Ok, so as the old website lost my project thread I thought I'd start it off again as I need a thread to update as things progress!
Luckily I had a thread running on the Cliosport site which I can copy across...
Here goes.
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My latest project was given to me in the form of a fairly tatty rolling shell... It was fully stripped out no dash seats etc... engine had been removed, and it was in a bit of a mess...
From the word go I knew I wanted to make a track day car, something light but with a pokey reliable engine...
I set about it, cleaning out the inside, fitted bucket seats a roll cage and harnesses. Next came the engine, I decided to go for a 172 engine for reliability and power... so set about sourcing one and dropping it in.
The first engine had a dropped valve so that had to come back out and was replaced with engine nuber 2!! I fabricated the manifold to suit, and ran it on a DTA ECU
The bonnet needed a bit of a lump in to clear the taller engine
It hit the road in NA form around the end of 2006 and was fairly nippy, i had it rolling roaded on Motorscopes new rollers at a RTOC day out and it made 173bhp which was nice... However I missed the turbo rush and as with all things it started to feel slow and boring. So next stage turbo...
So I set about re-building engine number 3
Machined the pistons down to drop the compression -
Machined the flywheel to take my multiplate clutch -
Stripped the block & Painted it yellow -
Blasted and powder coated the inlet manifold and plenum -
Knocked up a manifold and downpipe to suit a T3