Torque hater - LY Clio 200 daily, S2000 weekender
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Hello,
Bit of a lurker but decided to add both my cars to here. I appreciate many of you will be screaming to burn the heretic for modifying cars, but I enjoy them and tinkering with them.
Combined purchase price for both cars was £11,700, which I'm quite happy with.
Liquid yellow Clio RS 200:
The Clio is a daily driver, I purchased it around a month ago now. It's on about 123k miles, purchased for £5500. It was advertised as a cat d due to light damage to front passenger wing which I have photos of, but running a carvertical check on the reg and vin it's come back as no record of damage, so I've potentially had a win there.
61 reg, yellow dot Recaros, cruise control etc etc. When I got it, the H&R springs and 20mm spacers, Ktec spoiler and front lip were on the car, along with red front and rear RS badges and wind deflectors. Not usually a fan of deflectors but in practice they actually quite useful so I'll be keeping them on for now. It's also had a very nice ceramic coating at some point in recent years. I quite like the Ktec rear spoiler too, not quite as in your face as the normal Renault sport wing.
In the last month I've done the following:
New pedals with grip tape, found the OEM pedals VERY slippy when there was any hint of moisture on your shoes. Almost had a bit of an incident with my foot slipping off the clutch while parking.
Map sensor cable tied and new o-ring, very common for these to be loose and cause a vacuum leak.
Upper torque arm bush replaced, this causes excessive engine movement the exhaust manifold flexi's to crack.
Toyosport stainless manifold, as above I discovered the exhaust manifold flexi cracked and a layer of exhaust paste trying to hide it. Subframe out job due to the layout, but this replacement manifold has the flexi's is a place that are accessible while on the car thankfully. This manifold also removed the pre-cat, but the main cat is still in place.
Middle silencer delete to give the car a bit more aggressive tone without being much louder than OEM.
Recaro CS bolster tear patched with an iron on patch, looks OK until I have it properly fixed.
Originally it did have a set of Pirelli P7's on the front and Pilot sport cup 2's on the rear. I hate mis-matching tyres so I've put on 4x 225/45/17 Yokohama Advan AD07 LTS rear Lotus Elise OEM tyres, uses the same compound as the old AD08R as I've read the AD08RS are not great. A bargain at £250 a set for 2018 last production run new. Took a risk with these as I read the sidewall is slightly softer but the load rating was OK. They're handling very well so far.
Tie rod boot replaced (thanks eurocarparts for sending the wrong one initially).
Headlights replaced with black insert units and LED bulb upgrade.
Brakes repainted and new decals.
Bosch aerotwin wipers.
A can of BG44K run though the fuel system.
I've got an ITG Maxogen intake on the way but it's not arrived yet. One of the few intakes that have proven improvement over hot air cone filters.
Future plans:
Sprint booster or pedal box, I think the accelerator pedal feel on these is pretty terrible to be honest being electric. Had a pedal box on a previous car and it made a huge improvement to the feel and removed the dead spot.
Retrim the steering wheel with red accents, have the seatbelts rewebbed to red too. Considered yellow but thought the red would be a nice contrast with the brakes and badges.
Front bumper respray as it's pretty beaten up from all the miles and stonechips.
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And then my Honda S2000, I've owned this for around 8 or 9 years, don't think I'll ever sell it. I originally paid £6200 for the car.
2005 on 100k(ish) miles. The following has been done:
Compression and valve adjustment
Rebuilt diff with 4.77 final drive out of a Kia Sportage - car feels much more punchy to drive over standard
Yellowjacket speedo calibration for diff & wheels so the speedo is accurate
New radiator
Engine torque dampener
UK exhaust mod 38mm with test pipe, still passes emissions somehow. I did have a loud Invidia Q300 but I'm 30 next year and can't be bothered with that anymore. The induction sound plus the modified oem exhaust is plenty enough.
