As promised, some pics of my Clio 172 Ph1. Nothing anybody hasn't seen before but nevertheless here it is!
As I said in my intro post, I had to downgrade my car when I upgraded my house. Infact, I had to twice, went from a newish BMW 120d to a 53 reg Mini Cooper S then to the Clio. I was really pleased with it because I had looked at some drab, boring cars but then I saw this in about the same price bracket as I was looking (few hundred more).
Although it was a downgrade, I've had as much fun in this car as any of mine. It's also probably the fastest accelerating car I've owned and I've had quite a few, those include an E46 BMW 330Ci Sport, an MGZS180 (that was quick, at the time I remember it not being that far behind a clio sport), the Mini Cooper S (that was 198bhp and the Clio was still quicker) and the re-mapped 120D.
It never missed a beat until 2 weeks ago today when (I think, judging by advice from the experts on here) the crank pulley slipped, causing a piston / valve collision resulting in zero compression! I haven't confirmed yet whether the collision took place but the chances are it did.
My dilemma is, do I put a 2nd hand engine in and hope for the best (there's no point in me spending a lot of money on it, as it isn't worth a lot and it will probably sold within 6 months), or sell it as is, save myself a lot of work and buy something really drab for the wife to run around in for the next 6 months or so!
The 2nd option seems easier but at least I know the rest of the Clio is good. It's had a new exhaust, new (2nd hand all-be-it) suspension, new discs and pads all around, new wheel bearings, MOT'd until August etc etc. With another cheap car, I could still get a load of problems.
Anyway, enough waffle - I tend to do that. Here are the pics:
As I said in my intro post, I had to downgrade my car when I upgraded my house. Infact, I had to twice, went from a newish BMW 120d to a 53 reg Mini Cooper S then to the Clio. I was really pleased with it because I had looked at some drab, boring cars but then I saw this in about the same price bracket as I was looking (few hundred more).
Although it was a downgrade, I've had as much fun in this car as any of mine. It's also probably the fastest accelerating car I've owned and I've had quite a few, those include an E46 BMW 330Ci Sport, an MGZS180 (that was quick, at the time I remember it not being that far behind a clio sport), the Mini Cooper S (that was 198bhp and the Clio was still quicker) and the re-mapped 120D.
It never missed a beat until 2 weeks ago today when (I think, judging by advice from the experts on here) the crank pulley slipped, causing a piston / valve collision resulting in zero compression! I haven't confirmed yet whether the collision took place but the chances are it did.
My dilemma is, do I put a 2nd hand engine in and hope for the best (there's no point in me spending a lot of money on it, as it isn't worth a lot and it will probably sold within 6 months), or sell it as is, save myself a lot of work and buy something really drab for the wife to run around in for the next 6 months or so!
The 2nd option seems easier but at least I know the rest of the Clio is good. It's had a new exhaust, new (2nd hand all-be-it) suspension, new discs and pads all around, new wheel bearings, MOT'd until August etc etc. With another cheap car, I could still get a load of problems.
Anyway, enough waffle - I tend to do that. Here are the pics:
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very nice car man! when you have sorted the engine out get some OZ F1's and colourcoded side strips 
