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F4R'd ITB'd '92 cup racer
Re: My mk1 track car blog
right more progress
went to rstuning today and paul decoded my ecu while i waited, thanks again mate, fingers crossed it will all work fine :clown:
then i got home and went to see the next door neighbour as he has got a welder and offered to sort my brackets out to mount the 172 radiator
and all sorted, just need to connect some pipes and attach fan 2moro
right more progress
went to rstuning today and paul decoded my ecu while i waited, thanks again mate, fingers crossed it will all work fine :clown:
then i got home and went to see the next door neighbour as he has got a welder and offered to sort my brackets out to mount the 172 radiator
and all sorted, just need to connect some pipes and attach fan 2moro
Christopher
ClioSport Club Member
Z4M
Re: My mk1 track car blog
nice progress
nice progress
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im going with 2.5" when i get a new system made up, with the 172 gearbox she pulls to 155 now. wasnt over a long distance either, about 3 miles iirc, from 0-155 and was sitting at 155 for a while.
im going with 2.5" when i get a new system made up, with the 172 gearbox she pulls to 155 now. wasnt over a long distance either, about 3 miles iirc, from 0-155 and was sitting at 155 for a while.
F4R'd ITB'd '92 cup racer
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well its turning over, just need to wire in fuel pump and ignition live etc to ecu and see if it lives :approve:
i had some magnatec 10w40 left over from the 106 so stuck that in for now, but have ordered 6 litres of millers cfs 5w40 to be put in when it is on the road properly (not for a while yet)
also ordered some type D coolant as recommended on here
rad hoses are all connected up, was easier than i thought (had visions of pipe adapters, joins and god knows what!)
my electrician mate spent a good 4 hours messing with the wiring on saturday and got nowhere, he was more pi$$ed off than i was lol so the next day he brought some wire with him and told me he was getting annoyed with the french wiring so was making his own loom for me. I hate electrics with a passion so didnt complain and let him get on with it :clown: by the time he had finished the starter was all sorted and he knew exactly what he needed to do with the fuel pump and ecu (cheers to dan for pointing out the correct pins for live feed) but didnt have any loom wiring to do it with, so thats this sundays job
i have also ordered some poweflex anti roll bar bushes from k-tec, didnt get the wishbone ones for now, may do them in the future.
also picked up my magnex exhaust last night, wasnt keen on the ktec tailpipe design and after looking at paul's (RStuning) car while i was there i wanted the same (thats why i asked what exhaust it was mate )
ive just had a quick look at my costs sheets for this car, didnt realise i had spent so much still some expensive bits to buy yet aswell!! ah well you only live once!
sorry didnt take any more pics, but there isnt alot to look at, just a load of wires everywhere! :quiet:
well its turning over, just need to wire in fuel pump and ignition live etc to ecu and see if it lives :approve:
i had some magnatec 10w40 left over from the 106 so stuck that in for now, but have ordered 6 litres of millers cfs 5w40 to be put in when it is on the road properly (not for a while yet)
also ordered some type D coolant as recommended on here
rad hoses are all connected up, was easier than i thought (had visions of pipe adapters, joins and god knows what!)
my electrician mate spent a good 4 hours messing with the wiring on saturday and got nowhere, he was more pi$$ed off than i was lol so the next day he brought some wire with him and told me he was getting annoyed with the french wiring so was making his own loom for me. I hate electrics with a passion so didnt complain and let him get on with it :clown: by the time he had finished the starter was all sorted and he knew exactly what he needed to do with the fuel pump and ecu (cheers to dan for pointing out the correct pins for live feed
) but didnt have any loom wiring to do it with, so thats this sundays job i have also ordered some poweflex anti roll bar bushes from k-tec, didnt get the wishbone ones for now, may do them in the future.
also picked up my magnex exhaust last night, wasnt keen on the ktec tailpipe design and after looking at paul's (RStuning) car while i was there i wanted the same (thats why i asked what exhaust it was mate
)ive just had a quick look at my costs sheets for this car, didnt realise i had spent so much
still some expensive bits to buy yet aswell!! ah well you only live once! sorry didnt take any more pics, but there isnt alot to look at, just a load of wires everywhere! :quiet:
Some of a Clio 1.8 16v
Re: My mk1 track car blog
Glad to see progress being made fella sounds like your definately getting through it! I know what you mean about the cost sheet it stacks up so so quick doesn't it. mine's fitted with a 2 1/4 inch exhaust and it sounds like a 2nd world war fighter plane so god knows what 2 1/2 inch will sound like! Only thing is I was told when i asked powerflow to make my exhaust that a 2 1/2 inch exhaust won't fit over the axle if the cars lowered.
