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    Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    Adey was on about lowering his car when he brought it, something I don't need asking twice about

    He came to mine a few Saturdays back, had some bits off me, like you do whilst I set about attacking the rear beam......

    Anyhow, I spent nigh on 4-5hrs trying to remove the torsion bars, the beam etc. Gave up in the end as they were seized good and proper.

    Adey said he'd heard about the Renault 19 16v rear beam being a straight swap. Schakal pretty much confirmed it so he managed to source a beam.

    The front suspension needed a freshen up too so he got hold of some R5GTT struts and lowering springs, -50mm to come, poly'd the top mounts, new bearings etc gave them a lick of paint and they looked as good as new. He also brought some lower arms with new ball joints.

    We attacked the car Saturday morning, just gone 10ish after a couple of cups of tea and by half 12 we had completely swapped and replaced the front suspension components, good going we thought

    After a couple of bacon and egg sarnies..EACH ...we cracked on with the rear beam. We had the beam off, swapping the necessary vital parts and torsion bars out and back ON, within 3-4hrs.

    It wasnt that plain sailing...the brake lines were a bit tight to undo and looked a little delicate, for some reason we had to adjust the handbrake cable even thought it came off with ease ...when I was refitting the torsion bars, the passenger side bar refused to go in...then to top it off, we broke a bleed nipple on the rear caliper, fortunately, I had a spare caliper to replace it with

    When we lowered the car off the jack/axle stands, the stance was completely different and it looked awesome. In the end we didnt actually lower the car, the 19 16v beam is set at STANDARD height and once fitted to the 11T, looked so much lower than before

    Take a look at the few pics we managed to take, I think we had a pretty sucessful day

    Old beam off...


    11T beam is above the 19 16v beam...


    Just after the car was dropped to the floor off the axle stands...


    Adey just leaving...


    R11T's engine bay after pinching a few of my bits...


    Standard turbo...'T28' turbo


    Hope you enjoyed reading it as much as we did doing it

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    i take it the 16v beams will fit up to a 9 as well mate?

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    Quote Originally Posted by Scottish9Turbo View Post
    i take it the 16v beams will fit up to a 9 as well mate?

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    cheers spooky,on the 9 bud you have funny arches that are flat not round, the beam being wider will prob catch on the 9 ones, only need minor tweeking on the 11

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    Quote Originally Posted by Adey aka Ewok View Post
    cheers spooky,on the 9 bud you have funny arches that are flat not round, the beam being wider will prob catch on the 9 ones, only need minor tweeking on the 11
    good point, we did slightly roll the lips on the 11

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    cheers for that info lads, was going to pop down the local scrappies theres a chamade lying there doing nowt, was going to take the beam off, might be a case of fit up and double check everything see if it does line up or not.

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    Really would depend on your drop and wheel choice, feels a fair bit firmer to drive on than the stock 11 one too

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    I'm glad we finally get to see your 11 Turbo Adey!!

    Looks SCHWEET!!

    Would like one of those bad lads!

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    Quote Originally Posted by Big Steve - Raider View Post
    I'm glad we finally get to see your 11 Turbo Adey!!

    Looks SCHWEET!!

    Would like one of those bad lads!
    cheers bud, wanted to keep it abit hush till it had the ride height sorted but will be about this year at events and stuff. hoping to sort her into a little track slag

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    Quote Originally Posted by Adey aka Ewok View Post
    cheers bud, wanted to keep it abit hush till it had the ride height sorted
    so so agree with that

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    lookin goodade , well done suhk on the help lad...., all ya gotta do now buddy is trim them chops before the track an you will save heaps on the weight of the ole girl.., good work chaps!!!!

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    you know the beard makes sence lol

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    Quote Originally Posted by Adey aka Ewok View Post
    you know the beard makes sence lol
    Mate all ya need is an old school race suit and your super sexy....

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    Quote Originally Posted by jesus in the seat of a 5 View Post
    Mate all ya need is an old school race suit and your super sexy....
    his super sexy what?

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    im actually tempeted to see if any of the front r19 stuff will bolt up for an extra 2 inch of track upfront, spooky up for another saturday car fix? anyone know of it being done?

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    Quote Originally Posted by Adey aka Ewok View Post
    im actually tempeted to see if any of the front r19 stuff will bolt up for an extra 2 inch of track upfront, spooky up for another saturday car fix? anyone know of it being done?
    isn't the R11 wider than the R19 up front?

