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R5 - 172 Turbo Project **Updated**
Ok, so as the old website lost my project thread I thought I'd start it off again as I need a thread to update as things progress!
Luckily I had a thread running on the Cliosport site which I can copy across...
Here goes.
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My latest project was given to me in the form of a fairly tatty rolling shell... It was fully stripped out no dash seats etc... engine had been removed, and it was in a bit of a mess...
From the word go I knew I wanted to make a track day car, something light but with a pokey reliable engine...
I set about it, cleaning out the inside, fitted bucket seats a roll cage and harnesses. Next came the engine, I decided to go for a 172 engine for reliability and power... so set about sourcing one and dropping it in.
https://www.rtoc.org/files/Technical%...o/DSCF2007.JPG
The first engine had a dropped valve so that had to come back out and was replaced with engine nuber 2!! I fabricated the manifold to suit, and ran it on a DTA ECU
https://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.p...pictureid=3264
The bonnet needed a bit of a lump in to clear the taller engine
https://www.rtoc.org/files/Technical%...o/Image069.jpg
https://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.p...pictureid=3268
It hit the road in NA form around the end of 2006 and was fairly nippy, i had it rolling roaded on Motorscopes new rollers at a RTOC day out and it made 173bhp which was nice... However I missed the turbo rush and as with all things it started to feel slow and boring. So next stage turbo... http://www.cliosport.net/forum/image...es/smiley1.gif
So I set about re-building engine number 3
Machined the pistons down to drop the compression -
https://www.rtoc.org/files/Technical%...o/Image004.jpg
https://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.p...pictureid=3266
Machined the flywheel to take my multiplate clutch -
https://www.rtoc.org/files/Technical%...o/Image015.jpg
https://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.p...pictureid=3267
Stripped the block & Painted it yellow -
https://www.rtoc.org/files/Technical%.../DSCF2486a.JPG
https://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.p...pictureid=3269
Blasted and powder coated the inlet manifold and plenum - http://www.cliosport.net/forum/image...s/smiley15.gif
https://www.rtoc.org/files/Technical%.../DSCF2499a.JPG
https://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.p...pictureid=3270
Knocked up a manifold and downpipe to suit a T3
https://www.rtoc.org/files/Technical%...20turbo/1a.JPG
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One of the problems with the NA engine was movement, it rocked about too much on the gtt mounts, so I had to brace it with a bit of a pikey stabiliser bar onto the strut top.... So once the engine was removed for the turbo conversion I decided to weld in a clio top mount...
https://www.rtoc.org/files/Technical%...o/DSCF2784.JPG
Welded In
https://www.rtoc.org/files/Technical%...o/DSCF2843.JPG
Primed
https://www.rtoc.org/files/Technical%...o/DSCF2845.JPG
And Painted
https://www.rtoc.org/files/Technical%...o/DSCF2848.JPG
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so, new engine needed a better fuel rail and FPR that could cope with a bit of positive pressure, so instead of re-inventing the wheel I stole Scoff's idea of using the volvo T5 fuel rail... with a bit of machining i made a bracket to mount it to the inlet manifold.
https://www.rtoc.org/files/Technical%.../DSCF2983a.JPG
https://www.rtoc.org/files/Technical%...o/DSCF3174.JPG
Fitted that to my new engine
https://www.rtoc.org/files/Technical%.../DSCF2958a.JPG
I also machined a new turbo oil feed banjo as the gtt one I was planning to use wouldn't fit properly...
Heres a vid of when it ran for the first time!!
http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBumHOeqKow
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Good job Ash!
How long did all that take you if you don't mind me asking ?
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Next Job was to fit a phase 1 172 Dash,
I broke my R5gtt gearbox (it was an unknown in the first place and 2nd gear was never that good) So I decided to go for a 172 box. Only problem was the speedo on the Gtt clocks wouldnt run, so I decided the only way to go was to use the 172 clocks.
Started off
https://www.rtoc.org/files/Technical%...urbo/dash1.JPG
Finished Up
https://www.rtoc.org/files/Technical%.../DSCF3469a.JPG
Its better now i've got a glove box and 172 steering wheel (cheers Adey). But you get the idea... All the gauges and switches work as they should :)
more pics of that modification in here incase anyone wants to try it.
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My multiplate clutch was goosed so it came back out and I went for a 200mm AP paddle (couldn't get a 215mm one in time for RTOC Pod day)
https://www.rtoc.org/files/Technical%.../DSCF3521a.JPG
Seems to do the job as the R5 172T made 238bhp & 230lb/ft @10psi on the rollers @ Motorscope
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdLvu_LGE9k
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This is pretty much how it looks now, although I've changed the FMIC pipe run since to tidy things up a lot!
