my 172 non cup progress thread :)

[liamo90]

109,000 miles, unfortunately due to medical reasons ive had to hand my license over to the dvla :'( so while i have the car off the road i have decided its the perfect time to get some work done to it

current mods are k-tec stealth cat back system, v-maxx coilovers, rmd steering wheel and omp boss, ph1 oz f1 alloys, omp rear brace and matched inlet
dyno at 175 bhp at the fly

cracked sump on a pot hole fml

subframe off

driveshaft off as you can see it has seen better days

manifold off

i have replaced the cracked sump, changed the oil filter, undersealed the chasis, heat wrapped and fitted the 182 manifold
currently waiting on powerflex front bush kit to come, k-tec decat pipe and hopefully will be getting a new driveshaft this week ready for it all to be fitted and subframe back on next weekend

i will also be ordering a 200 cell cat in near future for the mot, up-rated engine mount kit, rear arb, willwod 4 pot brake kit, possibly cams and remap and front strut brace and theres probably stuff i have missed

 

[liamo90]

slight update, today my powerflex bushes came through the post so i have fitted the arb bushes ready for the subframe to go back on at the weekend

 

[liamo90]

slight update I have a set of catcams 438 on there way and wheels waiting to be powder coated should have the cams and wheels next week

 

[liamo90]

time for a big update a fair amount of work has been done since I have last been on, current work has been done is wheel powder coated and fitted with new goodyear eagle f1 tyres, resprayed the badges as they had a lot of stone chips and started tidying the bay up, removed sound deadening, fitted omp brace, sprayed inlet cleanded rocker cover etc, whilst taking the inlet off I found that my engine mount had snapped in 2 so I bought some new ktr uprated mounts, fitted new spark plugs while the inlet is off and currently waiting on new parts from k-tec which should be here next week

 

[liamo90]

 

[liamo90]

removed the sound deadening from the bonnet and gave it a polish

 

[liamo90]

today I thought I would give it ago at removing the head light washer jets as I have never really liked them and this is the results

 

[GeorgeH]

Looks decent. Going to cover the washer holes? I want to take mine off too (dont work anyway) but the covers are so expensive!

 

[liamo90]

I cut the pipes down and pushed a bolt in them to stop them from leaking and I have used a pair of 13mm rubber bungs cost £1.59 for 3 13mm and 3 9mm bungs from Halfords I could get a picture of the pipes blocked if you wish

 

[liamo90]

so over the last couple of days I have fitted a small bee sting Ariel and have bought a new bumper as there was a lot of scuffs, scrapes and stone chips which still is not fitted properly yet, currently considering on buying some carbon goodies and re fit the splitter before it goes back on properly

 

[liamo90]

today my engine wiring conduct came so ive fitted that, its slowly starting to look abit tidier now just waiting on a couple of parts from ktec to finish it off

 

[liamo90]

Re: my 172 non cup progress thread omp/vmaxx/carbon bits

the postman has been so kind in delivering me some goodies (feel like a big kid at xmas)

 

[liamo90]

sooo today I recived a couple of led strips for the foot wells that are wired from the main interior light so when you turn the interior light on the leds come on and same when you open the doors, with all them fitted this is how it looks, this will come in handy when things from my pocket take a walk at night mainly my phone lol

 

[liamo90]

so the other day I thought I would take advantage of the nice weather and gave the car a new stance and raise the back up a little after I messed around seing what it looked like with the adjuster all the way down

all the way down

new stance

 

[liamo90]

just received some carbon door bullets, I have to give many thanks to chris for the excellent quality, they look so much nicer than the standard bullets

 

[Djw John]

Looking good mate, making the most of a bum deal I guess

 

[liamo90]

Looking good mate, making the most of a bum deal I guess

cheers mate, its slowly getting there but still a long way off how I want It for now lol

 

[Djw John]

In the 10 years I've been playing with Clios I nearly finished 1, it'll never be fully finished, no project ever is!

 

[liamo90]

In the 10 years I've been playing with Clios I nearly finished 1, it'll never be fully finished, no project ever is!

this is true theres always something you can do , ill be happy with sports cat a few more carbon bits, rear anti roll bar and wilwoods for now

 

[Djw John]

And then.....

 

[liamo90]

not to sure after that im going to do my first track day next year so if i get into that it may become track aimed

 

[liamo90]

finally got my induction kit today after waiting a month and I will be receiving my magnector 8.5mm leads on Monday

 

[liamo90]

today I finely received my order from ktec after waiting a month along with some more carbon goodies so I thought id get them fitted so the engine bay is now finished

 

[liamo90]

clio sport sticker

 

[liamo90]

fitted a new gearstick and carbon insert

 

[Rs-172-cup]

Really nice car mate done nice job!

 

[liamo90]

Really nice car mate done nice job!

cheers mate

 

[liamo90]

the clio is finally back on the road so I took it on the rolling road to see what it is running and here are the results

video

 

[Slammed172]

Ha, think is my old car. Cool.

Do you still own it? I assume not.