K&N replacement air filter
New battery
Yellowspeed racing coilovers, the car looks silly low but it's surprisingly very comfortable, I can float over speedbumps and sleeping policeman at 15mph with ease
Enkei NT03’s in 18x9.5 et40 square with 245/35/18 Continental contact sports, would ideally like to replace these soon due to age
Fully polybushed (powerflex & mugen) with all geo bolts replaced
Driveshaft spacers
New OEM windscreen and seal 2018
Glass out oem respray with no orange peel, very smooth paint
Smoothed front bumper with plate holes and washer jets removed
Mugen (rep) front splitter
Front arches metal fabricated roughly 2cm wider than oem whole keeping oem look, side badges also removed and smoothed
Fiberglass black side skirts of unknown brand
Rear spats in black
JDP style rear wing
Boot badges removed and smoothed
Vented oem bonnet
Front grill replaced with black mesh
Side indicators replaced with amber units
Rear arches rolled and tiny pull but looks oem
Honda jazz washer jets (best upgrade of all) that mist rather than spray
Both door window rubbers replaced with oem (common issue and expensive for what they are)
J’s racing chassis mounted front tow hook, hidden behind bumper
Front brakes: rebuilt CH1 accord type r twin pot calipers, Dixel ES fast road/track pads & mtec grooved & drilled discs
Rear brakes: rebuilt oem units with Brembo pads and mtec grooved & drilled discs rear
Typ200 dot4 brake fluid
Brake stopper on master cylinder
Nardi 350mm Italian leather steering wheel with silver centre and red stichting
Weighted gearknob, have a shifter rebuild kit on the way with new grease and plastics.
New soft top fitted a few weeks ago, I did have a genuine Mugen hardtop for a long time but sold this to free up some house funds.
I'm pretty much done with this car, there isn't much else it needs and I'm very happy with it. At some point in the distant future maybe try and get a 300bhp NA K24 block built, but it's not important for now. If some nice Recaros pop up for sale locally I could be interested too.
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Bit of a lurker but decided to add both my cars to here. I appreciate many of you will be screaming to burn the heretic for modifying cars, but I enjoy them and tinkering with them.
Combined purchase price for both cars was £11,700, which I'm quite happy with.
Liquid yellow Clio RS 200:
The Clio is a daily driver, I purchased it around a month ago now. It's on about 123k miles, purchased for £5500. It was advertised as a cat d due to light damage to front passenger wing which I have photos of, but running a carvertical check on the reg and vin it's come back as no record of damage, so I've potentially had a win there.
61 reg, yellow dot Recaros, cruise control etc etc. When I got it, the H&R springs and 20mm spacers, Ktec spoiler and front lip were on the car, along with red front and rear RS badges and wind deflectors. Not usually a fan of deflectors but in practice they actually quite useful so I'll be keeping them on for now. It's also had a very nice ceramic coating at some point in recent years. I quite like the Ktec rear spoiler too, not quite as in your face as the normal Renault sport wing.
In the last month I've done the following:
New pedals with grip tape, found the OEM pedals VERY slippy when there was any hint of moisture on your shoes. Almost had a bit of an incident with my foot slipping off the clutch while parking.
Map sensor cable tied and new o-ring, very common for these to be loose and cause a vacuum leak.
Upper torque arm bush replaced, this causes excessive engine movement the exhaust manifold flexi's to crack.
Toyosport stainless manifold, as above I discovered the exhaust manifold flexi cracked and a layer of exhaust paste trying to hide it. Subframe out job due to the layout, but this replacement manifold has the flexi's is a place that are accessible while on the car thankfully. This manifold also removed the pre-cat, but the main cat is still in place.
Middle silencer delete to give the car a bit more aggressive tone without being much louder than OEM.
Recaro CS bolster tear patched with an iron on patch, looks OK until I have it properly fixed.
Originally it did have a set of Pirelli P7's on the front and Pilot sport cup 2's on the rear. I hate mis-matching tyres so I've put on 4x 225/45/17 Yokohama Advan AD07 LTS rear Lotus Elise OEM tyres, uses the same compound as the old AD08R as I've read the AD08RS are not great. A bargain at £250 a set for 2018 last production run new. Took a risk with these as I read the sidewall is slightly softer but the load rating was OK. They're handling very well so far.
Tie rod boot replaced (thanks eurocarparts for sending the wrong one initially).
Headlights replaced with black insert units and LED bulb upgrade.
Brakes repainted and new decals.
Bosch aerotwin wipers.
A can of BG44K run though the fuel system.
I've got an ITG Maxogen intake on the way but it's not arrived yet. One of the few intakes that have proven improvement over hot air cone filters.
Future plans:
Sprint booster or pedal box, I think the accelerator pedal feel on these is pretty terrible to be honest being electric. Had a pedal box on a previous car and it made a huge improvement to the feel and removed the dead spot.
