Project Holey... F7R & ITBs

[Winston]

I have been holding off starting a project thread until it started moving, I have just been collecting and cleaning the parts i needed over the past few months. Its a continuation from my old white 5 thread https://www.rtoc.org/boards/showthread.php?t=720

The orange shell used to be a EP Motorsport drag car and ran a 12.9 at the pod and seems to be well know across the internet. The shell was bought from ian at EP by the last owner & was used to reshell a Ph1 Rally car fitted with a 1000cc to compete in Formula 1000 events. It competed in 2 events and was put up for sale on ebay

I already had a Williams engine and all the conversion bits that i was going to put in my White 5... So after some cleaning and painting it should be just a case of bolting it all together... famous last words lol

Another twist to the project after a 12 hour round trip to bristol.... Alpha Weber ITB's from an ex K-tec demo car... I got them for a good price.. and I was praying no one beat me to the deal lol

Car ready for the conversion



First job was to fit Lighterned and balanced flywheel, Clutch and Gearbox... I had tryed fitting the flywheel on saturday but one of the bolts sheered off (I won't be using the impact gun in future to torque them up lol).. I managed to get it out and all went together as planned today... sorry no pics

Second Job was to bolt the gearbox to the engine and mount them both on the subframe with uprated GT Turbo mounts.. I also fitted both manifolds








Third job was to fit the Renault cambelt kit





Just need to get a few mates around and lift the car onto the subframe... then i can really start getting stuck in.

[eddie]

nice project mate good luck very light car

[James5]

Been watching this on cliosport matey great job looking forward to seeing running

[Markey Mark (BD)]

Its looking good mate, nice project.

I remember Ian building this 5 for USC 05, remember it doing a 12.0 after i lent him my tyres.

[Rob@Backyardracing]

Its looking good mate, nice project.

I remember Ian building this 5 for USC 05, remember it doing a 12.0 after i lent him my tyres.

Yeah i remember him turning up with this... was that its best run?

There you go bench mark for you Winsss

[Winston]

Cheers guys

12.0... offffffft... erm match that ekkks!!!... Im just happy smashing the clio boys

[Markey Mark (BD)]

Yeah i remember him turning up with this... was that its best run?

There you go bench mark for you Winsss

Yeah that was its best run, 12.0 @ 110mph if i remember

[Schakal]

winnssstaannn ,you project whore

nice one mate

[Adey aka Ewok]

looking good buddy, have you sorted the ecu yet?

[Winston]

Just going to see how it runs on the map thats on the ECU..... Then either remap at an alpha dealer or go for something a little more user friendly ECU wise

Ideally I need cams and headwork before i get it mapped... see what bargains come up

[BriC]

Wheels. Sell. Me.

[Winston]

Loads of room.... dare i say more than a mk1 Clio







Theres a few little ****ty parts i need holding me up and i need to get my angle grinder back from jord as the bodies foul the slam panel.

[Andrew Cooke]

don't worry, it'll soon start getting tight once you add bodies, trumpets, filters and radiator

looking good, should be running by next weekend..

[Rob@Backyardracing]

I really think you should ditch the alpha and go with another ECU thats going to benifit you later in time to come... looking good starting to make progress now...

[Winston]

Its going to be very busy N/S and empty on the O/S in the engine bay

I know the alpha ECU sucks but no harm in trying it till something better comes along

[Winston]

Got abit more done this afternoon / evening... engine bay is slowly filling up lol

[Winston]

ive got some odds and sods done

Brand new wishbones with poly bushes awaiting being welded





Renault Type D bright green coolent & 10mm FK spacers



Found a random VW radiator & big sheet of mesh at spring fest in the auto jumble... £10 a piece bargain

[Winston]

I re-did the fuel rail with normal fuel hose and its ready to atatch the main fuel lines



I made a start on fitting the wiring loom... buy buy empty engine bay lol



I picked up my new seats last night... Cheers Dave



My bits arrived from laine... the crank pully, trigger wheel and lamba sensor are hear at last

[sonic-jdm]

Lovin this car
I see along the back of the engine bay has been cut out and removed. Might do that to mine
What did you do? just disc cut it out?
What strut brace you using to support the metal removed?

Good work

[Ashy]

Lovin this car
I see along the back of the engine bay has been cut out and removed. Might do that to mine
What did you do? just disc cut it out?
What strut brace you using to support the metal removed?

Good work

Just remember if you use the fan in the car you'll end up sucking all the engine fumes through!!

[Winston]

Lovin this car
I see along the back of the engine bay has been cut out and removed. Might do that to mine
What did you do? just disc cut it out?
What strut brace you using to support the metal removed?

Good work

Cheers man... I can't take any credit for the scuttle / firewall panel removel, EP motorsport did this in there ownership and they made a strut brace to suit

[Winston]

Ive got the 5 back on all four wheels again today...

No during pictures as i just got stuck in





Next step is to tow it to my nans nice flagged drive way.... crack on with my list of jobs to do... main jobs are Wiring, fueling, cooling and exhaust.

[dickiegtt]

That is a sexual project mate Nice work.

[Winston]

^ Cheers Man!! ^

Ive got a few bits done... hope to get alot more done over the weekend
Well the 5's at its final build location



Strut brace painted and fitted



ECU secured using old battery tray holder



And this pic because it looks evil lol

[Winston]

Bring on the "poly" trumpets





Also started making some new windows too.. that i can fit with the OE seals

[Winston]

Ive pretty much sorted all the plumming today and secured the radiator in place... just got to clip it all up, fill it and order a thin air pushing fan



Drilled some holes in the front bumper to aid the air flow to the rad and to match the holes on the inside



Got the windows cut to shape yesterday and fitted them today





Tackling the fuel system and Exhaust this coming week...

[Os8472]

Cool, I like the rear window comes with sign for those unfortunate brakedowns lol

[gtmatt]

looks top mate ,windows are spot on as well , u are cracking on with it , was good to meet you the other nite , catch u l8r matt

[Rob@Backyardracing]

good work lad, that driveway makes me sick in dark, i fall over....

[Winston]

cheers guys

You would not believe how many times i have wrote an "on tow" sign.... french ****e lol lol

Good to meet you to matt... quite few manc projects going on, be good once there all finished and go for a few blips up & down the lancs

[Misky]

Looking Swish pal! Manchester massive defo have to have a meet!

[Winston]

Few more bits done

Bootstrip and spoiler sprayed and fitted



Camcover painted black



Silicone hoses



Engine bay wise im almost done

[Winston]

Jord came and fixed one of the wires on my speed sensor and i fitted the original 5 engine loom (starter and altenator)... so wiring wise i just need to give the alpha ECU power

Next jobs to tackle
Fuel system... not a clue where to fit the fuel cell yet :S



Exhaust system... Downpipe fitted today

[Woznaldo]

Have you done anything else to the suspension, rear especially? Oh, and have you put the car on a weigh bridge yet?

[davefox]

SEX lol love the way the engine looks now with cover painted made a big difference!

be good to see this once its all complete and running good work mate keep it up

[Winston]

Ive not touched it since doing the cosmetic bits before FCS.... towed it home, parked it up and left it

I will jump back on it once my caddys finished...

Cheers guys

[FQ200turbo]

hi, what engine mount did you for the engine ?

[James5]

hi, what engine mount did you for the engine ?

He would have used the 5 gtx engine bracket for the front of the block and prob gtt engine mount