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    is it? ill have a sniff around and see what i can find

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    Quote Originally Posted by Adey aka Ewok View Post
    im actually tempeted to see if any of the front r19 stuff will bolt up for an extra 2 inch of track upfront, spooky up for another saturday car fix? anyone know of it being done?
    I don't need asking twice

    I'll get some more bacon n eggs

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    Quote Originally Posted by Adey aka Ewok View Post
    Really would depend on your drop and wheel choice, feels a fair bit firmer to drive on than the stock 11 one too
    standard probably, maybe 35mm tops on standard wheels if i do lower it.

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    i have the 11 turbo down as

    front track 54.9inch
    rear track 53.4inch

    and the 19 16v chamade

    front track 56.1inch
    rear track 55.4inch

    so it is wider, hmm what drivesafts would i use, the 19 ones? and shocks? any ideas people as ive never done any sort of track change on a car before

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    Driveshaft swap makes sense, one way to find out

    Or you could just have super neggy camber

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    if we push out the front another half inch each side and not change the shocks somehow itll have stupid camber

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    or do i just increase the track with spacers?

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    Spacer idea is a good one, didn't we mention that on Saturday, I'm sure we did.

    Change the wheels...maybe cup rimmage...nice bit of offset there

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    Quote Originally Posted by Adey aka Ewok View Post
    i have the 11 turbo down as

    front track 54.9inch
    rear track 53.4inch

    and the 19 16v chamade

    front track 56.1inch
    rear track 55.4inch

    so it is wider, hmm what drivesafts would i use, the 19 ones? and shocks? any ideas people as ive never done any sort of track change on a car before
    statistics and damn lies...

    I have the N/S driveshafts being 7mm longer on the R11 and the O/S ones being the same length. Make your own mind up

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    sticking with 15s bud, think ill look into some bolt on spacers to bring the fronts out another 20mm

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    Quote Originally Posted by Adey aka Ewok View Post
    if we push out the front another half inch each side and not change the shocks somehow itll have stupid camber
    Could enlarge the strut top bolt holes...

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    nice job guys
    that 11t looks sick on turbines

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    We did some more work on the beast at the weekend...she now runs 20psi ...
    I'm just about to upload some more pics

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    This is a good pic, the suspension has settled and levelled out some more, Adey says it holds the road so much better



    A front 'show us da camber' shot......


    Finally the 238mm to 285mm 'big brake' conversion...


    Swapped the hubs with another pair with new wheel bearings and shes almost as quiet as a mouse...squeak squeak

    I usually upload a few pics on Facebook but this thread is a good 'time line' of mods so I'll keep it going

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    also have the wheel centers and missing trim bits before anyone pokes in and says get them sorted. defo holds the road good, no skittishnes like you get from a decked 5, think its because the rear shocks are upright and still has travel that the 5 looses for having a angled rear shock, cheers for the help spookdev tuning

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    Anytime my furry friend

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    .........

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    Looks IMO leave the centre caps off, will try and sort a shticker out too

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    Fcuk the caps and stickers...needs a bottom end first ...

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    bottom end knocking 2 days before a track day bad times bring on the rtoc spirit good times

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    Quote Originally Posted by Spooky View Post
    Fcuk the caps and stickers...needs a bottom end first ...

    Sorry, crystal ball switched off tonight

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    Quote Originally Posted by Ricardo View Post
    Sorry, crystal ball switched off tonight
    Mine is fully functional...I predict an Ewok and Spooky session on my driveway deep into the night VERY soon

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spooky View Post
    Mine is fully functional...I predict an Ewok and Spooky session on my driveway deep into the night VERY soon

    How soon

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    Quote Originally Posted by Ricardo View Post
    How soon
    Soon enough

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    Quote Originally Posted by Spooky View Post
    Soon enough

    or not soon enough...

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    The R11T is back in action - major engine 'surgery' today, update & pics to follow

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    Quote Originally Posted by Spooky View Post
    The R11T is back in action - major engine 'surgery' today, update & pics to follow

    will it make it to the track tomorrow doc ?

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    Pmt ftw

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    Schak, Adey will be on track tomorrow my friend

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    Quote Originally Posted by Spooky View Post
    Schak, Adey will be on track tomorrow my friend

    cool . i will go see him on my lunch break

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    Schak...PM buddy!!!!

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    back in action now

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    Re: Adey aka Ewok's R11T

    Cheers for the help lads, thanks to spooky and retardo (ricardo) for the engine swap on Friday all in hope of hitting the track on sat all was going well until the car threw a belt off mid lap, and then in true rtoc spirt schakal was able to grab a belt for me and drop it off at the track so I could continue :-D all was well until a rear brake pad made a quick exit and left me with a brake pedal on the floor at the end of the straight, luckly no major damage was caused and a new pair of pants needed along with some new front tyres, cheers again

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