Retrim the steering wheel with red accents, have the seatbelts rewebbed to red too. Considered yellow but thought the red would be a nice contrast with the brakes and badges.
Front bumper respray as it's pretty beaten up from all the miles and stonechips.
[url] |https://thumbsnap.com/Y7oXNgsx[/url][url] And then my Honda S2000, I've owned this for around 8 or 9 years, don't think I'll ever sell it. I originally paid £6200 for the car.
2005 on 100k(ish) miles. The following has been done:
Compression and valve adjustment
Rebuilt diff with 4.77 final drive out of a Kia Sportage - car feels much more punchy to drive over standard
Yellowjacket speedo calibration for diff & wheels so the speedo is accurate
New radiator
Engine torque dampener
UK exhaust mod 38mm with test pipe, still passes emissions somehow. I did have a loud Invidia Q300 but I'm 30 next year and can't be bothered with that anymore. The induction sound plus the modified oem exhaust is plenty enough.
K&N replacement air filter
New battery
Yellowspeed racing coilovers, the car looks silly low but it's surprisingly very comfortable, I can float over speedbumps and sleeping policeman at 15mph with ease
Enkei NT03’s in 18x9.5 et40 square with 245/35/18 Continental contact sports, would ideally like to replace these soon due to age
Fully polybushed (powerflex & mugen) with all geo bolts replaced
Driveshaft spacers
New OEM windscreen and seal 2018
Glass out oem respray with no orange peel, very smooth paint
Smoothed front bumper with plate holes and washer jets removed
Mugen (rep) front splitter
Front arches metal fabricated roughly 2cm wider than oem whole keeping oem look, side badges also removed and smoothed
Fiberglass black side skirts of unknown brand
Rear spats in black
JDP style rear wing
Boot badges removed and smoothed
Vented oem bonnet
Front grill replaced with black mesh
Side indicators replaced with amber units
Rear arches rolled and tiny pull but looks oem
Honda jazz washer jets (best upgrade of all) that mist rather than spray
Both door window rubbers replaced with oem (common issue and expensive for what they are)
J’s racing chassis mounted front tow hook, hidden behind bumper
Front brakes: rebuilt CH1 accord type r twin pot calipers, Dixel ES fast road/track pads & mtec grooved & drilled discs
Rear brakes: rebuilt oem units with Brembo pads and mtec grooved & drilled discs rear
Typ200 dot4 brake fluid
Brake stopper on master cylinder
Nardi 350mm Italian leather steering wheel with silver centre and red stichting
Weighted gearknob, have a shifter rebuild kit on the way with new grease and plastics.
New soft top fitted a few weeks ago, I did have a genuine Mugen hardtop for a long time but sold this to free up some house funds.
I'm pretty much done with this car, there isn't much else it needs and I'm very happy with it. At some point in the distant future maybe try and get a 300bhp NA K24 block built, but it's not important for now. If some nice Recaros pop up for sale locally I could be interested too.
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Loving both those cars..each to their own modding etc..
A slammed S2K must be interesting to do wet roundabouts!!
The Clio in that colour for me is sublime..!!
Now if I could afford a Clio V6 phased 2
Thankfully I've only ever spun it once, went up a drop kerb, slid along some grass for a while and magically re-entered the road on another drop kerb, quite lucky really! A slammed S2K must be interesting to do wet roundabouts!!
The Clio in that colour for me is sublime..!!
Now if I could afford a Clio V6 phased 2
missing the VR6 said:
Awesome cars, what kind of power does the Honda make with those mods?
Power wise it’s pretty much standard, maybe the test pipe has made a small improvement but nothing noticeable, the short final drive made the biggest improvement for acceleration though. Just feels a little bit more responsive. I would like a little more power, but it’s nice to be able to fully use the 9k redline through a couple of gears before I’m losing my licence. Shame these are quite hard to get power out of without spending lots and lots of money, the ECU isn’t tuneable so that’s £1k before you even start.
I have considered a supercharger but I think if it ever comes to it I’ll have a K24 Frankenstein built, K24 accord bottom end, K20 type r head with some ITB’s for a real screamer NA. Will be expensive but selling the F20 engine could offset the cost a little I suppose. Quite a popular swap in the states and a few people over here have started doing them recently.
Both great cars. I had a AG Clio 200 in 2011 and loved it.
