Big Update!
Clutch is finished
intercooler came back.... The guys at Pro Alloy are Gods!!!! i will recomend them to anyone and deffo go back again!!!!! Just look :shock:
how rad is that... lol ill get my coat!
Turbo Fitted
Now the intercooler is fitted
its tight!!
Plus my wheels are back from Sandblasting.... its all go now 8)
gonna be a busy weekend!!!
ding dong!!!!!!! check that i/c out!!!!
Holly mother of JeebusOriginally Posted by J$£5GTT
ding dong!!!!!!! check that i/c out!!!!
I know! It's almost a crime to hide it behind a bumper!
ace, great work
whats the clutch m/c from ? I tried a mini m/c in the bulkhead with my new 02M, insufficient volume, then couldn't find a VW m/c with a propper (threaded) resivoir hose fitting - instead they were all plastic with those awfull plastic fittings and metal clip arrangement. In the end I used an old 02J slave cyl as a master cyl, I just bleed it backwards. seems OK but incase I have problems I quite like the look of your setup
Always loved this car.......epic.
New poster! (less than 10 posts)
looks lovely top work
Scoff... Ur scaring me lol. It's just a .750 one from my kit car. Not even sure it's got enough flow? Fingers crossed... It's tight under there ay! But like u said I had the STD Vw one (steve fitted it) but this looked neater. I'll keep ya posted. Flan
Ps cheers for the comments lads
This is a fantastic build mate, top job
what a build, great stuff
Busy weekend…. It might be done for the National day but unlikely it will be mapped
Few things ticked of the list
Gear linkage
And Speedo
Fan…bit tight
Header tank with custom pipe
New heat shield…. Not sure about it?? might have to re-do it!
Turbo is all plummed in… oil return was fun to fit!
Inlet manifold and Injectors in
Just need to start the pipework
Oh and find a smaller throttle rocker (or just a steal one I can modify…. Anyone got one?
Not much to do in the grand scheme of things…
Gonna be a few late nights this month!
The start of the wheel refirb..... fun!
Hubs, brakes and shocks fitted... I know why they call them Gaz "Gold" shocks... only been on a year and there going rusty!!
Looking good Flan
Now stop making excuses and as you say to me chop chop
DG
More goodies from SFS.... im gonna have shares in that place soon
more mods
but were getting there.... almost all plummed in then electrics.
Very neat
I'll second that,awesome build,I've also nicked your idea of mounting the clutch master cylinder in the cabin for my hydraulic clutch setup
I just took the boring option and bought a clio V6 pedal box to solve my hydraulic clutch issues
Flan, for future ref the 0.75 I bought works ace with the 02M in my car. So it should work fine with your 02J/A
For comparision sake it takes about 1.3" of piston travel to fully disengage. I don't know where 0.75 comes from because it's bore was 20mm or over, not 0.75" like I expected. Just aswell because the cylinder will only travel 1.5", compared with the 2" of the old VW one I took out and I was worried there would not be enough volume. Turns out there's just enough
this is awesome m8! great work looks so o.e.
is this the bam engine? as we now have a leon cupra r and its a very nice engine gana be a real weapon
Nice one Scoff, yer mine is really Light but works great. Infact the biting piont is high but i have room to adjust it.
The Engine is a BAM from a TT225 but im sure them Cupras run the same lump?
Had it mapped on Wednesday. Up to Emerald for full ECU re-map. all went well except a sticking thremostat but that didnt take long to fix
Chuffed with the final power.... just need a full respray now
Fook a duck that'll shift!
yeah thas why i ask as the cupra has the bam lump. i cant get over how neat it looks m8. seriously jealous lol. made some good power aswell what mods has the engine got apart from intercooler? standard k04?
any plans for the car in future? 4wd would be imense! nick some quattro gear from somewhere or r32 bits
brilliant!
was tempted to go quattro but ill stick with 2wd (1wd with my diff) and see what happens. Its a stock BAM with 440cc injectors and a VF34 turbo.
This Project has turned from “Just an Engine swap” to “Full Restoration”
I was hoping to just sort the arches, paint the outside then over the winter do all the underneath...ect BUT on closer inspection the sills needed repairing in sections, the jacking points were going and underneath looked a bit tired....
So i decided to bite the bullit and do the lot.
Boot is foobared
This is the only rust inside the car
Inner sills are ok
Then just remove all the paintwork/rust with my new favourite tool!
Ive defiantly seen worse on Clio’s The reason the arches are sooo bad is they must have been repaired about 5years back and they just put filler over the rust! Its good in a way as these are all the original panels and the car has never been welded.
2 arches and sills ordered.... gonna be a busy week!!
Flan
Mate I actually laughed out loud when I saw your RR graph.. thats mental!
Good work, fits like a glove.
Poor Ex 20v (Big Steve Dont Look!!!!)… At least parts of the car will live on!
