Recent content by burrellbloke

Here are a few of the track day photos of the Clio from Donington Park.

I took the Clio to Donington Park on 6th November 2025 for a Track Obsession day. @EthanMenace had a work trip to Los Angeles that clashed with the date so I had decided to do the track day without him. A few Clios were heading to Donington and I thought it would be a good day. Over the past...

My Clio is only really used on track now and it is stiff and unpleasant to drive on B roads. It is perfect for how I want it to drive on track. There is a lot to be said for having a softer and more compliant suspension set up if your car is going to do most of its mileage on roads. I would...

Kam Racing are selling Yellowspeed coilers for £860. Kam Racing are also selling B14s for a little bit less. If you are on any of the Clio Facebook groups second hand coilers popup from time to time. I did have a set of B14s for a bit and liked them, but they were too soft for track use so...

Sorry. I have removed the content from the post now.

The purple relay is cable tied somewhere else in the engine bay I think.

Have you got the Duct3D kit with the black plastic square box that deals with positive battery terminal wiring? The relay/fuses that normally sit on the side of the OEM battery box are cable tied to the ECU in the back of my engine bay. The wiring was extended to allow them to be moved.

I have only been to Mallory Park once, it was earlier this year. The car did two sessions before the slave died and the car was recovered all the way back to Essex. The car spec looks really good. Are you a fan of PBS brakes? I have always run Ferodo pads in my Clio and find that DS1.11s in the...

I paid £1,250 for a full Akra system (the mid section and back box) 5 years ago. They no longer make them so they don't come up for sale very often. The Toyo manifold is probably not worth very much.

The tyres are on ready for a wet day at Donington Park. Four brand new tyres and fitting costing a little bit less than my usual monthly mortgage payment! We will probably need another set in 6 months time.

The Clio has had it's fluids changed ready for the next track day. The engine oil and gearbox oil had not been changed since June when the Clio had it's summer European trip to the Nurburgring. We purchased some more Fuchs Titan Race Pro S as it has always served us well. A genuine Renault...

Welcome. Surely you are not going to keep the engine standard - what are your plans?

When we installed the PMS top mounts we were left with a small problem that the original OEM top mount covers would not fit back over the PMS top mounts. The PMS top mounts come with longer bolts that attach to the chassis so that you can fit a strut bar. It was these longer bolts that stopped...

It all depends on what needs replacing. When my box was done recently it needed the whole 3/4 and 5/6 synchro hub replaced which were expensive as parts compared to just the synchros. Labour is usually expensive for a gearbox rebuild as it takes a while to remove it from the car. The last...

I have sorted through the video footage that I captured last week and there are some okay videos. The exposure on the GoPro forward facing camera is a bit crap. This is a good ten minutes of Wes and @EthanMenace during the morning. Ethan's hot lap Ethan's third session on track...