Rally Clio 197

[Counterdoc]

This is my project thread for my 2006 Clio RS. I will competite in the some regional german rally championships.

My first rally car was a 1990 BMW 318is E30 and i drove it in the last season:



But now it's getting time to get a faster car :biggrin:


Planned parts:

• Allkofer Rennsport Technik 'ART' fully welded rollcage (identical to R3 spec)
• 5 mm aluminium seat consoles, custom-made
• OMP RSPT FIA bucket seats
• QSP Aluminium FIA 6-Point harness
• Flocked dashboard by ART
• KW rally-suspension (R3 base spec, but with some additional modifications, external oil reservoirs, fully adjustable)
• Kumho V70a 215/45R17 (K20/K21 - soft rear, K60 - medium front)
• Speedline Turini wheels 7x17 ET51 (R3 Access spec)
• Endless A06 brake pads
• ATE Super Blue Racing brake fluid
• Tarox F2000 brake discs front, rear stock
• Braided brake lines
• Fire Extinguisher 2,4 Liter AFFF
• Carbon foot rests
• OMP WRC steering wheels, 350 mm diameter, with Momo hub
• Aluminium engine protection, 7 mm
• Terratrip Clubman intercom
• Safety film for front side windows
• Carbon door panels
• R3 roof air intake
• Custom-made exhaust system
• Shorter final drive ratio (Vmax 185-190 km/h)
• Lightweight motorsport dashboard heater (1,2 kg)
• LiteBlox battery 2,3 kg

Target weight is <1111 kg (without spare wheel, without driver/co-driver, without fuel).




Design inspired by the R3:








I removed some unnecessary parts:





Design:





Seats:






First test drive on a autocross / autoslalom (place 4 of 13 cars, with stock suspension and old Dunlop Direzza. The other cars had slalom suspensions and full slicks):





First tubes of the rollcage:





:thumbup:


cheers,
Marius

 

[Dedespo]

Great stuff, will follow closely :thumbup:

 

[Counterdoc]

Some pictures of the current process:




OMP RSPT Seats:




The car is ready for the rollcage now:




There are two other Clios in this workshop:



The top one is a group N rallycar with dogbox etc., the bottom one is built similar to my Clio.

Marius

 

[Jimmy]

Very interested to see how this progresses - a bit different to the normal build threads! :bounce:

 

[Yiannis197]

Nice thread that:thumbsup:

 

[Counterdoc]

The rollcage is nearly finished. Can't wait to see the car fully assembled :w00t:

 

[Counterdoc]

New Pics:




After painting:




Next i have to fit the dashboard and find a place for my new, small heater/blower.

Does anybody know if the ABS will work without the small g-force controller/ecu in front of the shifter?

 

[Counterdoc]

Just a small update. Fitted the dashboard and the new, small heater/blower. The heater uses the stock water circulation. Also i can use the original turning knobs for adjusting the heater and the blower. So everything looks stock

 

[Chewyb]

I like the new lightweight heater I'm interested to know how well they clear the screen.

How much weight did it save?

 

[johnbr6]

Keep up the good work!

 

[Counterdoc]

The new heater weights about 1.1 kg. The complete stock heater/blower-unit is about 7 kg.

 

[Counterdoc]

+ complete aircon 10 kg. So i save about 16 kg

 

[Chewyb]

That's a good saving! How does it link up to the standard heater knobs?

 

[Counterdoc]

For using the warm/cold knob you can use a heater-valve (http://www.carid.com/images/wp/metrix/w01331810107mtx.jpg) which operates with a bowden cable and the original knob

The blower works with resistors which are installed in the stock blower unit. I will take some pictures this week.

 

[Chewyb]

That's great thanks for the info. I'm going to order a lightweight matrix like the one you have.

 

[Counterdoc]

There are two types of it. If have the first one:

http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/motorsport/cockpit-ventilation/demon-tweeks-lightweight-heater


http://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/motorsport/cockpit-ventilation/demon-tweeks-micro-heater

 

[Counterdoc]

Got my new seat side mount brackets, custom-made for the Clio from 5 mm Aluminum. And i fitted the OMP steering wheel.

 

[Chewyb]

Interior looks great ! Coming along nicely. You fitting plastic rear windows?

 

[Raptor6767]

Looks great. :thumbup:

How about the pulley and the dog bone? Have you installed them yet?

 

[Counterdoc]

Interior looks great ! Coming along nicely. You fitting plastic rear windows?

No i won't fit them for this season. But i will do so next season.


The dog bone and pulley will be fitted in february.



Some new pictures of the interior:










I hope to get my carbon interior parts (door panels and foot rests) as soon as possible. Can't wait to fit them