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imprezaworks
ClioSport Club Member
Mk5 Golf GTI :)
Yeah for track, may have a phase 2 lined up just waiting to hear.
Chances are the rb will go
Chances are the rb will go
Do what I'm doing, nice car for daily and awful one for track, means it can be no compromise and truly unpleasant for daily use.
imprezaworks
ClioSport Club Member
Mk5 Golf GTI :)
Plan (which may change)
Buy a track ish clio 1500 and a part ex from work. Use part ex and attempt to sell at the same time.
Buy a track ish clio 1500 and a part ex from work. Use part ex and attempt to sell at the same time.
Buy track wheels, tyres and brake pads, boom done.
Although tbf that's not the worst plan I've ever heard. Or even the worst plan you've had!
Although tbf that's not the worst plan I've ever heard. Or even the worst plan you've had!
😂 makes perfect sense tho!
Had quite a busy family weekend so didn't manage much to the car at all but went out this evening and pottered with the wiring.
I'd like to make it clear that any wiring im removing is not for weight saving! It's because it's redundant and I can clean it up. I'm planning on painting the interior so this is all prep work for that. Even though it'll be brushed on hammerite.
So I hid the passenger side wiring and that was about that.
I'd like to make it clear that any wiring im removing is not for weight saving! It's because it's redundant and I can clean it up. I'm planning on painting the interior so this is all prep work for that. Even though it'll be brushed on hammerite.
So I hid the passenger side wiring and that was about that.
Good to see a car bought back ! Nice efforts so far.
How come you removed the slam panel and also if you don't mind me asking, whats the internal width of your garage lol?
How come you removed the slam panel and also if you don't mind me asking, whats the internal width of your garage lol?
Double post
Oh FFS! It was a double one, typical that it deleted the one that I left!
I removed the slam panel cos it was redundant with the aerocatches, it really helps access to the engine bay as well. Sorry, I forgot to re-measure the garage but I shall.
Things have taken a bit of a turn for the worse with this, I was basically 3 jobs away from having it MOT ready (rear brake line, bleed brakes, fit harness) when it really didn't want to start yesterday. It was popping and banging whilst turning over and then when it did eventually fire it ran terribly. Was able to identify that it was cylinder 3 that was being lazy, with having the 182 on the drive it does make parts fault finding easy at least, was able to rule out injectors, leads and coil pack which left the plug or the engine itself.
Removed the plugs and noticed that cylinder 3 one was noticeably looser than the other 3, now I know that it blew plug 3 out when I didn't own it but a new plug went in fine. Figured it made sense to compression test it when its all apart anyway and got the following results, 1-4: 110, 150, 170, 175 which obviously isn't great. I've managed to source a known good engine and box (from the old track car!) so I'm going to get that but for the sake of £20 I've got nowt to lose so may as well fire a helicoil in this one and see if it takes.
Annoyingly this all happened just after I ordered genuine Renault rear brake lines! Went for them since they've got the flexi sections in them (182 ones anyway) so will probably outlast this car! Part numbers are 8200113855 and 8200113856 for anyone wondering. Not cheap for brake lines but I don't have a flaring tool atm so it probably works out about the same on this occasion!
172 Ph1
With regards to the heater , it all works fine. Poverty spec [emoji12].
For some reason it didn't show me the rest of the post . Well I've read it now , read you sorted the heater now .
Great progress on the car btw [emoji1303].
For some reason it didn't show me the rest of the post . Well I've read it now , read you sorted the heater now .
Great progress on the car btw [emoji1303].
Nice one @Djw John garage looks similar to what I'm allowed to build width wise so just want to get a rough idea.
Shame about the engine though but worth seeing if you can get it going again even if you kill it having fun?
Check my thread for brake line bits! Also replaced those pipes/flexis on mine, worth doing and makes things loads nicer to work with. I assume yours wouldn't have the compensator like the Cup which makes things a bit cheaper :up:
Shame about the engine though but worth seeing if you can get it going again even if you kill it having fun?
Check my thread for brake line bits! Also replaced those pipes/flexis on mine, worth doing and makes things loads nicer to work with. I assume yours wouldn't have the compensator like the Cup which makes things a bit cheaper :up:
Yeah mine still has abs. Hoping to do the lines tonight if my daughter goes to bed without a fight.
Got the engine put back together to turn it round for better access to the rear lines and also so I don't have to push it up the drive tomorrow when it gets taken to Dave's work for its engine swap which we hope to do this weekend.
Shame to take the front end off again but it needed to happen.
Got the engine put back together to turn it round for better access to the rear lines and also so I don't have to push it up the drive tomorrow when it gets taken to Dave's work for its engine swap which we hope to do this weekend.
Shame to take the front end off again but it needed to happen.
Oh and 9 1/2 feet wide @Chris_Beer
Good luck with that mate
Lovely job cheers. Thats ideal as I'm allowed around 4m wide. Happy days.
