Recent content by Zuban

I picked up a whole engine from a 197 that had block damage as wanted bits and peices of it and it was cheap. I’ve pulled the head and there was some contact on one of the cylinders but it doesn’t seem too bad. Anyone know if it is repairable?

Testing the water as I do sometimes, because I've not spent a lot of time recently on this car and I'm looking at other projects. if anyone else is looking for a good base this is is a good starting point. spec is 2010 Clio RS200 sport with cup pack. 63k miles. Liquid yellow. Track prepped...

nor me, was chatting with a mate one night and we couldn't figure out what the additional bracing was really doing so got rid and all fine. I did buy high tensile bolts and made sure everything was torqued up and checked them but all fine so far and I forgot I did use it on the road for a few...

I no longer run that brace or the aluminium cup racer X brace, Was on track for a fair amount last year and no issues. I use a cup racer subframe so it has the solid mounts etc, Not done any amount of road miles though as its not currently MOT'd but have checked the bolts and they were still...

standard cams? and what airbox/intake?

probably the best vid from the day, weather and track were changeable but really good day overall

Some photos nicked from facebook.

Short update to my build thread, its been a while since I've done anything with the Clio, after the last round of light weighting, I have a steering fault that means it needs to be recalibrated, I can either buy a clip tool, or wait for the RStuner update that will let me do this, and as I don't...

not something i've used but cheers for the headsup i've downloaded it and will have a play around.

have a bit more time to reply so I looked back at the last set of runs I did that led me to remove the diffuser. I've posted previously on this forum about how the diffuser does work, and you can show it, but the effect is small because the diffuser volume is small, and being so small, the 197...

Yeah I use openfoam, easiest thing to do is take a copy of the motorbike tutorial and alter things like the frontal area and centre, speed etc, then swap out the geometry for your own. I don’t have a machine setup to run it currently but should have a backup of either the files or the Ubuntu...

interested in your results with that style of drag wing. this was my preferred style of wing from the CFD I did a while back, does depend what your trying to achieve though. If my memory is correct, then it will certainly reduce drag, it will also decrease the effect of the diffuser if you use...

I agree with RSRowe here, roll bar preload occurs when the cars sat at its static ride height, but different length links on either side mean the bar ends up with force applied whilst the car is static. There is some good videos about how to fit adjustable length links to avoid creating preload...

mix of reasons really, its generally cheaper to get a lightweight wheel in a 16 for example I have a set of JR3's in 16 x7, they weigh 6.6kg each but cost me only £130 a corner, getting a 17 inch wheel that weighs similar is generally over twice the price. I can run a 205/45/R16, so the tyre is...

Was doing a little fettling today so took some pics of things I didnt when rushing to get it back together. Inside of the front bumper, haven't had any issues so far with this and it feels really light compared to standard, The radiator support has been replaced with a bit of box section...