Twingo John's £150 Twingo Extreme Trackday Project

[CreweTube]

Booked a full day at Oulton Park on Feb 16th with Javelin (£160 incl Garage cant be sniffed at, will be splitting the garage cost too so really £140), will hopefully force me to get everything thats scattered around the shed fitted and we'll see what the car is like with the changes. Probably will do one at Anglesey and then fully look into engine swapping after.

 

[CreweTube]

After discovering that the air filter housing I thought the previous owner had secured via cable ties was in fact entirely attached to the block via cable ties, quick "upgrade" test fit.



Need to remove the old housing first, might take scuttle panel off for easier access and properly seal it up. Also need to hook up the PCV filter as I cba routing it back into the new pipe.

Also more goodies courtesy of @Adey arrived for fitting in new year, polybushrd 172 ARB and wishbones, plus some old drums for backup.

 

[Adey]

hope it all helps got to be up there with the most modified 1.2 twingo, looking forward to further updates.

 

[CreweTube]

Not sure many can say they've spent 10x what the car cost

I'm hoping for a decent chunk of time off at Oulton with it all fitted, 2.30 ill be chuffed with as it did 2:50 last time with not much time to learn.

 

[YamYamRob]

Not sure many can say they've spent 10x what the car cost

I'm hoping for a decent chunk of time off at Oulton with it all fitted, 2.30 ill be chuffed with as it did 2:50 last time with not much time to learn.

What tyres you going to use?

 

[CreweTube]

What tyres you going to use?

Will still be on Toyo Proxes TR-1's, only done about 100 miles on them so not gonna change before. Will be Nankang NS2R's or AR1's afterwards, but was hard to justify 70-100 a pop from the off when a full set of these was 12.

 

[CreweTube]

These give +5hp right? That's a 10% gain!

 

[DaveL485]

These give +5hp right? That's a 10% gain!

At least!

 

[YamYamRob]

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These give +5hp right? That's a 10% gain!

Dod you order these off the shop?

 

[CreweTube]

Dod you order these off the shop?

Adey dropped me them in his latest charity parcel to me, very nearly chucked them away in the bottom of the box but I assume they are the same as on shop. Good quality stickers.

 

[CreweTube]

New video up, installing the new filter setup.

 

[CreweTube]

Well... An interesting day was had with @YamYamRob helping me get this out of a donor GT and into the back of the Octavia (where it still is..)




Need to somehow get it out now and into the shed where it'll remain till dryer and warmer.

I'll continue the swap chat and details in the other thread here:

Engine swap for dummies (D7F -> D4FT)

Hi all, Looking to build up my knowledge (forewarned is forearmed or something) before taking the jump into doing an engine swap in nearish future, watched a few YT videos for the process in general but wondering if anyone has a good resources for this particular swap in particular (D7F 1.2 NA...

turborenault.co.uk

 

[CreweTube]

Some more £free Facebook purchases from the local area.


Under tray from a higher spec model and some Heko wind deflectors for the windows. Always liked the look of these when I had them on previous cars.

 

[CreweTube]

Another video up, cant believe I've done 33 of these so far and the next one is almost completely edited. Quite a boring topic this time but documenting it all anyway good or bad.

 

[CreweTube]

Well after some intense struggles with the braided lines and clio 172 ARB bushes (videos soon) things were looking up until I dropped it down and found I could no longer select reverse, first or second and the front wheels were well and truly toed out by about 5-10 degrees!



Luckily @Robx1r was in the area a good few hours early for his EFI mapping session and @YamYamRob was on his way up with parts for him so a quick dash to grab the former and we had an impromptu Turborenault meet up on my drive.




20 mins later all gears selectable (I'd undone the gear rod linkage bolt to try and get it off and clearly not done it up properly) and about 1.5" of tie rod adjustment each side and its driveable again.

Then popped over to EFI to see them again


1 week to Oulton Park....

 

[Robx1r]

Well after some intense struggles with the braided lines and clio 172 ARB bushes (videos soon) things were looking up until I dropped it down and found I could no longer select reverse, first or second and the front wheels were well and truly toed out by about 5-10 degrees!



Luckily @Robx1r was in the area a good few hours early for his EFI mapping session and @YamYamRob was on his way up with parts for him so a quick dash to grab the former and we had an impromptu Turborenault meet up on my drive.

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20 mins later all gears selectable (I'd undone the gear rod linkage bolt to try and get it off and clearly not done it up properly) and about 1.5" of tie rod adjustment each side and its driveable again.

Then popped over to EFI to see them again
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1 week to Oulton Park....

You forgot the brakes...... Just sayin

 

[Robx1r]

Might I add! Eyeballing his tracking I was a less than a degree out,

 

[CreweTube]

Might I add! Eyeballing his tracking I was a less than a degree out,

Impressive work for sure and drove a treat after!

 

[CreweTube]

All ready for Oulton Park tomorrow.. aside from the wetsuit given the forecast.






Full list of changes since the taster session last year:

• Further weight reduction, estimated 830kg dry based on renault figure of 925kg standard. More possible
• Sparco bucket seat
• FK Coilovers all round
• Brembo HC discs/pads
• HEL braided brake lines
• Clio 172 ARB and wishbones
• Ramair filter/intake
• 3D printed foglight duct adaptors + brake ducts
• Some holes for airflow in/out
• Wideview mirror
• £2 sunstrip

 

[Adey]

you will love it out there make sure you get plenty of footage