She did not bad so I've done the lines and bled 3 out of 4 brakes and just taking a quick drink break!
Ah that'll be awesome then, lovely size to have. Mines pretty long so having the workbench has been great.
Ah that'll be awesome then, lovely size to have. Mines pretty long so having the workbench has been great.
Missed this last night, £25.21 each. Which is weird when one is double the length of the other!
Coops Mk1
ClioSport Club Member
Lots of Scrap...
tbh that's a lot less than I thought, I was going to pikie up the rear lines on the RB with the old splice and dice but for that price i'll replace them! cheers!
That was my thoughts too, plus vat though so was £60 for the pair but that's still good for how easy it all becomes.
Worth getting while you can...
I was going to replace the compensator to flexi pipes on my Cup but by the time I got round to working on the car, a matter of weeks later they were discontinued be warned!
I was going to replace the compensator to flexi pipes on my Cup but by the time I got round to working on the car, a matter of weeks later they were discontinued
be warned!
That was also in my thoughts, you never know when the last of the stock is going to go
Went over to make a start on things by removing looms and swapping the cup alt setup over which will save us some time tomorrow.
Oh yeah, and insured it with LV for £24 a month, I'm so old.
Full update later buts it's running! Away for its mot very soon.
Lets start with, f**king hell we're tired! But happy, very happy. 50 miles done so far and its been going well so far.
As above we started yesterday evening and after not long we got it to this stage
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and then a wee bit jiggery pokery
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got us to
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so we rewarded ourselves
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and pottered away until about 1. Got started about 10 this morning after dropping Daves wheels off for a refurb and a hour later it started on the first turn which is always a great feeling!
Took it along for its MOT which it passed with flying colours, which made me very happy as about the only thing I've not had off this is the rear axle!
Untitled by john.holligan, on Flickr
Back to the yard where Dave was busy fitting seats, harnesses and number plates to @Gaz85's cup
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Untitled by john.holligan, on Flickr
And then on the way home I had to pick up a click and collect order from Tesco, perfect daily/family racecar! (The harness will be getting adjusted, just wanted it good enough to MOT!)
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Back home and next to the RB but this time fully legal!
Untitled by john.holligan, on Flickr
As above we started yesterday evening and after not long we got it to this stage
and then a wee bit jiggery pokery
got us to
so we rewarded ourselves
and pottered away until about 1. Got started about 10 this morning after dropping Daves wheels off for a refurb and a hour later it started on the first turn which is always a great feeling!
Took it along for its MOT which it passed with flying colours, which made me very happy as about the only thing I've not had off this is the rear axle!
Back to the yard where Dave was busy fitting seats, harnesses and number plates to @Gaz85's cup
And then on the way home I had to pick up a click and collect order from Tesco, perfect daily/family racecar! (The harness will be getting adjusted, just wanted it good enough to MOT!)
Back home and next to the RB but this time fully legal!
Same! It's got a full tank in it as well, think a Sunday morning jaunt is required.
I'm glad I've got the rb for daily use, this would be a bit much. Although since it's on konis it actually rides really nicely so it's not harsh. f**king loud though!
Aye certainly it was a bit weird that the test run was to its mot!
Went out for a 20 mile blast last night to make sure everythings working alright, tweaked the konis and that improved things a lot, proper sized wheels and tyres will be good too! Needs a new thermostat and the speedo sensor played up but only once and briefly. Other than that its going very nicely, even stopped for some shoddy pics with its awful wheels and tyre combo!
Untitled by john.holligan, on Flickr
Untitled by john.holligan, on Flickr
Untitled by john.holligan, on Flickr
Untitled by john.holligan, on Flickr
Untitled by john.holligan, on Flickr
Untitled by john.holligan, on Flickr
And today cleaned the inside and the windows and sorted the harness.
And today cleaned the inside and the windows and sorted the harness.
Not much has happened in the last week as life has got in the way/ not been feeling up to it.
But after a particularly shitty day yesterday I forced myself into the garage with a 4 pack and a need to some pottering. Got the new thermostat on, throttle cable lubed, camber bolts on and interior wiring tidied up.
Should've taken more pics but wasn't thinking about it, only got this one that I sent to Dave.
Fair bit neater than it was. I'll remove the dash at some point to sort wiring and get rid of the insulation but not before this track day.
Passenger subframe and single din blanking plate were ordered last night
But after a particularly shitty day yesterday I forced myself into the garage with a 4 pack and a need to some pottering. Got the new thermostat on, throttle cable lubed, camber bolts on and interior wiring tidied up.
Should've taken more pics but wasn't thinking about it, only got this one that I sent to Dave.
Fair bit neater than it was. I'll remove the dash at some point to sort wiring and get rid of the insulation but not before this track day.
Passenger subframe and single din blanking plate were ordered last night
Alignment done, jobs are getting ticked off nicely!