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i like that new dash actually, makes the car look a little bit more modern.
lol @ your cat hiding behind the dash in one of them photos, they always seem to get in the way when i try and do work to the car :laugh:
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Originally Posted by
Spooky
Good job Ash!
How long did all that take you if you don't mind me asking ?
Erm, I think I started it around May 2006 and had the NA engine up and running towards the end of 2006. I started to build the F4R Turbo up early 2007 and swapped them over after my wedding at the end of 2007. The turbo versions been running about a year now I would say... So took about 6 months to get the NA version up and running from scratch and then a year later I swapped it for the turbo version.
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Bodell
lol @ your cat hiding behind the dash in one of them photos, they always seem to get in the way when i try and do work to the car :laugh:
Shes a nightmare mate, always want to be involved with everything i'm doing!!
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Great car Ashy :agree: i like the dash too, looks well.. Out of interest does anyone know what sort of tapper the 172 pistons have? :confused:
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Niall I am so loving this, top job matey.
:)
Ps - many thanks for all the advice and parts
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looking good man, nice to see , will have to get a blast in her someday ;)
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Ashey that is blood good work mate, keep it up
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...so I just machined a new... :gagged:
...then I fabricated a manifold... :scared:
:worship:
Looks great Ashy. :agree:
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just read the whole thing there
looks bloody amazing
well done
a lot of time and efoort and money i bet
beautiful end pic you have aswell
:)
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do u fancy doing the same to mine m8 ? lol
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Love that Clio dash, wish someone would post up a how to do on this would really love to do this to mine, really updates it.
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Quick update, the 5 hasn't moved since it the last rolling road day in November...
In that time I've decided to do a few upgrades in the form of a new ECU, bigger injectors and a bigger blower!!
https://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.p...ictureid=10212
Looking forward to an interesting 2010 :)
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Logg
Cool is that a GT30?
I'm, gonna make a guess that since there isn't a shaft or nut shown it's an upgrade for the existing T3, so, complete guess, 50trim T4?
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Originally Posted by
Andrew Cooke
I'm, gonna make a guess that since there isn't a shaft or nut shown it's an upgrade for the existing T3, so, complete guess, 50trim T4?
Yeah its a T04B that i relieved Mr Scoff of!! the unit I'm using is a 2WD cossie unit with the T04B bolted onto the front... Happy days.
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Hmm wonder whos gonna be buying lunch this year then? unless Matts got something up his sleeve
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T04B "v" trim from memory, but you'd have to measure it up again to be sure. I recall the map suggesting it would be pretty handy at 300hp.
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New poster! (less than 10 posts)
Class project mate! I said to a mate a 172 dash would look fresh in a 5 and it does! Is this on the road mate? Are you ashy who knows nikki? Keep up the good work :)
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benj88
New poster! (less than 10 posts)
Class project mate! I said to a mate a 172 dash would look fresh in a 5 and it does! Is this on the road mate? Are you ashy who knows nikki? Keep up the good work :)
Hi m8, yeah been on the road a few years now... Although its currently in bits!
Aye I know Nikki from Sunderland? Used to go out with a good mate of mine Chris Scott. Has she still got the Raider?
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New poster! (less than 10 posts)
Yeh I remember him he does cage fighting n that doesn't he? Were bouts at Durham you from? My girlfriend lives in Belmont.
I spoke to her a few month ago she stil has the raider it's in a unit or garage, she bought loads of stuf but never got round to fixing it after she bumpd it. Did you use to have a raider? A gud few year ago I went to york with my mate, chris was there with his red gti lump rallie and followd nikki and someone else I'm*sure there was someone calld ashy 'the doctor' was there ?
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Originally Posted by
benj88
New poster! (less than 10 posts)
Yeh I remember him he does cage fighting n that doesn't he? Were bouts at Durham you from? My girlfriend lives in Belmont.
I spoke to her a few month ago she stil has the raider it's in a unit or garage, she bought loads of stuf but never got round to fixing it after she bumpd it. Did you use to have a raider? A gud few year ago I went to york with my mate, chris was there with his red gti lump rallie and followd nikki and someone else I'm*sure there was someone calld ashy 'the doctor' was there ?
Im in Chester-le-street mate, aye that would of been me mate. That was my old 5, it was the ex DD Autosports car and Glen T was known as the Doctor... Think it had some stickers on promoting the business and Glen the Doctor... That was a long time ago, that car went up in flames at the side of the motorway in 2005!
Have you got a 5 now then?
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what rpm does it go to ??? 7000-8000 , when does turbo boost up? im thinking hard at 4000
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fcdgary
what rpm does it go to ??? 7000-8000 , when does turbo boost up? im thinking hard at 4000
I haven't run it yet with the new turbo, but Mr Scoff compared it to a T28 on a 5. The old smaller T3 wasn't laggy at all on full boost by 3300rpm.
