hardy
ClioSport Club Member
Clio Mk1 Track Proj
No worries. It's been long overdue anyway!Thanks for uploading your progress photos! I am currently restoring Clio Dimma 31, I was concerned about cutting away the rotten inner sill around the seat rails until I had the rest of it welded up as they are the only things attaching the inner to the floor pan at the moment. I see you found a novel solution.... Same difference I guess :wink:
What are the specs on the Safrane hubs ? Do they allow for bigger discs / caliper upgrade. I was thinking about fitting 172 hubs/discs/calipers as by all accounts they are more than sufficient in terms of stoppage.
I bet that will be a fun project!
I was a bit unsure how to tackle the inner sill at first but once I started cutting away it became more apparent.
The idea behind getting the Safrane hubs is to enable me to change the roll centre like one the Clio cup race cars. These fit differently to the 172 ones as the ball joint needs to be changed for a rose jointed one and an adaptor/pin needs to be put in place between the hub and ball joint to achieve the roll centre correction (moving the front axle centre line further away from the wishbone ball joint).
The 172 calipers/disc setup is certainly more than enough. I ran this for a good amount of years. It is an easy upgrade once you drill out the holes for the damper/strut. However, I used Megane coupe 1.6 16v hubs as they have smaller drive splines that are more suited to the valver/Williams shafts.
I have a full brake swap available with brand new discs and used Carbon Lorraine RC6 pads. Just pm me if you are interested.
Cheers Josh