Again, great progress hope it's running for you soon.
Glad to see progress being made fella sounds like your definately getting through it! I know what you mean about the cost sheet it stacks up so so quick doesn't it. mine's fitted with a 2 1/4 inch exhaust and it sounds like a 2nd world war fighter plane so god knows what 2 1/2 inch will sound like! Only thing is I was told when i asked powerflow to make my exhaust that a 2 1/2 inch exhaust won't fit over the axle if the cars lowered.
Again, great progress hope it's running for you soon.
F4R'd ITB'd '92 cup racer
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cheers guys
beanie - i think the cup decat is 2 1/4 or 2" i'm not sure now, and im pretty sure the magnex is 2" or thereabouts, will measure it tonight and see
i think its Dan thats having a 2 1/2 fitted
ps has your exhaust got a centre silencer? or is it straight through?
it makes me laugh to think that when i started this car i had a figure in my head of how much it should cost :evil:
cheers guys
beanie - i think the cup decat is 2 1/4 or 2" i'm not sure now, and im pretty sure the magnex is 2" or thereabouts, will measure it tonight and see
i think its Dan thats having a 2 1/2 fitted
ps has your exhaust got a centre silencer? or is it straight through?
it makes me laugh to think that when i started this car i had a figure in my head of how much it should cost
:evil:
F4R'd ITB'd '92 cup racer
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gave the magnex backbox a box of a clean up last night, came up like new (man i really need to use my digi camera rather than my phone!)
my powerflex anti roll bar bushes arrived today from ktec aswell
ordered some rear pads but they havent turned up, bit annoyed as i wanted to fit them 2moro, get the compensator fitted and then bleed the brakes :dapprove:
also got some new caliper bolts from renault as i have misplaced mine, and 2 new driveshaft nuts.
and if fundage allows i will be ordering my roll cage at the end of the month :approve: :evil:
gave the magnex backbox a box of a clean up last night, came up like new (man i really need to use my digi camera rather than my phone!)
my powerflex anti roll bar bushes arrived today from ktec aswell
ordered some rear pads but they havent turned up, bit annoyed as i wanted to fit them 2moro, get the compensator fitted and then bleed the brakes :dapprove:
also got some new caliper bolts from renault as i have misplaced mine, and 2 new driveshaft nuts.
and if fundage allows i will be ordering my roll cage at the end of the month :approve: :evil:
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OMP-ROLL-CAGE...ageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem?_trksid=p1638.m118
£200 more and your lauhging!
worth it! they look sweet
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OMP-ROLL-CAGE...ageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem?_trksid=p1638.m118
£200 more and your lauhging!
worth it! they look sweet
Some of a Clio 1.8 16v
Re: My mk1 track car blog
We do indeed have the weld in OMP 6 point cage and i't's a very professional looking cage which visually i'm really pleased with. However it's a nightmare to fit and make it look and feel like it's gonna do you any good, we're still working on it even now. Moo and i were debating the other day whether, were we to do it all again, we'd use a bolt in one. With regards to the exhaust ours has no centre box, certainly gonna need to get one fitted or get a supertrap for trackdays because it's way way too loud!!
We do indeed have the weld in OMP 6 point cage and i't's a very professional looking cage which visually i'm really pleased with. However it's a nightmare to fit and make it look and feel like it's gonna do you any good, we're still working on it even now. Moo and i were debating the other day whether, were we to do it all again, we'd use a bolt in one. With regards to the exhaust ours has no centre box, certainly gonna need to get one fitted or get a supertrap for trackdays because it's way way too loud!!
F4R'd ITB'd '92 cup racer
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ive pretty much decided on the sparco cage, all depends on what it looks like if i can get a pic of it
is the exhaust really that loud? ive got 2 centre sections, the ktec one which doesnt really have a middle box, just some wider tubing in the middle :S . and then ive got the magnex which has a proper middle box, want it to be a proper noisy sl*g of a car, but dont want to fail any noise tests at track days
ive pretty much decided on the sparco cage, all depends on what it looks like if i can get a pic of it
is the exhaust really that loud? ive got 2 centre sections, the ktec one which doesnt really have a middle box, just some wider tubing in the middle :S . and then ive got the magnex which has a proper middle box, want it to be a proper noisy sl*g of a car, but dont want to fail any noise tests at track days
Some of a Clio 1.8 16v
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Good continuity there, Sparco seats and cage I like it! My car does (did until we took it all apart again) sound like a nasty angry race car but my dad works as a marshal at bedford autodrome and when he came over to take a look round it i asked him if it would pass a noise test at his place for a track day. I fired it up and he straight up laughed at me, seriously! The fella at powerflow said that tha 172 is a really noisy engine as a rule and i believe him. lol 2 boxes or a super trap for trackdays
Good continuity there, Sparco seats and cage I like it! My car does (did until we took it all apart again) sound like a nasty angry race car but my dad works as a marshal at bedford autodrome and when he came over to take a look round it i asked him if it would pass a noise test at his place for a track day. I fired it up and he straight up laughed at me, seriously! The fella at powerflow said that tha 172 is a really noisy engine as a rule and i believe him. lol 2 boxes or a super trap for trackdays
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No worries mate, glad to be of service!
