Glacier White 200 Cup

[Tarticmonkey]

Thanks! I remember first buying the car and reading through hundreds of pages of threads, weird to think other people could be doing the same with ours now!

They do mate. Pretty sure Bean my mate with the Silver clio has read through most of this thread and I got told yesterday by a mate on insta that mine, yours and Ian's cars were the reason they bought their 200 recently

 

[Beany]

There’s only one Bean here

 

[Helpimonfire]

There’s only one Bean here

I don't think Chris at Beaniesport is on here is he?

 

[Beany]

I don't think Chris at Beaniesport is on here is he?

Another imposter

 

[burrellbloke]

I finally got our CANchecked data logger working properly today.



Despite having the CANchecked MFD32 installed for over 12 months we had encountered a problem that although the device would display the essential information that we wanted like oil pressure, oil temperature, revs and gears the data that was logged was out of sync. It would recorded he data too fast, or too slow. The result of the data being logged at variable speeds (that we had no control over what speed and it was very random) meant that although we could look at the data in the logs it was of no use when trying to overlay it in to videos.

I had been in contact with CANchecked earlier this year and they had attempted to fix the problem several times but had no idea how to solve the problem as the device does not have an internal clock. A few days ago CANchecked released a new firmware for the device which solved the timing issue for the data.

I took the Clio out today and did a bit of data logging and with new firmware it is now data logging at the correct speed.



The helpful thing about the CANchecked data logger is that is hard wired in to the car so when we go to a track day it will just record information in the background. It does not have to be activated for each session on track. The data it collects is relatively small in size and the memory card will just keep recording all day long without it filling up unlike a GoPro.

The core data this will log is:

1. Engine revs
2. Throttle posiiton
3. Gear
4. Coolant temperature
5. Air intake temperature
6. Oil temperature
7. Oil pressure

The next tech to add to the car will probably be a tyre pressure monitoring system to add to the CANchecked system.

 

[av4625]

Did you add an oil temperature sensor and somehow connect it to the CANchecked logger?

Is this wired into can wires directly or into the OBD2 port? (you probably have a post on it somewhere, sorry)

Can I ask how you overlay the data onto videos? I have my own data logger (timer) and would like to put the data on a video as well.

Edit: Managed to find the answers to the first two questions with the search function

 

[burrellbloke]

Did you add an oil temperature sensor and somehow connect it to the CANchecked logger?

Is this wired into can wires directly or into the OBD2 port? (you probably have a post on it somewhere, sorry)

Can I ask how you overlay the data onto videos? I have my own data logger (timer) and would like to put the data on a video as well.

We added a sandwich plate with two ports and then plumbed in an oil pressure sensor and an oil temperature sensor. The sensors are wired in to the CANchecked display.

We faffed around with the wires and did have an OBD2 power cable. Eventually @EthanMenace decided to just wire the CANchecked display in to the car by soldering the necessary wires in to the rear of the OBD2 port.

I use an app on my Mac called Race Render. The software is old and has not been updated for a long time but it does what I need it to. You take the video file, then take a data feed, and sync it up and then create the video file.



My current set up its to use:

1. A RaceBox Mini S to record GPS data - this records speed, lap times and track position.
2. Two GoPros to record the front facing and rear facing footage.
3. CANChecked to record the data from the engine extracted from the OBD2 port, with the exception of oil temperature and oil pressure which is recorded by sensors that are not part of the cars OEM sensors.

I have not added oil temperature or pressure to my current overlay - but now that I can log the data I might incorporate it.

You can add multiple feeds to Race Render so I add in two GoPro video feeds, the data from the RaceBox and now I will add in the data from the CANchecked device. If your current data logger can export the data in a .log file or .csv then an app like Race Render can probably use it.

 

[av4625]

We added a sandwich plate with two ports and then plumbed in an oil pressure sensor and an oil temperature sensor. The sensors are wired in to the CANchecked display.

We faffed around with the wires and did have an OBD2 power cable. Eventually @EthanMenace decided to just wire the CANchecked display in to the car by soldering the necessary wires in to the rear of the OBD2 port.

I use an app on my Mac called Race Render. The software is old and has not been updated for a long time but it does what I need it to. You take the video file, then take a data feed, and sync it up and then create the video file.

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My current set up its to use:

1. A RaceBox Mini S to record GPS data - this records speed, lap times and track position.
2. Two GoPros to record the front facing and rear facing footage.
3. CANChecked to record the data from the engine extracted from the OBD2 port, with the exception of oil temperature and oil pressure which is recorded by sensors that are not part of the cars OEM sensors.

I have not added oil temperature or pressure to my current overlay - but now that I can log the data I might incorporate it.

You can add multiple feeds to Race Render so I add in two GoPro video feeds, the data from the RaceBox and now I will add in the data from the CANchecked device. If your current data logger can export the data in a .log file or .csv then an app like Race Render can probably use it.

Great info thanks.
I also have a Mac so will try that out, I also plan to try two cameras soon.
My timer currently exports in JSON, but I can easily convert.

 

[burrellbloke]

I was sent a photo from Alex at AW Motorworks yesterday.

He has done the refurbishment work on the hubs, pressed in the new ball joints, bolted in the new bearings, and pressed in the hub flanges.



