Petrol Blue Clio 182
Here is my Petrol Blue Clio 182 FF. Ive owned it for just over a year now and its been eventfull!
So as some of you will know. My engine went bang in august and so was sent off to Dan at 519 Automotive for some fixing....
Seriously if you are wondering about whether to have a cambelt change... JUST DO IT!!!!
After some gentle persuasion and as the engine was SO broken (More than it looks) I went for some upgrades:
Phase 1 172 Cylinder Head (Bigger exhaust Ports)
Piper 428 cams
Matched Inlets
The car came back from 519 Automotive running lovely. However with the upgrades, it was in desperate need of a remap. So instead of having it mapped with a resrictive cat and standard system I called Dan again to get me a Piper system, however I wanted different tips: Slash cut.
The new piper system was built along with a custom decat for a full 2.5" manifold back system.
Decat:
So after that was all fitted, I drove home with the biggest smile on my face!
Next up was Mapping. It was booked into K-tec racing, and the excitement grew!
So mapping day came and so did some confusion over whether we were going to be late. We realised the sat-nav's clock hadnt gone back an hour and well we were being slightly stupid!
Turned up at K-tec, to be greeted by some very friendly people
So the car was strapped onto the rollers and all of the past 2 months money spending was finally going to be realised! I had a number in my head that I was going to be happy with. 185bhp - happy, 190 bhp - very happy, 195bhp - extremely happy.
And so as we watched the readout, the number kept rising and finally rested at 192.5bhp and 162 lb/ft torque. I was very happy!
The car now drives fantastically, goes like a rocket, and sounds even better! Many thanks to Andy at K-tec.
A massive thank you goes to Dan at 519 Automotive who has done a lot of work on my car now and has brought my car back from the dead and made it awesome
So just before I had the exhaust fitted, i got the car MOTd. Everything was good except for one of the CV joint gaiters. The gaiter had totally split so I was warned that the CV joint itself may have some grit in it and might start clicking and need replacing soon.
Low and behold about 1 week later it started a faint rumble from the passenger side. Haven't got the money right now to get it sorted so it will have to wait till pay day!
I've wanted some 15" wheels for quite some time and been tempted by some Williams Wheels. About a month and a half ago I managed to get hold of some, but they were in quite a bad way They were sitting in my room for quite a few weeks while I tried to find somewhere close enough and someone I would trust to get them back to original mint condition. Finally i got a recommendation to use Pristine Wheels and all I can say is that it was the easiest process ever. They picked them up, called me once they had checked them over with a price then delivered them back to my door. To say they were perfect when they returned would be an understatement, they had gone from destroyed (kerbing with chunks missing from the face and damage to the inside lip) to absolutely perfect. Better than I could ever have expected (not too sure what i was expecting )
So today I put them on. I was a bit aprehensive as to whether they would look good but in my opinion they look superb on the car and even better than I was expecting. VERY pleased.
So here are some pics of it as of today
I shall update this thread with anything I do and of course pics.
Hope you enjoyed reading this (my first attempt) please comment with any improvements to my car you may suggest (looking at spending some money on some kit to properly clean and wax my car soon)
So as some of you will know. My engine went bang in august and so was sent off to Dan at 519 Automotive for some fixing....
Seriously if you are wondering about whether to have a cambelt change... JUST DO IT!!!!
After some gentle persuasion and as the engine was SO broken (More than it looks) I went for some upgrades:
Phase 1 172 Cylinder Head (Bigger exhaust Ports)
Piper 428 cams
Matched Inlets
The car came back from 519 Automotive running lovely. However with the upgrades, it was in desperate need of a remap. So instead of having it mapped with a resrictive cat and standard system I called Dan again to get me a Piper system, however I wanted different tips: Slash cut.
The new piper system was built along with a custom decat for a full 2.5" manifold back system.
Decat:
So after that was all fitted, I drove home with the biggest smile on my face!
Next up was Mapping. It was booked into K-tec racing, and the excitement grew!
So mapping day came and so did some confusion over whether we were going to be late. We realised the sat-nav's clock hadnt gone back an hour and well we were being slightly stupid!
Turned up at K-tec, to be greeted by some very friendly people
So the car was strapped onto the rollers and all of the past 2 months money spending was finally going to be realised! I had a number in my head that I was going to be happy with. 185bhp - happy, 190 bhp - very happy, 195bhp - extremely happy.
And so as we watched the readout, the number kept rising and finally rested at 192.5bhp and 162 lb/ft torque. I was very happy!
The car now drives fantastically, goes like a rocket, and sounds even better! Many thanks to Andy at K-tec.
A massive thank you goes to Dan at 519 Automotive who has done a lot of work on my car now and has brought my car back from the dead and made it awesome
So just before I had the exhaust fitted, i got the car MOTd. Everything was good except for one of the CV joint gaiters. The gaiter had totally split so I was warned that the CV joint itself may have some grit in it and might start clicking and need replacing soon.
Low and behold about 1 week later it started a faint rumble from the passenger side. Haven't got the money right now to get it sorted so it will have to wait till pay day!
I've wanted some 15" wheels for quite some time and been tempted by some Williams Wheels. About a month and a half ago I managed to get hold of some, but they were in quite a bad way
They were sitting in my room for quite a few weeks while I tried to find somewhere close enough and someone I would trust to get them back to original mint condition. Finally i got a recommendation to use Pristine Wheels and all I can say is that it was the easiest process ever. They picked them up, called me once they had checked them over with a price then delivered them back to my door. To say they were perfect when they returned would be an understatement, they had gone from destroyed (kerbing with chunks missing from the face and damage to the inside lip) to absolutely perfect. Better than I could ever have expected (not too sure what i was expecting )So today I put them on. I was a bit aprehensive as to whether they would look good but in my opinion they look superb on the car and even better than I was expecting. VERY pleased.
So here are some pics of it as of today
I shall update this thread with anything I do and of course pics.
Hope you enjoyed reading this (my first attempt) please comment with any improvements to my car you may suggest (looking at spending some money on some kit to properly clean and wax my car soon)
