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New Member Build - RS172 - Melbourne Australia



TDT

  2001 Clio 172
Hi All

New Member here.

My Best friend Jason and I have been slowing building/restoring/destroying a 172 for the past two years for amateur track and hillclimb.

Bought the car very cheap from a bloke out in the country who after a few to many at the local pub found the entry to his garage rather challenging resulting in the car requiring some bodywork and new bonnet..

She's no Prize Pig or Concourse Queen but we figured for the price who really cares right?

The car is now 80% of where we wanted it be. We wanted a car to be reliable, safe, not overly complex and easy to work on - A one setting car that we could take out once per month to improve our skills and enjoy a day out with mates without constantly worrying about car adjustments and more on driver adjustments.

Getting the parts for these cars in Australia can be the biggest struggle so when building this car freight from the UK was an unwelcome but necessary expense but we did manage to find some good second hand scores locally such as the wheels and bonnet after trawling the local listings on a daily basis.

Overall we are extremely happy we made the choice to get something a little different to what is normal at the track and it sure surprises plenty of people at the track in more powerful local machinery.

The car has been out twice, first completing stock aside from wheel and second with below set up.

Sorry for the lack of detailed photos, sometimes you just want to get on with the job instead of stopping for a photo shoot at every step!

Here is a list of what we have done thus far.
  • Full Engine Service Including Timing Belt, Water Pump and Balancer
  • Replaced Damaged Bonnet with Carbon/Fibreglass Bonnet (Cheaper then used stock one at the time)
  • Repaired Damaged Rear Quarter Panel (Freebie Thanks to Rapid Smash Repairs!)
  • Front Splitter
  • Second Hand Speedline Wheels - Wrong Colour but were a Bargain.
  • Stripped Interior
  • Brembo HC's, Goodridge Lines, Fedoro Pads and Fluid
  • KW Coilover V1 F&R
  • OMP Steering Wheel, OMP Champ R Seats and OMP Harnesses
  • RamAir Filter (For Sound and Nothing else :wink:)
  • Fire Extinguisher
1. Speedlines Getting Put On - Check The Quarter Damage.
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2. Car After Rapid Worked Their Magic.
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3. Replaced Damaged Bonnet with Carbon/Fibreglass Bonnet and fitted AeroCatch Flush Mounted Catches.
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4. Brakes and Suspension Fitted
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TDT

  2001 Clio 172
5. Suspension Set and Splitter Fitted.
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6. Seat, Harness and Steering Wheel Fitted.
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We still have a few more things to we would like to do, so if anyone of you have any suggestions that may improve the car for not much investment then we would love to know.

Cheers

Tommy and Jason
 

Brucefil

ClioSport Club Member
  Renault sport Clio
So guys are you going to run tampered days or msca would like to have my 172 I'm building in the same group at sandown or PI


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TDT

  2001 Clio 172
So guys are you going to run tampered days or msca would like to have my 172 I'm building in the same group at sandown or PI


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Yes we will be.
So guys are you going to run tampered days or msca would like to have my 172 I'm building in the same group at sandown or PI


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Hi Bruce

Yes we will be, looking at doing the Tampered Day on the 3rd of September.

Message me if your going to any days and we will try to get along too.
 

Brucefil

ClioSport Club Member
  Renault sport Clio
Was thinking about the same day will need to get put in the same group would be great to see how I go against another rennie


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  182 trackcar, XC60t6
Nice one Aussies. FYI There's a heap of weight in the door cards and sound deadening too. There's a few of us in NZ racing these. They go hard!


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TDT

  2001 Clio 172
Nice one Aussies. FYI There's a heap of weight in the door cards and sound deadening too. There's a few of us in NZ racing these. They go hard!


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Haha we are actually both Kiwis..

Yep, once we get to the point of putting in the cage we will get some lightweight new door cards.

How's Mansfield these days? ;)
 

Brucefil

ClioSport Club Member
  Renault sport Clio
If it's ready by then I'm setting it up for IPRAVIC so putting in rollcage and getting it logbook edition


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  182 trackcar, XC60t6
Awesome. Manfields mean as! I have thread on here somewhere. Just starting out racing really and doing it cheap. Like you I got a lightly written off Clio. 1.23 best lap so far which gives plenty of expensive motors a hurry up. Dry ice the tar!


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Brucefil

ClioSport Club Member
  Renault sport Clio
Have a look at my messages. I work for a gas company and can say that dry ice was amazing getting that black shiz out

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Brucefil

ClioSport Club Member
  Renault sport Clio
Im importing an obera one and its beong welded in by competition systems

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