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Thanks m8 The charge cooler has a seperate tank and radiator up front. The tank sits next to the fuel tank. Not keen on deviating from standard look tbh, and i wasn't convinced about the change to a non standard colour, but i'm happy with the result. Subtle changes to the bodywork are all i've done. Fuel filler gone, debadged at the front and rear wiper removed.

Very nice picture m8.

After a change of wheels, this is how she stands today

The colour is Audi Ipanema brown. It really does 'pop' in the sun !

It was all going so well until i managed to strip every tooth off 5th gear. Crappy O2A gearboxes lol. In the hope of salvaging the day i removed the gearbox end cover and fished out the broken teeth But it wasn't to be and the gearbox still wasn't right, so a phone call to the trusty AA later and we were on our way home. The plan was to change the gearbox over and repaint the car over the winter 2012. Unfortunately i ended up with another list of pressing jobs, so the clio went on the back burner for a year. Come the end of 2013 and i started to repaint the shell, stripping both th

It made the trip to Donington June 2012 to the French car show and was indoors with the Performance French Car stand.

After a trip to see Scoff @ Efi-Parts, Runcorn to finish off the mapping and hopefully get some decent results, the outcome was 430 hp and 430 lbs/ft of torque @ 1.3 bar boost pressure. The injectors were pretty much maxed out at that boost, so since then i've changed to some 850cc siemens units. Just on with some suspension tweaks currently and then i can try some more boost !! :-P

First test drive ! http://videobam.com/CsbSc

I realised that the Clio had a cable driven speedo, and the VR was electronic so some sort of conversion was needed. I did consider 5 GTT clocks, but opted for some Astra GTE digital clocks as i'd had a set gathering dust for some years ! After stripping both of the clusters down, i modified the astra unit to fit inside the clio one. The end result is a perfect fit, shame about the spare trip counter hole I actually bought some slightly smoked perspex sheet, 3mm thick ( the thinnest i could find ) to make a new front for the clocks, but it's not flexible enough to deal with the clio clocks co

Here a couple of pics showing how much metal had to be moved to allow clearance for the crank pulley

Underneath the car

I guess it's about time i updated this thread !!........ Alot has happened since i last posted, and i'll begin from where i left off....... Under the bonnet.......