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Russ_16v's ITB'd & Caged 182 Track Car (Was Crispy's)



  TrackCar & F30 330d
I'v owned my 182 for just under a year now, It is my first car that i actually own as i'v allways driven my old mans cars for free :)
So here is my sort of project thread of how my first car has been and how it has changed.

So before the credit crunch was here i set about looking for a Clio sport and fell in love with this one. 54,000 miles, ktec ultra performance exhuast, apex springs and it was mint, Had the bonnet and bumper reparayed too i think. All for £6000
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It was in birmingham so my mate drove me there and i picked it up handed over £5,500 :) and then drove to leeds to my mates house. a 300mile journy to leeds and then back home.
Obviously i spent every other day washing it making it look nice.
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In the first week of having it she got two new Exaltos for the rear and i started up grading the brakes as they were Shocking and my foot would hit the floor when i braked hard.
Brembo Max discs
Green Stuff pads all round ( which are rubbish )
Groodridge braided hoses
Castrol 4.1 fluid
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Bought it all and fitted it with a mate only to find the claiper carrier slider had sezed and it would not budge at all so i eventually found one on the bay and all was good. much better than before
OCD kicked in after a few months and cleaned the arches and painted the calipers as they were all different colours
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Eventually sorted out my 21st birthday present from my family about 8 months late tut tut - the numberplate
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And got the use of the garage while there was only one car in it.
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First things i had to buy to keep her legal was a new rear numberlapt light cluster as the bulb had gone and the pervious owner had glued it shut. -£13
Also needed to buy a Cat as it didnt come with one - £50 Mot wasnt due for a few months so kept the decat in.
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Then I did Abingdon Airfield trackday with my mate. It was so much fun. the green stuff pads were fully rubbish. But the trackday bug was caught and my placement years wages were now going to be spent on new mods to make the car handle better instead of binge drinking lol
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The apex spring were useless on the track so i searched and saved and ended up buying the H&R coilovers from Rob off here. Practly brand new. I met rob at powerstation as he was getting AST's :( (i wanted them too)
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Scooby on the dnyo :)
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And some random bird getting her T*Ts out. Very nice ;)
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So after getting the H&R's i fitted them in the PIS*ING rain. and it took me my mate and old man about 5 hours lol
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The coilovers were fantastic, turn in was better, it rolled less. Deffently money well spent.
Photo shoot in a car park
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The manditory "look how low it is" picture
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Then i went to my very first meet which was mint as i'd not really seen many Renault Sports all together. Met some nice people and recived some good comments about my car :)
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After seeing some very clean cars i went out and bought a clay, SRP, EGP, P222wax and did it all by hand :)
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Drove 110 miles to see the bird in bristol and there just happend to be a meet ;)
Schweppy made me rev the car like a right chav too which seemed to please some people lol :)
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It was christmas time and as i had been a good boy father christams bought me some wheels :)
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And a foot rest lol
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Next months wages bought 4 R888's
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I was bored on weekend so i bought a tyre pen and did this
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MOT was now due so i hed to bodge the cat on. It took me at least 5 mours to get the decat off and about 3 hours to put the cat on. To add insult to injoury i couldnt get off my drive as the cat was now too low. I ended up just driving off and nearly loosing my cat and exhust. It pass the MOT which is good but booked a visit to the main man Charlie at prospeed for a custome decat and cat jobbie.
about 150miles later -
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It took him longer than he expected and he ended up giving my GF these.
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Charlie = Legend. Top top man, everyone should go see him.

Bought some Carbone Lorraine pads (RC5) from Kam racing and fitting them for my next track outing at bedford Autodrome.
Rear seats were stripped so i could fit all the stuf in.
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I'm sure this was the weather when i left my house
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This was the weather when i got to bedford :(
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Lost a few hours play time but never mind.
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A wicked day. and really wana do bedford GT again :)

Rob off here again was then putting his car back to standard so i bought the seats off him.
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Another coinsidence that there was a meet when i said i'd come see the GF in Bristol.
She came too this time...and was bored lol. Track wheels on while i was poloshing the 182 wheels.
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The rear wheel bearing was so loud that it was louder than my decatted exhaust so new bearings had to be bought and thought i might as well get new discs.
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More did follow ;)
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Track wheels back on for a bit of a play
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Went to powerstation to the rolling road meet thanks to Burp :)
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Out come was 184.6bhp which was quite generous i think.

I decided to clean my "standard" air filter. Turned out there was a K&N filter allread in there. So i gave it a little clean and removed the CAF's and Accoustic valve. Bigger CAF are coming soon.
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I do think removing the valve makes a difference. well it did to mine, but could be in my head.

