Yeah it is mate, really would have liked to of taken it to the Pod. It will make it out this year thoughOriginally Posted by Adam L
I'll be at Pod day with something though
Yeah it is mate, really would have liked to of taken it to the Pod. It will make it out this year though
I'll be at Pod day with something though
Yeah it is going to be abit insane mate, i've done a far bit to the engine and plan to see how much power you can push out of one.
Bottom end wise its fairly standard apart from a balanced crank and a very light flywheel, top end the head has recieved a far bit of porting, bigger valves, stronger valve springs, custom spec cam which Scoff kindly come up and just a few other little bits.
I painted the engine block in Hammerite, need a few other bits doing soon but not sure to paint or ploish yet
Very very clever stuff mate, i was thinking of going down that route with mine but then thought other wise, my pocket wont go that deep lol..
So will the turbo not fit under the inlet where it goes as standard like on mine, looks good out the side just thought maybe the turbo may not clear the bulk head..
My engine is comming out now, i have a new fly wheel and clutch comming next week, going to paint the engine and do head gasket and sump gasket all at the same time.. I was just going for a cheap sleeper as the clio is only a bulk standard 5 door, but people wont expect a volvo lump under the hood..
So you run standard pistons then ?.. I didn't realise you could do so much to them with out changing the pistons and rod's etc... Also when ever i look on the net for performance parts i can't find any thing for the 480 t lump..
Any idea's ?
No the turbo is too big to go in the standard position, wouldn't cear the bulkhead at all.
To be honest 99% of the bits on my engine are custom made, there's not much off the shelf performance parts out there at all.
As for the piston's and rod's, time will tell
Thought so, that turbo is huge and the intercoolerHUGE lol.. I remember a mate of mine called duncan buit a stupid fast fiat uno turbo with a huge tubo and intercooler, it lagged a bit but that made it fun cus when the lag clears woooosh.... Hold on to your seat... lol
Good work mate, keep us up dated on that engine, i'm very interseted to see progress..
Rob
I just noticed the date of when i updated this thread, has it been that long!
Well for a late update
I had got alittle lazy with the project in the late part of this year, what with saving for my holiday i had in Austarlia and work i didn't have much time to spend on it. Well its time to drag the old girl out now and fit the mounting of bits i got it sitting in the garage.
Last weekend i did alittle, finished modifing most of the engine brackets, started templating the coil-pack bracket and finished the boost pipe from the turbo (now all pipes done).
In the car ready to go on is:
- New roll cage (weld in)
-Gauges
-Exhaust silencer
-Screamer pipe
-Brakes
-Nitrous
-Master cylinder
-Fuel lines
Over christmas the priority is to get these parts in and fitted, have all the custom brackets welded up and test fitted to the engine before powder coating and generally get the thing finished!
Will have some update pic's soon of it looking more complete then before
Mark, don't let this turn into my Escort
Not a chance mateMark, don't let this turn into my Escort
I'm all ready to dive in and get the last bits done
Good man Mark, be nice to see it finished in the new year
real nice bit of kit mate looks real good and looks like alot of hard work has gone in
Well if we stop playing about with all the other crap (mini and a campus) we could get it done alot quicker !I just noticed the date of when i updated this thread, has it been that long!
Well for a late update
I had got alittle lazy with the project in the late part of this year, what with saving for my holiday i had in Austarlia and work i didn't have much time to spend on it. Well its time to drag the old girl out now and fit the mounting of bits i got it sitting in the garage.
Last weekend i did alittle, finished modifing most of the engine brackets, started templating the coil-pack bracket and finished the boost pipe from the turbo (now all pipes done).
In the car ready to go on is:
- New roll cage (weld in)
-Gauges
-Exhaust silencer
-Screamer pipe
-Brakes
-Nitrous
-Master cylinder
-Fuel lines
Over christmas the priority is to get these parts in and fitted, have all the custom brackets welded up and test fitted to the engine before powder coating and generally get the thing finished!
Will have some update pic's soon of it looking more complete then before
or don`t fit the nitrous and sell it to me...........
You not fancy a bash at the euro sports compact? or at least get the cage to meet the spec incase you decide to join in the future???
I may do mate, has interested me to competing in some sort of drag series some time.You not fancy a bash at the euro sports compact? or at least get the cage to meet the spec incase you decide to join in the future???
Think for me this year will be finishing it and testing it to see how it performs, then maybe the following year if it performs well see about entering the car.
To be honest its got to perform quite well to stand of any chance against some of the cars in the Euro Sport Compact series.
lookin very nice mate, cant wait to see the results on the strip
Mark, good to see you working on the red 5, she's been with you a while now so it must be nice getting back in the swing of things :ho:
stuart clark ...?
Thing is i'm not the only one with this size intercooler on my car, i believe another high powered car runs the same one.
Car is a classic custom build, done truely to awsome standard by looks of it
well done
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Ma
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Made some more progress with the 5 yesterday at last.
Got the new cage half mounted in, during the week new plates are going to be cut to make the box's for the floor that the cage will be mounted to. Once in it'll be sandblasted and painted.
All the old sound deadening come out, as i'm not have a dash all of it is now in the bin!
A new control/gauge panel has been drawn up redy to be cut out and all the new gauges and switchs mounted. Only bits that i need for the runing of the car are going to be there, all the electrical extra's have been romoved from the car aswell as the wiring from the dash loom (electric window's, stereo, front fog switch, rear wiper/washer switch etc)
New disc's got fitted, just got to celan up the calipers and paint them front and back then thats the brake system done.
