Glacier White 200 Cup

[EthanMenace]

Great news that the springs worked and arent bad in the rain either?

What settings did you start with on the shocks after changing springs?

I saw you said you raised the subframe, how did you do that? Solid bushes? Where did you get them?

We were on 4 clicks from hard front and back most of the day for dampers.

If you were going full race car I could see why you might go even stiffer at the rear but the turn in was great and it was really stable as well.

the subframe just has solid subframe mounts from PMS

 

[av4625]

We were on 4 clicks from hard front and back most of the day for dampers.

If you were going full race car I could see why you might go even stiffer at the rear but the turn in was great and it was really stable as well.

the subframe just has solid subframe mounts from PMS

Nice. I currently have the front somewhere around the middle and rears anywhere from full hard to 5 from hard depending on the track/hill.

I have actually just ordered those bushes lol. Didn’t know they had the cup racer spec to move the subframe.

 

[LiamP]

Nice. I currently have the front somewhere around the middle and rears anywhere from full hard to 5 from hard depending on the track/hill.

I have actually just ordered those bushes lol. Didn’t know they had the cup racer spec to move the subframe.

I didn’t think the pure ones actually adjusted the height of the subframe?

 

[burrellbloke]

I didn’t think the pure ones actually adjusted the height of the subframe?

Everyday is a school day for me.

 

[LiamP]

Everyday is a school day for me.

Haha, yeah it’s just the wheeler ones that have the further RC adjustment.

Glad the spring change worked out

 

[burrellbloke]

I have had time to sort out some of the video footage captured from last week.

This is the master v apprentice for our respective best laps of the day.

@EthanMenace 's fastest lap

My fastest lap

The drivers side arch/bumper is wearing more and more. This is how it looks after Snetterton. The softer springs are not going to prevent the natural rubbing and the arch/bumper will probably get worse. The passenger side is not suffering as badly as the drivers side. I did quickly measure the ride height of the car on both sides yesterday on a floor that is not perfectly flat and both sides measure 610mm from the floor to the top of the curve on the arch. I would guess that the rubbing is slightly worse on the drivers side due to most circuits having more right had turns than left hand turns.



After seeing Wes' car we are thinking about stripping the interior of the car. I am all for it but Ethan is still not 100% convinced. We know the weight of a passenger around Snetterton adds about 3 seconds to a lap time in our Clio so the car losing some weight has its advantages.

I am not sure that we will fit in any more track days this year. I am changing my job so it is going to be very difficult to get any time off over October or November 2024 and by that time of the year the weather will be very wet and cold. That is unless @EthanMenace decides to do a solo track day. I like a cheap winter track day but I might wait until the new year for the next outing.

There are still a few tasks to sort out over the next few months and in to very early next year. The car needs an oil change. The MOT is due in November 2024. The hubs will be refurbished. Although we had thought about putting some Megane 250 calipers on the car we are likely not to bother now due to the increased running costs without seeing a massive difference in performance.

 

[RSRowe]

Meg callipers actually are a massive difference!!
Ask any of the lads when we’re next out.

 

[EthanMenace]

Meg callipers actually are a massive difference!!
Ask any of the lads when we’re next out.

Surprised to hear that! I was under the impression it would just be a bit of extra heat dissipation and we don’t seem to have any issues with brake temps on track.

did you have them on yours?

 

[av4625]

I notice that my car pushes the front bumper out slightly where it meets the arch (mostly drivers side too). I haven’t bothered mounting it more strongly as I feel if it pushes out it wont wear as much lol

Stripping the car makes it so much more enjoyable to drive, a light car is so good. Although I don’t drive mine on the road.

I have to agree with @RSRowe, the meg caliper upgrade was a massive difference for me. I run 330mm godspeed disks. I don’t know how much of an upgrade it is if you already run 330mm disks with Clio calipers, maybe not much? I went from stock clio calipers and disks to 330mm disks and megane calipers with the same PBS pro race pads in both setups, imo unreal pads for the price.

 

[burrellbloke]

The Clio has sat since the last track day. I had a planned change of job so did not book in any track days for October November to concentrate on work. The change of job has now resulted in me no longer having to work odd weekends or evenings, and more flexibility to work from home, or even work longer hours one day and shorter hours the next.

The hub refresh project is still rumbling on. All of the parts have been acquired and now the hubs are with AW Motorworks to be blasted and then certain parts cerakote treated. Alex said it would be cheaper to blast the metal parts and then power coat them. We decided to go with the "overkill" option to cerakote the parts to hopefully stop the aluminium hubs from tarnishing, and keeping the steel parts looking fresh.



We acquired some swivel joints from Rene Dizdar.



He was really easy to deal with and delivered the swivels quickly.



There are someone SNR bearings to go in to the hubs.

Once the hubs are fitted it means that most parts in the engine bay will have been replaced or refurbed at some point other than the engine.

I attempted to clean up the headlights today. I purchased a 3M headlight restoration kit from Amazon to see if it could improve the plastic cover on our black insert lights. As the car is Clio is not garaged the UV light has given the headlights a slight brown tinge. The kit comes with sand paper of different grit levels to attach to a drill so that you can dry sand, wet sand and polish the headlight cover.



The kit was less than £25 so I thought that it was worth giving it a go.



This is the before photo.



This is the after photo.



The top part where the indicator bulb is where most of the discolouring had affected the light. I think that the restoration kit has worked to clean it up a bit. I have used most of the kit on the drivers side light so I am temped to buy another kit to do the driver's side light again and also the passenger side light. The kit should do two lights but I found that I worked out what I should have been doing with the sand paper half way through the job.

The Clio is having its MOT done on Monday. I am not expecting any surprises so hopefully it will be a pass with no advisories.

 

[burrellbloke]

MOT day today.



It was another pass. As we don't have a tow car it is important for the Clio to be able to drive to and from track days.



The car has covered 4,500 over that past 12 months - 1,200 of those miles were to the Nurburgring, round it a few times, and the journey back.

 

[Beany]

When’s the interior coming out tho

 

[EthanMenace]

When’s the interior coming out tho

very soon..

 

[burrellbloke]

When’s the interior coming out tho

I was asking the same question the other day,

 

[Tarticmonkey]

If you're taking the interior out, I'd recommend getting some "party plugs" for your ears when driving the car on the road.

Let's you still hear the car / music that you have and doesn't send you deaf / mad from drone.

 

[Marsch]

^Wimp...

 

[Tarticmonkey]

Wimp and proud. Knew I needed something when I was shouting across the table in a beer garden after driving there in the clio - thinking I was speaking at normal volume.
Then again could just blame industrial deafness for that.

 

[EthanMenace]

Wimp and proud. Knew I needed something when I was shouting across the table in a beer garden after driving there in the clio - thinking I was speaking at normal volume.
Then again could just blame industrial deafness for that.

I’m already half deaf, I’ll turn off my hearing aids if it gets that bad

 

[Mardgee]

What a read, appreciate the effort you have put into the thread. It’s taken me a while but just got to the end now, great to see the progress in the car.
Love how it’s all been done with you on the drive and the shed - well mainly Ethan Will have to try and get to some track days with you next year.
Look forward to the winter updates… Whose thread do I pick now?

 

[EthanMenace]

What a read, appreciate the effort you have put into the thread. It’s taken me a while but just got to the end now, great to see the progress in the car.
Love how it’s all been done with you on the drive and the shed - well mainly Ethan Will have to try and get to some track days with you next year.
Look forward to the winter updates… Whose thread do I pick now?

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!