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nevsrevs

Looking crisp mate

NEIL A

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Bonnet now shuts and clears the filter with ease , also drilled and meshed some holes to feed air directly inline with the trumpets.
im also hoping to pick up a sports cat this week to link my 182 manifold to the 172 system

The Underdog

im so jealous lol. clios would be my choice of track car second to my focus of course.

youngben

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love this build! nice work buddy

NEIL A

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Thanks I cant wait to get it mapped and see how much these changes have made to the car, new hubs should be here next week but I Have to go back to work so it wont be in for mapping until Feb.
Ive also decided not to plasti dip the car this year ,but have ordered some graphics which will hopefully change the look a little.

NEEDFORSPEED

great car!!!

NEIL A

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I've managed to rescale the injectors on the omex and balanced the bodies with a syncrometer so it's now ideling perfectly and also switching to lambda control once the water temp is up to 60'c.
The new hubs have been held up with the courier but I'm away back to work for 3 weeks, so not really a rush now. Hope all the parts will be here ready for me getting home to get the car back together and ready for mapping at the start off Feb.

Chip

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Is it the Mark/James hubs you have gone for?

Ive just bought some for my mrs daily 182, nice looking bits of kit.

NEIL A

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Yeh it's the cliosport group buy kit, looks like a well developed kit so looking forward to trying it out when I get the chance.

NEIL A

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My new cup car brake ducts turned up after the first set were lost by royal mail.

NEIL A

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I also should not be aloud both eBay and PayPal while away with work, somehow I ended up buying oil temp and pressure gauges today which are a good safety.
BUT also somehow ended up with six 15" speedline 2118's



I'm not sure if I will fit the tires off of my 1.2's and sell those wheels on or if I will use them as another set of track wheels with 888's or similar.

bluntys1rsturbo

love the way this car has developed and look forward to seeing the results of the new map etc.

one of my fav projects on here and a credit to you

DavebST170

This is awesome. Itbs make such an awesome noise!!!

NEIL A

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Got booked in for the 1st of Feb to drop the car off at Sitech for mapping, which gives me 3 days when i get home to get it ready so thought I better get a job list made up

1.Fit roll center hubs
2.Fit oil pressure and temp gauges
3.Fit cup car brake cooling ducts
4.Aerocatch the front bumper
5.Set up the pure shifter
6.Spanner check the car
7. Cross fingers it doesnt go boom

I'm also looking at a bigger radiator that will sit lower to keep heat away from the air filter.
Problem is this may mean I have to get rid of the power steering pump for clearance , so will probably fit a saxo/106 electric pump.

M K

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Looking good mate

jonny s2

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this has come far since i last read..... looks a great toy!!

NEIL A

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I think I'm going to do my new wheels black with blue graphics , as white will be a nightmare with track pads.



I have now got the cup racer brake ducts fitting ok after a bit of fiber glass and filler, along with fitting oil pressure and temp gauges. I've also fitted aero catches to the front bumper so it can be removed in seconds.





I also gave the car it's first wash in 6 months and fitted a new heat shield to tidy up the engine bay.

nevsrevs

looking good mate, when is it on the rollers.

NEIL A

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Hope to take it along this week before I go to Houston with work. I will need to trailer it along and get alignment done before we can put it on the rollers to tweak the map enough to bed the new rings in, then it's oil change and on with mapping hopefully.

NEIL A

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Mapping went well today peak power we seen was 230.1 bhp ,but after pulling a little timing for safety we ended up with 228.9 bhp and 176.9 ftlb . We tried upping the rev limit to 7800 rpm but made no more power so capped it at 7500 since I'm still on standard rods.

bluntys1rsturbo

brilliant results matey that should make for one very quick track motor

NEIL A

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In the mid range we went safe with timing which has caused a dip in the torque , on the road this isn't nearly as bad as the graph would suggest . I actually wanted it left like this just now to aid traction out of corners until I get a diff.

nevsrevs

good going mate, should be a blast, your going to defo need that diff now.

NEIL A

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Yeh i think a diff will be required but Ive booked up for a 4 hour open pit day on the 8th March so will see what its like without one first.

PF Ben

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Or......

Just buy a second hand Clio Cup race car for Ł10,000?

!

; )

Ben

NEIL A

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Did think of that Ben but this has been built up over a couple of years and still a good bit les than 10k spent , not sure if I could drive LHD on track plus the upkeep of a Sadev box.

NEIL A

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First track day of the year is booked for this weekend so last push to get the car ready.
Alignment done today after fitting the new hubs, and finally got to try the car out on a bumpy back road



Fitted a breather tank



How the car now looks



Also finished the refurb of 4 of my 2118's the other two require small repairs first. The stickers were off ebay and not the best fit .

zippyobrien

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I really need to pull my trophy out of the garage.

Havnt drive it once since I bought my focus rs /


Quite miss it actually.

Yours looks amazing.

The Underdog

looks awesome. good power results too.

NEIL A

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New tow car sorted today and hope to get my own trailer in a month or two but got use of a nice Brian James until then thanks to Sitech

NEIL A

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A couple of pics from yesterdays open pit at Knockhill.
The car was faultless all day but it did show up how the car really needs a diff, in the wet it was pointless trying to put the power down.

The Underdog

did you film any of the sessions? love to see them if you did

NEIL A

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Nope i didn't have my go pro set up , but a couple of the other guys i was there with did so hope to get some footage.
At one point there was 9 clios out on track together ,so should be good to see.

nevsrevs

did not think it would be long before hou said that lol.

NEIL A

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Here is a video filmed from the clio behind me, at this point there was a train of 8 clios lapping in a row. We were all fairly close and some dodgy lines due to late braking but brilliant fun.
I love how the super tourer accord slingshots out the hair pin and passes us all like we're stopped.

gjh

Looks great with you! Nice power figure too.

NEIL A

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Was good fun the car that is filming also has cams and throttle bodies fitted.

nevsrevs

your car defo has the strait line pull on camera car, but by christ the boys got balls under braking, looks a bloody good day. honda is epic.

The Underdog

thats some clio train. is it compulsory to own a clio in scotland, lol. great driving by all of you guys.