Its now officially mot'd! :mrgreen:
Only advisorys was
oil leak from sump (think the flywheel side half moon seal moved when the sump went up)
Antiroll bar bushes cracking
Slight play in steering rack internals
Had to slow the idle speed down and the co was 2.10not to bad considering it was set by ear
now to fix an overboost issue and oil leak
Nice one
Got some better pictures of the pipes and the ktec carb top
Can someone please help me sort these out as i'm boosting far too high 20psi easily and dont wanna pop another engine
carb base to t-peice too bov and aei unit
Ktec carb top ports
How its plumbed atm
Should this pipe go on this port?
Should this pipe fit to this port?
Also its made official, only 2 weeks till respray so lots of prep work to do
Your last pic that pipe with the one way valve and metal pipe going to turbo elbow should go to the other port on the carb and it goes to the back port on the actuator
Last edited by James5; 29-03-2011 at 08:46.
Are you sure James? I fitted them like it before copied from my cousins and it over boosted
I am 100% sure Adam, been a while since I have seen or worked on an OE stlye setupOriginally Posted by Fordy
https://www.rtoc.org/boards/album.php...pictureid=3503
You could always do the boost cup mod and let the rear port on the actuator go to air like we did on JRP's 5
https://www.rtoc.org/boards/album.php...ictureid=15129
Last edited by James5; 29-03-2011 at 08:45.
I got a feeling the restricted port on the ktec is in the wrong place
Run the cup mod matey
Loop the 2 outputs on the ktec carb top to each other,
bolt in rear of turbo elbow,
pipe from carb base to front port on actuator,
2nd port on actuator just goes to atmosphere,
new oil return pipe is here so i can remove someones bodge of copper pipe, just need to source some hoses for it as everywhere seems to want £25 each for them
And since its raining and tommy doesnt like the rain
So he is having his sump pan removed and the half moon seals changed in hope to fix the oil leak,
if it dont fix it then it seems its a rear main seal gone.... BAD times
Does anyone know if the top and bottom oil return hoses are the same or different? and what size bore pipe?
Small update
Only 5 days till its respray time :mrgreen:
The tables have turned now and my bro is telling me what to do now, since he is the bodyshop boy
Doing prep work at week nights and all this weekend
Not much left to prep at all but removing as much trims etc as possible to save time stripping and masking up
Garage cleared
The Bro brought home some proper high build primer and tools etc
Car masked up
The Bro in action painting the front bumper
Guide coat on bumpers
Front bumper ready for paint
Whole passenger side is ready for paint aswell but no pictures of it.
Only the door shuts left to scotch off
8)
looking really good fella, not much fun flatting guide coat is it..
All hail high build!
Great project thats really coming together, hats off to you for the commitment! Keep it up, look forward to seeing the end result!
well the car is pretty much fully prepped and whilst my bro was finishing off the passenger door shut....
I started to play :mrgreen:
No grill at the moment as my old one is beyond repair so a new one is coming when i can afford it
Standard bonnet
Bad boy louvered bonnet unknown origin?
Come to the conclusion that it wont be used ever as,
1. the bonnet needs that much repair work i have no energy left to do it
2. it doesn't suit the car imo
3. my brother hates it and thus wont paint it for me :lol:
can you return the vented bonnet to OE by cutting off the eyebrows? could be worth doing in your spare time once the cars done
looking good tho
sadly not as its a properly made louvered bonnet full of metal no fibreglass anywhere
next idea is carbon bonnet
He's in the spray booth and omg its a big booth indeed
Seems like such a luxury to have so much room
Anyways pictures as always
One tall booth
Little shot of the stuff they have in for painting etc
They have a few redbull f1 racing units and even a few FIA trucks being worked on and a couple in the other booths
looking good
So after a lovely 530 wake up after my brother had attacked me with a torch in my eyes and slapping my head to wake me
We finished the masking then gave it a final look over and quick prep of some areas
Primered
Final coat - renault glacier white - also the same as ford cosworth white
its not been flatted and polished yet so still a bit "factory finish" here and there but that'll all be done in a few weeks at home
8 o'clock start tomorrow morning reftting everything ready for the drive home where all the trims will get fitted on and cleaned etc
amazing work mate i need mine doing when i get a new front bumper got to find somewhere decent
We did want to stonechip the bottom lip of the front bumper so it didn't get any stonechip damage.
But we completely forgot about it as we was amazed how nicely the paint went on. Will need a bonnet and bumper bra made up me thinks now to protect it
If you haven't got tits then don't wear a bra
Looking absolutely great btw
Simply Stunning
looks really good that does dude, well done for doign most the work yourself, its a real buzz, but best of all its not the end of the world if you knock it as you know exactly what to do to repair
He's back home after a little trip round to see my cousins and they love it
Gave them a kick up the arse to get their tungsten one back on the road
Still a few trims to fit etc but the most has been done and we can have a rest for a week
BUT its not all good news! Like a true renault 5 it has a new problem.......
Its clutch has decided that with the newly rebuilt engine and all the new power plus a spirited drive home, the clutch didn't like it and started to slip on full throttle after 3k
So new clutch time yay....
Nothing better than a mint white 5, looks very shiny
i agree, im loving this 5, some good time and effort been put into thisNothing better than a mint white 5, looks very shiny
fresh fresh fresh, ah it take me back.
