Copied from another forum so first few posts may be a bit odd.
Bought this with the intention of leaving it standard and running about in it. It came from a 50 year old fella who bought it brand new, so I am the second owner.
When I got it there were a few pin dents and a larger dent on the passenger door, so I had these repainted straight away, and also had the wheels refurbished. The paint on the body was done great, sadly the wheels were not, and while they look nice in pics they are not up to my standards in the flesh.
I also had both the cam and aux belts and tensioners replaced as soon as i got the car, in fact I did not drive it for a week until they were done as I did not get alot of history with the car and was worried about them failing! I was happy to find a great specialist locally to me to do this work (Danny at 519) and some of the following bits too. I also transfered my personlised reg to the car.
Since then I have had to replace the exhaust as it was pretty rotten and soon blew a hole in it! I choose to fit a stealth system as I prefer it hidden behind the bumper as per standard. I was orginally going to fit the 2 1/4 system with a centre box, however this was out of stock and I needed to sort it urgently, so I ordered the 2.5 inch with a straight through to the rear box, no centre box. This is somewhat louder than what I intended, but it it does seem to have made the car more responsive. While the car was in the air I also had the gearbox dogbone mounts replaced with powerflex poly ones.
Shortly after this the car developed a misfire, coupled with a flashing engine management light and rotten egg smell I decided it must be the cat, and decided to decat it, so it went to my mate who is handy with a welder, after I bought a length of stainless pipe.
As it happened, I found a minging spark plug while at his, which turned out to be the cause of the problem. At this point we had jacked the car up and got the welder out however, so Matt decatted the car anyway :lol:
With a new set of plugs the Clio was running spot on, I will order a set of leads for it when I can be arsed, as I reckon they need doing.
The decat has changed the sound of the car, I wouldn't say its louder, but the noise has gone from sounding like a Lancaster Bomber to a Spitfire, so thats nice for the neighbours.
Next will be a subtle drop, Danny at 519 who I have used for the belts and stainless is a Spax dealer so I will be going for a set of 30mm springs, and possibly uprated dampers too. Danny also does the port matched inlet manifolds and remapping, so that will more than likely be the next step.
Other than that there are a few bits that I wish to replace due to being tatty, mainly the steering wheel. I would also like to replace the seats with the Trophy Recaros, if I can find a set for ok money.
I am also keeping it rather clean, cos I like smelling Dodo juice products.
Bought this with the intention of leaving it standard and running about in it. It came from a 50 year old fella who bought it brand new, so I am the second owner.
When I got it there were a few pin dents and a larger dent on the passenger door, so I had these repainted straight away, and also had the wheels refurbished. The paint on the body was done great, sadly the wheels were not, and while they look nice in pics they are not up to my standards in the flesh.
I also had both the cam and aux belts and tensioners replaced as soon as i got the car, in fact I did not drive it for a week until they were done as I did not get alot of history with the car and was worried about them failing! I was happy to find a great specialist locally to me to do this work (Danny at 519) and some of the following bits too. I also transfered my personlised reg to the car.
Since then I have had to replace the exhaust as it was pretty rotten and soon blew a hole in it! I choose to fit a stealth system as I prefer it hidden behind the bumper as per standard. I was orginally going to fit the 2 1/4 system with a centre box, however this was out of stock and I needed to sort it urgently, so I ordered the 2.5 inch with a straight through to the rear box, no centre box. This is somewhat louder than what I intended, but it it does seem to have made the car more responsive. While the car was in the air I also had the gearbox dogbone mounts replaced with powerflex poly ones.
Shortly after this the car developed a misfire, coupled with a flashing engine management light and rotten egg smell I decided it must be the cat, and decided to decat it, so it went to my mate who is handy with a welder, after I bought a length of stainless pipe.
As it happened, I found a minging spark plug while at his, which turned out to be the cause of the problem. At this point we had jacked the car up and got the welder out however, so Matt decatted the car anyway :lol:
With a new set of plugs the Clio was running spot on, I will order a set of leads for it when I can be arsed, as I reckon they need doing.
The decat has changed the sound of the car, I wouldn't say its louder, but the noise has gone from sounding like a Lancaster Bomber to a Spitfire, so thats nice for the neighbours.
Next will be a subtle drop, Danny at 519 who I have used for the belts and stainless is a Spax dealer so I will be going for a set of 30mm springs, and possibly uprated dampers too. Danny also does the port matched inlet manifolds and remapping, so that will more than likely be the next step.
Other than that there are a few bits that I wish to replace due to being tatty, mainly the steering wheel. I would also like to replace the seats with the Trophy Recaros, if I can find a set for ok money.
I am also keeping it rather clean, cos I like smelling Dodo juice products.
, as said above that gt3 rs looks very noice.
