Trophy #057

[neil a]

Picked this up last week , plan is to keep it close to standard and have it as a road/track car.

Justnow it has a few mods

Piper exhaust
Vibratechnics solid engine mount
Powerflex dogbone mount
Powerflex rear beam bushes
Uprated filter
Snappy wheel
Uprated disks and fast road pads
Hel braided hoses.
Eibach camber bolts
Eibach Sportlines
Carbon splitter
Carbon tailpipe trims

The last owner carried out a lot of general maintenance / part replacement on the car as he worked at a Renault dealership.
New clutch , clutch cable
Timing belt
Brake hard pipes
New rear shocks
Front shocks have been rebuilt in the past
Wheels refurb

I got lucky as the ad for the car was no longer online but gave the seller a message and he said he would sell still if it was a fair price.
One good thing was i also got a spare set of new front shocks as spares as part of the deal.

Plans for the car are just to continue the old owners maintenace and do a few small mods that i think will work with the over all package.

So plans
Jon Foz lowered subframes ( i had forgot how high you sit in a standard clio)
BMS shifter - as its a road car i don't want the vibration of a PMS so the BMS is a good mid point
Silvertech indicator bulbs
May switch out the power flex doggone to try and cut down on vibration in the car.

I also have a set of black 1.2's with 888R's and a few sets of track pads that I kept from my old track car.

First job was to give it a quick detail

 

[neil a]

Silver bulbs fitted , such a simple cheap mod that freshens up the front and rear of these cars.

Needs a bit of a clean up in here may get the inlets vapour blasted over winter

 

[andyj007]

lovely chap .. any idea where i can get a gear knob like that pls?

 

[neil a]

lovely chap .. any idea where i can get a gear knob like that pls?

It's a richbrook one halfords use to sell them if not ebay.

 

[cat171]

Lovely!!
A geezer on here does vapour blasting on an exchange basis, they look great afterwards! he posted in the parts for sale section.

 

[neil a]

Lovely!!
A geezer on here does vapour blasting on an exchange basis, they look great afterwards! he posted in the parts for sale section.

Thanks I have a place local that my mate used for motorbike casings.
I might try alumablast paint first as have a tin from when i did the TB's on the R8 and it gave a nice factory fresh silver finish, the actual inlet and fuel rail guard are clean anyway with no oxidization just a little dirty.

 

[neil a]

Ive got a few parts piled up for this now with the plan to try and fit them this weekend , baby arrival dependent.

1. Jon foz lowered subframes
2. BMS shifter
3. Smaller front plate
4 Phillip M dogbone mount ( will test it against the polymount fitted for vibration)

Hopefully 1 + 2 should work together to give the car a better seating position , as even with the trophy seat you do feel like your sitting on rather than in a clio.

 

[neil a]

Bms shifter arrived but with it having the silver shaft would of looked a little out of place in the stock interior so decided to wrap the shaft in some carbon film I had lying.

Hope to get it fitted tomorrow along with lowered subframes.

 

[neil a]

Shifter fitted but still needs adjusted to hopefully bring the stick back a little. I'm not sure if this is one of the earlier bms before Ash started to put a bend in the linkage.

Drivers seat subframes switched over , for it only being a 1.5" drop the seating position is so much better.

 

[Cookson]

Great start to this one

 

[neil a]

The shifter is now adjusted , I also took 1" off of the gearbox end rod to bring the shifter back towards the seat a little

I found the old multi speed wiper stalk I removed from my cup so fitted that as the trophy come with basic stalks

Both seats now lowered on Jon Foz subframes.

 

[neil a]

Engine bay tidy up today. I was going to take the inlets off and get them vapour blasted, but thought I would try alumablast first as I had a tin already.

Before

After

Also fitted some trophy decals to the seat subframes

 

[neil a]

Had a nightmare a few days ago. I took the car to get a spare key cut and coded, while he was coding the key the wind caught the door which swung and ended up with a dent 😥. Trying to get a dent guy out next week as it should come out.

 

[Louis]

Had a nightmare a few days ago. I took the car to get a spare key cut and coded, while he was coding the key the wind caught the door which swung and ended up with a dent 😥. Trying to get a dent guy out next week as it should come out.

