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newbie with a clio cup race car
- Thread starter ian-speedy
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ian-speedy
ClioSport Club Member
clio cup race car
Cheers guys , will be making a start on it shortly , in the mean time if anyone is after any 172 parts , I'm stripping down the donor car I bought and most parts are available
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/show...ort-breaking-for-spares&p=7174127#post7174127
Cheers Ian
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/show...ort-breaking-for-spares&p=7174127#post7174127
Cheers Ian
mikekean
ClioSport Club Member
996 C4S, 135i, E30x2
Liking the car, ive got a cup racer which is converted to RHD so if you have any questions just PM me. Looks like and ex TCR car that like mine, interior is the right colour for it.
Loving the hairdryer in the corner of the dash aswell, the heater/blower on them really is poor.
Loving the hairdryer in the corner of the dash aswell, the heater/blower on them really is poor.
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TrackCar & F30 330d
I'm loving the cup racer, looks great in red 
I look forward to seeing the project thread
I look forward to seeing the project thread
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and do you think a 500 would be any better?????lol
Hi Ian, welcome to the forum. There are a few of us - how shall I put it - more serious motorsport competitors on here, as well as all the other (lovely) Renault petrol heads. I for one would be really interested to see a build thread. Bring it on, please.
Neil
Neil
ian-speedy
ClioSport Club Member
clio cup race car
Well made a start on the car today , removed the engine and box , the box has been sent off to have a lower crown wheel and pinion fitted to lower the top speed and bring the gears closer , I have order suspension from Reiger which should be ready in a few weeks , while the engine is out we can modify the bulkhead to change it to RHD , its off next week to have the wiring donethen .
I have a guy round the other day taking details and measurements to make me a kevlar tank and sump guard
I have entered a rally on the 28th December so need to get moving on it now , its going to be a close call to get it ready in time
I have a guy round the other day taking details and measurements to make me a kevlar tank and sump guard
I have entered a rally on the 28th December so need to get moving on it now , its going to be a close call to get it ready in time
ian-speedy
ClioSport Club Member
clio cup race car
I will be , the brakes are pretty shot on it now , so needs new discs and pads , I'll be putting some AP 4 pots on it in the new year but for now it will be standard calipers , grooved discs and bluestuff pads
looks awesome Ian
looking forward to a build thread if you have time lol
looking forward to a build thread if you have time lol
Evo 5 RS
Honestly what kind of comment is that. Who is your mother?
Car looks awesome, will follow this
BMW Z4
The new WRC cars will either be 2lt NA or 1.6 turbo ,both with 4WD , should be good with a lot more manufacturers getting iinvolved , in its current state its getting boring with everybody chasing but not catching Citroen.
ibrench , whats wrong with a Clio ? any car can be made into a quick rally car , they are very good as a track car , my son was at castle coombe the other week in his 360hp EVO and struggled to pass a clio cup race car , they are a very quick car , I'm expecting to get some good results with it. as for saxo's fiesta's and 106's , they won't get a sniff , some Nova's will be hard to beat as they are getting stupid HP out of those , a mate of mine had a 1.4 nova with 204hp at 11k revs !!
As for the Impreza's , with more power the clio wouldn't be far off a clubman spec one , the WRC's would to too quick , but my car will be under £15k all finished , you can stick another nought on that figure for a WRC car ! as yes I do know as I have a clubman spec Impreza aswell
The clio
Cheers Ian
Project looks great and I love the look of the super 16 myself. Can anyone tell me where you can buy that dash? I have seen that now in a few race cars but can't seem to find who sells it.
ian-speedy
ClioSport Club Member
clio cup race car
The dash was supplied by Renault sport , not sure if you can still buy them , I need to swap the 'pod' over to the right side , the dash is only made of plastic so whatever I cut out of the drivers side to fit the dash i'll have plastic welded into the hole in the passenger side and then get the dash flocked
The suspension is costing £2600 + vat , which for what your getting is a bargain , still hoping they haven't cocked up on the price as I was expecting double that from Reiger !
