cort16 Posted February 22, 2020 Author Share Posted February 22, 2020 1 minute ago, HillmanImp said: He owned a performance Renault. Sensible compared to who? Hunter S Thompson? I hope he was level headed he's an air traffic controller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted February 22, 2020 Author Share Posted February 22, 2020 Just now, SiC said: Do you want me to try seeing if I can dig out some workshop manuals for this? No it's okay thanks, I'll not need them. ? Bucketeer, NorfolkNWeigh and Cavcraft 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 1 minute ago, cort16 said: I hope he was level headed he's an air traffic controller. He picked the wrong week to give up glue sniffing. Talbot, Cavcraft, puddlethumper and 8 others 2 1 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liggle Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Love these, great buy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 I winder why he was so keen to let other folk see it? Strange. I wonder how their conversations went. 10/10 for having pumpkin-sized knackers mind you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted February 22, 2020 Author Share Posted February 22, 2020 5 minutes ago, Mr_Bo11ox said: I winder why he was so keen to let other folk see it? Strange. I wonder how their conversations went. 10/10 for having pumpkin-sized knackers mind you To be fair to him I think he was trying to size out a decent next owner . He said he decided to sell it to me as I had a garage and I was going to use it as a 2nd car. That and I probably offered the most money. It was quite frustrating though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nacho man Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 That’s ace! same recaros that came in my trophy worth a good few quid secondhand. Mine was repaired on the drivers squab where yours has gone for about £80. Apparently liquid yellow is a bastard to paint, the primer /base coat is green and a nightmare to blend in, that’s what someone told me mind so could be bollocks, There are loads of these on track now as they handle brill. Well done sir. cort16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-T Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Regarding the LSD - when you’re a bit more used to it/confirmed it has some tread on the tyres, enter a corner quickly, then plant the throttle. It literally feels as though it is being dragged towards the apex, seems to have unlimited traction you won’t fail to notice it and it becomes addictive. Downside is, it can follow cambers and ruts in the road really easily when just driving normally. But it’s a small price to pay. I don’t remember the gearshift being particularly vague (bit rubbery maybe) so I’d say renewing your bushes (oof)/linkages would be a good bet. Well bought! cort16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted February 22, 2020 Author Share Posted February 22, 2020 3 minutes ago, Danterzza said: That’s ace! same recaros that came in my trophy worth a good few quid secondhand. Mine was repaired on the drivers squab where yours has gone for about £80. Apparently liquid yellow is a bastard to paint, the primer /base coat is green and a nightmare to blend in, that’s what someone told me mind so could be bollocks, There are loads of these on track now as they handle brill. Well done sir. I think I'm going to clean it up, stone chip it, seal it and then try to get some similar coloured wrap or decal to go over it. I dont want to get involved in trying to paint that, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Just paint the pebble-dashed bit with matt black for a mini-tideline effect? Bound to make it at least 10mph faster. Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FakeConcern Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 That's bloody lovely. cort16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motorpunk Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Wonderful. The colour is mega. I hope it does another 200k for you. *crosses fingers* cort16 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted February 23, 2020 Author Share Posted February 23, 2020 No one prepared me for the fuel light coming on. Fcukin hell it's like an air raid siren I shat myself. Craig the Princess, FakeConcern, dome and 2 others 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dome Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 I hope you're bringing this to Scotoshite on Wednesday? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 I hope you're bringing this to Scotoshite on Wednesday?I don't think he's bought a Beavertail yet. spike60, HillmanImp, paulplom and 3 others 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted April 10, 2021 Author Share Posted April 10, 2021 Last post in before the lock (down). I didn't do too much with this in 2020. I don't know about you guys but 2020 seemed like quite a quite year? I leant it to my sister for a few weeks and that experience pushed the clutch over the edge. I was speaking to a place in Edinburgh who quoted a decent price for doing the clutch and timing belt. It had a horrible clunk from the front so fitted a new bottom arm so I could safely drive it to Edinburgh at which point I found EVERYTHING was rusty on the suspension. By the time I'd nobbed and fitted it lockdown was on and I couldn't travel. I used it as my daily (by which I mean once weekly 5 mile drive to the super market) for a bit until I got my 7 series at, which point it got locked in the garage and the MOT expired. I feel bad about it sitting and with lockdown lifting thought it was time to drag it back out again. It's got it's mot on Monday. I'm not hopeful. J-T, The Moog, sporty-shite and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dome Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 It definitely