Seanybaby's Clio 182 Road/track car

[seanybaby1788]

Dudes and dudettes,

I've been a member of this forum ever since I got my Clio 182 about 6 years ago now. I've always used and abused the forum mainly for knowledge, to ask questions and to buy and sell goodies. I thought it time i gave something back!

This car is the love of my life and the bane of my girlfriends.

Over the past couple of years iIve taken the Clio to track, I've only done the Brands Indy circuit thus far but next year I will look to do a few more.

Mods on the car

Partly Stripped
Rear cage
Cobra Suzuka Buckets
Sabelt wheel
TRS 4 point harnesses
Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.2's
Turinis for road
Eibach Sportlines
Braided Lines
DS2500's
Ktec induction
RS Tuner map

RR'd at Surrey 176bhp so she's in good health :tonguewink::tonguewink:

Here's some snaps of me tearing shi* up on track (I wish).

Look at the concentration on my face and the subtle hint of pain because of the Elise about to abuse me

Me pretending to know what iIm doing. Didn't realise he had his grubby arm on my car. Bit of crack on show for ya aswell :tongueout:

After a wee polish

World class lines

As i commute and the car doesn't owe me anything i will be keeping it for a few years, i'm not going to do too much to it at the moment apart from some quick wins like

Tidy up (respray plastics) and possible front bumper
Fit some brake ducts
short shifter
top mounts
engine mounts
dog bone mount
New pads (any suggestions?)

I will shove some more pics of her when resting on the driveway once i have got round to cleaning her.

Watch this space!:wink:

 

[Bear Head]

What was the clio like against the R3 on track? The Rx8?

 

[JAParker]

Carbone Lorraine RC6 pads, but prepare for squealing brakes

 

[seanybaby1788]

What was the clio like against the R3 on track? The Rx8?

On the straights the rx8 had the legs slightly, not by much but in the corners I was quicker. Not sure if that was down to the car or the fact that i had an instructor in the car and his lines were a bit off!

Held its own! Twas only a novice day so hard to tell if the difference was driver or car!

 

[seanybaby1788]

Carbone Lorraine RC6 pads, but prepare for squealing brakes

Dont really drive it enough to really care about the noise from the brakes!
Do about 1700 miles a year now, if that!

Heard good things about these brakes. The ds2500 are good but not sure if they would fair so well on a circuit with more twisties! And they are starting to crumble

 

[JAParker]

Dont really drive it enough to really care about the noise from the brakes!
Do about 1700 miles a year now, if that!

Heard good things about these brakes. The ds2500 are good but not sure if they would fair so well on a circuit with more twisties! And they are starting to crumble

If your not bothered about noise then I can't recommend these pads enough, it made slowing down fun

 

[seanybaby1788]

Not posted in a while, been busy buying a few bits but haven't really had time to fit any of it yet.
Here's an award winning photo showing her booty



Speedlines back on

Resprayed grill after not liking the gloss black that was done previously. Went for Matt black, in hindsight Satin would have looked better

Before

After

Bought some washer blanks off a group buy here and sprayed em up. Not a great standard, need a little polish to try and reduce orange peel

Bought some mounts, have only got round to fitting the dogbone, that was an absolute ball ache

Finally.........

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Nearly there

Thought 'sod it' and bought a Yozza that was going on here, gave her a polish up
Before

After

Tried to fit the other day but couldn't remove the old one as the the muffler and down pipe seem to be fused together and no amount of bench pressing could part them

So to do:

Fit Yozza
Fit engine mounts
New brake pads
Fit washer blanks

Get her out on track again!

 

[seanybaby1788]

Finally had a spare few minutes to to some outstanding bits.
To continue slowly but surely upgrading the engine mounts around the car I fitted a Vibratechnics upper mount. I didn't notice any extra vibration in the cabin once fitted, throttle feels a little more responsive but i think it may be placebo!

Old mount off

Comparison

New mount on

Also fitted some washer blanks I bought off here,sprayed them myself. As you can see I'm shi** at spray painting. Am not happy with how they look so may get them professionally sprayed. Any detailers who think a polish may help?? I'm a bit OCD so i cannot settle for meritocracy!

