Oops I did it again... Adey's Clio 200 EDC

[Adey.]

I like them, could be tempted if heat shows to me an issue at mallory next month

 

[Adey.]

I've got a track day coming up in 2 weeks, ideally I want to get all the geo bang on before hand but with shimming needed at the rear I think I may have left it a little too late. Ill see how it is at Mallory and look to get it done before Anglsea in July. I may go a little PMT with the front adjustability by enlarging the mounting holes. Id like fully adjustable top mounts but I don't want to increase the harshness by swapping out to solid, pillow ball top mounts.

One of the main complaints of the Clio seem to be the water temps when driven hard on track, especially with a FMIC fitted. I think that this is an issue caused by a few things, the fmic is now blocking flow to the radiator, and equally the removal of the side mount intercooler allows for air to "spill" around the rad. I've started work on panelling off the rad and intercooler so that air is directed through both with as little spill as possible. I cant see it being a bad thing. A few more hours should see it wrapped up.

Dont really post about the other car on here, but ive been banging the miles on it too, low slow and looking dam cool for a rusty old lady

 

[Adey.]

Right, wrapped up the ducting. Made a side panel from aluminium and bent it to suit the shape of the bumper in an attempt to "grab" as much air as possible. The opposite side was a little more convoluted with the amount of pipes still there, so after a little head scratching I remembered what I did on the Twingo, and blocked the area off right at the front on the bumper. I achieved this by adding some plastic panels to block air from going to the left of the intercooler. The rad is mounted on the right of the bay (when looking from the front) on these. There was a small gap on the top of the rad above the stock ducting, so for good measure I added another panel, hopefully all of these little additions should improve the efficiency of the setup and radiator. I'm pretty sure its the same rad on all the jukes and Clio's from 1.2's to the diesels and the RS. I have been chatting to a chap in aus who has a time attack Clio mk4, he ended up swapping out for an Impreza ali rad and ditching the AC, something I'm not wanting to do yet...

 

[Adey.]

The Clio absolutely smashed it on track today, for the most part it didn't miss a beat (well a few minors but) Its been a long while since I've done a proper track day, and I was a little dubious as to how I would like it in a full road car and without a manual box, but tbh the gearbox made it for me. Supersmooth delivery of power and the ability to shift through corners without unsettling the car or taking time to actually actuate a shift made it quicker I'm sure. It defo could do with longer paddles in some corners though.

Where to start...The temperature outside was passing 23 degrees at points of the day, id had concerns about intake and running temps previously so added the ducting and panelling. That with the number plate out of the way kept intake temps around 35 to 37 degrees, which is awesome in fairness. The highest I saw the water was 107c, again nowt to worry about. Considering I was flat out a lot today deep into 5th gear at times it all worked very well. I had no dips in power or pull back from temps at all which I was expecting. I also had no issues with the clutch, the car was delivering all the boost it could all of the time The tyres held up great and brakes were awesome too, if i was going to get serious about track time or just a little more into I may look at brembo 4 pots, but the brembo max pads and stock disks worked very well.

I put in plenty of laps through the day, getting quicker and quicker as i built up confidence, pushing plenty of "track" machinery out of the way at times. Managed to rinse a tank and half of fuel before calling it quits. The reason I actually did stop was due to fuel issues. Now this isn't a major and it'd probably only ever happen at Mallory but Gerrards, when starting to dip under half a tank and definitely at a quarter of a tank causes fuel starvation. The quicker you go and the more speed you carry the worse it gets. The car will protect itself when it senses the fuel pressure drop, it'll pull back briefly and then auto shift up a gear or 2 (very annoying when it happens) I don't think its really something I need to address as back in the day i had the same in the itb and sc 172s, and it only ever did it a the same track on the same corner....

The only other thing that happened was a silicone blanking plug burst on the tb adapter. Luckily, the only part I thought may let go was that, so I had a spare bit of pipe with a blanking plug in ready to go.

Loads of the mk1 valver guys were in attendance, in their absolutely rapid cars, proper little Renault take over on track today. MK1's 2's 3s and my 4 in attendance with a meg 3 rs out there too

All in all a great day and I'm very much looking forward to CSF. The only thing I want to do before then is get the back end aligned and equal along with some PMT mods to the shock towers so I can dial in a little camber. Should hopefully help me carry a little more speed through the corners without it starting to squirm early.

 

[Renny 5]

I’m jealous I couldn’t make it, looked a good day

 

[Adey.]

I’m jealous I couldn’t make it, looked a good day

it was man, super chilled and relaxed. driving standards were high (bar one instance I had when a car exiting the pits decided to get wide into Gerrards) , very little down time. few red flags but nothing major

 

[Adey.]

 

[Adey.]

a few pics form the circuit photographer

 

[Fredsta]

Great pics @Adey. Looks like a great day out!

 

[Adey.]

Great pics @Adey. Looks like a great day out!

was awesome, really enjoyed it

 

[Adey.]

 

[Fredsta]

Did you have to do a decibel test for the track day? Interested to know how loud your car is and if it was comfortably within the limits - cheers

Keen to see what you do with the top mounts

 

[Adey.]

I was never told the value, but it was very quiet compared to most there tbh.

The top mounts already have "adjustment" in the form of slots in the chassis, I'm thinking I just make the slots longer 🤷‍♂️

 

[Renny 5]

Looks very composed 👍🏼 I love Mallory, it’s a simple track but you can constantly send it

 

[Clart]

Think i'll do mallory next, how does it compare to donnington?

 

[Adey.]

Think i'll do mallory next, how does it compare to donnington?

Ive not done Donny to compare sorry, maybe someone else will chime in