cheers guys
beanie - i think the cup decat is 2 1/4 or 2" i'm not sure now, and im pretty sure the magnex is 2" or thereabouts, will measure it tonight and see
i think its Dan thats having a 2 1/2 fitted
ps has your exhaust got a centre silencer? or is it straight through?
it makes me laugh to think that when i started this car i had a figure in my head of how much it should cost
No worries mate, glad to be of service!
F4R'd ITB'd '92 cup racer
Re: My mk1 track car blog
well ive been out there from 9am til 5 mins ago, and ive only come back inside because if i stay out there any longer there is a huge chance the hammer will be going through the windcreen
i started the day by refitting my load sensitive bias valve, only to find that 2 of the connections are larger than a standard brake pipe union! is this common knowledge or has someone retapped mine at some point? so considering that i had all my brake pipes made up with standard unions, i cant fit it!! so i gave up on that (after having ideas of routing the brake pipes inside the car and buying an adjustable bias valve that can be setup to what i like)
then i turned to the exhaust, after a good 2 hours of cutting, fitting, hammering, refitting, i got the glange exactly where i needed it, but alas i couldnt finish that either as the next door neighbour who has a welder has gone out :dapprove:
so in a last bid to make the days work worthwhile i started fitting my omp subframes ready for my sparco seats, at this point with the fiddly areas i was working in i was starting to get a bit pi$$ed off with the whole thing. thoughts of matches and a jerry can full of petrol enetered my head :quiet:
i finally got the sunframes in and was chuffed with the end product (if its possible to be chuffed over two pieces of black metal )
so as things were looking up i started fitting my powerflex anti roll bar bushes, biiiig mistake, i should of left the days work there :nono: getting the old bushes out was a piece of cake, albeit working under the car that is only 12 inches off the floor is less than ideal! however, getting the clamp around the new powerflex inner bushes was the final straw, i broke my best pair of mole grips in the process of trying to squash the new bushes so i could refit the 13mm bolt, so i gave up and left the arb dangling underneath the car.
all in all a very unproductive day that has royally narked me off!
oh and whilst lying on my back under the car ive noticed that my nearside wheel bearing is goosed, as tony the tiger would say, grreeeeaaaaattt!
well ive been out there from 9am til 5 mins ago, and ive only come back inside because if i stay out there any longer there is a huge chance the hammer will be going through the windcreen
i started the day by refitting my load sensitive bias valve, only to find that 2 of the connections are larger than a standard brake pipe union! is this common knowledge or has someone retapped mine at some point? so considering that i had all my brake pipes made up with standard unions, i cant fit it!! so i gave up on that (after having ideas of routing the brake pipes inside the car and buying an adjustable bias valve that can be setup to what i like)
then i turned to the exhaust, after a good 2 hours of cutting, fitting, hammering, refitting, i got the glange exactly where i needed it, but alas i couldnt finish that either as the next door neighbour who has a welder has gone out :dapprove:
so in a last bid to make the days work worthwhile i started fitting my omp subframes ready for my sparco seats, at this point with the fiddly areas i was working in i was starting to get a bit pi$$ed off with the whole thing. thoughts of matches and a jerry can full of petrol enetered my head :quiet:
i finally got the sunframes in and was chuffed with the end product (if its possible to be chuffed over two pieces of black metal
)so as things were looking up i started fitting my powerflex anti roll bar bushes, biiiig mistake, i should of left the days work there :nono: getting the old bushes out was a piece of cake, albeit working under the car that is only 12 inches off the floor is less than ideal! however, getting the clamp around the new powerflex inner bushes was the final straw, i broke my best pair of mole grips in the process of trying to squash the new bushes so i could refit the 13mm bolt, so i gave up and left the arb dangling underneath the car.
all in all a very unproductive day that has royally narked me off!
oh and whilst lying on my back under the car ive noticed that my nearside wheel bearing is goosed, as tony the tiger would say, grreeeeaaaaattt!
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One of those days,, I know the feeling far too well!
One of those days,, I know the feeling far too well!
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Oh yes!!
Just leave it for a while then go back to it a few days later you'll feel alot better about the whole project.
Oh yes!!