The parts were all blasted and have been given a cerakote treatment.

 

[burrellbloke]

I went to collect the hubs today from AW Motorworks. The photos speak for themselves.

 

[Maidens1979]

They look soooo nice

 

[Mardgee]

They look 100% perfect, wish I could do the same

 

[burrellbloke]

@EthanMenace gave the Clio a service yesterday. The spark plugs and cabin filter had not been changed since 2020.

Yesterday's service included:

1. Oil change
2. Oil filter change
3. Spark plugs
4. Cabin filter

The car stayed on the floor for the service. The Draper oil vacuum pump was used to get the old oil out of the car as it generally extracts more oil than draining the oil from the sump plug. The under tray came off to catch the residual oil that came out of the oil sandwich plate after the oil filter has been removed. An oil pan caught the residual oil.



I purchased OEM plugs, an OEM oil filter and an OEM cabin filter for the service.



The plugs came out looking okay - there is one of the new plugs on the right hand side.



We always mark up the oil filters to show what mileage has been done.



It wasn't until @EthanMenace took off the old oil filter that we realised that the car had its last oil and filter change 900 miles ago. Doing less track days this year in the autumn has clearly confused me. Nevermind, the Clio lives a pampered life and hopefully having regular oil changes will keep the engine happy.



The car will filled up using some Fuchs Titan Race Pro 5w40 oil. Ethan used his Sealy oil filler tool which basically screws on to the oil filler cap hole and lets you put in the oil without having to faff around with the gloopy oil sloping over the engine.



Oil in and now on to the cabin filter.



OEM cabin filters come in agrey/charcoal colour so this old cabin filter is not as bad as it looks. But, it was full of debris that had come through the air vent system.



Mmmm...



We have purchased a TPMS system made by ECUMaster in the Black Friday sales. It is a system that has 8 sensors so that we can have a set on the road wheels and track wheels. It plugs in to the CAN system so we need to work out how to make it work with our CANchecked display, I spoke with CANchcked before I bought it and they say it should work. If it does work then it will give us tyre pressure data that we can see on a display. Another thing that we don’t really need but it would be nice to have.

 

[av4625]

I need that funnel for the engine oil

 

[EthanMenace]

It should be this one. Used it on my megane a few times as well, makes life much easier!

3pc Engine Oil Funnel - Renault and Nissan | VS7104 | Sealey

1 Year Guarantee – Fastens/seals into engine filler with two manufacturer specific adaptors. Covering big proportion of modern vehicles for Renault and Nissan.

www.sealey.co.uk

 

[Tarticmonkey]

I’ll stick to my tractor funnel for £30 I think

 

[EthanMenace]

I’ll stick to my tractor funnel for £30 I think

Tight Yorkshiremen eh...

 

[Tarticmonkey]

Tight Yorkshiremen eh...

Squeak when I walk apparently

 

[Beany]

You guys buy funnels

 

[burrellbloke]

The Clio has not seen much use since our last track day in September. I have spent the past three months looking at other peoples track day photos wanting to do more track days myself. We have now booked some early track days for next year:

1. Snetterton - Saturday 18th January 2025. This is an MSV cheap track day on the 300 circuit layout.
2. Donington Park - Friday 28th February 2025. This is an OpenTrack day on the GP circuit which neither of us have done before.

We will book in some more track days as the year progresses. The Ring trip for 2025 is taking shape with a 5 day trip planned from Friday 27th June 2025 through to Tuesday 1st July 2025 with a Circuit Days track day on 30th July 2025. My brothers are coming along for some TF laps as one of them has now bought a Hyundai Ionic 5N and wants to do some TF laps.

Last year we had planned to get some PMS solid engine mounts and change the front brakes to Megane 3 calipers. We did not get round to those changes but they should both happen this year. We have already got a set of Megane 3 calipers which will need a rebuild. The expensive part of the brake project will be new discs and pads to take advantage of the bigger surface area of the Megane 3 sized brake pads on slightly bigger discs. The rear discs and brake pads will need to be replaced early in the year as they are now well worn.

I have just ordered drivers side foot plate from PMS.



The interior of the car will come out soon. We need to sort out some track door cards for the front and rear and acquire a passenger side foot plate.

The shiny front hubs with new wheel bearings and new swivels are still sat in the shed so will go on to the Clio either before or after our trip to Snetterton in January 2025.

Another project that we have been working on is a TPMS with temperature sensors. We purchased a TPMS system that we can make work with the CANchecked display. The theory is that we get the TPMS sensors installed in to the wheels and those sensors will communicate with the black box in the picture below. That black box plugs in to the CAN bus system so that the tyre pressure and tyre temperature readings can be displayed in the car.



We have got 8 sensors so that we can use 4 on the track wheels and 4 on the road/wet wheels.

@EthanMenace has wired in a CAN bus expansion hub so that we can use DTM connectors with the TPMS system and any other sensors that we might add in the future.



Hopefully we will get a set of sensors installed in the wet/road wheels this week or next week. Provided that I can configure the sensors correctly we should be able to get the pressure and temperature readings from each wheel displayed as one of the 10 pages on the CANchecked display.