Looks great
Nice booth
Simply gob smackingly beautiful.
Good work.
Looks absolutley stunning
Gearbox is out with the engine in situ.
Its tight but not hard as i've not sworn at it yet this morning.
Big thanks to mike at gt turbo spares for the uprated clutch 8)
Bonnet and bumper off. Covers on and an no zips on trousers rule set down we like the paint work unscratched
Gearbox removal
Found my persistant oil leak - rear main oil seal wrong way round :roll:
Found a possibly cause to my funny vibration at 50mph
Yup thats a hole in the diff and some pretty deep grooves,
The shaft bearings looks fine and theres no pieces floating in the other half of the diff...
On the hunt for a new one might try scrappys tomorrow
If no luck then i'll put it all back in and buy one from renault and do it in situ with the shaft out
So the list of things found wrong:
No roll pin in o/s driveshaft
Rear main oil seal fitted wrong way round causing my oil leak thats gone over the flywheel and clutch
Gearbox n/s diff section has a hole in it and deep grooves
The bro did some cleaning while i removed the gearbox
Now to de-grease and repaint the box silver casing and black end cover like it should be
Right way round now :roll:
Went on the hunt for a new diff gear and went to the local volvo scrappy as it was the only one open today :roll:
there is a few good 440 turbos in here hiding
Rolled over a 440 1.8 no turbo and got to work
Oh yeah no more holes
found this awesome idea on the same gearbox, Return spring on the gearbox rather than the linkage. so far it seems to work fine
Gearbox in
Got a mega headache so come in for a rest and tablets so this is as far as i got yesterday afternoon
finished off today
Bailey dump valve removed after finding it was leaking when we was cleaning it
Then we found out a knocking noise from the drivers front wheel when pulling it in and out at the top
Found both top mount bolts loose enough to move
Tried undoing one and it snapped
So off with the drivers strut which turns out to be koni adjustablesthen ground off the captive nut and rewelded a new nut to the bracket
Refitted it and took out the passenger sides and copper greased them up for good measure and jobs a gooden
Then we decided to put the strut brace on since "fingers crossed/touch wood" all the engine work is done
We then cleaned up the earths on the front of the car and put the bumper and bonnet back on
Took it for a spin up to tesco and treated the car to a full tank of 99 octane, then popped round to halfords for a new clio rear wiper blade and some satin black so we can paint the wiper arms next
Feels good being able to give it full throttle in any gear without having to worry of it slipping anymore
and i love the green box volvo clutch
Oh how i wish i could get my five painted!!
Nice work!
Some nice work there fella on the prep and paint. That paint booth is huge! Seeing yours painted makes me want to finish mine asap
Small update
Radio wiring has been fixed after some time with continuity tests and finding lives and earths
Radio is a classic kenwood cassette headunit given for free by a friend as i Didn't want anything fancy to stand out like a swore thumb
Also my new grill from renault for a bargain price
Brother will be painting the grill sometime this week for me.
In the meantime he has a Mini A series engine block i need to start building into a turbo block
Time to update
Grill painted and fitted on, it finally has a sexy looking face rather than a black hole
Then plugged the aem uego on
Majorly lean as boost hits
So ordered a new fpr from renault
Which didn't fix it.. DOH!oh well its another shiney part fitted
So onto the lean issue
Tried a few things like accel pump adjustment - no difference
Whilst doing a power run down the road the accelerator cable fell out the linkage- fixed on roadside
Found a nice major oil leak from the rocker going onto the exhaust making a bit of smoke
So after that i got moody...got home and put the car in the garage (Its favorite place)
Took off the strut brace, rocker cover and carb
Fixed the rocker cover leak
And proceeded to strip down the carb + a good spare on in the garage that hasnt been used for a while
And found this little bugger was semi blocked
So swapped it out for a good spare, and reset the accel pump with a 5mm drill bit
Then i thought lets go for a bar of boost, so swapped the ac jet for a 1mm and drilled the 2nd stage to a 1.2mm and fitted everything back together.
Just need to get a new fuel filter and bleed the coolant and see what we have tomorrow on the aem... fingers crossed at 10psi it overfuels enough for me to up the boost a little to 14 psi
looking good mate
how much was your fpr if you dont mind me asking? hey id imagine you would be able run a tad more than 14psi if you set your carb up with 1.2mm 2nd stage and 1mm a/c
its was £44.88inc vat from renault but i get alot of discount as i know the parts bloke very well
thats not bad at all, as i wanna replace mibe just toying with idea of standard or adjustable fpr
Great project, it's great to see what you can achieve with lots of hard work.
The car looks amazing keep up the good work!!
Give yourself an your painter a big pat on the back...Lovely Job on her
Still dont know if its fixed the lean issue but i know it is clean and polished
few of the bros mini aswell
looking great dude, should be proud.. be nice to have a chat with ya at national day when you come grab these lights.
lovely mate
looks stunning, fresh, white with the bump strips off make it look awesome.
looks stunning, fresh, white with the bump strips off make it look awesome.
Car looks superb!
i'm not to sure on the decals, it was always my plan untill the bumpers got smoothed now i'm not sure if it will suit it
orange lights hmmmm might have to swap with someone at national day see what it looks like, since i need a new clear one anyway as the locating lug is broken off so it sits wonky
if someone could photoshop the decals on so i could get an idea of how it looks that would be great
superbe
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