F4R'd ITB'd '92 cup racer
u can donate me a set of steel wheels mate - they will be going to a good home
I thought they were too heavy for you?
lol
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I thought they were too heavy for you?
lol
Clio Williams & 182
F4R'd ITB'd '92 cup racer
lol you just need to know where to look and who to ask
how much you wanting to pay?
had a call from Merlin motorsport yesterday, my Walbro pump has been returned to FSE for testing
they say the flow is low and the amps are high, but they want to open it up to check for contamination, so i gave them the go ahead to do so
can't be contamination as i used the filter bag they supply from day one, but from what they have found so far they suspect an electrical problem with the pump and so will sort me a replacement
car hasn't been touched since FCS, still sat dirty in the garage
F4R'd ITB'd '92 cup racer
not really alot happening around here at the moment, have another airfield day in sept so just doing a few bits and bobs so it's ready
got the replacement fuel pump from Merlin, fitted it to the housing, but haven't put it in the tank yet as the back of the car is full of wheels and tyres that i can't be bothered to move
also bought a Pipercross ITB airbox just for the hell of it, the open filter does the job fine, but because the bonnet covers it, and it is close to the rad, i thought it might be taking in alot of warm air and the filter suffering from heat soak, so going to try this...
only problem is now the bonnet touches the airbox (before it wasn't much of a problem as the foam would just compress) but obviously even with the stiffer K-tec mounts the engine is going to rock backwards and forwards, and i'm worried it will either rub a hole in the airbox, or rub a hole in my bonnet
so i might try adjusting the dogbone, or raising the bonnet (which i really don't want to do as it sits quite high as it is)
next job is to get my other williams speedlines powdercoated and then swap some tyres round ready for the trackday
got the replacement fuel pump from Merlin, fitted it to the housing, but haven't put it in the tank yet as the back of the car is full of wheels and tyres that i can't be bothered to move
also bought a Pipercross ITB airbox just for the hell of it, the open filter does the job fine, but because the bonnet covers it, and it is close to the rad, i thought it might be taking in alot of warm air and the filter suffering from heat soak, so going to try this...
only problem is now the bonnet touches the airbox (before it wasn't much of a problem as the foam would just compress) but obviously even with the stiffer K-tec mounts the engine is going to rock backwards and forwards, and i'm worried it will either rub a hole in the airbox, or rub a hole in my bonnet
so i might try adjusting the dogbone, or raising the bonnet (which i really don't want to do as it sits quite high as it is)
next job is to get my other williams speedlines powdercoated and then swap some tyres round ready for the trackday
F4R'd ITB'd '92 cup racer
Right, back from another open pit day at elvington so thought i would do a little write up as i haven't been updating the thread lately
Set off for Elvington airfield at around 7:15am and arrived at 8:15 ish. All the way there it was raining, not a good start, especially as i was looking forward to utilising some slicks that i had been stockpiling :lol:
There were only a few other cars there before us, so we found a nice big open space and started unpacking the gazebo as the weather forecast was showers all day. We had a few funny looks as we set up the gazebo, obv it looked like we were a bit over prepared for a simple trackday, but all this would pay off later in the day 8)
So me and my brother attended the safety briefing and then headed back to the car ready for the 3 sighting laps. As seems to be the common occurance, the car likes to make things interesting on trackdays, almost as if we have to earn the right to drive it, it never just lets us get on! lol
As we left it idling to warm up an ominous green puddle began to appear under the car, sure enough it was leaking coolant, this time from the aftermarket emp gauge housing. While everyone else put their helmets on and set out on the sighting laps i frantically set about re-adjusting the jubilee on the hose to make it seal properly. With that done we went out on the sighting laps and then headed back in to check everything was ok, which thankfully it was. Also as i was waiting to go out on my sighting laps a flame red 172 went past and the driver gave me the thumbs up, turned out to be Ben_s off cliosport, always nice to see a fellow cs'er
I went out first, on the road tyres (wets), even though it had stopped raining and was dry in patches i thought it best to leave the wets on for the early sessions.
