182cup & 172 racecar
Can't remember which one ours was now.
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Toastfrenzy's Tin Top, some say...........
- Thread starter Toastfrenzy
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This is looking awesome
Good to see you got such a good finish with rattle cans - gives me the confidence I needed to have a go at mine when it warms up a bit
Good to see you got such a good finish with rattle cans - gives me the confidence I needed to have a go at mine when it warms up a bit
This is looking awesome
Good to see you got such a good finish with rattle cans - gives me the confidence I needed to have a go at mine when it warms up a bit
Cheers Phil....lucky I had somewhere to go with a big heater, otherwise I'd been stuck and having to leave until later on in the year. Once I got going it was OK...1 tip...keep the spray nozzles from the primer\undercoat cans (circle effect) as I found the colour cans (I got from Autopaint) came with a fan effect nozzle, no good for spraying a cage...I had a fan nozzle and a circle nozzle can going at the same time...paint on paint off style..lol.
Just remembered got £60 Demon Tweek vouchers of the In Laws for Christmas and with CS discount makes the storm wiper kit £70, £10 to me...result.
Did have the motor too
, all academic now as after adding the cost of AX mech + wiper arm and messing around fitting..... just ordered the storm kit for a tenner from tweeks.Just found a picture to help me fit my oil heat exchanger...got the same part and will now crack on and get it fitted....(pity I can't just buy the lump instead).
182cup & 172 racecar
Thats handy.
For sure, big
Exchanges the heat from the oil to the coolant, expect to see the oil at no more than 100 degrees and the coolant temp rise between 5 - 10 degrees...
182cup & 172 racecar
We have got one as well, just not fitted it yet.
The cup racers had them on.
The cup racers had them on.
172 Race Car
Bit late now but the Clio motor fits the citroen linkage prefectly, saves messing with the wiring then.Did have the motor too
Its also the same linkage on an Elise im reliably informed
Golf GTD Mk7
Why not just run a cooler?
182cup & 172 racecar
Easy to damage,
More things to go wrong
Extra weight
Takes up less room
To name but a few.
More things to go wrong
Extra weight
Takes up less room
To name but a few.
Golf GTD Mk7
Oh is that all
Is the cooling as efficient with the temp transfer between the coolant? Idea being the main rad does all the work?
Now if you'd said that in your first post, could've got a linkage posted for a tenner.........
At £25 inc postage from eBay a whole lot cheaper...seen on the net (scrap yards advertising ) for £35-£50. So plenty out there..
Golf GTD Mk7
Fare enough pal. It's interesting to see these other options
they will be better for curb bashing for sure. Standard cooler brackets are rubbish
106 Quicky
Car looks great mate, Keep up the good work!
Those heat exchangers are used on 106 gti's too - they're awesome
They aren't as good at cooling as an oil cooler - but most people don't really need an oil cooler. These will do the job 99% of the time - but also they help heat the oil up quicker due to running hot water through them - protects the engine. Wouldn't mind one on mine!
They aren't as good at cooling as an oil cooler - but most people don't really need an oil cooler. These will do the job 99% of the time - but also they help heat the oil up quicker due to running hot water through them - protects the engine. Wouldn't mind one on mine!
182cup & 172 racecar
It's a good space saving, hassle free option.
182cup & 172 racecar
Renault or ebay.
There's a link in post 177 eBay .
182cup & 172 racecar
I knew it couldn't last.....had first domestic about the car this weekend. Sams horse, Kevin, had to have his stable back (aka Clio store room) due to tripping and hurting his leg, he must be in pain as he can't put it down as I was told (vet coming today and that'll make me wince i'm sure). Found all the the clio stuff all over the place wheels, remaining poly windows scattered to the outside, my carbon bike in the hay barn....hmmm. I need a garage.
182cup & 172 racecar
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I'm removing the heater fan and matrix and before I shell out for T7 lightweight heater I'm going to try a 12 volt hairdryer and some ducting, question I have is about amps...the 12v hairdryer draws 14 amps what efect will that have on the car. What amps does the alternator produce?
NorthloopCup
ClioSport Moderator
Cups have a 80 amp alternator on them mate. Not sure what effect it will have on the car tbh. Just means your working the alternator more which leads to reduced lifespan and slight reduction in engine power.
182cup & 172 racecar
Pete,I'd leave it in.
a. if you get a wet day,there is nothing worse than the car steaming up.
b. helps remove heat from the engine,especially on the cool down lap,turn the fan on full blast,open window and
watch that temp gauge go down.
a. if you get a wet day,there is nothing worse than the car steaming up.
b. helps remove heat from the engine,especially on the cool down lap,turn the fan on full blast,open window and
watch that temp gauge go down.
Thanks...it's getting there.........
Sorting out fitting mine and noticed it's missing the o ring seal that mates with the engine...trying to get one..Ren uk say comes with the oil cooler £196.........doh never noticed in my excitement when it arrived.
For sure unless you're missing a vital o ring seal....
Hmmmm that's kinda putting me off the idea now....
Now wished I didn't buy the hairdryer...... I'll swap it for a 1.9DCI oil cooler O ring seal...........anybody?
he he, found one...7cm diameter eBay though it's in the USA......part result.
Pic of the oil cooler minus the Modine square cut seal
and even found out the John Deere tractors use them too.......
Pic of the oil cooler minus the Modine square cut seal
and even found out the John Deere tractors use them too.......
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182cup & 172 racecar
We need one as well then don't we Danny?
182cup & 172 racecar
I'll go look now.
Indeed you did
Indeed you did
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Getting it back together now....tried the battery and fire extinguisher in different places, seem to be in the better places for both when you consider cables, fire ext pulls and discharge runs. Wouldn' matter so much if I didn't want to keep the pax seat or have everything so the seat can be removed and installed easily.
the Aerocatches...and external cutoff and external fire extinguisher pull.
the Aerocatches...and external cutoff and external fire extinguisher pull.
