Robmarriott
ClioSport Club Member
Clio 182 Cup
Old build thread here - https://www.cliosport.net/threads/ctcrc-pre-05-race-car-build-claudetheclio.746562/ - ended in disaster, a bent car, financial disaster and a broken marriage!
So, the obvious thing to do was start again, right? Almost... I’ve bought my share the old car with some of the divorce money, meaning I’ve got everything I need to build the same car again but with a few improvements, I’ve got all the spares from before, all the tools and everything for a decent price.
Anyway... the shell of the old one is bent so I’ve bought this -
Absolute bargain, it popped up on eBay on Tuesday night advertised as a non runner so I messaged the guy, struck up a deal and me an my mate Scot drove to Chelmsford on Wednesday night to drag it home, strange it was in Essex as the old car was too!
Stuck it on the truck, got back to his unit at 11pm, unloaded it and set about diagnosing the issue. Put the jump pack on it and realised the fuel pump wasn’t priming, wiggled the wires, still nothing so Scot grabbed his power probe to check for continuity... nothing, switched it to supply power, turned the key and vroom, it fired right up! This obviously pinpointed the problem straight away, after about 5 minutes of diagnosing, all it was was the fuel pump fuse!
The only issue now is that it’s probably too good to strip, but hey ho, until they’re worth £10k I won’t feel guilty.
That’s it for now, it’s gonna take a while because there’s loads to swap over and I’ll need to spend a few quid on roll cage feet, welding, new harnesses and so on but that’s about it, there will be plenty of updates to follow, then loads of use from it next year, I want to try to do a track day at every circuit in the UK over the next couple of years so fingers crossed!
So, the obvious thing to do was start again, right? Almost... I’ve bought my share the old car with some of the divorce money, meaning I’ve got everything I need to build the same car again but with a few improvements, I’ve got all the spares from before, all the tools and everything for a decent price.
Anyway... the shell of the old one is bent so I’ve bought this -
Absolute bargain, it popped up on eBay on Tuesday night advertised as a non runner so I messaged the guy, struck up a deal and me an my mate Scot drove to Chelmsford on Wednesday night to drag it home, strange it was in Essex as the old car was too!
Stuck it on the truck, got back to his unit at 11pm, unloaded it and set about diagnosing the issue. Put the jump pack on it and realised the fuel pump wasn’t priming, wiggled the wires, still nothing so Scot grabbed his power probe to check for continuity... nothing, switched it to supply power, turned the key and vroom, it fired right up! This obviously pinpointed the problem straight away, after about 5 minutes of diagnosing, all it was was the fuel pump fuse!
The only issue now is that it’s probably too good to strip, but hey ho, until they’re worth £10k I won’t feel guilty.
That’s it for now, it’s gonna take a while because there’s loads to swap over and I’ll need to spend a few quid on roll cage feet, welding, new harnesses and so on but that’s about it, there will be plenty of updates to follow, then loads of use from it next year, I want to try to do a track day at every circuit in the UK over the next couple of years so fingers crossed!