They sent me this email of a kit they made for another car to give me an idea of what i'll be getting
Cheers Ian
The suspension is costing £2600 + vat , which for what your getting is a bargain , still hoping they haven't cocked up on the price as I was expecting double that from Reiger !
They sent me this email of a kit they made for another car to give me an idea of what i'll be getting
Cheers Ian
ian-speedy
ClioSport Club Member
clio cup race car
I was looking at AST's for my race car project. They are around £1500 what are you getting for your extra £1100 apart from some nice very very nice anodising and dangly bits that is
The suspension I am having is 3 way , the cans you see have 3 adjustments , high speed bump , low speed bump , and rebound , you can fine tune how the suspension reacts on different surfaces.
The suspension you are having are only adjustable for height , and are very basic to the ones I have ordered , AST also make 3 way suspension with a retail over £4k , I expected the Reigers to be over £5k as they are the best of the best , in the back of my mind I still think they have quoted me wrong , so I'm keeping my fingers crossed for the next 3-4 weeks until they arrive
ian-speedy
ClioSport Club Member
clio cup race car
Ian, I want pics of your mates nova in action
Look under Carl Fricker on you tube
Wouldnt be Russ's nova perchance? Was a 1.6 8v then went to 1.4 16v on 48's ?
Mad man
No Russ's car was a baby compared to Carl's
holy shoite, that must be totally manic then!!!! Russ's was utterly bonkers (or he was at the very least lol)
mikekean
ClioSport Club Member
996 C4S, 135i, E30x2
The dash was supplied by Renault sport , not sure if you can still buy them , I need to swap the 'pod' over to the right side , the dash is only made of plastic so whatever I cut out of the drivers side to fit the dash i'll have plastic welded into the hole in the passenger side and then get the dash flocked
The suspension is costing £2600 + vat , which for what your getting is a bargain , still hoping they haven't cocked up on the price as I was expecting double that from Reiger !
They sent me this email of a kit they made for another car to give me an idea of what i'll be getting
Cheers Ian
There will only be small holes where the bincale use to be from the rivets and 1 hole about 12mm big where the plug for the display comes through. So you shouldnt need to cut or plastic weld anything really, Just a bit of fibreglass to fill the holes should do the job.
£2600 does sound very cheap, If that is the price than you have just thrown a spanner in the works for me lol. I was going to get ITB's next but a nice set of Reigers might be on the cards now.
What are the ratios and final drive on the box now, and what will you swap to?
ian-speedy
ClioSport Club Member
clio cup race car
I'm not sure of the exact ratio's , but its geared for 140mph now and will be geared for 118mph , this is at 7200rpm on 15" wheels
ian-speedy
ClioSport Club Member
clio cup race car
Had a good run on it today and the steering wheel is on the proper side now finally received the bulkhead bracket from cliospares after waiting for about 6 weeks for it ! , so removed the dash , the fuse box in the footwell , measured where to fit it and welded it in place , and took a nibbler to the bulkhead and cut the hole out for the steering column to fit through , refitted the subframe and the RHD rack to make sure it all fits and works correctly.
Just need to sort out the pedal box now , the nibbler will be back in action to cut the bulkhead to fit the servo ect on monday.
My cup suspension I sent to Holland for them to measure to make the new stuff was sent back to me yesterday so hopefully by mid week I should have the car back to get it mobile so I can trailer it to the electrician to sort the wiring out.
The gearbox should be back with me mid week as well , they said the gears were looking fine so nothing needs doing apart from changing the CW&P and some bearings and gaskets
So its all coming together , hopefully it should be ok for the rally the end of Dec.
finally received the bulkhead bracket from cliospares after waiting for about 6 weeks for it ! , so removed the dash , the fuse box in the footwell , measured where to fit it and welded it in place , and took a nibbler to the bulkhead and cut the hole out for the steering column to fit through , refitted the subframe and the RHD rack to make sure it all fits and works correctly.Just need to sort out the pedal box now , the nibbler will be back in action to cut the bulkhead to fit the servo ect on monday.