Just leave it for a while then go back to it a few days later you'll feel alot better about the whole project.
clio wide arch mk1
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looking awsome!
would love to see it on the track sumtime!! ??
looking awsome!
would love to see it on the track sumtime!! ??
Nafoff
ClioSport Club Member
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heads up, this has the potential to be one of the best motors on here, keep that in your mind
or sell it to me
heads up, this has the potential to be one of the best motors on here, keep that in your mind
or sell it to me
F4R'd ITB'd '92 cup racer
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cheers for the comments guys, sounds like you've had days like mine on the turbo lol its getting left til next weekend, gonna cheer myself up by buying some new goodies :evil:
ive also given up trying to keep it under a certain budget, the only thing ive decided now is that the tatty bits of bodywork and rust are getting left alone for now, only structural parts will be sorted that might fail an mot
thats going to be its main purpose in life, weekend fun and track toy
lol cheers mate, dont know about one of the best motors though, some belters being built at the moment
it will be different though as most other peoples are mint/gonna be mint, whereas mine is gonna be a bit rough around the edges so to speak lmao
Oh yes!!
Just leave it for a while then go back to it a few days later you'll feel alot better about the whole project.
cheers for the comments guys, sounds like you've had days like mine on the turbo lol its getting left til next weekend, gonna cheer myself up by buying some new goodies :evil:
ive also given up trying to keep it under a certain budget, the only thing ive decided now is that the tatty bits of bodywork and rust are getting left alone for now, only structural parts will be sorted that might fail an mot
thats going to be its main purpose in life, weekend fun and track toy
lol cheers mate, dont know about one of the best motors though, some belters being built at the moment
it will be different though as most other peoples are mint/gonna be mint, whereas mine is gonna be a bit rough around the edges so to speak lmao
F4R'd ITB'd '92 cup racer
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that just shows how i wasnt thinking straight yesterday, why the hell didnt i just use a longer bolt! common sense prevails once again
im that fed up with the whole load sensing valve i think im gonna do away with it now and fit an incar adjustable jobbie its also an excuse to run the brake pipes inside the car for the true rally feel :race:
i just dont want to go to all this trouble and find out it doesnt work properly (it was proper caked in crap and the rubber seal has come away, leaving internal parts exposed to the elements)
that just shows how i wasnt thinking straight yesterday, why the hell didnt i just use a longer bolt!
common sense prevails once againstrange about the unions, but u may have to get he correct ones are flare them on dude
im that fed up with the whole load sensing valve i think im gonna do away with it now and fit an incar adjustable jobbie
its also an excuse to run the brake pipes inside the car for the true rally feel :race: i just dont want to go to all this trouble and find out it doesnt work properly (it was proper caked in crap and the rubber seal has come away, leaving internal parts exposed to the elements
)
F4R'd ITB'd '92 cup racer
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right i made the decision to do away with the standard load sensitive valve, it was causing me headaches and there was no gaurantee it was going to work even after all the messing about
so today my new piece of kit arrived, tilton 7 point in car adjustable bias valve
but now im spent up til payday and ive just booked a holiday in may! luckily its my boss's villa so its only costing me the flights and spends, but still now ive got to save for that AND finish the car :quiet: anyone want to make a donation to the geesus69 track car fund? :rasp: passenger rides for all who donate
right i made the decision to do away with the standard load sensitive valve, it was causing me headaches and there was no gaurantee it was going to work even after all the messing about
so today my new piece of kit arrived, tilton 7 point in car adjustable bias valve
but now im spent up til payday
and ive just booked a holiday in may! luckily its my boss's villa so its only costing me the flights and spends, but still now ive got to save for that AND finish the car :quiet: anyone want to make a donation to the geesus69 track car fund? :rasp: passenger rides for all who donate
F4R'd ITB'd '92 cup racer
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yeh ive got some of those clamps builders/joiners use to hold stuff in place, gonna take them with me this weekend and see what i can do, space is the major issue, hardly enough room to get my hands in nevermind owt else
yeh ive got some of those clamps builders/joiners use to hold stuff in place, gonna take them with me this weekend and see what i can do, space is the major issue, hardly enough room to get my hands in nevermind owt else
1.6 focus zetec....
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Yeah i know what you mean mate... we had to change the subframe as it was bent so it was out anyway
yeh ive got some of those clamps builders/joiners use to hold stuff in place, gonna take them with me this weekend and see what i can do, space is the major issue, hardly enough room to get my hands in nevermind owt else
Yeah i know what you mean mate... we had to change the subframe as it was bent so it was out anyway
M
mini-valver
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Looking good mate! How do the brake valves work then? Novice, lol.
Looking good mate! How do the brake valves work then? Novice, lol.
