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On Monday we went to Cadwell Park for a Javelin track day. There were lots of other Clios about including @Beany @Helpimonfire @R20BTG @s88thy @RSRowe together with Ben and Simmo from the Track Baguettes. There were also a surprising number of 197/200s and 172/182s there as well. It was a...

The exposure on my front camera was not great but this is a zoomed in still with you breaking at Mansfield. The lock up was definitely coming from your passenger side rear wheel and it was happening a number of times around the circuit, but mainly in the heavy breaking areas.

Yep, it looked like the left to me. I will have a look at the videos later. You could install a bias valve but I would guess there is a far simpler explanation that doesn’t require you to spend a few hundred quid.

I didn't get a remap when MS Custom Engineering did my upper and lower manifolds. If you are going to change your hoses you need to drain the coolant from your system. It is easy enough to do but you will have to endure the chore of getting the retaining clips off and on again for each end of...

If you want some induction noise then get the K-Tec kit. I looks and sounds good but does not offer much difference in terms of performance. If you did get the inlet manifolds port matched and gas flowed you might see a tiny increase in power of about 1 to 2 bhp. I got it done for the looks...

In the week I ordered a Cup Racer radiator support and two rack stops from RSport. They are coming from France so they wil turn up in the next few weeks. The Cup Racer parts catalogue has an under tray in it so once the Cup Racer radiator support is in I will probably order an under tray as the...

I am looking forward to seeing this car out on track again. It was a powerful beast the last time I saw it.

Have you got your calliper pins yet? If not let me know and I will find a set of used ones and chuck them in the toolbox and bring them to Cadwell with us.

Do you have any photos?

The 5mm spacers have not solved the issue of the Gaz Gold front adjuster touching the inside edge of the wheel on full lock. I think that Cup Racers have a specific rack stop so will see if I can acquire a rack stop for either side of the rack and see if that will help with the issue. I...

Very tidy.

@EthanMenace has too much time on his hands. The crusty Brembo HC discs have gone back into the parts bin and the Godspeed G hook discs have gone on to the front to be gently bedded in. The Clio will definitely get more than 300 miles use before Cadwell Park so they should be good to be used...

I went for a drive in the car earlier today to see how the Cup Racer front end feels. The problem is that the Clio is the fourth car I have driven today and it seems impossible to notice any really significant difference compared to when I last drove the Clio (or perhaps the time before that...

We went to AW Motorworks this morning and had the front end of the car aligned. This photo hows how much camber the car had with the Cup Racer front end put on and no other changes to the previous set up. I know that people sometimes strive for lots of camber but this really was too much...

The car came off of the axle stands today. @EthanMenace took it for q quick drive and was immediately concerned by by a clunking noise and a metallic rubbing noise. The clunking noise turned out to be the steering column which was quickly sorted out. This is the drivers side wheel on full...

The six point harnesses are now in on both sides and the battery has now been moved from under the passenger seat to behind the passenger seat. We can't decide if we should bed in the new discs and brakes together, or bed in the pads with some extreme braking on the old crusty Brembo HC discs...

There is a Pre-Cat in the stock exhaust manifold and then the Cat is bolted between the manifold and the centre section.

What do you do when you have broken some plastic parts in a crash? You buy a plastic welder and weld the crap out of the parts. @EthanMenace bought a plastic welder to fix a broken headlight clip and decided to repair one of the Corvette brake ducts that was damaged at Snetterton. You can see...

The newer bumper is now receiving some attention. The newer bumper and headlights are from a Clio that was a track car and was being broken for parts. It had a cold air feed fitted to the passenger side fog light. It was a slightly odd design as it had a metal plate that had been curved and...

Massive progress was made this weekend with getting the car back together and installing the Cup Racer front end parts. We had to replace a few parts after the crash at Snetterton so we installed a new Nissan's radiator. The car had been filled up in the week with type D yellow coolant and the...