Si's clio 172 budget track car

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Battery box sorted 

Edited 21 March, 2019 by SNH

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Wishbone strengthening done 

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Rear beam all welded up 

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Edited 23 March, 2019 by SNH

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Edited 23 March, 2019 by SNH

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Battery box in just need to fix it in place, floors not straight so bolting it down isnt really and option. Considering 4 90° small steel bends 1 in each corner bottled to.the box and welded to the floor. 

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Edited 3 April, 2019 by SNH

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Rear beam poly bushed built back up and back on the car.

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Wishbones poly bushed and back on the car 

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Still a way to go but it had better be worth the cuts, bruises and temper tantrums  

 

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To me a budget track car is putting more suitable tyres on an mx5.  I guess the title doesn't say 'low budget track car' 

 

Really enjoying the read and gets me motivated to build something once I have the space.  Thanks!!

Edited 8 April, 2019 by MarkyG82

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On 08/04/2019 at 12:26, MarkyG82 said:

To me a budget track car is putting more suitable tyres on an mx5.  I guess the title doesn't say 'low budget track car' 

 

Really enjoying the read and gets me motivated to build something once I have the space.  Thanks!!

That was the original plan, thats since gone out the window :(

It originally came off the road to sort the knackered suspension but the more i dug the more i found needing replaced. 

Since then its spiralled out of control

By the time its done i could have probably bought one already done cheaper but where's the fun in that

 

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10 hours ago, SNH said:

By the time its done i could have probably bought one already done cheaper but where's the fun in that

 

 

And you wouldnt have it juuuuuuuuust right 

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Another moment of madness to chase the weight loss and to simplify things. 

OE heater blower motor removed to make way for a smaller, lighter less complicated cup model one. I do need to make some sort of plate up to cover and seal the hole into the cabin just need to decide whether to rivet or weld.

Edited 13 April, 2019 by SNH

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Hole issue sorted.

Thin sheet tack welded in and lashings of seam sealer over it, that should do it

 

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Love a good shaft!

 

PMS carbon short shift kit fitted.

Edited 16 April, 2019 by SNH

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More weight saving.

original heater blower vs cup version 

Edited 20 April, 2019 by SNH

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Bit of research on the heater swap didnt bring up much other than some pins in the main harness plug needed swapping as mine has climate/aircon and cups had neither. electrics aren't my strong point

Bit more digging and i stumbled across an old post saying he'd just trimmed the cup setup to fit the old heater resistor to keep the original plug, so i set to it and bingo it works. Just need to cut a plug off each setup and swap them over and its in and working. Whether it blows hot and cold i wont know till its on the road but it works off the climate controls.

Happy days.

Edited 22 April, 2019 by SNH

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All back together and another job ticked off the list

 

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That looks sweet n

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3 hours ago, MarkyG82 said:

That looks sweet n

 

Cheers.

Still a way to go yet but its getting there :)

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Apart from trying my patience this last few weeks not a lot has happened with it tbh. 

 

Had a bright idea to fit a battery cut off switch but not wanting to cut the dash to fit it internally i decided it'd go in the Passenger scuttle panel, easy i thought...wiper mechanic is in the way! 

Fitted it in the drivers side....happy days. Then realised the dash, wiper mech, alloy tanks all had to come out to re-route the power cable 😞

 

 

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Its also aqquired a misfire since being park up. 

Tested the injector resistance today, 

1, 2 and 4 all measured a healthy 14.2 - 14.5ohm but injector 3 was 8.2ohm