New Clio 182 Track Project

[Mr Underhill]

Well I did a thing today and got my next track car project.

Firstly a big thank you to @Tonyclio for delivering it to my lockup and for being the perfect gent. A credit to you sir for building an amazing car. I know you’re going to miss it, but it’s in the right hands. 😊

It’ll probably be a short thread as I could just jump in and enjoy it but it’s been built specifically for hill climbing. So I’m going to make it work better on a circuit and log it all here for future reference.

A few pictures after Tony dropped it off.

I’ve a trackday at Croft on Monday and I’m tempted to take it along, but I’ll wait and plan it out over winter.

Thank you for reading.

 

[Little Newms]

Awesome! It was a bargain in fairness 👍🏻

 

[Mr Underhill]

Awesome! It was a bargain in fairness 👍🏻

 

[Mr Underhill]

Awesome! It was a bargain in fairness 👍🏻

Did you do hillclimbing then?

 

[Jamess182]

Looking forward to seeing how this comes along!

 

[FrogJam Motorsport]

Love it! Hopefully sort a trip to croft out at the start of next year!

 

[Mr Underhill]

Love it! Hopefully sort a trip to croft out at the start of next year!

You betcha.

I’ll be in touch about some cooling options once I get things stripped back.

 

[Brigsy]

Looks class. In for updates

 

[imprezaworks]

Ace

 

[Mr Underhill]

So the current plan with this car will be as follows:

1. Whip the BC DS suspension off it and replace with my AST 5100s with improved spring rates of 80/80 nm (500/500 lbs). Maybe even make the rear slightly stiffer.

2. Run a bridge craft roll centre correct kit

3. Improve cooling as the current radiator is designed for smaller hillclimb runs

4. DS 1.11 on the front, DS2500 on the rear. Improve cooling to the brakes also. The eagle eyed amongst you may have noticed the calliper carriers are in the wrong way round. I guess it doesn’t hurt though.

5. Stick to the tyres we know work

Go and have some fun.

It’s really that close to making it a capable circuit car. Which is why I went for it as I have most of the parts already in place, without me having to dig deep into my pockets again.

 

[Brigsy]

Solid plans. The bridgecraft/northloop roll correction kit is excellent, you wont be dissappointed with that.

Whats the engine spec?

 

[Mr Underhill]

Solid plans. The bridgecraft/northloop roll correction kit is excellent, you wont be dissappointed with that.

Whats the engine spec?

I haven’t had a good look through the receipts but from the advert it’s had an Engine Dynamics Level 2 rebuild which is pretty much:

Wossner Forged Pistons 12.8:1 (83mm)
Catcam Performance Camshafts 421s
Wossner one-piece Uprated Valve Springs
MLS Head Gasket / Seal set
Cylinder head Clean / De-coke
Hydraulic Lifter set
Head Bolt Set
Lower Engine Gasket / seal set
Arp Con-Rod bolts
King Crankshaft Big Ends
King Crankshaft Mains
Crankshaft thrust washers
Timing Belt Kit
Oil Pump
Keyway crank

It’s on Jenvey ITBs (45mm)

It made 220.6 bhp and my son read out the EFi sheet while we were driving back and I think he said it’s 180 lbs torque (don’t quote me on that).

Gripper.

Should go well once I’ve sorted the suspension and cooling. Might need to replace the exhaust as well. Currently has a custom lightweight 1 piece which is LOUD!

 

[yeecup]

epic. look forward to the updates

 

[Tonyclio]

I'll be watching this thread of course.

The Yokohama A052's are THE list 1B hillclimb tyres for the road going cars as they heat up quickly so would be interested to know how they perform on track, otherwise they will probably sell well as there are approaching £200 a corner new.

 

[Mr Underhill]

I'll be watching this thread of course.

The Yokohama A052's are THE list 1B hillclimb tyres for the road going cars as they heat up quickly so would be interested to know how they perform on track, otherwise they will probably sell well as there are approaching £200 a corner new.

It was always my go to tyre for Circuit Tony. I rated them over the A050s which used to be my 1st tyre choice before they became scarce.

I ran some MRF ZTR mediums today at Croft. They seem to be harder wearing and took quite a few more laps to get heat into them, especially the rears.

I can’t wait to get stuck into the project and do some proper tyre comparisons, but it’ll be next spring before that happens.

 

[shiftspark]

I would have thought that it should be quiet enough if it’s been sprinted as I think it’s 105db max from memory?

 

[Mr Underhill]

I would have thought that it should be quiet enough if it’s been sprinted as I think it’s 105db max from memory?

🤞🏻