burrellbloke
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Glacier White 200 Cup
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burrellbloke
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Slow and steady progress is being made stripping the interior.
Most of the plastics have come out now.
The radio and speakers have now gone. Years ago we spent a small fortune on finding an OEM bluetooth Renault radio and another few hundred quid having its firmware uploaded so it would work. But we are now trying to create a proper track car.
I still do not understand why there is cardboard stuck to the ceiling of the car.
Ethan has has weighed what he has removed so far which is basically the plastic trims, OEM door cards, the radio and speakers. He says that it came to 25 kilos.
The dash will be removed at some point so that we can get access to the sound deadening behind it.
The car will look very different when all of this work has been completed. It will be nice to have the base of the ZPO shifter in display.
Does anyone have a rough idea how much weight the Clio can lose from taking out the plastic trims, door cards, radio equipment, and sound deadening before trying to remove every other unused bracket and before touching the loom? I am not sure how far we will take the weight reduction idea but I was just curious to know how much weight this heavy beast can lose on a medium intensity diet.
We have decided to invest in some PMS top mounts to increase the amount of caster we can get on the front wheels. After Ethan installed some PMS top mounts on his Megane I came to realise that most Meganes have very little camber but cope with handling and cornering well because that have lots of caster.
As the car is now going to be fairly unpleasant to drive anywhere apart from a track we will also get some PMS solid engine mounts.
Hopefully we can get the new PMS parts ordered at the end of the month.
Most of the plastics have come out now.
The radio and speakers have now gone. Years ago we spent a small fortune on finding an OEM bluetooth Renault radio and another few hundred quid having its firmware uploaded so it would work. But we are now trying to create a proper track car.
I still do not understand why there is cardboard stuck to the ceiling of the car.
Ethan has has weighed what he has removed so far which is basically the plastic trims, OEM door cards, the radio and speakers. He says that it came to 25 kilos.
The dash will be removed at some point so that we can get access to the sound deadening behind it.
The car will look very different when all of this work has been completed. It will be nice to have the base of the ZPO shifter in display.
Does anyone have a rough idea how much weight the Clio can lose from taking out the plastic trims, door cards, radio equipment, and sound deadening before trying to remove every other unused bracket and before touching the loom? I am not sure how far we will take the weight reduction idea but I was just curious to know how much weight this heavy beast can lose on a medium intensity diet.
We have decided to invest in some PMS top mounts to increase the amount of caster we can get on the front wheels. After Ethan installed some PMS top mounts on his Megane I came to realise that most Meganes have very little camber but cope with handling and cornering well because that have lots of caster.
As the car is now going to be fairly unpleasant to drive anywhere apart from a track we will also get some PMS solid engine mounts.
Hopefully we can get the new PMS parts ordered at the end of the month.
RSRowe
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A spot weld drill bit will help get all those useless brackets removed too….
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