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Hope they're paying

 

[Matthew]

Really nice car mate.

 

[neil a]

PDR man to the rescue

 

[neil a]

After seeing Frays fitting the speedline stickers to his wheels I decided to order some up in silver.

I also ordered on of Pillip M's new poly dogbone mounts that are meant to transmit a lot less vibrations so will do a back to back test with the power flex purple that is fitted to the car justnow.

 

[neil a]

Old vs new I would say there is maybe slightly less vibration at idle but this may improve as the bush beds in.

My car has vibratechnics engine/ gearbox mount so that wont be helping but in the past I've found its the dogbone that transmits the most sound to the cabin.

 

[neil a]

Last small mod I have planned for the car , hopefully from now on it will be use and maintenance posted here.
I hated the tread plate foot rest the car had fitted, but did like the look of having an alloy pedal so went for one more fitting with the originals

 

[frayz]

Looking good Neil.
How do you find the dogbone bushes? 100% your vibrations you have left I suspect are from the VTs.
Decals really finish the wheels

 

[neil a]

Looks like that's winter here so prepped the trophy for being tucked away for the next few months.

 

[Stefan.]

What a garage!!!

I like how the trophy is more tucked away than the ferrari 😂

 

[neil a]

What a garage!!!

I like how the trophy is more tucked away than the ferrari 😂

I need to let the ferrari sit for a couple of days before fitting the cover as its just had new ppt on the front end.

 

[neil a]

Both bedded now

 

[neil a]

Pulled the cover off this today and moved it out the garage, I forgot how clean it is.
Think it may now be going into storage for atleast 6 months if anyone has any suggestions , I was thinking few extra psi in the tyres, and disconnect the battery.

 

[Usr117063]

@neil a Have you checked the rear boot bungs that they're not letting water in?

 

[neil a]

@neil a Have you checked the rear boot bungs that they're not letting water in?

Boot is always dry , Its still being stored indoors and under a cover just in a different garage

 

[neil a]

Pulled this out of storage last week as I had space in my garage at the house while the 570 was away for warranty work.
Battery was dead but after ma quick jump start it was good to go, really forgot how fun it is on the road.
Sadly going back to my parents garage out the way, but do have a show booked I'm taking it to in the summer and hope to get the track wheels in use at some point.

Quick snow foam and seal before putting it away later today.

Beading and sheeting shots

Dried off ready to go

 

[neil a]

Decided to give the clio a little run today and bring it home while I have some garage space, first time I've even seen the car in about 3 months.

Covered up

Un wrapped

Started first turn and outside

Back home for how long I dont know.

 

[neil a]

Sold this a few days ago , went to join a porsche and cosworth is someone's collection.
I bought it originally to use for fun while I had the 360 for special days, sadly never really used it much and with having the Porsche now I really didn't have a use for the clio trophy.

Decided to get another go kart for fun , costs less and takes up less storage space.

 

[Starlet_gt]

I've got that trailer. Good quality for the money!

 

[neil a]

I've got that trailer. Good quality for the money!

Yip seems well made and tows nice, its ideal for what I want as its 5ft wide so don't need to take wheels or pods off the kart to fit it in.
Looking to get the kart kit for it or making a shelf kit so we kan get 2 karts in it.

 

[frayz]

That’s the thing with a Porsche of any flavour really. So useable, unless you need a dog wagon, or towing vehicle, they really cover all bases.

 

[neil a]

That’s the thing with a Porsche of any flavour really. So useable, unless you need a dog wagon, or towing vehicle, they really cover all bases.

Very true ive been using mine a fair bit, bar really wet days as it is on cup2's.
I think once my wee boy is old enough to not need a buggy everywhere I will probably look to get a turbo s.

 

[mossyv6]

Did Lloyd buy it mate? @neil a

 

[neil a]

Did Lloyd buy it mate? @neil a

Yes thanks for the heads up on that one , turns out I know his brother from years ago in the Cossie wold.

 

[mossyv6]

Yes thanks for the heads up on that one , turns out I know his brother from years ago in the Cossie wold.

Great stuff and happy to have helped out 👍