needs to live again and absolutely not donate it's engine and seats to my Kangoo. What's happening with the Granada? Maybe a thread on that will get you some motivation. I don't know if for me it's so much motivation that gets me going or the fact I've had no mojo/spare daylight all winter and the jobs all just pile up. Fuck, I've still got gearbox oil to change on the Kangoo🤦 The Moog, bigfella2, cort16 and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted April 10, 2021 Author Share Posted April 10, 2021 13 minutes ago, dome said: It definitely needs to live again and absolutely not donate it's engine and seats to my Kangoo. What's happening with the Granada? Maybe a thread on that will get you some motivation. I don't know if for me it's so much motivation that gets me going or the fact I've had no mojo/spare daylight all winter and the jobs all just pile up. Fuck, I've still got gearbox oil to change on the Kangoo🤦 The Granada is next. It should be good to go I’ve been tinkering away with it the last few months . I’ve got no mojo to do any serious work on them I’ve been thinking of jacking in my garage in and just keeping the megane. dome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiltox Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 This is your friendly reminder that I really fucking want to own this for some twisted reason 👀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted April 10, 2021 Share Posted April 10, 2021 On 2/22/2020 at 10:37 PM, HillmanImp said: He owned a performance Renault. Sensible compared to who? Hunter S Thompson? The good Dr Gonzo would definitely have bought this car - he's have then gone to Las Vegas in it...with a bag of drugs and a hooker... Here we can't so try Skegness...and snorting Tizer. If you have never read a Hunter book do...'Fear and Lothing in Las Vegas' is one of the funniest books written (ignore the stupid film). HillmanImp and BorniteIdentity 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted April 12, 2021 Author Share Posted April 12, 2021 And it failed mostly on rear brakes and a front springs. They called me up saying none of their suppliers can get the parts. It turns out the R26 is different from regular Renault Sport Meganes. The front springs are specific to the R26 and Renault have stopped making them.. The rear discs have the bearings built into them (because Renault) and the bearing is bigger on the R26. That kamracing site have all the parts so I've just emptied my wallet into their site and got them to send me all the bits. J-T, Skizzer, SiC and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 15 minutes ago, cort16 said: It turns out the R26 is different from regular Renault Sport Meganes. That's because it's from the mad era of Renault. When they made a special version of an already hot car, they really did go all out! cort16 and Crackers 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted April 21, 2021 Author Share Posted April 21, 2021 Shiny things have arrived. It's back in the garage today so fingers crossed. These discs are so, so heavy. I guess it's because it's got the wheel bearing in them but friggin hell you can barely lift them with one hand. Volksy, Skizzer, The Moog and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted April 24, 2021 Author Share Posted April 24, 2021 This is now MOT'd! For quite a long time this has had clunk from the drivers side. This led to my weeks long battle trying to change the bottom suspension arm. This seemed to fix it for a short period of time but it came back. I wondered if this would come up at the mot but it didn't. It had all the work done but the clunk was still there. The guys at the garage weren't happy and found the ball joint on the 3 month old arm was seized. They replaced that and the clunk was still there. They then found the drop links are knackered so they replaced the drop links and the clunk is still there. I thought it was maybe the broken spring but it's still there. Basically we don't know why it's clunking but at least I know the wheel isn't going to fall off. HillmanImp, Tickman, dome and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djoptix Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 Two please. cort16 and SiC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
face Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 On 2/22/2020 at 11:20 PM, J-T said: Regarding the LSD - when you’re a bit more used to it/confirmed it has some tread on the tyres, enter a corner quickly, then plant the throttle. It literally feels as though it is being dragged towards the apex, seems to have unlimited traction you won’t fail to notice it and it becomes addictive. I had an LSD on my Golf GTi and kind of forgot about it, but when I (mistakenly) threw it too fast through a tight bend, it kicked in and tore me around like I had glue tyres. Incredible feature! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted April 26, 2021 Author Share Posted April 26, 2021 I’ve got it back . The clunk sounds scary and definitely worse than before . It Drives great though the handling is all tight etc. The clutch is slipping more than before too but it’s still friggin rapid . Its current my daily driver as I’m sick of the bmw blowing hot air in my face. Sh'Eds, Minimad5, dome and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted April 26, 2021 Share Posted April 26, 2021 Nice colour. Liquid yellow? Clio 1*2 owners salivate over the rarity of that colour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cort16 Posted April 26, 2021 Author Share Posted April 26, 2021 3 minutes ago, SiC said: Nice colour. Liquid yellow? Clio 1*2 owners salivate over the rarity of that colour. Yea it’s liquid yellow . It’s a great colour with that Pearl in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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