....to challenge the mighty Metro on track .

1.8 16v, Magenta-ish colour. Gonna strip it out and go door-handle bashing with Martoon .

Will be appearing in the projects section in a few weeks time .

 

Boys and there toys

Have fun

 

Please tell me you're joking?

 

What's up with the Escort??

 

Nope . I had so much fun in the Metro that I think this is the way forward. Completely stripped, plexi-glass and slicks, as it only has 137bhp, but a sweet chassis, it will need to have a weight advantage to be an even match against the Metro. Plus it cost peanuts and me and Charlie are doing it together, so that halves the costs .

 

Phil,
Nothing, the "track car" will be used when the Escort is cooling down (or banned if at Bedford ).

 

What is it?

Some sort of MG?

 

knowing mike, probably an MGF

 

what ya wanted was an MI puggy

 

No, it's French - Papa

 

OMG, he has bought a fucking clio

Oh the pain!

 

Yep, a 1996 on an "N". Made of paper, but needs to be for the improved power to weight that we will get when the seats are junked...

 

Ah a Clio 16v

*edited* A little slow with the typing lol

 

Sorry Mike the pain

 

got plastic front wings too, that'll help save weight LOL

 

16v Clio?

That'll cost more than the cossie to keep on the road

 

im sure you will have massive fun in the little beast mike

 

Can't imagine you in a clio Mike

 

I can - driving into the back of one

 

...yes the pea shooter exhaust will accomodate your meat and 2 veg nicely whilst shouting "pa--pa"

 

APMSL

 

As long as it gives the escort a break,thats the main thing.



Dave.

 

somehow i guessed at clio.. not a bad choice i reckon (for budget tracktime!)

 

At least its a phase 2 one on an N-Reg

Hope you don't need to change the alternator, heard they can be a bit of a bitch

 

This is because you're too much of a pussy to drive the escos hard, incase it breaks

PLease paint it pink for extra comedy value

 

nah alternators not too bad, just need a cut down 7mm allen key and the drivers headlight removed

i prefer the phase 1 Clio valvers

Mike - hope it hasnt got a sunroof cos you'll end up with dents in the roof by the corners of the sunroof i love mine tho, handles like a go kart on coilovers if you find a cheap F7R bottom end from a megane or clio williams buy it, well worthy improvement in performance!!

 

Cool Mike, fair play!!!!

Don't forget about things like oil surge Mike, these front drive transverse engines don't like going round corners, especially with slicks on. There was a one make championship though so someone somewhere knows what works and what doesn't.

Have you ordered the hewland 6 speed sequential, like the Clio cup cars at Bedford, it would be a weapon then!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think the Clio is the obvious choice, anything more manly would have put your raveing homosexual status at risk!!!

 

nice one mike... i look forward to exchanging paint

 

i love the way you know how too build a cheap track car

 

mike in a clio paint it pink as for charlie in it you are going to have to loose a SHIT load of weight

 

Thought so.....

FWD is the way forward, I knew you'd come round!

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...561765761&rd=1

That'll even it up with martoon's metro

 

The idea is for it to be CHEAP, so the only mods will be new discs all round, braided hoses, Castrol SRF, Performance Friction carbon metallic pads, another set of standard wheels (for some slicks off Marco ), completely stripped, glass replaced with plexiglass, a couple of bucket seats and then to just rag the tits off it . It will NOT be replacing the Cossie on track, just supplementing it. Just need Sean and Lee to buy something similar for the "rubbing" to begin .

 

Mike if you are going to be running slicks and taking corners hard then i would seriously consider a dry sump, these tranversly mounted engines sufffer a lot worse than cossies do.

 

If you need any info, an old neighbour of mine used to run a Clio race car a few years back. He's a top guy and will help you out if he can

Neil.

PS :gayflag:

 

It's supposed to be cheap . Will probably do a gated big wing sump, as that will be cheaper... .

 

Neil,
If you could get him to tell you everything we need to know to make the car reliable and quick, then please feel free to pass on my email address etc .

 

Yes it will, but if hold a long sweeping bend on slicks you may still find you get starvation, personally for the sake of a grand i would just dry sump it and elimate the risk, its hardly a massive amount to spend on it.

 

For the sake of the money, I'd have bought something much cheaper and much more readily faster after minimal investment.

Why on earth didn't you just buy a cheap 205 GTi?

 

TBh most cheap 205's now are old nails with seized torsion bars, knackered drop links, all the bushes in need of replacements, hardly any ring seal left and with gearboxes as sloppy as a bowl of porridge.

So i can understand the logic in going from something newer, plus its got16 valves from the outset which a 205 hasnt unless you start messing around fitting an Mi16 lump and most of those are old and knackered now anyway.

I dont think the clio is too bad a buy really