My cup suspension I sent to Holland for them to measure to make the new stuff was sent back to me yesterday so hopefully by mid week I should have the car back to get it mobile so I can trailer it to the electrician to sort the wiring out.
The gearbox should be back with me mid week as well , they said the gears were looking fine so nothing needs doing apart from changing the CW&P and some bearings and gaskets
So its all coming together , hopefully it should be ok for the rally the end of Dec.
ian-speedy
ClioSport Club Member
clio cup race car
The suspension turned up today , I had my doubts it would at the quoted price so over the moon it did
This is a Renault Bilstein strut
And this is whats replacing it
Just need to get them on and set the heights , then the job of setting them somewhere close for rallying in the lanes.
Had the gearbox back from a strip , check and have a change of crown wheel and pinion to bring the top speed down
Was hoping to get more done over christmas but caught flu the day I broke up and haven't been out of the house for nearly a week !
This is a Renault Bilstein strut
And this is whats replacing it
Just need to get them on and set the heights , then the job of setting them somewhere close for rallying in the lanes.
Had the gearbox back from a strip , check and have a change of crown wheel and pinion to bring the top speed down
Was hoping to get more done over christmas but caught flu the day I broke up and haven't been out of the house for nearly a week !
ian-speedy
ClioSport Club Member
clio cup race car
It was the retail , didn't get any discount for only one set
ian-speedy
ClioSport Club Member
clio cup race car
It is a Ph2 car , there are some other pics at the start of the thread of the car itself.
Got the rear fitted on yesterday , the breather for the tank is in the way of the O/S can on the bottom of the shock , so will have to move the breather pipe , apart from that it all fits nicely
When I get a mo I'll fit the front on !
Got the rear fitted on yesterday , the breather for the tank is in the way of the O/S can on the bottom of the shock , so will have to move the breather pipe , apart from that it all fits nicely
When I get a mo I'll fit the front on !
ian-speedy
ClioSport Club Member
clio cup race car
I haven't touched the car for 6 months as I have been so busy in work , I have had the cage modified in the last month so it has an X bar on the drivers side now ( now RHD ) and I have had seat rails welded into the floor rather than using those flimsy OMP ones the car came with.
It was sent off last week to have a completely new wiring loom made for it , was going to just add to it for front lights ect , but as I wanted all the data logging taken out , and that horrendous fuse box , it was best to start from scratch , I'm hoping to get it back in about a week then I'm ready to refit the engine and box.
Been busy buying a new van and trailer , started off with a bog standard 2.5 VW transporter panel van
A Ferrari red paint job , coilovers , 22" wheels , Recaro CS's , rears seat recovered to match , and fully boarded and carpeted , side and rear windows , an awesoome sound system , finished off with a Hybrid turbo and mapped to 190hp !
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Bought a trailer last weekend , wanted a fully covered one to keep the car safe if we are out overnight , and to keep it clean getting to the events so got a Brian James RS3
Just need to get the car finished to fill the trailer now lol , I'll include some up to date pictures of the car when it comes back from the electricians
It was sent off last week to have a completely new wiring loom made for it , was going to just add to it for front lights ect , but as I wanted all the data logging taken out , and that horrendous fuse box , it was best to start from scratch , I'm hoping to get it back in about a week then I'm ready to refit the engine and box.
Been busy buying a new van and trailer , started off with a bog standard 2.5 VW transporter panel van
A Ferrari red paint job , coilovers , 22" wheels , Recaro CS's , rears seat recovered to match , and fully boarded and carpeted , side and rear windows , an awesoome sound system , finished off with a Hybrid turbo and mapped to 190hp !
Bought a trailer last weekend , wanted a fully covered one to keep the car safe if we are out overnight , and to keep it clean getting to the events so got a Brian James RS3
Just need to get the car finished to fill the trailer now lol , I'll include some up to date pictures of the car when it comes back from the electricians
