its back :D

[Craig]

forgot how much fun it was to drive!!!! :D

few pics and a quick flyby video below :)

http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~cadams/images/tbclio/oct2006/tbliopass.3gp

http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~cadams/images/tbclio/oct2006/tbclio4.jpg

http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~cadams/images/tbclio/oct2006/tbclio2.jpg

http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~cadams/images/tbclio/oct2006/tbclio1.jpg

http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~cadams/images/tbclio/oct2006/tbclio3.jpg

[Lunner]

what happened to it, where did it go? :S

[Craig]

kent pulley shattered, causing slipped belt, and bent valves, etc! :(

its been off the road months due to it, but picked it up today with new bits on! :D

[MatBrown]

Sweet!



Mat.

[dannyt]

looking good craig, bet your glad to be back now buddy!

Danny

[Coops]

ah the original beast is back! and is that a set of black turbines i spy?! :twisted:

[Craig]

sure is, i bought them for winter like.....but it broke soon after!

they are getting swapped soon tho i think!

[jay s]

:shock: sounds like an animal, bet your glad to have it back, id be :D think it looked best with the white willy wheels on :wink:

[Martin]

Good stuff chief

[Craig]

Angelworks new place is great too!!!

[Andyvalver]

Sounds mint, bet your not selling now :wink:

[bass_direct]

****ing sweeet mate!!! glad you got it back!

[richy]

good stuff mate! glad its sorted now! :rally:

[big hp]

Cool.

Extracted anymore power out of it?

[Craig]

not sure about any more power. its had a wide band lambda and remap, so the fueling is 100 x better. was running with no lambda before and a bit rough!

only prob is couldnt get any grip on the rollers so couldnt get a power run!

it NEEDS willwoods! lethal withough lol :

[DaveH]

Glad youve got it back mate, about time too. I bet youve got a few bits to do. I always find things that need sorting when my cars been off the road!

[Craig]

yeh loads!

inc a few surface rust patches :(

[BenR]

Glad to see you in it again craig!.....along with a big grin lol.

Its running very nicely now, but some areas were hard to map and a power figure near impossible to get as the tyres on it are pretty crap and just spin on the shiny metal rollers. I was worried about some small fueling areas where we couldnt hold load due to the slip, but we sorted them on the road.

Some area required a hell of alot more fuel as i altered the cam timing a tad, particuarly circa 40-60% throttle from 3500-5000rpm. So it should feel better up there.

as long as craigs happy thats all that matters, keep an eye out on anything that doesnt feel right or isnt spot on and we can correct it.

[BenR]

well originally it was setup using an omex supplied narroband, and it just didnt work very nicely.

The wideband allows a more precise and constant AFR information to the driver aswell as allowing me to provide the ecu with full wideband info once i have scaled the inputs from the external device.

You dont 'need' any closed loop feedback, especially on devoted track cars, but on a road car it sure makes life alot better, and economy is miles better.

[stan]

Good effort :D

[Daz.]

Sounds like a lot more work than I expected in boddies...

ERK!

[Amirclio]

Awesome! Glad its sorted!

[northy]

congratulations craig....and well done Ben. Get some use out of it craig !

What cams / pulleys are in it now ???? You got your set in ben ?

And mapping on the road :shock: very fast and furious :winkey: im impressed ! :D

[Craig]

its got the same cams as before (catcams) and also now catcams pulleys too.

[northy]

:approve:

[pat_986]

Allways loved this car, Congrats on getting it back!

One Q: On the original fuel injector location's, three are plugged and one has a pipe to it, where does it go and what does it do?

[Craig]

cheers :D

that pipe, its just a breather, it just goes to the bottom of the bay

[stan]

LOL mapping on the road is great!!

Laptop on knee, left foot braking to hold load, reading lambda gauge, and adjusting via laptop....all whilst trying not to crash!!

A1 came in very handy when i was in London!!

[Plattsy]

Glad to see it back! Been off the road since before i sold the hybrid!

And those black turbines used to be mine :)

[Craig]

it would have been much easier with a passenger seat Ben! iv fitted standard interior now lol. just what u wanted to hear!

[northy]

any more pictures craig ???

[Craig]

well....seen as it now has a few surface rust patches it doesnt look so tidy, so ill get some pics up once they have been sorted over next couple of weeks :D

[northy]

dont worry about the rust mate - pictures (interior will be fine)

[Craig]

its been de-slaged a bit now! hehe!

before:

http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~cadams/images/tbclio/oct2006/harness.jpg

http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~cadams/images/tbclio/oct2006/seat.jpg

After:

http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~cadams/images/tbclio/oct2006/clio_2.jpg

http://homepages.nildram.co.uk/~cadams/images/tbclio/oct2006/clio_1.jpg

[northy]

nice front seats - where did u get them from ? must of missed out on them lol. Thought it had leathers originally ?

[2 live]

lookin good fella.


it feel any quicker?

[Craig]

iv had the seats 9 months in my garage.

it did originally have leathers but i sold them on. not a big fan of the leathers tbh.

it feels quick....i dunno if quicker, as its been that long since i drove it its hard to say, but it drives and runs 10 x better now its got the wideband on there. idles perfect from cold, and other than a stiff clutch and box drives like a normal valver! just a bit quicker!

iv come to work in it today, as im off the the bodyshop straight from here to get a quote, and its bloody lethal in the damp unless you drive like a very cautious granny! :shock:

[northy]

heehee - sounds like u need some fresh rubber mate !

[Craig]

yeh its on 185's at the mo. not great.

iv got some other wheels with 195's on to go on like so should improve things hopefully!