Gaz's track Clio

[Gaz Walton]

Edited to show new mods but probably more that I cannot remember ATM

Gaz

Suspension

Bilstein B14 PSS Coilovers
AST Adjustable Top Mounts
Eibach Camber bolts
Pure Motorsport rear camber shims
OMP front and rear strut braces

Interior

Cobra Imola S Bucket Seats with Aluminium Side Mounts
Schroth ASM Profi 2 5 point harnesses
Custom subframes (to give an optimum seating position)
Geronimo Custom 6 Point Roll Cage with harness bar
QSP helmet harness
Carbon Fibre Door Cards
Carbon Fibre Fuel Pump Cover
330mm Suede Steering Wheel with OMP Boss
Clio Cup Door Handle Surrounds
Odyssey Extreme 25 Race Battery
Flocked Dash
Fully Painted Interior
Carbon panel with fuses,kill switch, electric window swithes and horn button
OMP fia 4.25l fire system
All none necessary wiring,brackets etc removed

Engine and gearbox

KTEC induction kit
OMP Inox Group N Exhaust System
KTR Group N Upper Engine Mount
KTR Group N Gearbox Mount
Powerflex Lower Engine Mount
Mocul oil cooler
Pure Motorsport aircon delete
Pure Motorsport light weight pulley kit
Gearbox rebuild
Quaife LSD
Lightened flywheel

Exterior

Soda Fabia front splitter as I smashed my carbon one
Clio Cup Brake Ducts (fitted with ducting)
Front and rear tow straps
Aero catches on bonnet
Fire and electric kill pulls
Headlight blanks
Lexan front and rear side widows

Wheels

Speedline 2118 Wheels in 15x7J Fitment
Federal RSR tyres
Wheel Stud Conversion
20mm spacers all round

Brakes

Wilwood 4 pot callipers
Mintex 1144 and 1155 pads
Brembo HC Discs
Goodridge Stainless Braided Hoses














Nurburgring October 2011





Nurburgring August 2012

Edited by Gaz Walton on Saturday 10th August 14:53

Edited by Gaz Walton on Saturday 10th August 14:54

[JasonPollock]

LOVE IT! Perfection!

[Stedman]

Blimey - I bet that stops quickly with the RC5 pads!

[wackojacko]

Good work. Lovely motor.

[Gaz Walton]

Thanks for the comments guys, as for the brakes they are very good they slow the car so quickly and it's stopping distance is near as nothing, I have never felt any brake fade at all so very happy with them, I would say the only problem with the RC5's would be the amount of dust they produce, my wheels can go from wheel to black within minutes but its a track car not a show car so it does not bother me to much.

Gaz

[Gaz Walton]

A few pics from Spa earlier this month, had a great time and the gf drove for the first time on track and loved it so now the car is at my friends garage getting a LSD, 4pot calipers, new clutch, white line arb, different geometry settings and a lots more then I will bring it back to my house in france for plexi windows, a proper fire system, headlight blanks and probably a lot more.

The plan now is to make it non road legal and trailer it everywhere as it was horrid to drive on the road anyway lol





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[GTiFrank]

Looks very tidy for a track car. Baptism of fire for the gf's first track day @ spa! Cracking pics.

[Gaz Walton]

Thanks Frank yes was a real baptism for her as she had only drove the car for 20min before as we'll and she is used to LHD cars , but her instructor she had was brilliant with her and even on her first lap she came into Eau Rouge fast

[Gaz Walton]

Here are a few pics of her first ever drive in the car, on the track and in a RHD car lol

[Life Saab Itch]

Very nice.

All modifications for function. Beats the hell out of all the stanced crap out there.

[Gaz Walton]

just got back from DN9 at the ring and had a great time it was such a well organised event and has now swayed me to stop doing the tourist days and stay on the trackday path.

The car performed perfectly and we are very happy with it.

here are the pics that frozenspeed took during the day and I must say there are really good.

[ringy]

What a epic clio.
Been looking at these as a possible new track car/daily.
This has made me alot more interested lol.
How reliable are they? Heard mixed things

[grenpayne]

Super reliable, if looked after. My 172 has been brilliant as a daily, write up and history is in my profile if you are interested.

Lovely car OP. Any ideas how much weight you saved by stripping the interior, or was this offset with the cage?

[Gaz Walton]

Reliability has been pretty good tbh had the gearbox changed at the start of the year and included a quaife diff as the box was getting tired.

Other than that the only breakdownsI have had was two minor electrical which were both fixed in 15 min.

But I have spent also a lot of money on the car to make it as reliable as possible with more track orientated parts tbh and after every trackday I spend a lot of time stripping everything down, cleaning, inspecting and replacing anything I'm not happy with.

The weight is now 960kg but it goes a lot further than just the interior, I have removed none necessary wiring, metal work (in the doors etc) aircon, lighter pulleys, and lots more. That has been my OCD for the past year as its better that bumping the bhp up and having a less reliable engine.

Gaz

[Gaz Walton]

Just updated the first post with a more upto date modification list

Gaz

[iguana]

Spotted the car at DN9.

Ref weight I'm pretty sure Darrens own race 172 is 100+kg less than your weight posted above, does have grp doors, bonnet & tailgate tho.

[Zmaster2k]

Im more a MK1 man, but do love a 172 going nuts!

Seriously thinking of one as a daily!

[Gaz Walton]

iguana said:

Spotted the car at DN9.

Ref weight I'm pretty sure Darrens own race 172 is 100+kg less than your weight posted above, does have grp doors, bonnet & tailgate tho.

Yeah I don't have any grp panels yet, that's planned for next year hopefully. I'm pretty sure I'm at 960kg as that is what I had when it was corner weighted but I have chopped a little more out since.

Gaz

[Alastair Scott]

Hi there. Quick question. Where did you get your headlight blanks from please? Bought some from K Tec but there is a big gap to the bonnet. My car is an original 172 led cup racer. Thanks Alastair.

[IanH755]

Howdo Gaz! Those DN9 pics make it look like an epic race car there fella!