What have you done to your car today ???

[beemon]

Fitted Cliosport.net stickers and my new exhaust arrived :smiley:

Any pics of stickers,Ive just received my membership pack and not sure where to put my sticker??

 

[ClioRS]

Yes will post some up tomorrow mate, I brought the yellow external ones and fitted them, haven't received my membership pack yet!

 

[KitsonRis]

Turned the car back into a 3 cylinder. I hear running fewer cylinders helps emissions........

So this afternoons job is to fix it. I thought it was solved the other week when I replaced an injector

 

[AcidicDavey]

Washed it and photographed it for the first time in my short ownership.

11-03-16 010 by AcidicDavey, on Flickr

11-03-16 008 by AcidicDavey, on Flickr

 

[CrippsCorner]

Looks clean buddy :up:

 

[AcidicDavey]

Thanks!

This car breaks all the rules though and it actually looks better in person than in the photos!

 

[welshname]

Went to RS Tuning today and had the car mapped. Paul said it was the worst flat spot he'd seen from just a catback. Ended up with a decent gain and the car is SO much more driveable now.

Before: 178.7 BHP
After: 185.6 BHP


Clio 197 On The Rollers by Rhys Bartley, on Flickr


197 Dyno Graph by Rhys Bartley, on Flickr

Can't recommend getting this done enough.

 

[tom172w]

started to strip my knackered engine out:

Air box out
Inlet manifold off
Coil pack off
Drivers side engine mount off
Struts off
Driveshafts off
Engine and gearbox oil drained
Bumper off
Headlights off
Exhaust manifold off

Next up is ecu, slam panel and radiator, clutch cable and gear linkage, various sensors then ready to lift out, I think.

Does anyone reading this know if I need to fully remove the exhaust manifold? I've loosened it off the engine side and was hoping I could wiggle it off as I lift the engine but I'm thinking a bit different now. I suspect I'm gonna have to take it out?

 

[Perry]

Got it back after a week of it being away having a new back bumper fitted (light rear end, which only caused a small crease on the bumper - insurance insisted on new bumper = result).
Fitted a new high level brake light as it would have failed it on it's test a week and a half ago (although he did cover it and put it through).
Drove it for the first time in ages
Got annoyed which how many small scuffs are on the driverside rear quarter

 

[JKING3008]

bought a gripper diff to be fitted whilst the subframe is off for powdercoating

 

[Paris 182]

Washed and washer jet blanks fitted

 

[clioben182]

Not today but yesturday treated the megane to, New rear discs and pads, braided hoses all round, brake fluid change using ATE gold. New track rods and ends. New top engine mount. Still got to do oil and filter, cambelt and aux belt, water pump, thermostat and coolant change!

 

[NCC-74656]

angrily turfed out most of the interior trim so that i could fish out every last screw, pen, nail, tooth pic, bolt, lighter and other cra* that was rattling around like an absolute mutha *ucker !!!.. and driving me crazy for fkin months. Put it all back together again. Best mod ever!.. free ! and weight saving :smile:

 

[DebbieT]

http://www.cliosport.net/threads/clio-197-cup-build.790999/#post-11058321 Most of this

 

[beemon]

started to strip my knackered engine out:

Air box out
Inlet manifold off
Coil pack off
Drivers side engine mount off
Struts off
Driveshafts off
Engine and gearbox oil drained
Bumper off
Headlights off
Exhaust manifold off

Next up is ecu, slam panel and radiator, clutch cable and gear linkage, various sensors then ready to lift out, I think.

Does anyone reading this know if I need to fully remove the exhaust manifold? I've loosened it off the engine side and was hoping I could wiggle it off as I lift the engine but I'm thinking a bit different now. I suspect I'm gonna have to take it out?

I've bought a replacement engine for my 182 and the guy I bought it off said manifold will have to come off,along with radiator and air con pump.

 

[welshname]

Well yesterday fixed my knocking exhaust, replaced the gearknob, sorted the binding brake.


High Enough? by Rhys Bartley, on Flickr


Exhaust Knock Found by Rhys Bartley, on Flickr


Exhaust Knock Fixed by Rhys Bartley, on Flickr

Old one:

Old RenaultSpot Knob by Rhys Bartley, on Flickr

New one:

Shiny New RenaultSport Knob by Rhys Bartley, on Flickr

 

[JamesBryan]

Had it mapped now Rhys?

 

[Stefan.]

Had it mapped now Rhys?

Did you miss his post further up......:wink:

 

[JamesBryan]

Did you miss his post further up......:wink:

Yeah, i skipped to most recent post :blush:

 

[welshname]

Yeah, i skipped to most recent post :blush:

LOL! Yeah it's been mapped. Post from Saturday is the one you want to read.