Had the dash flocked...
https://www.rtoc.org/files/Technical%...o/SAM_8593.JPG
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standard 172 is bout 7200 limit am i right? so if you cuming on boost at 3.5k say and it holds thats gona be bloody quick, my old five had a top t2 hybrid cum in at 2.5k but no stem after 5k realy , 172 def got that top end power shuld be fast as f??k what u plan using it for?
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Ashy
Im in Chester-le-street mate, aye that would of been me mate. That was my old 5, it was the ex DD Autosports car and Glen T was known as the Doctor... Think it had some stickers on promoting the business and Glen the Doctor... That was a long time ago, that car went up in flames at the side of the motorway in 2005!
Have you got a 5 now then?
Never! Nightmare mate! Was a smart raider like, had a nice cage in. Yeh iv got a tungy iv started a thread for it check it out! Lol.
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news of this superb project of GT RS ???
would you have a video of your GT ? ;)
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xenon
news of this superb project of GT RS ???
would you have a video of your GT ? ;)
I broke it at Santa POD in May, so its been off the road since then...
Did the crank, looks like she spun a shell...
https://www.rtoc.org/boards/picture.p...ictureid=12909
I'm currently stipping he down as she needs some welding and a re-spray. Engines also in bits, I've got steel rods and forged pistons going in plus a clutch upgrade.
Hope to be back on the road spring next year.
only vids I have are on you tube, search for Ashy_gtt
:)
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And so it begins.....
After the engine letting go at pod I decided it was time to take her off the road. I moved house in June so the cars really not been touched until a few weeks ago... The plan was to strip and re-build the engine, steel rods, low comp pistons etc etc and sort the body work at the same time.
So here we are, been on the go for a few weeks now but I dont get as much time in the garage as I'd like so progress is slow... But here we go...
Windscreen Surround was totaly shot
https://www.rtoc.org/files/Technical%.../DSC_0724a.jpg
The drivers side was just nasty....
https://www.rtoc.org/files/Technical%.../DSC_0727a.jpg
So out it came....
https://www.rtoc.org/files/Technical%.../DSC_0779a.jpg
Cleaned and painted ready for the new surround
https://www.rtoc.org/files/Technical%.../DSC_0782a.jpg
New surround tacked in place
https://www.rtoc.org/files/Technical%.../DSC_0792a.jpg
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Next bit was the sills and rear bumper brackets...
Once I'd removed the outer sills it was clear the inners needed a once over... the more I probed the worse it was... So I cut all the rot out leaving this...
https://www.rtoc.org/files/Technical%.../DSC_0768a.jpg
https://www.rtoc.org/files/Technical%.../DSC_0769a.jpg
I made a template and drew it up in CAD, then got some inner sill repair patches laser cut at work to save time cutting and welding...
https://www.rtoc.org/files/Technical%.../DSC_0771a.jpg
I painted the sills and the rear of the repair strip to stop it rusting once welded....
https://www.rtoc.org/files/Technical%.../DSC_0784a.jpg
Then Spotted it into position...
https://www.rtoc.org/files/Technical%.../DSC_0788a.jpg
Next was onto the bumper brackets... Again they were pretty rusty so I decided just to start from scratch...
I made a paper template, drew it up in CAD and had some laser cut...
https://www.rtoc.org/files/Technical%.../DSC_0775a.jpg
And welded into position
https://www.rtoc.org/files/Technical%.../DSC_0785a.jpg
And thats where I'm up to... Just thought I'd sahre that with ya'll :)
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:)Brings back memories, nice work mate:agree:
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Been there, done that - didn't have cad and laser stuff, so not as clinical as that, fappin' good stuff.
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well done ashy, nice to see you doin a bit on her despite being a dad...:), good work mate, coming along nicely...despite the orange peel effect on the paint...;){in house banter}...:laugh:..:wasntme:
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jesus in the seat of a 5
coming along nicely...despite the orange peel effect on the paint...;){in house banter}...:laugh:..:wasntme:
:laugh::laugh:
:cooter:
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Good work ashy, you are a right good handy man :cool:
Is dave giving it a paint, If so what colour?
phil
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Very nice body repairs, good work
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maybe you could knock some more cad stuff up and sell em on the site?
rear bumper mountings always go?
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Sparkie
maybe you could knock some more cad stuff up and sell em on the site?
rear bumper mountings always go?
:agree: Yes please,
Also the inner sill plate would be good :)
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I've started a THREAD in group buys if any one wants any repair panels.
Cheers Ashy.
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let me know when that engines in bit ;):agree:
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the extra bits of pipe you needed for you turbo mani, what size did you use?