Ph1 Clio 172 race car

[Marius]

Sold my previous project car, because it was too rusty

give car away without seats, harness, steering wheel and wheels.

AND bought another Clio

a little bit ugly rear bumper (Elia tuning..), I will change it to stock one day

Modlist by previous owner:
Rebuilded gearbox
Strengthened clutch cover
Strengthened engine mounts
Renault Sport Group N ECU soft
Eibach camber bolts

Few days after owing this car, i started to prepare it for rollcage

Rollcage in progress

Going back to garage

FIA homologated roll cage

Removing sound insulation

Now I can repair my garage roof

Preparing for painting

Painting

Result:

My babies

Plans for these weekend is to mount in dashboard, seats, harness, windows and take a little ride :race:

Stay tuned

 

[Tony Hunter]

Looking good so far.

 

[Marius]

205/50 R15
Federal RS-R for race track

 

[George@RTR_Parts]

Nice work so far. Running the RSRs on mine atm on track and like them for the money

 

[Marius]

heard a lot of good reviews, so decided to try on my own

 

[Marius]

shopping day

 

[Mini182]

Cage looks good, what make is it?

Did you fit it yourself?

 

[Marius]

Cage looks good, what make is it?

Did you fit it yourself?

Cage is custom made by the guys who can give me a homolagation papers.

All other works i'm doing myself

 

[Marius]

Dashboard mounted

And a little bit more stuff bought today

Roof scoop

Hydraulic handbrake

 

[Marius]

work place (a lot to do still :S )

waiting for ECU with killed immobiliser and will go for test drive

 

[Marius]

membership pack received

and finally - test drive

 

[ed55j]

Looking great!

 

[Chambers_RS]

Looking good so far

have to plumb your hydraulic handbrake in yet? If so how did you plumb the brake lines in?

looking to fit mine but getting different info on which way is best lol

 

[Marius]

didn't have time for handrake yet.
plan is to take brake line inside car -> brake bias adjuster -> hydraulic handbrake -> rear brakes

 

[Marius]

nothing done new with the car, except sticker summer...

last saturday was in track day in our local track. quite hard for first time with new car after 5 year pause.. and temperature was all day +30 degress :S

one of fastest laps that day - [video=youtube_share;DkAFFkt5ga8]http://youtu.be/DkAFFkt5ga8[/video]
on the fastest gopro was dead already


will participate in Time Attack and circuit racing event on 30 august order Bilstein B14 suspension kit, i hope will get it till event
video (from first stage) about that's happeing on event day - [video=youtube_share;0OJFGvoEn1k]http://youtu.be/0OJFGvoEn1k[/video]

 

[moro]

Ha, glad to meet another Fastlapper.
Missed my registration for the 4th stage, the list went full too quick, but will probably be there as a spectator.

The build looks good, hope to see it in action

 

[Marius]

Moro, yes the list was filled in one hour..
today got message that my suspension kit is in Lithuania already

will try to install it on Monday

 

[Marius]

fitted tow loops

went to visit my friends - https://www.facebook.com/50Garage

got a nice gift - 20mm spacers and wheel studs for my rear wheels

MUCH better now

 

[Jack-C]

Project is coming along nicely and the car looks great!

Those spacers tho! Have a look into hubcentric spacers because I'm not sure those spacers are any good.

Once you go above 10mm you need hubcentric so the wheel and the weight of the car is supported by the hub and not just the studs.

This is just an example of a hubcentric spacer and you can see how it's been machined to look like the original hub.

 

[Marius]

I know that with center is better, but a lots of people run they cars without and everything is ok.
it's important to put normal studs

 

[Advikaz]

Good work!

 

[Jack-C]

I know that with center is better, but a lots of people run they cars without and everything is ok.
it's important to put normal studs

Ah ok that's fair enough then. I just wanted to make you aware but you already know

Car looks good tho. Love the cage!

 

[Marius]

Suspension mounted, wheel alignment done - perfect day

Better handling, faster cornering - feelings after test drive in city
Can't wait to test on track next week

 

[Ph1 Tom]

I'd change the rear spacers for ones that go behind the stub axle. With the spacers you have now you will put extra load on the bearings.

 

[Marius]

trunk pins - done

roof scoop mounted

 

[Marius]

Participated in time attack and circuit racing few weeks ago
It was amazing, result over all are very bad, but for me their are great

some photos

dat ass

in action:

waiting for race start:

start (find me)

first coner :race:

official event video
[video=youtube_share;QRno1LiBUnA]http://youtu.be/QRno1LiBUnA[/video]

 

[sonny172cup]

Fantastic pics!!

 

[Marius]

Race1
[video=youtube_share;CXDppL9FmO0]http://youtu.be/CXDppL9FmO0[/video]

Race2 (Puma got me on yellow flag..)
[video=youtube_share;HCRKchKxC5o]http://youtu.be/HCRKchKxC5o[/video]

 

[Marius]

got camber plates today

 

[sam JFM]

What roof scoop is that?

 

[Marius]

Sam,

it's from - https://www.facebook.com/AllFiberglassWorks
with Mazda RX8 air vents

 

[Marius]

Track day:

Photo credit: https://www.facebook.com/zdautomotive.lt


[video=youtube_share;5mJhNOXaAt4]http://youtu.be/5mJhNOXaAt4[/video]
~ 1:31 in this lap, in the evening it was ~1:30 )
need to go 1:26-1:28 :banghead:

 

[william...]

Nice!

 

[Marius]

few photos:

 

[eon172]

It is a smart looking scoop, are you finding you're getting enough air through it, just that it looks like a small opening and I wonder if the air travelling (at speed) up the windscreen ends up jumping that gap - though I might be speaking total rubbish [emoji6]

How much did it cost?

Nice pics BTW.

Sam,

it's from - https://www.facebook.com/AllFiberglassWorks
with Mazda RX8 air vents

 

[Marius]

It is a smart looking scoop, are you finding you're getting enough air through it, just that it looks like a small opening and I wonder if the air travelling (at speed) up the windscreen ends up jumping that gap - though I might be speaking total rubbish [emoji6]

How much did it cost?

Nice pics BTW.

I cuted air vent a little bit, for better air flow, so it's working very well, at speed 60km/h already feels, at +100km/h have to close it (city mode)
In track then you are with helmet it's perfect mod

This one costed for me 72.5 eur + 10eur for Mazda air vents (prices are in Lituania, don't know how much will be postage to UK)

 

[eon172]

Good to know, thanks.

 

[Marius]

camber plates - checked :nut::spanner:

 

[Marius]

Dyno day

 

[StevieSAW]

Very nice mate. Excellent build