Ph1 road going track car - on a budget!

[Wests Renault]

Well after the sale of my 182....

I found this on ebay....

Put in my maximum bid and it went for a bargain, so the following weekend I took the trip down to London to pick it up.

The initial test drive seemed fine but the 100 mile trip back home highlighted a few problems!

Got the car home and it wasn't even 1 hour before the car was modified! Picked these Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.2's off ebay for a good price.

Took it into work the next day to find the following faults:

• 2 broken suspension springs
• Bent NSF shock
• NSF suspension ball joint had excessive play
• ABS/Serv light needed a new NSF ABS sensor
• Badly blowing centre section which was bodged together
• Exhaust silencer and mounts knocking badly
• Rear discs heavily corroded

So the same day we fitted a new ball joint and ABS sensor.

The car was already starting to drive better. Next up was definately the suspension! So after some searching around I decided on the JMS Vmax coilover setup.

Before getting the coilovers fitted I started stripping out the rear to make sure I got the desired ride height when the suspension was setup.

The following weekend I took another trip down to London to see Tom and James at JMS. They are 2 top guys and they fitted and setup my coilovers.

Again the journey home was such a difference. Car felt loads tighter.

Bought these seats to go in but once I'd got them home, I found I am too fat to fit in them lol!! So unforutantely I've had to sell them. Although I did keep the harnesses

Then I set to work on finding a new exhaust. A used powerflow system came up in the for sale in section which I snapped up.

Just waiting for delivery on this and will be fitting it at the weekend.

Also bought a rear strut brace, so have got that to fit too. Although I know it wont make much difference I think they look good! Just think it will look better than a completely bare boot!

More pics and updates to follow at the weekend....

 

[theduck]

Budget builds ftw. Will keep an eye on this.

 

[Dean.]

looks good mate, kinda want a ph1... you said it had an ally bonnet too didnt you?

 

[Greeny.]

Is that a nankang ditch finder?

Looking good, no rear platforms for you then? cheeky

 

[Dunn]

omg i owned that car your not gonna like it..............but i smashed it up big time lol

 

[Wests Renault]

looks good mate, kinda want a ph1... you said it had an ally bonnet too didnt you?

Yes it has mate, can't believe how light they are!

Although i'm still fixing things on the ph1 I think i'm enjoying it more than my 182

 

[Wests Renault]

omg i owned that car your not gonna like it..............but i smashed it up big time lol

I know its been in a crash, as the paintwork is shite from a respray and the NSF was bent but seems ok now.....

Feel free to pm me more details

 

[Wests Renault]

Is that a nankang ditch finder?

Looking good, no rear platforms for you then? cheeky

Lol yea they are 'duruns'!!

Got 4 Michelin PE2's to go on tomorrow

 

[Dunn]

pm'd

 

[Dunn]

oh did you find the o/s front wheel was bent and had the rim bent in slightly lol

 

[Wests Renault]

oh did you find the o/s front wheel was bent and had the rim bent in slightly lol

One of the wheels is egg shaped but we managed to balance that out :rasp:

The OZ F1's are on my DCI now

 

[Dunn]

niice good to see it alive if you seen the state it was left in
im sending pics to my mates now as they wont beleive it lol
i love it though always wanted back my phase one

 

[Wests Renault]

niice good to see it alive if you seen the state it was left in
im sending pics to my mates now as they wont beleive it lol
i love it though always wanted back my phase one

Small world that you are on here as well!!

 

[Dunn]

i know yea

 

[adam172]

love this and will be watching very closely as iv got a ph1 project on a budget going on to lol good luck with it!

 

[Wests Renault]

love this and will be watching very closely as iv got a ph1 project on a budget going on to lol good luck with it!

And you buddy

 

[JoeyD]

omg i owned that car your not gonna like it..............but i smashed it up big time lol

lol! i thought that was a wind up at first!

brilliant project - budget ones always are!
Good luck!

 

[maynard]

Shame about the seats, I have the exact same ones with the same harnesses too and I love them.

Good luck with the build!

 

[Wests Renault]

update

fitted rear strut brace (bought off here for £30)

Had 4 new michelin pe2's fitted, wow what a difference tyres can make (less than £50 a corner )

 

[Greeny.]

Nice updates, you say your on a budget but you have spent more than I have in 6 months on those tyres lol Get the front end stripped out, carpet weighs a ton.

 

[Wests Renault]

Nice updates, you say your on a budget but you have spent more than I have in 6 months on those tyres lol Get the front end stripped out, carpet weighs a ton.

Hopefully getting bimarcos tomorrow so will be stripping it out when they are fitted

Oh yea and my budget is basically the money i free'd up from selling the 182

 

[Greeny.]

Yeh I was speaking to Danny about them, said you where coming down to get them in the morning Might cya over there!

 

[Wests Renault]

Yeh I was speaking to Danny about them, said you where coming down to get them in the morning Might cya over there!

Yea heading over for about 9am, hopefully they are an easy fit and i'll get them in tomorrow too

 

[Greeny.]

Oh s**t I aint gunna be over there that early, spend the whole of today on the car I need abit of a break Yeah they will just bolt right in, easy! I need some new seats

 

[Wests Renault]

Oh s**t I aint gunna be over there that early, spend the whole of today on the car I need abit of a break Yeah they will just bolt right in, easy! I need some new seats

Lol i need to get up early got loads to do tomorrow, got the sport kit ready to go on the missus dci

 

[DannyR]

Hope you get on ok fitting these today mate

 

[Wests Renault]

So, picked up the bimarco futuras from danny this morning, got some more stripping done today and drivers seat fitted, just got to drill the holes on the passenger subframe to be fitted in the week

Standard seats out

Carpets out

Door cards off

Subframes and side mounts in

Seat and harness in

Quick pic of front coilovers whilst jacked up

Gunna go drive it now

 

[Greeny.]

lovely

I had the fun job of getting rid of all that black s**t around the doors yesterday, was kinda messy but got there in the end!

 

[DannyR]

 

[Greeny.]

Needs a flocked dash and a Yozza system I feel

 

[DannyR]

I tried lol!

 

[Wests Renault]

lol at you 2!!

hopefully get the powerflow system tomorrow, and as for the flocked dash.........we'll see how the rest of the bugdet goes

Got all the tar to remove at some point

 

[Jamesstone]

Looking really good mate

 

[-J-]

Exactly the same seats as I have Waiting to be fitted into my Cup !

 

[Wests Renault]

Looking really good mate

Cheers buddy

 

[Wests Renault]

Exactly the same seats as I have Waiting to be fitted into my Cup !

it is awsome mate, love it

 

[-J-]

Mine will be in the car within next few weeks

Cant tell from your photos, but mine are on Extra low frames mated with the JMS Clio Sliders.

 

[Wests Renault]

Mine will be in the car within next few weeks

Cant tell from your photos, but mine are on Extra low frames mated with the JMS Clio Sliders.

Danny had his dad make the subframes. I dont think the seat would go much lower as the subframe is pretty much flat to the floor

 

[Wests Renault]

Got my exhaust yesterday and it started to go on this afternoon. The old exhaust mounts were shagged and held together with what looked like fishing wire!! So gunna treat mysefl to a couple of new mounts too!

When we went to remove the rear mount, 2 of the bolts were sheared off so had to drill those out too!!

Powerflow exhaust, ready to go on in the morning. Not 100% sure on the tailpipe style but couldnt grumble for £100

 

[Wests Renault]

Looking forward to saturday too, picking up cage and inlets from danny