then some of my bro driving
as the track dried up more i decided to put the slicks on, and as i was about to go out Ben jumped in the car for a passnger ride
Everything was going swimmingly until i noticed a distinct drop in power high up the revs, which soon turned into a car that was barely driveable, i limped it into the pit lane and slowly made my way back
A quick inspection showed that the alternator clamp bolt had come loose (despite being a nyloc) and had put all the strain on the M6 adjuster bolt, which of course snapped, leaving no tension on the aux belt, which led to a drop in battery voltage. Was lucky the aux belt didn't slip off and collect the cambelt! :shock:
Dinnertime was fast approaching so we had a good hour or so to try and fix it, trouble was we couldn't find a bolt long enough for the adjuster. A quick phone call to a mate and he was on his way to save the day (as he did last time when i lost the petrol cap :roll: ) with a piece of M6 threaded bar. Big thank you to Mark at Frenchsporttuning, without him we would have been going home early. Love you marky b lol
Set off for Elvington airfield at around 7:15am and arrived at 8:15 ish. All the way there it was raining, not a good start, especially as i was looking forward to utilising some slicks that i had been stockpiling :lol:
There were only a few other cars there before us, so we found a nice big open space and started unpacking the gazebo as the weather forecast was showers all day. We had a few funny looks as we set up the gazebo, obv it looked like we were a bit over prepared for a simple trackday, but all this would pay off later in the day 8)
So me and my brother attended the safety briefing and then headed back to the car ready for the 3 sighting laps. As seems to be the common occurance, the car likes to make things interesting on trackdays, almost as if we have to earn the right to drive it, it never just lets us get on! lol
As we left it idling to warm up an ominous green puddle began to appear under the car, sure enough it was leaking coolant, this time from the aftermarket emp gauge housing. While everyone else put their helmets on and set out on the sighting laps i frantically set about re-adjusting the jubilee on the hose to make it seal properly. With that done we went out on the sighting laps and then headed back in to check everything was ok, which thankfully it was. Also as i was waiting to go out on my sighting laps a flame red 172 went past and the driver gave me the thumbs up, turned out to be Ben_s off cliosport, always nice to see a fellow cs'er
I went out first, on the road tyres (wets), even though it had stopped raining and was dry in patches i thought it best to leave the wets on for the early sessions.
then some of my bro driving
as the track dried up more i decided to put the slicks on, and as i was about to go out Ben jumped in the car for a passnger ride
Everything was going swimmingly until i noticed a distinct drop in power high up the revs, which soon turned into a car that was barely driveable, i limped it into the pit lane and slowly made my way back
A quick inspection showed that the alternator clamp bolt had come loose (despite being a nyloc) and had put all the strain on the M6 adjuster bolt, which of course snapped, leaving no tension on the aux belt, which led to a drop in battery voltage. Was lucky the aux belt didn't slip off and collect the cambelt! :shock:
Dinnertime was fast approaching so we had a good hour or so to try and fix it, trouble was we couldn't find a bolt long enough for the adjuster. A quick phone call to a mate and he was on his way to save the day (as he did last time when i lost the petrol cap :roll: ) with a piece of M6 threaded bar. Big thank you to Mark at Frenchsporttuning, without him we would have been going home early. Love you marky b lol
F4R'd ITB'd '92 cup racer
here is a pic of our revised alternator adjuster
so with that fixed my brother got in the car and went out for a stint on the slicks, he was back in before too long complaining of loss of power through the left handers, i put it down to fuel surge and put some more fuel in. Off he went again, then came back in after another 3 to 4 laps, saying there was a 'tapping' from the offside front wheel/suspension
another quick inspection and all was clear lmfao!
The tapping noise was the flap of rubber hitting the wheel arch lol
So with only an hour or so left off came the slicks and on went the cut slick khumo's
My last session was an eventful one, i too was having terrible fuel surge round the left handers, people must have thought i was nuts as when i came out of the left handers i would shake the car to move what little fuel was left around the tank
The problem soon became apparent round all corners and in hindsight i should have come in a lap earlier (please bear in mind our fuel gauge is on the blink) but you know how it is, i was having so much fun i tried to squeeze in one more lap.......it died 50 metres from the paddock while i was in the pit lane :roll:
thankfully as i had pulled off the circuit they didn't need to stop the session and i was towed back into the paddock.
Oh and the gearbox has developed a whine again
All in all a very enjoyable day, the car was even better than i remember and put alot of others to shame, i am uploading some vids so keep your eyes on the thread
oh and the reason we looked so smug with our gazeebo? well at dinnertime the heavens opened and it hammered it down, everyone dived for their cars and quickly put the covers and roof's back on, whereas i just pushed mine under the gazeebo 8)
so with that fixed my brother got in the car and went out for a stint on the slicks, he was back in before too long complaining of loss of power through the left handers, i put it down to fuel surge and put some more fuel in. Off he went again, then came back in after another 3 to 4 laps, saying there was a 'tapping' from the offside front wheel/suspension
another quick inspection and all was clear lmfao!
The tapping noise was the flap of rubber hitting the wheel arch lol
So with only an hour or so left off came the slicks and on went the cut slick khumo's
My last session was an eventful one, i too was having terrible fuel surge round the left handers, people must have thought i was nuts as when i came out of the left handers i would shake the car to move what little fuel was left around the tank
The problem soon became apparent round all corners and in hindsight i should have come in a lap earlier (please bear in mind our fuel gauge is on the blink) but you know how it is, i was having so much fun i tried to squeeze in one more lap.......it died 50 metres from the paddock while i was in the pit lane :roll:
thankfully as i had pulled off the circuit they didn't need to stop the session and i was towed back into the paddock.