 

[welshname]

Yeah, i skipped to most recent post :blush:

Aye post from Saturday, or check the project thread.

 

[tom172w]

I've bought a replacement engine for my 182 and the guy I bought it off said manifold will have to come off,along with radiator and air con pump.

Cheers mate, thought as much just nice to know for certain.

What happened to your engine?

 

[beemon]

Cheers mate, thought as much just nice to know for certain.

What happened to your engine?

It rattles really bad but not a dephaser problem,worn cams we think even though it drives ok. It's done 86000 miles. Timing belt needs doing this year so I bit the bullet and bought a replacement for £300 62000 miles.

 

[tom172w]

It rattles really bad but not a dephaser problem,worn cams we think even though it drives ok. It's done 86000 miles. Timing belt needs doing this year so I bit the bullet and bought a replacement for £300 62000 miles.

Ah right. With engines being so cheap it makes sense to do it! I'm now at the point where I will buy the cheapest engine I can find (the one I'm getting is £100, no history and belts probs due) throw it in the car on a Saturday and wait till it blows up and repeat! If my car was a mint trophy or phase 1 I'd care a bit more but a silver ph2 isn't exactly special. May as well treat it like the slag it is.

 

[imprezaworks]

Damaged spoiler anyone

Will be fixed and back to full health lol

 

[beemon]

Ah right. With engines being so cheap it makes sense to do it! I'm now at the point where I will buy the cheapest engine I can find (the one I'm getting is £100, no history and belts probs due) throw it in the car on a Saturday and wait till it blows up and repeat! If my car was a mint trophy or phase 1 I'd care a bit more but a silver ph2 isn't exactly special. May as well treat it like the slag it is.

Yea mate totally agree there a car to be driven,only had mine 12 months so hopefully this engine will last a year or two

 

[AcidicDavey]

Yesterday - take more photos of it, like this one

Clio 172 13-03-16 016 by AcidicDavey, on Flickr

 

[Will 172 Cup]

I removed the rear bumper and polished the exhaust, then gave the mesh in the rear bumper and side pods a fresh coat of gloss black paint as they were a bit faded, here are the results:

I might put up a progress blog in the next few days if anyone is interested in seeing more.

 

[ClioRS]

Well, yesterday I picked my car up after having my alloys sprayed anthracite grey and today I'm having KTR cat back system fitted with KTR Sports cat and a subtle extra of KTR sticker on the back

 

[CrippsCorner]

My coilovers have been delivered to the garage for installation

 

[Normski666]

Finally got round to sorting my non-working washers. Wipers off, scuttle off, linkage off, bottle out, cylinder found, rubber trimmed and reverse. Job done, now all working

 

[banther]

My coilovers have been delivered to the garage for installation :smiley:

I had APs on my R53 - they're excellent. Firm but excellent.

 

[GCC]

Today has been a day of head clearing...
I had some s**t happen a fortnight ago, and I've got another week till I can actually start getting over it. So today I've had a day off just to clean my car, clear my head and get some me time!!

Not the best job, and I know it needs more, but this is how it started ::

And after 8 hours it rolled back out like this::

I'm happy... Would have rather hada few more hours but was in a mates unit and they wanted to close up....

Thanks @imprezaworks for the wax samples, as mentioned earlier I used the bed batch22 one... Interested to know a little more about it to be fair

 

[AcidicDavey]

It's weird the looks you get when changing a bonnet in Tesco's car park on a Friday evening. No idea why?

Bonnet Change by AcidicDavey, on Flickr

 

[clioben182]

Oil and filter change, checked lights, levels and tyre pressures! Thought wow needs some paint correction

 

[charltjr]

I've been commuting in the 200 the last couple of days, absolutely brilliant to have it fully back on song and the new rubber is just superb (pilot sport cup 2's). I'd almost forgotten what an absolute monster this thing is on the road, people just don't expect M3 pace from a little hot hatch, and the cornering.... oh yeah. Great fun.

Today is going to be a bit more sticker removal to get it looking as "clean" as possible, then a good wash to.... er.... get it as clean as possible

 

[Hbk172]

Today I got the body repaired and primed, and bumpers and inside bonnet painted in new colour but the phone doesn't do clout justice

 

[bash247]

Fixed my leaking headlight washer jet using a non return valve

 

[James]

Fixed my leaking headlight washer jet using a non return valve :smile:

I did the same a couple of weeks ago. Worked perfectly

 

[DanSej6]

Was yesterday, but gave the Cup/shed a wash,polish and wax. Looks much better in the pics than in reality, I don't think it's been a loved car with any of it's previous owners bless it.
And yes I know the wheels and exhaust aren't clean, alloys are too far gone to care about cleaning and the exhaust is getting binned off for a Ktec stealth backbox and a centre section with a decent sized silencer that me and my mate will be knocking together.