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

[Jonny1*2]

My volvo brackets cost me £10, my 172 cup alternator cost £55 my belt cost £8

So to delete my AC & PAS is cost me £73 and that kit on the internet is like £350 or somthing.

yeah, I was having a look at it last night. Nice bit of kit, but £310 is quite steep. Do you need to use cambelt locking tools etc to fit the cup setup?

 

[chrispy.clio]

yeah, I was having a look at it last night. Nice bit of kit, but £310 is quite steep. Do you need to use cambelt locking tools etc to fit the cup setup?

I'm not using the Cup set up, i'm using volvo brackets and a 172cup alternator. But no i'm not taking the crank pully off so i dont need to use the cambelt locking tools.

 

[chrispy.clio]

Little update from the bits i did tonight

So my steering coloum had some little bits of excess metal which i didnt really want, and it looks poo because of the rusty colour

So i removed it from the car

And then set about cutting the bits off i didnt want.

So before

And after i had cut the bits and sprayed it black

Then re attached to the car

Much better

 

[Cro]

Lol how does one get in? Removable wheel boss needed!

 

[chrispy.clio]

Lol how does one get in? Removable wheel boss needed!

There is deffently a nack to getting in/out, but its not too bad. A removable boss would be lovely tho

 

[adam172]

Interior looks fuckin epic I would love to take mine that far!!! Good work

 

[Curtis!]

The longer bolts on the collumn are where you've spaced it out to have a lower position on the steering wheel right? Can't remember it being like that last time I saw one.

 

[oliver.james]

Love it

 

[Jonny1*2]

The longer bolts on the collumn are where you've spaced it out to have a lower position on the steering wheel right? Can't remember it being like that last time I saw one.

Correct. Cup racers used spacers.

 

[Tony Hunter]

We have also done this,it's a very simple way to alter the height of the steering wheel.

 

[chrispy.clio]

The Interiour should pretty much look the same when all the wires are back in too as 90% of the wiring will be hidden under the little dash.

With the steering coloum been lower its now a perfect driving position the only bad bit is the gear stick is still far forward, shame that cant be relocated further back as easy as lowering the coloum

 

[kevo66]

Having a crack at the alt on Sun pal. All in with a kangoo alternator for £60! Just hope the 1.9d one is correct, mounts look good though. Cheers for the heads up on the bits

 

[biglum]

The Interiour should pretty much look the same when all the wires are back in too as 90% of the wiring will be hidden under the little dash.

With the steering coloum been lower its now a perfect driving position the only bad bit is the gear stick is still far forward, shame that cant be relocated further back as easy as lowering the coloum

Chris, I'm 6'4" and have been thinking the same but Fred @BTM gave Tom@JMS the best advice which I'm trying. Rather than relocate the lever further back. Use all the adjustment in the linkage to bring 4th back toward the hand brake and 3rd will be nearer the original neutral position. May need to dremel the plastic for getting into reverse. It's in Tom's thread somewhere...

 

[chrispy.clio]

Today i rebuilt up the rear hubs with my spacers Bomber gave to me (thanks mate) & my expensive camber washers lol.

Heres the gear

10mm spacers for each side

The rear beam was pretty rust so i brushed the rust off with the drill and gave it a quick spray

so built it all up and put some wheels on her so we could get the cars out of the garage for a drive

Rear wheels sit much better in the arches

Nearly 1 month to go when it has to be finished :S

 

[jenic]

Driving on slicks? lol

Looking good tho :approve:

 

[Nafoff]

Awesome, you seen my thread? I already have the steering column marked up for trimming.

 

[Cro]

Looks good mate, how much camber should that give you?

 

[chrispy.clio]

Driving on slicks? lol

Looking good tho :approve:

Thats how I roll (do you get it....i have to push the car because it doesnt drive yet so it rolls!)

Hmmm Carlsberg Export!!

Awesome, you seen my thread? I already have the steering column marked up for trimming.

Yeah i just had a look at your thread again, your coloum is wierd, it has that huge bit of metal underneath which is strange as mine never came with it!

