My shed in the shed... (long term project)

[Matt-Rallye]

Well here it is! back too my roots as a renault fanboy



My £350 Mk1 Clio 1.8 16v

Has been dry stored for 10 years due too gearbox failure.

Had a look through the monstrous service history for it and found the following which was bonus:

Receipt for £850 brand new 17" OZ superturismos
Receipt for £470 brand new Kent RN1601 camshafts
Receipt for £350 ported skimmed and polished cylinder head with larger valves

And amongst other things it has the usual exhaust system and induction kit.

Shell is tidy considering the time and location it was in but im well aware its probably a complete rusty turd underneath im quite prepared for that

Matt

[WiNgNuTz]

Looks pretty good mate, always had a soft spot for these clios.

Fingers crossed you don't find to much rust, should be a fairly epic little project for you, good luck!

[ginge191]

It's not quite a Williams though.. my friend has a legit Williams clio and jesus it's nice!
Keep this looking smart! They can easily become real chav shed's! Awesome engine work!

[Matt-Rallye]

Its my 7th clio valver / williams and tbh the difference between this and the williams is the same as between a GTi6 and a Rallye, its so marginal but its enough to make you want the better one

Although that said i prefer the rev hapy 1.8 compared too the torquey 2.0 williams lump, and no theyre not just a bored out 1.8

[Matt-Rallye]

Heres a few of my old ones for comparison:

Very first one:



Second One:



Third one:



Fourth:





Other ones include a red breaker and a black breaker safe to say i pertially know what im doing with them

[Tom]

Do they not do any other colours? lol

[silverzx]

Looks exciting. Probably similar to the 106 in terms of power/handling?

[Matt-Rallye]

Very similar too the 106 in terms of power but has longer legs 140bhp as standard.

as for colour, i had a grey one too i missed that one out!

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Grey one





This one was number five absolutely adored this thing and it went VERY well

[Eeyore]

I have never really seen the appeal of these. Think it must have been a few years before my time.

[RetroPug]

They weigh very little, are a bit more powerful than a 106 gti and are probably just as chuckable?

[Toms306]

Why would anyone buy 7 identical French cars?


Now I know what we look like with 306s!

[7057sam]

1st one on your second post looks very nice

[DazzaHDI]

I love mk1 clios! Had one as my very first car but never got to drive it properly :/ truly gutted! But saying that, I'd rather have my hdi than the 1.2 Clio power wise
I haven't got any photos of it anywhere either but I managed to find it on google earth
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[Matt-Rallye]

Imagine something that drives like a 106 GTi, sounds like a GTI-6 but its actually quicker than a GTi-6 in every way imaginable standard for standard....

Thats what a Mk1 Clio 1.8 16v is

[mcglynn]

check out 'clio bishopscourt' on youtube, a guy we met has one on bike carbs and it smokes everything in a straight line lol.

its completely stripped out and has a custom cage in it, sounded absolutely amazing!

[Matt-Rallye]

Also bear in mind that some Mk1 Clios are 24 yrs old now they were the shizzle back in the day! i really do hold a candle for them but i love my Rallye for the torque and the rarity and how easy it is too drive

Quite a lot of boosted and throttle bodied valvers out there, www.clio16valver.co.uk is a top notch place for them!

youtube 'Beaniesport' theyre track prepped 172 engined mk1 clio has a spec list incluind ITB's, Carbon roof, 172 running gear and much much more!

[mcglynn]

Did u check out that carbed one? Im not into them myself but he was doing an MOT on an old glanza with a straight pipe and big turbo

He showed us round it and it was a fine bit of work lol

[Matt-Rallye]

Havent had a chance at the moment what with fixing the rallye and work being so hectic i shall make an effort tonight though

[mattyh24hdi]

Great car nice to see them still living getting rare now.

[padge]

my mate used to have a mk1 with a 172 engine, kept wanting to swap for my old dturbo.

[Matt-Rallye]

I have never driven one with a 172 engine but i have had a couple of 172's and was greatly dissapointed by them if im honest

[padge]

Yeah, my dturbo destroyed it.

[ozonehostile]

you've sort of got me looking for one now haha

[306 blaze]

looked for a 1.8 RSI not too long back only one I found that was decent for sale was up Scotland you just don't see these for sale nomor I would love another one anyday.

[Matt-Rallye]

Ah the RSi is the 8v 1.8, 110hp very nippy little motor! great for dropping a volvo turbo lump in also!

Yes thats correct, a volvo 1.7T lump is infact a renault engine and drops straight into a mk1 clio

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you've sort of got me looking for one now haha

Also got you looking at a gti-6

[jpc]

I do have a soft spot for these MK1's. Haven't come across many of these valvers for sale really (or at least not in my budget at the time) otherwise I would have probably had one. I look forward to seeing you bring it back to life

[Matt-Rallye]

there was one in malvern last week or the week before with tax and test for £500 best place to look is the owners club!

[RetroPug]

Somehow I actually really want this car...
Addicted to 90s french tin cans...

[Grant]

Somehow I actually really want this car...
Addicted to 90s french tin cans...

I know that feeling!!

[Matt-Rallye]

Early 90's french hot hatches FTW

still producing 205 gti's, R5 turbos and AX GT's but phasing in the S16 / gti-6, clio 16v's and ZX 16v's