Went a bit mad and ended up spending quite a few hundred quid on detailing gear.
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I bought the RS Tuner Remap box from the group buy too. So much easier to drive when cold and love the new 7,500rpm limit :)

Last thing i've bought is some new 4 Point Sabelt harnesses. They are fantastic and so comfortable.
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Oh and a new smaller numberplate
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Next things to come are:
Matched Inlets
CAF's
Brake cooling
New Box oil
Solid top mounts
Cage/harness bar

Sorry for the silly about of pics lol :)
 
  Breaking mk2 DCI
Re: One Year on & £3000 spent

looks sweet mate but i'd almost keep driving the old mans car if he'd got a db7!

top work looks lovely!

Keep it up!

get a front brace too you wont regret it with all the track work you do!
 
  R56 JCW
Re: One Year on & £3000 spent

good little read mate, lovely car i kinda miss my 182 now, will see somewhere down the line if i come to get another :)
 

Jon.L

ClioSport Club Member
  911 GT3 & Audi Q8
Re: One Year on & £3000 spent

mint mate love the track rims, well have to met up sometime mate your only down the road
 
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Whisker biscuit

ClioSport Club Member
  Ph1 Flamer
Re: One Year on & £3000 spent

Lookin well mate, what sort of time is between the first and last pic ?
 
  TrackCar & F30 330d
Re: One Year on & £3000 spent

looks sweet mate but i'd almost keep driving the old mans car if he'd got a db7!

top work looks lovely!

Keep it up!

get a front brace too you wont regret it with all the track work you do!

Thanks,

I did think about a Brace but i'v heard so many mixed views on if they actually do anything. I'v have another think :)
 
  TrackCar & F30 330d
Re: One Year on & £3000 spent

Lookin well mate, what sort of time is between the first and last pic ?


The first pictures were August 12th ish and the last few are last week. Oh and i forgot to say that the car is now on 66,000 miles :) Started off with 54,000 miles
 

Whisker biscuit

ClioSport Club Member
  Ph1 Flamer
Re: One Year on & £3000 spent

The first pictures were August 12th ish and the last few are last week. Oh and i forgot to say that the car is now on 66,000 miles :) Started off with 54,000 miles


Just thought u had all this done in a matter of weeks, as i said lookin well ;)
 
  TrackCar & F30 330d
Re: One Year on & £3000 spent

I forgot to add this too.
I spent 3 days detailing the car in my GF's garage. Took me one day just to get every last bit of tar and cr*p off and then a day to polishe it, and a day to seal and wax it.
I should have taken pictures then as i'v now done 75 mils and the car is quite dirty now.
Yesterday i decided to put my Carbone Lorraine Pads in all the time as the green stuff were annoying me they were that bad. Also as is summer the track wheels and tyres were put on again lol
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I took the badges off the detail it. I do have the intentions of putting them back on but cant be bothered atm.
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:)
 

Greeny.

ClioSport Club Member
  440i + 182
Re: One Year on & £3000 spent

Looks good mate! 10 times better with the badges on though.

Nice house load of cars there, wish my family had that sorta money lol ;D
 
  TrackCar & F30 330d
Re: One Year on & £3000 spent

Looks good mate! 10 times better with the badges on though.

Nice house load of cars there, wish my family had that sorta money lol ;D

Yeah the badges will be put back on when i next wash it i think.

We all work uber hard at work and seem to spend all the money on our cars.
A 1157bhp combined family lol :)
 
Re: One Year on & £3000 spent

very impressive car, good read and pics, reminds me i must update my progress thread :)

lose the ktr sticker tho ;)
 
  BMW M5 & E36
Re: One Year on & £3000 spent

Lovely example. Where did the harnesses come from out of interest? Someone's struggling to find 3" 4 points.
 
  106 GTI
Re: One Year on & £3000 spent

tweeks sell willans 4 point 3" harnesses but theyre about £120-130 ish
 
  TrackCar & F30 330d
Re: One Year on & £3000 spent

My mate works for Nimbus motorsport and he has a contact at Demon Tweaks. So he got 15% them :)
I think i paid £250 for them :) Very pleased indeed :)

Powey beat me to it lol
 

Ben

ClioSport Club Member
Re: One Year on & £3000 spent

Great read, looks loads better now. Awesome car.
 

maynard

ClioSport Club Member
  ph2 172 track car
Re: One Year on & £3000 spent

lovely car you've got there, great progress too!
 
  TrackCar & F30 330d
Re: One Year on & £3000 spent

Nice, Good Read That.

Where did you get the foot rest from?

I got the footrest from a lad off here. He was making them just before Christmas. Looks much better now as its sort of dulled up so it looks like the other pedles
 

BIFCAIDS

ClioSport Club Member
  340i M-Sport & 182
Re: One Year on & £3000 spent

looks ace this car bud, so jelous makes me want a silver one, love the details on the tyre's
 
  Golf GT TDI, IS220d
Re: One Year on & £3000 spent

Looks great mate, brings back memories of my silver 182. I was thinking all the way through as i was reading you need a thinner plate, glad you did it it makes the front look 10x better
 


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