Budget track tool, renault clio 16v, williams powered, doing engine rebuild now
Me and Rob have finally got round to buying this clio "williams" that my mate was selling cheap that I mentioned on here before as we decided we want something totally disposable and cheap to run that we can just jump in for random last minute trackdays and not giving a toss about.
2 minor problems with it:
1) its a not a williams like he thought, its just been stickered as one, its a 1.8 16v
2) it doesnt have any drive at the moment, its got either a fucked diff or box or driveshaft, not bothered to look which yet.
Plans:
Fix whatever is stopping it from driving
Its already got a filter and decent exhaust, so just a service for the engine
Strip it out
Fit some cheap buckets I had lieing about
plus 3 point harnesses (swapped for a meal out cheers mongo!)
Cut the front springs down one coil to make the suspension a bit harder or fit some cheapy firmer springs (not looked at them properly yet to decide)
Drop the torsion bar down a touch
Whack on some grippy pads on the standard brakes
Get some sort of sticky tyres onto it
Drive it
No doubt ending with crashing it somewhere on a racetrack and throwing it in the bin
Total budget we're aiming to come in around is 500 quid including taxing it
(not including tyres)
Spent so far:
250 quid to buy
I dropped it off at the naval base this lunchtime for rob to crack on with stripping out, so hopefully he'll get some pictures of it up later, deal is I supply the parts and he supplies the labour as at the moment he's skint but got some spare time and access to a ramp/tools etc for a few hours a week or so.
Last edited by Chip; Mar 11, 2011 at 04:29 PM.