Bumper off,protect those wings people! Had a chance to use new Costco jack, decent bit of kit,actually felt like it could support the car, unlike the previos Screwfix one

Fitted the Yozza as well, looks a bit pisse*

Just came across a pic of my first car 9 years ago, absolute beast if I remember correctly. Loved those rear lights, look awful now!

 

[dann2707]

Really nice work mate. Car looks great and I like your hair too

 

[Bear Head]

Really nice work mate. Car looks great and I like your hair too

Errrr Dan's a Homo

#Danscomingoutceremony
#Nappy

 

[seanybaby1788]

Really nice work mate. Car looks great and I like your hair too

Ha, twas a bit destroyet by the helmet. [emoji30]

 

[seanybaby1788]

Managed to find 45 minutes where it werent pissing down and started polishing up the headlights.

Used grade 400>800>1500 followed by a coarse polish and then a fine polish using my DA. Came up pretty well but still some slight scratches so needs a few more goes over. Only managed one headlight as it started pissing down again!

Amazing what a slight refresh can do to tidy up the front end. Excuse the vomit down the front

 

[Sesqui89]

Car looks great. I'd try your polisher on the washer blanks - even if it doesn't work I'm sure you could get them done professionally for pennies. How did you go about changing the engine mount out of interest? Support weight of engine under sump with trolley jack, old mount off, new mount on, release jack?

 

[imprezaworks]

Looking at maybe replacing mine.

Jack and a piece of wood under the engine to support it. Remove and replace but don't tighten it completely until the jack has been removed.

 

[seanybaby1788]

Looking at maybe replacing mine.

Jack and a piece of wood under the engine to support it. Remove and replace but don't tighten it completely until the jack has been removed.

What he said. My engine had sagged a bit so i couldnt get the new mount on without jacking the engine up a bit.
Piece of wood (larger surface area) between sump and jack, remove old mount, pit new one one. Dont tighten completely, remove jack, start engine and let it idle for few minutes. Tighten bolts. (Recommended on another thread to allow engine to find natural position.)
@Sesqui89

Looking at maybe replacing mine.

Jack and a piece of wood under the engine to support it. Remove and replace but don't tighten it completely until the jack has been removed.

 

[seanybaby1788]

Thinking of getting the PMS shifter. Anyone got one? Worth the money?

Does it put any additional wear on the gearbox?

Does the full linkage replace the dogbone mount?

Questions questions!

 

[imprezaworks]

I want one but I'm tight.

@bloke rates them massively

 

[bloke]

they are great, every time i fit one for someone they love it!!

watch what dan says tomorrow after he tries the one i stuck in his old phase 1, guarantee he will want one:wink:

 

[seanybaby1788]

they are great, every time i fit one for someone they love it!!

watch what dan says tomorrow after he tries the one i stuck in his old phase 1, guarantee he will want one:wink:

Do they replace the dogbone? As I only fitted my one about a month ago and it may break my heart to swap it out already

 

[masekwm]

Do they replace the dogbone? As I only fitted my one about a month ago and it may break my heart to swap it out already

Nope, just the gear linkage

 

[bloke]

as dan said, it's everything from the box back so gets rid of the silly sloppy bushes and replaces with bearings. you can pretty much feel the ball click in to the detent on the selector shaft when you change gear!!

 

[incy-spider]

Finally had a spare few minutes to to some outstanding bits.
To continue slowly but surely upgrading the engine mounts around the car I fitted a Vibratechnics upper mount. I didn't notice any extra vibration in the cabin once fitted, throttle feels a little more responsive but i think it may be placebo!

Is there seriously no extra vibrations??

 

[dablyz]

I'd also be interested to know how it affects daily driving vibrations wise. I've got a cup, and i'm hesitant to upgrade as im not sure how shaky it will get when on the road.
As for the PMS. I love mine. @bloke is correct, its so precise with the feel of the gear changes.

 

[seanybaby1788]

Mines not too bad atall mate. You notice it more on idle so if you're sitting around in traffic quite a bit then it might not be for you.
I only do about 2000 miles a year now so im probably not the best person to take advice from!

 

[incy-spider]

Ah cool, I only asked as I fitted a power flex insert on the top mount and it vibrates more on idle and slightly more cabin noise while driving... Sort of a compromise to get a nicer feel but worth it I think