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Only just seen this as I don't get on here much anymore. However Shorter final drive is one of the best things I ever did to the Clio with the gripper diff. Best way to see the difference is it in use. 3rd gear is much more useable out of corner and it keeps the engine reving much higher, I...

Productive Sunday on the E46 today resulting in making a good impact on the to do list, I like these type of days were things start to get back together rather than constantly taking things apart. To continue to work through the rearranging of the dash the first thing was to relocate the fuse...

I was running the Federal RSR. I've ran them since day one of doing track days in the Clio and think they are a fantastic tyre in terms of grip vs cost. They last a really long time too. I thought it was a good time to try a more expensive tyre with more outright grip considering the lengths...

Post lock down #2 Oulton Park ECU Adjustments. Idle control Spent a little bit of the lock down learning more about the MS43 standard ECU despite the long term plan is to replace it with standalone. The main reason behind it was since fitting the new engine with bigger cams the way the idle...

For the logger and the screen it was purely the simplicity of the Arduino and they’re much more robust in design and function, especially in an environment which is full of vibration and electrical noise, also has the benefit that it can be powered on and off easily without having to worry about...

Cadwell Park Aug 2020 Another week another update, this time it's another track day in another corner of the country. Interesting how many people read through this thread on a weekly basis then message me privately on social media or private message. Always interested to hear comments and...

Clio is looking great as always mate. I thought i’d seen you doing some racing in the Civic on Instagram this weekend, then I thought i’d imagined it until popping on here for a mooch. Be interested in reading some racing updates too!

Here is a video from the BMW E36 Following me

Another month brings another update, this time with some interesting developments after the Covid restrictions are lifting. Brakes We'll start with a brake update. I mentioned in the last post that I had returned the faulty Tilton valve after a refund after they finally admitted it was a...

It's been a month since the last update with not a lot going on until yesterday so I've been saving the update till today. As usual there is always some 3D printing on the go. This time it's some mounts to hold an air dam under the radiator to close off the large 50 mm gap under there to keep...

Weekend was here again which gave me a few hours each day to get on with the engine build. First job before starting to think about putting the engine in was to get the engine bay cleaned and a few jobs in their tidied up. A good jet wash and degreaser with a scrubbing brush brought off the 17...

This was just a simple 3d printed mount which clipped into the CD slot on the centre console to hold the phone I had at the time. Bit off a one of I designed to hold the phone at the time.

Just because I've taken some decent photographs of the porting on the head here's the comparison. Standard inlet side Ported inlet side Standard exhaust side Ported exhaust side (to match the S50 exhaust i'm running) Engine building continues this weekend, I will be cracking on with...

Engine building continues. I was waiting for the mains bolts to arrive so I was able to start to put the crank in and assemble the bottom end. While doing this I checked the bearing clearances on the mains and the big end bearings. all of these were right in the middle of the factory tolerances...

Looking fantastic. Going to be the best built Mk3 in the UK i’d imagine.

First few parcels with engine parts started to arrive a the end of last week. First ones being the Vanos rebuild kit Stripped the unit open and pulled out the seals Cleaned the pistons in the parts washer and refitted the new seals Time for reassembly Done... Bit of paint to tidy up...

I was going to save this for one but update but with the amount of photographs and steps I thought I would break it up a little bit and write down some of the progress so far. This obviously isn't every step I've gone through so far just some of the stages I've taken photos of. Engine strip...

Lock down update. Only small things but I thought it was a good chance to sit down on a Friday evening and pass some time writing down a few things i've found and been messing with along the way. Carrying on from the last update were I was adding in additional sensors, one of the sensors I...

Cheers, keep trying to develop it step by step, not changing too much all in one go and learning new things as I progress. Will be adding a couple of bar graphs with the brake pressure in PSI to the overlays. Similar to what I use for brake and throttle now. Was supposed to be going to...

Another month brings another update. This time, very little in the way of modifications and actually some use of the car. Wanted to try and get some miles on the car as it's not been out since the beginning of December. Wanting to find a weekend track day due to the start of the racing season...