Looks good mate, how much camber should that give you?

I cant remember the size washers i put in but i belive it will give me around 3 degrees negative camber so we'll see how that feels like.

I'm gona be ordering the front spacers next week hopefully so it should have a good stance.

 

[jamie rigby]

good work mate!

got a link to where you got your cage pipe lagging from mate?

 

[Nafoff]

Weird and alot easier that you didn't have that plate. Was the column easy to remove? Think it will be easier to cut and grind like that.

 

[chrispy.clio]

good work mate!

got a link to where you got your cage pipe lagging from mate?

I think i got it all from Demons because my mate got me some discount, but i'm pretty sure you can get if from ebay.

 

[chrispy.clio]

Weird and alot easier that you didn't have that plate. Was the column easy to remove? Think it will be easier to cut and grind like that.

Well as i dont have any PAS pipes getting in the way anymore its easy to get to the bolt which attaches the colom to the rack but i remember it been a right ball ache getting it off.

So for you it might be best just dropping the 4 bolts which attach it to the car and using the angle grinder in the car. Or just do it when its on.

 

[Nafoff]

yerp, as i thought,
i was thinking i may dropping the subframe also as my suspension will be coming out, along with having to fit the powerflex kit... may do it all then

 

[Jay Payne]

We have 2x W plated phase 1's. one had the extra plate on coloumn and the other didnt

 

[Nafoff]

We have 2x W plated phase 1's. one had the extra plate on coloumn and the other didnt

lol, another renault pick and mix item then

 

[bomber]

Looks good Chris.

My column has the extra plate on it too from what I remember

 

[chrispy.clio]

Update,

As i had spaced the rear out i needed to space the front track outwards too. So i bought some 25mm Eibach spacers for the front. So its now 50mm wider at the front.

As they arrived today i fitted them tonight

So here's the disk bare with no spacer, ignor the rust.

With the 25mm spacer

So before

After

Befor

After

So all spaced out now

Need to do a bit of trimming of the bumper and arches but thats not difficult as i'm now a dab hand with the angle grinder :evil:

 

[Curtis!]

Keeps getting better and better!

 

[JackJack]

Keeps getting better and better!

+1 Great project.

 

[Cro]

Nice mate, be interested to see what kind of rubbing you get. Did you raise it up?

 

[chrispy.clio]

I'll see how i get on with the rubbing, may need to raise it.

 

[Nick172Cup]

Good man Needs more camber on the front now though, at least 3 degrees to go with the rear!

 

[Sam@NP]

Will this car be road registered or are you going to trailer it to track?

 

[chrispy.clio]

The car still has the AST topmounts too add camber so ts still got some more negative camber toget.
I'm hoping to get the car road registered but still may trailer it to trackdays just invade I have any problems with thecar like crashing it.

 

[Silent_Scone]

lol, also telling your insurance company all the mods is gonna be at least a 3 hour job

 

[chrispy.clio]

I am currently insured with sky insurance and it was actually pretty easy declaring all my mods. Did take quite a while tho!

 

[recaro182]

Very nice, same spacing as mine front and rear IIRC.

When will this be seeing a track day would love to see it.

 

[adam172]

can i ask what you pay on insurance please mate an how old you are? pm if you want

 

[Meek_racing]

Were the slicks covered under the insurance too?

 

[chrispy.clio]

Very nice, same spacing as mine front and rear IIRC.

When will this be seeing a track day would love to see it.

Well I'm hoping to get it all running in a few weeks, and after its all running i'll book my trackdays, I have bought 8 days worth of trackdays for this year so it's deffently getting some action in 2011

can i ask what you pay on insurance please mate an how old you are? pm if you want

I pay about £1000, I'm 24 (just), 3years ncb, and every mod is declaired (theres a lot), The roll cage added about £150 which was a bit annoying but its all legit insurance wise so its fine really.

Were the slicks covered under the insurance too?

Yes there are..............not covered. lol

Will be on the R888's if it goes back on the road.