but they really suit the car.

It was my mums, I asked her if she wanted it back but she was like "nah you're alright son, although it would make my spoons look good" 😂

Yeah the slipstreams do look quite well. Fingers crossed I can get my hands on some B14's soon so I can drop it down a tad as it has quite the arch gap on cup shocks and grams springs

 

[Djw John]

Shell oil? Ballin'

 

[I Changed My Name]

Shell oil? Ballin'

Every 4k too

No f***s given

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

I know this is probably sacrilege, but I'm not really a fan of Monaco for some reason, even though I usually like dark blues.

Really like this though, all works together really nicely.

 

[Flob]

I know this is probably sacrilege, but I'm not really a fan of Monaco for some reason, even though I usually like dark blues.

Really like this though, all works together really nicely.

Have you watched those youtube vids yet?

 

[I Changed My Name]

I know this is probably sacrilege, but I'm not really a fan of Monaco for some reason, even though I usually like dark blues.

Really like this though, all works together really nicely.

It's a strange colour tbh

I don't like the look of it when it's overcast, when the sun pops out it's a whole different ball game. It looks wicked