I have a Rotrex supercharged EP3 now. If you want more power from your S2K, then Rotrex is the way to go. Personally wouldn't even get into the realms of the K24 swap!!
FYI, I did a HPI check for you and unfrotunately the Clio was Cat D in 2016.
I have a Rotrex supercharged EP3 now. If you want more power from your S2K, then Rotrex is the way to go. Personally wouldn't even get into the realms of the K24 swap!!
FYI, I did a HPI check for you and unfrotunately the Clio was Cat D in 2016.
Deerhound93 said:
missing the VR6 said:
Awesome cars, what kind of power does the Honda make with those mods?
I have considered a supercharger but I think if it ever comes to it I’ll have a K24 Frankenstein built, K24 accord bottom end, K20 type r head with some ITB’s for a real screamer NA. Will be expensive but selling the F20 engine could offset the cost a little I suppose. Quite a popular swap in the states and a few people over here have started doing them recently. 
Both lovely cars, miss my S2000 more than ever now, sold to put a deposit down on a mortgage unfortunately. Fantastic things they have the best gearbox you can get in anything this side of a manual click’clack Ferrari IMO, though they never get the credit for it because the F20 is such a dominating presence in the drive. What is the hardtop? I had the standard Honda one made a big difference in the winter or on motorway journeys but was a bit of a inconvenience being a two man job to get it on and off.
Like the Clio to, Liquid Yellow is without doubt the best colour on a Renault Sport. Sounds like a bit of a bargain in today’s bonkers market.
jwwbowe said:
Keep the F20 it is a far superior engine to the peasants K24
Both lovely cars, miss my S2000 more than ever now, sold to put a deposit down on a mortgage unfortunately. Fantastic things they have the best gearbox you can get in anything this side of a manual click’clack Ferrari IMO, though they never get the credit for it because the F20 is such a dominating presence in the drive. What is the hardtop? I had the standard Honda one made a big difference in the winter or on motorway journeys but was a bit of a inconvenience being a two man job to get it on and off.
Like the Clio to, Liquid Yellow is without doubt the best colour on a Renault Sport. Sounds like a bit of a bargain in today’s bonkers market.
I have been close to selling it for a long time, but I can never think of something in budget that would replace it. It's special enough while still being pretty cheap to run. Both lovely cars, miss my S2000 more than ever now, sold to put a deposit down on a mortgage unfortunately. Fantastic things they have the best gearbox you can get in anything this side of a manual click’clack Ferrari IMO, though they never get the credit for it because the F20 is such a dominating presence in the drive. What is the hardtop? I had the standard Honda one made a big difference in the winter or on motorway journeys but was a bit of a inconvenience being a two man job to get it on and off.
Like the Clio to, Liquid Yellow is without doubt the best colour on a Renault Sport. Sounds like a bit of a bargain in today’s bonkers market.
Gearbox is sublime I agree. I've just ordered a kit to rebuild the shifter linkage, new grease and plastic joints, apparently brings them back to feeling factory fresh. 'Rifle bolt' is the appropriate term.
The Mugen hardtop was beautiful, silly rare too. Quite a few replica items about but mine was a genuine one so fitment was oem quality. Gave the car a more coupe look, but I didn't remove it for 3/4 years as it was a faff, plus the car is only used on nice days now so a hardtop was pretty useless for me. Ignore how low the car was in this picture!
Deerhound93 said:
The Rotrex Kid said:
FYI, I did a HPI check for you and unfrotunately the Clio was Cat D in 2016.
Ahhhh oh well, thought I was extra lucky but Carvertical was wrong! Deerhound93 said:
I have been close to selling it for a long time, but I can never think of something in budget that would replace it. It's special enough while still being pretty cheap to run.
Gearbox is sublime I agree. I've just ordered a kit to rebuild the shifter linkage, new grease and plastic joints, apparently brings them back to feeling factory fresh. 'Rifle bolt' is the appropriate term.
The Mugen hardtop was beautiful, silly rare too. Quite a few replica items about but mine was a genuine one so fitment was oem quality. Gave the car a more coupe look, but I didn't remove it for 3/4 years as it was a faff, plus the car is only used on nice days now so a hardtop was pretty useless for me. Ignore how low the car was in this picture!
