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

[chrispy.clio]

he got 428s. Should have had 421s IMO, but there you go


your alternator bracket is bolted to the wrong side of that part of the block, that's why it looks to be too far over

I did a little bit more research and Burp put the Tentioner bracket on the other side which would put it even more over to the left. Bit looks like its actually ok

(pic of the Burpspeed Race car)

 

[Silent_Scone]

How comes your KTEC ultra exhaust crackles and pops in the youtube video posted,
did it do this when you first fitted the exhaust, or is it a thing that comes with time?

boils down to lots of unessential fuel on the overrun basically. lol

 

[chrispy.clio]

A small update, ordered a few bits so i can get on with the car next week.

So in the post should be:

Black Paint for the Engine
Silver paint for the Engine
Powerflex ARB bushes from Kam Racing
Powerflex Wishbone bushes from Kam Racing
Short but longer VAG Radiator
Slim line fan came the other day
Type-D coolant



Still have to get an alternator and a belt and a new loom

I'll update next week when i get all the gear

 

[chrispy.clio]

New Rad arrived

Also see the New Vs Old Fan

Had a bit of weight saving too which is allways a bonus

Standard Radiator (dry) - 3.390 kg
Standard Fan - 2.576 kg

5.966 kg

New Radiator (dry) - 1.988 kg
New Fan - 969 g

2.957 kg

So saving 3.009 Kg Every little counts

Bit pi**ed off tho as the bung is missing from my new rad so its gona make it heavier, booooo

So I'll be droping them a call tomorrow.

 

[Tony Hunter]

Looks familiar,good stuff.

 

[chrispy.clio]

Looks familiar,good stuff.

Haha yup

Your rad came with the bung didnt it?

 

[Tony Hunter]

Oh yes,did you ask for it as its an extra you know.

 

[marc1330]

What rad and fan is that boss and do you think it will cool as well ? silly question i know but im looking at a smaller rad package as my OE setup is a bit clumsy around the my bodies.

 

[Tony Hunter]

We have raced with this set up all year and had no problems at all,infact at Silverstone the fan wasn't working and was still ok.

 

[chrispy.clio]

There's a few people on here that have run the same set up, Laxy used the same set up on his track car and that was running 240ish BHP


The fan is only needed for when your in traffic, as soon as your driving the car fan stops.

The rad wont be plumed in for a few months but cant wait to build the car back up

 

[chrispy.clio]

Oh yes,did you ask for it as its an extra you know.

Is it really an extra?! (not sure if your joking or not lol)

I rang up earlier and the guy was very polite and he said he would pop a bung in the post for free

 

[Gray]

The fan is only needed for when your in traffic, as soon as your driving the car fan stops

Expecting alot of traffic on track

 

[Tony Hunter]

Only joking

 

[chrispy.clio]

Just thought i'd post up this information as i've had a few Pm's asking where i got the rad & fan from

This is where I bought the Radiator from

http://www.adrad.co.uk/redesign/prices.php?search=se310

And I typed Slim Radiators into ebay and bought one from there

Think it was this one

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/10-29cm-Unive...arts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item588ae6889b

 

[Tony Hunter]

With the rad,don't trust the sikky little clips that come with it.Ours fell off (after many trips to gravel traps etc),so we have put nuts and bolts through the rad.

 

[triggerdarr]

Just finished reading the thread, amazing car mate.

Thought it looked great with the orange wheels mind

 

[Jay Payne]

\been off line for a while. Why did you remove the brake lines on the rear axle? no real need

 

[chrispy.clio]

\been off line for a while. Why did you remove the brake lines on the rear axle? no real need

Yeah didnt really need to but wanted to have Braded lines running on the inside of the car to make it look neat + i like waisting money lol


Had lots of other goodies come through the post yesterday too so update sooooooooon!

 

[chrispy.clio]

With the rad,don't trust the sikky little clips that come with it.Ours fell off (after many trips to gravel traps etc),so we have put nuts and bolts through the rad.

OH, do you mean the fan? not the rad, I hope the rad doesnt fall off when i'm driving lol.

From reading your race car thread i decided not to buy the Fan fitting kit and do the same as you with bolting it on to the rad or somthing similar. When rebuilding the car i'm trying to do it right first time so i dont have to fix the problems mid way through next year.

Hopfully get the engine painted this weekend

 

[Tony Hunter]

Lol,thats what we thought.And yes I did mean the fan sorry.

 

[sideways danny]

With the rad,don't trust the sikky little clips that come with it.Ours fell off (after many trips to gravel traps etc),so we have put nuts and bolts through the rad.

That's what i've always done, only to get a roasting on here for it

 

[Tony Hunter]

Thats because people don't understand Dan.

 

[Andyrg@ ClioTurbo]

Thats because people don't understand Dan.

a lot of people on here dont have a clue and just think what renault say is correct, lets face it half the designs on the clios are made for cheapness and not hardness so if you can improve that then happy days keep up the good work lads

 

[DaveW_cup]

Where did you buy your front plate from out of curiousity mate?

 

[sideways danny]

Thats because people don't understand Dan.

I best not mention names then

 

[chrispy.clio]

Where did you buy your front plate from out of curiousity mate?

Its from fancyplates.com if you type "fancy plates" into the search theres a guide on how to make the right dimentions and shizzle

 

[chrispy.clio]

Photobucket is GAY,

Painted the gearbox and block today looks great but cant really show anyone as photobucket want me to pay money boooo

 

[Craig.H]

Start a flickr account, I have both of them as well!

 

[jenic]

Just subscribe to flickr, like £18 a year for unlimited photos

 

[chrispy.clio]

Right, just got bent over by photobucket

Anyway at the start of the day this was the state of the engine

Removed this bracket so i could get to the PAS pipe which was bolted to the gearbox

Took it off and decided to cut a little bit off

Before

Bit of anglegrinding later

Also decided to see what excess i could cut off the battery mount, gearbox mount

after

I then sprayed those parts silver


I think fully degreased the gearbox

Then masked up some bits

All painted

I think it looks much much better so i was really pleased with it

Then properly degreased the block and masked it up

All sprayed up in black

It was getting late so i replaced the gearbox bits and refitted the gearbox mount which i had sprayed black.

I'm really pleased with how it looks and i think its gona look great when the rest is done.


I'll be going outside tomorrow and will be painting the head, camcover, itb's and other brackets.

Also got to drop the sub frame and paint that.

More soon

 

[maynard]

nice work - the gearbox looks like new

 

[Cro]

That looks mint mate, nice option (Y) Pity you couldn't tuck the wires to keep it looking that way

 

[chrispy.clio]

That looks mint mate, nice option (Y) Pity you couldn't tuck the wires to keep it looking that way

Oh your in for a treat my friend.

Watch this space

 

[Cro]

C*cktease

 

[Dave.]

looks great mate

 

[Silent_Scone]

Did actually think you had fitted a new box there until I read the caption lols.

 

[Gray]

I really would of tried to get the engine out... for the sake of a few more nuts and bolts

Looks smart though!

 

[chrispy.clio]

I really would of tried to get the engine out... for the sake of a few more nuts and bolts

Looks smart though!

Yeah i did want to get the engine out but i have no where to store the engine, the garages are full of cars. But i've painted it pretty much all over so it looks good from all view points.

I just need to keep telling myself i'm just smartening it up, not entering it into a concores competition.

 

[Gray]

haha... smart is the way

 

[Christopher]

Great effort!