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What to do.....? :-S



  BMW 335i & Clio 172
Right.....So as some of you may probably remember, my engine in my clio decided to s**t itself on a trip to the Nurburgring in September 2015. Since then I have stripped the engine out of the car and was planning to put a new engine in. Ive not had time due to work commitments etc to even touch the car for well over a year now. It seems silly for it to just sit there so the time has come where i need to do something with it and get it gone. The car will be going up for sale one way or another but at the moment im trying to decided what to do.

Option one, is sell the car as it currently stands. Not running with no engine in. The car will come with all bits that have been removed and will basically just need a new engine installing, and all the ancillaries putting back on, throttle bodies, etc

Option two, is the get the car back up and running again and sell it as a working track/race car.

Option 3, sell it for parts. But it seems such a shame to break such a great high spec car that so many hours work have gone in too.


Spec of the car is as follows (obviously the bold underlined stuff is no longer relevant as the engine is fooked):

The car is fitted with a full weld in Oreca ‘Race’ cage. If you know about these cages they’re a fairly comprehensive setup and it’s worth saying that extra bars were added to the cage to further strengthen it (there is a bar behind the dash and we added harness bars to it). The front strut bars have been left out as I wanted to retain the heater in the car. The cage was installed by Gareth at ACE Engineering in Sussex and the correct footplates were used as per MSA rules.

Chassis, bodywork and suspension:
- Phase 1 172 shell in Iceberg silver
- 2 way adjustable Leda suspension which are a very rare in a Clio 172 fitment
- Eibach camber bolts
- 172 Cup wishbones (increased caster) all polybushed
- Front ARB polybushed
- AST topmounts
- Alignment and setup by Dan at 519Automotive
- 2.5 degrees front camber, 2 degrees rear camber
- 30mm wider rear track
- Eibach 25mm front spacers
- Whiteline Rear ARB
- Clio Cup roof air scoop.
- Clio Cup rear spoiler
- Clio trophy side skirts
- Vented Carbon bonnet with lockable aero catches
- Odyssey PC680 battery in boot
- Martini stripe vinyl
- Phase 2 rear lights, boot lid and bumper
- Carbon rear wiper blank
- Carbon boot lid handle
- Ktec fibreglass door cards with door pulls
- Remote locking does still work
- Elec windows still present.
Brakes:
- New standard rear disks and bearings
- Brembo HC front disks
- Braided lines
- RC6 front pads
- Race fluid
Interior:
- Sparco Circuit winged seats – matching pair. In date
- Seats mounted directly onto the floor
- 6 Point Sabelt Harnesses. (Mounted properly! Eyebolts fitted and plated as per MSA rules). Date expired
- Adjusted steering column to lower it
- OMP Suede wheel (quick release boss fitted)
- Flocked dash
- Cut out switch
- Extinguisher setup (needs plumbing in to complete)
Engine:
- 172 Cup bottom end
- Phase 1 (large port) head
- Piper camshafts
- Webber Alpha throttle bodies
- Longer throttle stack trumpets
- Pipercross filter
- New NGK plugs
- Cambelt changed 500 miles ago
- Low mileage dephaser pulley
- New alternator
- ARP bottom end bolts
- VW Polo Radiator
- ‘Coops’ Solid dogbone engine mount
- Ktec upper engine mount
- Adaptronic 420d ECU
- Miltek decat
- Heat wrapped manifold
- Powerflow (I think!) stainless exhaust with ‘custom’ backbox.
Gearbox is a low mileage replacement unit directly from Renault and feels like new as you’d expect
The car is wearing a set of 15” Pro race wheels in red fitted with new Rainsport 3 and used Michelin tyres. There is also a set of worn 888’s on the original Renault OZ F1

Ive also uploaded some pictures of the car.

Would be great to see what people think the best option for me to get maximum sale value would be.

Cheers in advance for any replies
 

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