Always handy having a spare… you can see where everything is joined and plated. The black one is good in places but poor in others (check the front corner) it seames no two clio’s are the same!!
My inner sills seam ok
First job remove all body sealer… FUN!
Had to repair a small patch but not to bad. Then ill treat this area and put the sill on.
Finish with something like this
Next… the joy of the Rear arches!
Shame, seams I'm not the only one the goes over the top and finds all the rust.
Did you get any more pictures during welding on the sill patch ?
Thanks
Lewis
Na sorry mate thats all i have. Do you need any info? i was hoping to do this over the winter but if i dont do it now it will never get done....
Not many pics on this either, as I was to busy sweating and swearing
A few.. All the rusty rear corner removed… no going back now
New section fitted
Then I spent hoooouuuuurs recreating this corner section. It took forever! But im happy with the result (still needs tweeks before painting)
It took me most of the weekend to get this far…. You can see why bodyshops NEED to charge so much. If you want it don’t right that is! Should have this side don’t tonight then onto the other side…which was worse on the sill… oh Joy!
Had a bit of an Epic fail and lost loads of pictures… Ghaaay! I have a few for an update.
Finished the Sill off
Also had to make this into the floor… bit OTT just to hold up the brake like holders but oh well!
Repaired the floor
Then rubbed down the whole underneath of the car ans treated any rust, followed by 90% Zinc rich primer on any bare metal, then Shultz’d the lot, pic taken after I fitted the tank n fuel line.
Had a bit of fun with a door pin
Rear beam back from the sand blasters
Painted in thick zinc primer then hamerite (with a gun) looks good.
Just need to fit up a few things tonight then off to the bodyshop!!!
Good stuff Flan
Now get round and finish my carhad a few hrs on it since ND failure to arrive and drive and getting pished off at total lack of time to progress
Have managed to sort a few things out that I never knew were an issue at least.
DG
Dunc, just crack on with it... at this rate you wont make the next national day
anyways....Off to the Bodyshop! i hope it comes back looking better
Lovin the progress of this!
PMSL cheeky git!........but there is an element of truth there lol
I dont have that much left tbh
- Make custom seats (foam jobbie)
- Remove exhaust and change angle of downpipe (not happy with how close it is to the chassis
- Finish install of boost controller and mount gauges
- Make new boost hose with T for idle controller & recirc valve
- Strip diff and remove crush washer and replace with solid spacer, also looking to treat the other bits to add some extra strength (poss fit ATB diff)
- After diff work decide on turning the boost up on oe map or get a chip / RR session done
- Some form of solution for air intake if wet
- Finish the bonnet and nose cone
- Spray offensive green
- Stick my stock of stick on real carbon stuff
- Install oil pressure sensor and hopefully temp also
-GET on track and test - dont want Spa in october to be the shake down test (although did that with the vag 5 conversion lol)
DG
So prob a couple of days work and tidy a few smaller things out but just dont have the time spare atmhaving a n hr hear and there gets bugger all done
Well a small update, work has been slow. Mainly because there flat out painting cars for “paying” customers…..thats not fair right?
The workshops always full, currently a full paintjob on all theses…even the 1962 Silver Cloud at the back! Its getting a bit of work when they can, hopefully in full primer this week.
Wheels Update
The paint £28+vat for 0.5L
Base coat done
Finished, the colour looks different in every light as it’s a xirallic paint….. Unless Northy sends me his I cant see how different they are but im not too fussed, they look cool!
Wheels - oh yes sir
Luvverly!!
Pure sex this car is, keep them coming, attention to detail is great
top project mate, I appreciate the engineering and body work that has gone into this. Rolling road figures are imopressive
I love to drop one of these lumps into my R5 at some point in the future
Looking fantastic mate, those wheels are gorgeous
If i'm honest, this is the only thing i look at on RTOC at the minute to check for updates, your work is very impressive. This will be an awesome car once finished.
That's a shame as there are a lot of other very interesting and great quality projects ongoing within RTOC.
Some projects on here make mine look budgetv-cool!
Anyways...Pics
Masked up ready for Primer
Primed with high build primer
Next stage…. Lots of Flatting!!! Oh the Joy!!
Getting there! Thanks to Dave@Autowerx MK
amazing project .. just 1 word of note
Looking at this thread reminds me of the time and effort I put in to painting my old clio williams, fresh 449 looks mint
Its Just v expensive paint i guessi think because its Xyralic (Sp) and metalic. Some paints are silly expensive its more that 449 sports blue. IIRC My Blue was £80 per litre +vat.
More…..
Sills coated in stonechip
Ready to go
Just need to prep all the parts and paint them now!
Looking good
Amazing!
Cheers Guys, the pics dont do it justice. Daves done a fantastic job!
Cant wait to get it all together now
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