Luke_197 Progress thread
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Luke_197
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clio looks brilliant, luke. i like how the billie springs almost match the body colour.
I know mate, it's like they where made for the car. [emoji23]my linear Springs that I'm looking to upgrade to are yellow though, NOOOOOO!
Luke_197
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Lets do it Yiannis! And we will get your car detailed eventually. [emoji1360] [emoji4]
Luke_197
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Thanks mate, the recaro are supportive to a certain extent but once on track you start to notice yourself moving around in quite a lot and also I wasn't keen on the higher you sit at. Still the recaros are brilliant seats, very comfy and they look fantastic.
Luke_197
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What a progress, well done! Remove that bloody radio and the speakers as well, another way to save weight
Haha not sure I could be without a radio mate, but the rear speakers may go soon. My aim is go as lightweight as I can with a few comforts, ie heater, dash door cards, and radio must stay, I'm going on the hunt for more sound deadening. >
and a lightweight battery is defiantly on the cards. Maybe even plexi glass. [emoji12]
Luke_197
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Rear speakers are just 300g, both.
That's disgustingly heavy they are going in the bin tomorrow. [emoji23] probably not even 300g considering mine is a cup.
Raptor6767
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Chris
Bad cop
some cups don't even have rear speakers so you might have already seen the Gainz!
Luke_197
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I've weighted everything I've removed from the car in my "lightweight phase".
Awesome, I wish I had kept track of how much everything weighed, I really want my car weighed to see what see stands at now.
Luke_197
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Raptor6767
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Luke_197
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Raptor6767
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Luke_197
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Little update.
The second bucket seat is finally in, only took 2 months for oreca/sparco to send out the subframe! [emoji51] but she's in. Have also fitted my old OMP harness as well as left the original seat belt in place.
Next job was to fit the lightweight battery, went for a varley 15, which weights just 5.5kg. That around half the standard battery weight. [emoji41]
This also gave me room to relocated my ITG maxogen, with a less restrictive samco 90 degree intake hose. I gave the filter and throttle body a clean out whilst everything was apart. There's a small difference, feels like it pulls a little harder and the noise is awesome, you can hear the air entering the air box now that's it's pointing more toward the front of the car. Thing also stay a lot cooler now.
Next on the list is a manifold, cold air feed and a remap. Going to head to RS tuning in 2 weeks. Then we can see how strong or weak this N/A engine is.
http://www.clio197.net/forum/showthread.php?19407-Luke_197-Progress-thread/page21
The second bucket seat is finally in, only took 2 months for oreca/sparco to send out the subframe! [emoji51] but she's in. Have also fitted my old OMP harness as well as left the original seat belt in place.
Next job was to fit the lightweight battery, went for a varley 15, which weights just 5.5kg. That around half the standard battery weight. [emoji41]
This also gave me room to relocated my ITG maxogen, with a less restrictive samco 90 degree intake hose. I gave the filter and throttle body a clean out whilst everything was apart. There's a small difference, feels like it pulls a little harder and the noise is awesome, you can hear the air entering the air box now that's it's pointing more toward the front of the car. Thing also stay a lot cooler now.
Next on the list is a manifold, cold air feed and a remap. Going to head to RS tuning in 2 weeks. Then we can see how strong or weak this N/A engine is.
http://www.clio197.net/forum/showthread.php?19407-Luke_197-Progress-thread/page21
Yiannis197
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Nice one mate, I'm a bit skeptical with these small batteries, do you use the car every day or just on the weekends?
Luke_197
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Luke_197
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@Yiannis I was a bit worried, I use my car every day and do a 6 miles to work and 6 miles back, but so far so good. Cranking power is better than the standard battery, when I stop the car I just assure I switch off all electrics, but considering mine is the light cup model, I don't have much else in the car that use power other than lights, fan, heater and stereo. I think it will be fine mate but will report back if I have any issues.
