Hey guys!
Not posted in a while, some of you know me off other forums (Probably mostly CS) I did have this black Ph1 172:
http://www.cliotrophy.co.uk/forum/showthread.php/44737-Hi-im-new
I sold it regretebly back in 2010 (After 5 odd years and near 60,000 miles - sold on 140,000 miles and 192bhp on itb's) to buy a S1 Lotus Elise.
The Elise was fantastic, and I owned it for little over a year, before I sold it to free up some money (W have our 2nd lil'un on the way, and having £8,000 tied up in a toy just wasn't finacially viable) so after having a few cheap track cars, I chanced upon this Williams.
It is well known in both Cliosport and williams Clio owners club, and was owned by a freind of mine for the past 2 years, and pretty much sat in a field for that time!
So when he was contemplating selling, I snapped it up!
It looked like this before he washed it for me before I collected it:
After a wash it looked like this:
The specification isn't massive, but enough to make a difference:
1995 Clio Williams 2
Mileage - 107,000 miles
Engine:
Usual airfilter/exhasut combo
Decat
Prowler exhaust manifold
cat cam 2225's with cat pulleys
gunnerchip (Requires a remap as running too lean on the current map)
polybushed dogbone mount (Fitted last night)
4th mount fitted
Suspension:
Full 172 widetrack setup:
Wishbones
Driveshafts
hubs
280mm brakes, 172 calipers with braided brake lines
suspension (I think it is on Eibach proline springs - tbc)
Interior:
standard bar pedal covers and gearknob
Bodywork:
Standard
As you can see there are a few things needing attention:
Firstly, the front bumper was cracked due to someone reversing into it, which unfortunately snapped one locating bracket off the bumper, so currently there are a set of bonnet pins holding it on (Pikeysport!) - I have a new front bumper in my shed awaiting fitment.
Next, the wheels are the wrong colour, so I will be attempting to refubish them (I hate refurbishing alloys!)
Since the photos, the rear torsion bar has been reset to raise the rear up - as you can see, it was far too low, and make the car odd to drive - although it still looks lower than standard, it is now matched to the front (Slight rake at the rear as per Clio's like) and drives much better.
I have also had the cambelt changed, as back around 70,000 miles the original belt snapped and caused a full head rebuild, so I didn't want that happening again!
The car has also had a reconditioned gearbox from renault, at approx 80,000 miles and an uprated clutch at the same time.
The rear arches (As far as I can tell) are original, here is the only bit of the drivers side:
The passenger side is a little worse, (As you can see in the above collection of photos) but is only a few bubbles and the rot has not taken hold yet, so this will be sorted soon.
Sills look like this:
So the car is pretty much rust free, just a few odd places to tidy up
Plan is to keep it looking standard, get the bodywork tidied up, get a remap, do the jobs I listed above and enjoy it
It is a toy/2nd car, so the mileage will be kept down to a reasonable amount, and it's great fun!
Comments welcome!
Russ
Not posted in a while, some of you know me off other forums (Probably mostly CS) I did have this black Ph1 172:
http://www.cliotrophy.co.uk/forum/showthread.php/44737-Hi-im-new
I sold it regretebly back in 2010 (After 5 odd years and near 60,000 miles - sold on 140,000 miles and 192bhp on itb's) to buy a S1 Lotus Elise.
The Elise was fantastic, and I owned it for little over a year, before I sold it to free up some money (W have our 2nd lil'un on the way, and having £8,000 tied up in a toy just wasn't finacially viable) so after having a few cheap track cars, I chanced upon this Williams.
It is well known in both Cliosport and williams Clio owners club, and was owned by a freind of mine for the past 2 years, and pretty much sat in a field for that time!
So when he was contemplating selling, I snapped it up!
It looked like this before he washed it for me before I collected it:
After a wash it looked like this:
The specification isn't massive, but enough to make a difference:
1995 Clio Williams 2
Mileage - 107,000 miles
Engine:
Usual airfilter/exhasut combo
Decat
Prowler exhaust manifold
cat cam 2225's with cat pulleys
gunnerchip (Requires a remap as running too lean on the current map)
polybushed dogbone mount (Fitted last night)
4th mount fitted
Suspension:
Full 172 widetrack setup:
Wishbones
Driveshafts
hubs
280mm brakes, 172 calipers with braided brake lines
suspension (I think it is on Eibach proline springs - tbc)
Interior:
standard bar pedal covers and gearknob
Bodywork:
Standard
As you can see there are a few things needing attention:
Firstly, the front bumper was cracked due to someone reversing into it, which unfortunately snapped one locating bracket off the bumper, so currently there are a set of bonnet pins holding it on (Pikeysport!) - I have a new front bumper in my shed awaiting fitment.
Next, the wheels are the wrong colour, so I will be attempting to refubish them (I hate refurbishing alloys!)
Since the photos, the rear torsion bar has been reset to raise the rear up - as you can see, it was far too low, and make the car odd to drive - although it still looks lower than standard, it is now matched to the front (Slight rake at the rear as per Clio's like) and drives much better.
I have also had the cambelt changed, as back around 70,000 miles the original belt snapped and caused a full head rebuild, so I didn't want that happening again!
The car has also had a reconditioned gearbox from renault, at approx 80,000 miles and an uprated clutch at the same time.
The rear arches (As far as I can tell) are original, here is the only bit of the drivers side:
The passenger side is a little worse, (As you can see in the above collection of photos) but is only a few bubbles and the rot has not taken hold yet, so this will be sorted soon.
Sills look like this:
So the car is pretty much rust free, just a few odd places to tidy up
Plan is to keep it looking standard, get the bodywork tidied up, get a remap, do the jobs I listed above and enjoy it
It is a toy/2nd car, so the mileage will be kept down to a reasonable amount, and it's great fun!
Comments welcome!
Russ
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