Oh and the gearbox has developed a whine again
All in all a very enjoyable day, the car was even better than i remember and put alot of others to shame, i am uploading some vids so keep your eyes on the thread
oh and the reason we looked so smug with our gazeebo? well at dinnertime the heavens opened and it hammered it down, everyone dived for their cars and quickly put the covers and roof's back on, whereas i just pushed mine under the gazeebo 8)
F4R'd ITB'd '92 cup racer
Yeh you too mate, always a good fun day there if the weather holds out
aye that's Mark doing his stuff, i think he secretly likes it when i ring to say i've broken something, 'cos then he gets to come and rescue us with that part we never seem to have lol
F4R'd ITB'd '92 cup racer
been a while since i have updated this, over winter the car has sat in the garage while i have been working on a few other things
had some good weather over the past few weekends so wheeled it out and tidied a few things up
first thing was to find out why the fuel gauge had stopped working, became pretty self explanatory when i removed it from the tank, it had fallen apart and the float had a damaged connector his from running up and down off centre
one of these prongs had dislodged itself, put it back into place and bingo the gauge works again
while i was doing that my brother attacked the car with the spray paint, touching up all the tatty areas of the engine bay and interior. time to spray that aweful looking gear lever surround
had some good weather over the past few weekends so wheeled it out and tidied a few things up
first thing was to find out why the fuel gauge had stopped working, became pretty self explanatory when i removed it from the tank, it had fallen apart and the float had a damaged connector his from running up and down off centre
one of these prongs had dislodged itself, put it back into place and bingo the gauge works again
while i was doing that my brother attacked the car with the spray paint, touching up all the tatty areas of the engine bay and interior. time to spray that aweful looking gear lever surround
F4R'd ITB'd '92 cup racer
a trip to the local scrap yard turned up some laguna window winders as our current ones had a habit of coming off in your hand while winding, a quick trim of the carbon door cards ensured a good fit
cleaned the pipercross filter, was full of all sorts of crap, along with a menacing looking stone that would have done some serious damage had the filter not been there!
and final job for my brother was to paint the silver air intake on the headlight, went for a lumo yellow to match some of the stickers and give a good contrast against the black
primered
painted
next jobs are to try and adjust the driving position and steering wheel position, want to be sat lower in the car so need to drop the column some more
cleaned the pipercross filter, was full of all sorts of crap, along with a menacing looking stone that would have done some serious damage had the filter not been there!
and final job for my brother was to paint the silver air intake on the headlight, went for a lumo yellow to match some of the stickers and give a good contrast against the black
primered
painted
next jobs are to try and adjust the driving position and steering wheel position, want to be sat lower in the car so need to drop the column some more
Ford Fiesta Zetec-S
love it
TrackCar & F30 330d
Look great! I spaced my steering column down with simple long bolts, washers & nuts. Can you do that on the mk1 column.
F4R'd ITB'd '92 cup racer
Cheers for the comments
Chrispy - yes the column can be adjusted just like the mk2. At the moment I have a piece of 10mm aluminum acting as a spacer, but it's not quite enough, still feels like you are reaching up at the wheel. And I want the seat a touch lower so im going to need to space it out a bit further.
Chrispy - yes the column can be adjusted just like the mk2. At the moment I have a piece of 10mm aluminum acting as a spacer, but it's not quite enough, still feels like you are reaching up at the wheel. And I want the seat a touch lower so im going to need to space it out a bit further.
TrackCar & F30 330d
I know what you mean about reaching up to the steering wheel.
Here's a pic of my steering column
Here's a pic of my steering column
F4R'd ITB'd '92 cup racer
just thought i would put a little bit of an update on here, need to pay my subscription again so going to keep it short for now, will do a full update later
been to croft twice this year, once in april and again on bank holiday monday just gone. just wanted to share a few photo's from the day and will get some videos edited and uploaded later. went out in the morning on slicks which i knew were on their way out, basically this meant quite a bit of oversteer, was good fun. then later on changed to khumo semi slicks and was getting quicker and quicker as the day progressed. however this all came to a head when i had an off into the infield at high speed (i'm guessing around 100mph) going through barcroft got it on vid so will upload it later on.
been to croft twice this year, once in april and again on bank holiday monday just gone. just wanted to share a few photo's from the day and will get some videos edited and uploaded later. went out in the morning on slicks which i knew were on their way out, basically this meant quite a bit of oversteer, was good fun. then later on changed to khumo semi slicks and was getting quicker and quicker as the day progressed. however this all came to a head when i had an off into the infield at high speed (i'm guessing around 100mph) going through barcroft
got it on vid so will upload it later on.
F4R'd ITB'd '92 cup racer
of course you can.........when i have finished with it
obviously some money will need to change hands, but that's just a technicality
of course you can.........when i have finished with it
obviously some money will need to change hands, but that's just a technicality
deal, I will hold you to that, I was gonna attempt this with the RSI but just didnt have the time
F4R'd ITB'd '92 cup racer
Flat through Barcroft I hope
Well that was the plan, and that's when I spun it, I didn't get it straightened up before lifting off ready to brake for sunny in lol
I started the day lifting fully off for a split second before barcroft and then as I got more confident the lift off was less and less, until I tried it flat out and went grass cutting
I'm sure with a few more days there I will master it, only the second time I have driven the track
Cheers bud, getting used to it more as each trackday goes by
maynard
ClioSport Club Member
ph2 172 track car
Good good, you will do, I haven't done one yet this year...probably won't til the spring now :-(
Yeah and that must've been 3yrs ago!
