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Part 2 While I was taking the front timing cover off for the fitting of the new chain tensioner you have to remove 3 small head bolts from the front of the block which is part of the head gasket, I decided while I'm this far in I will pop the head off and have a look at the insides of the...

Sat down this evening with a little bit of time and thought a small update wouldn't go amiss, I've been busy with a house i've bought recently which is a complete renovation back to a bare shell so time is a little thin on the ground at the moment. It would have been lovely to have been able to...

Really good write up, always enjoy reading a well written post like that. Car looks great too! I was sat behind Ben when the chain reaction of braking occurred and ended up diving for the inside of the train over Clio’s on the inside of the corner rather than ending up into the back of someone...

Snetterton - August 2021 Snetterton is a fair old 220 miles from me which normally takes around 4 hours driving with the trailer. But I don't mind the traveling down to Snetterton as the circuit is worth it at least once a year. The last two years we've done Snetterton and Cadwell Park one back...

Couple more photos from Cadwell Park, because why not! Aside from the oil pump woes off the back of Cadwell Park I did manage to highlight one smaller issue from the additional grip from the modifications I've been working on recently. Noticed that mid way through the morning I was...

Wednesday morning Cadwell Park. Cadwell is a fair old 3+ hour drive for us from the Northwest so we now have a habit of booking a hotel in Louth so it's only a ten minute drive in the morning to get to the circuit. Cooked breakfast in the hotel to start the day and we were at the circuit before...

Cadwell August 2021 - Update to follow but here's a video of a couple of laps for the moment...

Finishing off the rear end - Cadwell Park Prep At the end of the last update I was waiting on the rear trailing arm bearings to arrive. Millway had to manufacture them so it took 4 weeks for them to arrive but worth the wait for them Pressed into the rear arms The final rubber bushing...

I do actually run a true rear coilover. I have done the strengthening of the strut tops and rear brace between the strut tops to suit running a true rear coilover. I have considered going to another after market rear arm but the cost vs reward didn't seem worth it and I just went for the VAC...

Funny! I've been following this build thread for a year or so now. Actually reading it and not posting much about it. But this is actually my friends old car and I've only just seen the reg plate, It was a good solid car this when he sold it, was a very clean example assuming you're the second...

Awesome Sean. Good to see you back with another Clio. This one no doubt will be awesome. Lets see what engine plans happen with this one, Properly sized turbo and keep some revs would be perfect.

Soo back to an update... This time I'll keep it a bit smaller and document the progress. At the end of the last big post I said about the stiction in the rear end I noticed properly when lifting it up on the ramp, don't always get the full effect jacking up one side of the car due to the...

Looking good! Another BMW on the clio forum! Who’s next?

Sounds good, be good to have a chat, Look forward to seeing the the E36 too. Got plenty to look at and develop before then though. Will give me something to write about and post about on the thread between now and then. Photos from Anglesey

Anglesey is such a good circuit. I did it a lot in the Clio... Including one of the Renault Sport days there. Here's some early photos of the 200 before the cage was fitted. Some of my favourite Clio photos Yeah it's the RTD Shifter from PSDesigns. They are all very similar in design to the...

Anglesey 2nd June 2021 Last time we were here at Anglesey Circuit was the beginning of the summer 2020 but I was only here helping friends run their cars as I had build the new engine and had it booked for running in on the dyno. So I haven't been to Anglesey in the E46 since 2019 when we did...

Dyno Graph... The hunt for the lack of power with the new engine continues. Scanned in some dyno graphs of the old engine vs the new engine to see what difference there is between the engines. Clear to see where the Schrick cams are making more power with the same intake and exhaust set up...

19th August for Snetterton. Cadwell the week before. Looking forward to Snetterton, had such a good time there last summer.

Yeah something to consider in the future but i’m not worried about those numbers and it’s consistent and what i’d expect it to make, it’s on 3% difference in power. I do have one final thing to log and check next time it’s out and it’s the timing map used when the vanos is in fail safe mode. But...

April update - Will be interested to hear any comments on this one... Been holding back on this update for a while as it hasn't really yielded any of the results I'd hoped for. But decided to document it as it has been an interesting process even through no progress has been made at all despite...