Looks fantastic with the hardtop on. Gearbox is sublime I agree. I've just ordered a kit to rebuild the shifter linkage, new grease and plastic joints, apparently brings them back to feeling factory fresh. 'Rifle bolt' is the appropriate term.
The Mugen hardtop was beautiful, silly rare too. Quite a few replica items about but mine was a genuine one so fitment was oem quality. Gave the car a more coupe look, but I didn't remove it for 3/4 years as it was a faff, plus the car is only used on nice days now so a hardtop was pretty useless for me. Ignore how low the car was in this picture!
d_a_n1979 said:
That's a lovely S2K 
Always loved these cars even though I've never been able to fit in one
Cheers! I think mine has lowered seat rails which I forgot to mention, I'm 6'2 and have plenty of headroom. Sat in my mates MX5 and the windscreen frame was in my direct vision. Always loved these cars even though I've never been able to fit in one
Deerhound93 said:
Power wise it’s pretty much standard, maybe the test pipe has made a small improvement but nothing noticeable, the short final drive made the biggest improvement for acceleration though. Just feels a little bit more responsive.
I would like a little more power, but it’s nice to be able to fully use the 9k redline through a couple of gears before I’m losing my licence. Shame these are quite hard to get power out of without spending lots and lots of money, the ECU isn’t tuneable so that’s £1k before you even start.
I have considered a supercharger but I think if it ever comes to it I’ll have a K24 Frankenstein built, K24 accord bottom end, K20 type r head with some ITB’s for a real screamer NA. Will be expensive but selling the F20 engine could offset the cost a little I suppose. Quite a popular swap in the states and a few people over here have started doing them recently.
It's been about 15 years since I drove one, but felt pretty quick then. ITB's are never a bad idea, bet they'd sound amazing!I would like a little more power, but it’s nice to be able to fully use the 9k redline through a couple of gears before I’m losing my licence. Shame these are quite hard to get power out of without spending lots and lots of money, the ECU isn’t tuneable so that’s £1k before you even start.
I have considered a supercharger but I think if it ever comes to it I’ll have a K24 Frankenstein built, K24 accord bottom end, K20 type r head with some ITB’s for a real screamer NA. Will be expensive but selling the F20 engine could offset the cost a little I suppose. Quite a popular swap in the states and a few people over here have started doing them recently.
Cool cars, it’s great having different driving experiences to chose from, and you have two of the best. Nice work! (I will admit to minor bias).
I had a LY 182, glorious colour in direct sunlight…so much going on
Don’t suppose you could share a link to the shifter assembly, mine is on 76k and could probably do with a refresh. Ta.
I had a LY 182, glorious colour in direct sunlight…so much going on
Don’t suppose you could share a link to the shifter assembly, mine is on 76k and could probably do with a refresh. Ta.
trails said:
Don’t suppose you could share a link to the shifter assembly, mine is on 76k and could probably do with a refresh. Ta.
Of course mate, there are a few youtube guides but this one is the best: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9DY_vidZaQ&ab...That page has quite a few helpful videos.
You can buy a kit or Tegiwa sell all the required plastic bushes, including the high temp urea grease I think the total was about £30ish.
Deerhound93 said:
d_a_n1979 said:
That's a lovely S2K
Always loved these cars even though I've never been able to fit in one
Cheers! I think mine has lowered seat rails which I forgot to mention, I'm 6'2 and have plenty of headroom. Sat in my mates MX5 and the windscreen frame was in my direct vision. Always loved these cars even though I've never been able to fit in one
I'll never fit in an S2K (or an MX5 etc)
Deerhound93 said:
Of course mate, there are a few youtube guides but this one is the best: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9DY_vidZaQ&ab...
That page has quite a few helpful videos.
You can buy a kit or Tegiwa sell all the required plastic bushes, including the high temp urea grease I think the total was about £30ish.
Thank you, thanks super helpfull That page has quite a few helpful videos.
You can buy a kit or Tegiwa sell all the required plastic bushes, including the high temp urea grease I think the total was about £30ish.
d_a_n1979 said:
Yeah... 6ft 4, 21 stone or there abouts and a keen lifter of stupidly heavy rocks, as well as being a better blocker of light than letting it through...
I'll never fit in an S2K (or an MX5 etc)
No wonder you need a 5 series, I'm JDM build 5' 8" 11 stone so perfect S2k fit I'll never fit in an S2K (or an MX5 etc)
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