While the wheels were off i tried the new slicks on, needed to trim little bit of the inside lip of the arch trims. Now can get full lock with the 22-9x13 tyres without them catching.
Got some new lights from Mike (phase 1 16v turbo) recently, they got fitted, juts need to modify the paneling behind the passenger head light abit so i can run the boost pipe under the light as its catching it quite abit. Another welding job for me!
Engine side the dizzy has found its new position now, will be making the mounting bracket for that too, also new timing sensor will be having its bracket made too at thre same time. Downpipe has been measured up and set to be finished too, also got the remove the original silencer that Haz fitted to the 3" exhaust and fit the 3" cheey bomb in its place.
Over next few weekends all the welding/bracket making will be completed so pretty much all the stuff can finally be fitted in place.
Made some good progress again thankfully, with the better weather now i should be on target to get it all finshed soon. Been long time coming now.
Will get some new pic's up over next few weeks once these parts have been completed.
looking forward to seeing this Mark, keep the work going, sounds like your winning.
Yeah i'm finally winning with it now.looking forward to seeing this Mark, keep the work going, sounds like your winning.
make sure you bring that plate with you in the morning so i can make the box !
Glad to see your making new progress again..
Well its been almost ayear since i have been able to work on this project what with work and issues with using equipment round my garages.
The car started to look alittle rejected and i wasn't happy with few things i done before so before the engine went back in for good i decided to sort shell out one last time, but due to not being aloud to weld round my house anymore i have had to wait 3 months to be able to go somewhere to do it
Today i moved the car to Bigbadboytanks parents double garage so i could do alot of welding work on the shell and make alot of brackets and fit a fair few bits to the shell too.
Its there for 2 weekends and in that time all welding work will be done ready for little lick of paint (again) and the engine to be dropped in for last time.
I'll be sticking progress pics up each day so those who are interested can see the progress and to prove i have actually done something to it!
Heres pic of car at its new home for 2 weeks, will stick more up tomorrow of the progress
Its about bloody time too !
I forgot to tell you the plug on my mig is abit iffy, but seems your posting you must be ok!
Yeah welders been spot on today, engine bay is mostly done now and Clio 16v dash in.Its about bloody time too !
I forgot to tell you the plug on my mig is abit iffy, but seems your posting you must be ok!
Next it exhaust downpipe and the cage floor plates.
More porgress today, dash was finally finished fitting in so all that needs doing to that is wiring it up.
Done downpipe today which now finishes the exhaust system off totally, i will be moving on to the screamer pipe next but need to get length of pipe first.
I'll be doing the filler work on the bodywork during week ready for its fresh lick of paint again, next weekend will be cage plates and any left over bits that i find before it goes for paint again.
And I make a good cup of tea :-)More porgress today, dash was finally finished fitting in so all that needs doing to that is wiring it up.
Done downpipe today which now finishes the exhaust system off totally, i will be moving on to the screamer pipe next but need to get length of pipe first.
I'll be doing the filler work on the bodywork during week ready for its fresh lick of paint again, next weekend will be cage plates and any left over bits that i find before it goes for paint again.
Jeez, about time you got this sorted
Yeah it is mate, to be honest after few hold backs last year and other bits that needed doing this car took a back seat. Think last year it rolled out the garage once.Jeez, about time you got this sorted
Got my arse in gear now so its going to get done!
Good man, glad it's getting there.
I was up your neck of the woods today, was going to drop you a txt lunchtime & pop over but then the wife dropped me a txt to come home ASAP(most annoying)
Anything I can help with give me a call
I'll be doing last bits next weekend mate, more than welcome to come pop down.Anything I can help with give me a call
I'll keep you away from grinders this time, know what happened last time!
Cracking stuff mate great to see it's all now coming together are you keeping it road legal or just for the pod again great work mate
Road legal mate but will only have basic essentials in there to make it legal.Cracking stuff mate great to see it's all now coming together are you keeping it road legal or just for the pod again great work mate
love the manifold
Chop chop markey
Chop chop markey
So your not planning on parking it next to phils then
Oh i will but maybe not at the same time!So your not planning on parking it next to phils then
Oh i will but maybe not at the same time!
Mate you better park it near mine as there's not enough reds left out there especially when there nicely modded
Another weekend of progress on the car.
Got the passenger side front panel modified to accept the new boost pipe run, tweeked exhaust system again as was sitting alittle too low and also mounted the fuel swirl pot in the back of the car.
I managed to put a layer of filler on the engine bay before i finished tonight so tomorrow it should be dry ready for me to sand it down.
Started routing the screamer pipe today, need extra length of pipe to route it way i want so hoping i can get it tomorrow and finish it off.
Not got any pics today but will get some more up tomorrow once i done a few more jobs to it.
Good stuff mate keep it going and keep the pictures updated mate
Nice progress mark
Cant wait to see this one go ..as the engine from your campus goes bloody well
Few more updated pics, its getting there slowly made more progress these past 2 weekends then i have over the past 18 months.
Some nice work there
are them holes a part of the intercooler run ?.. just wondering as i want to alter mine to go down there.
Knowing Mark they will be
just looked closer it appears marks taking a page from the vw boys books and smoothing out any unneeded holes etc.. and going smooooth. I think its about time the renault scene caught up a little with vw/ford themes.
Your the 1st to mention it
hehe , i dont miss anything.. tell him to invest in some 2k high build primer through, that rattle can high build is toss , to thin to actually to a great deal and just often reacts like buggary when applied over the top.
it will look really good when complete me thinks
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