boosted yellow mk1

[Williamspaul]

Out with the old in with the new

 

[Adey.]

What made you switch from omex to adaptronic?

 

[Williamspaul]

The adaptronic has a lot more capabilities than the omex

 

[Williamspaul]

Charge cooler is gone I’m fitting a mishimoto j line Intercooler instead

 

[Williamspaul]

some progress on the box

 

[Williamspaul]

I’ve been busy making room for the chubby intercooler

 

[Williamspaul]

Butchered a 3 inch v band so I can weld a 3 inch 90 directly onto it

 

[Williamspaul]

Crown wheels machined to fit its new lsd

 

[Williamspaul]

Throttle body changed for a Renault 19 item so you can attach a hose directly onto it and using factory Renault holes to run the boost pipes

 

[Williamspaul]

Rotated the turbo this morning and test fitted some boost pipes

 

[Williamspaul]

Bit more gearbox progress too blakline atb fitted to the crown wheel and pms strengthening plate ready to go on

 

[Williamspaul]

All back together now I’m very excited to use it

 

[Williamspaul]

Ready for engine removal

 

[Williamspaul]

Engines out

 

[Williamspaul]

Engines out ready for some fettling

 

[Williamspaul]

Heads off taking it for porting and big valves tomorrow

 

[Williamspaul]

Little bit of a engine refresh

And a little bit of porting

 

[Williamspaul]

so I had to take a little break from the project I laid a concrete base then built a double length garage in my garden after loosing my storage but it’s much nicer the cars being home.

I’m quite lucky to have rear access and just enough room to park a mk1 or mk2 between the garage and the gates I know no one cares about the garage but I’m quite proud lol

 

[Williamspaul]

And so the project starts again I wanted to get my head ported and after a lot of uming and aring I decided it was best to use the 2.0 head off a Megane f7r. Mainly because it has 33mm valves but also because it has the best design ports for flow. The other difference is that the Megane uses coil packs not a dizzy im not using the dizzy anyway no not a problem for me .

So the heads been ported new valve guides valves lapped in then going for a clean and all the other rubbish it needs so should come back nice and fresh ready to bolt on

While this was being done I sent of the rocker cover cambelt cover and thermostat housing for paint in the oe colours

 

[Williamspaul]

Some more porting photos

 

[Williamspaul]

Tiny update the original egr hole just happened to be 12mm so it’s been drilled out to 12.5 and tapped to m14 to accept the Clio air temperature sensor

Since the egr bolt holes were now idle seemed to be the ideal place to mount the bracket for the map sensor

 

[Williamspaul]

Had some bits blasted ready for reassembly

 

[Williamspaul]

So I noticed last minute that my oil return pipe had a split in it so a called Sfs and they dug through all their old moulds and managed to make me a nice new one in black

I set the exhaust cam with 1 degree r****d and the inlet 2 degree’s advance hopefully that’s a good starting point

 

[Williamspaul]

Bit more progress new water pump fitted new thermostat fitted 750cc ev14 injectors fitted heat shield and re routed the fuel lines to their original position

I fitted a old cam cover to keep the freshly painted one nice as it may have to come off and on a few times during mapping starting to get all the little bits done now vacumes breathers and modified the bit of plastic that sits round the oil cap

Engines starting to come together cams are in Kent rn1601 I was lucky enough to fish a Megane inlet manifold that has been ported by mark fish and a 64 mm throttle body from a 172

 

[Williamspaul]

Opening up the breathers

 

[Williamspaul]

Productive morning

 

[Williamspaul]

now that the engine is in its time to mock up the boost pipes

 

[Williamspaul]

Coming along nicely these boost pipes

 

[Williamspaul]

More boost pipe work added a take off for the boost solonoid and another larger one for the idle speed control valve and the last threaded one is for a air temperature sensor for a gauge

 

[Williamspaul]

Blanked a few coolant pipes too

 

[Williamspaul]

Modified the actuator bracket for a bit of clearance and rotated it 90degrees so the vacume pipe isn’t squashed against the bulkhead

Air filter and pipe came in the post so I gave it a test fit but I think it’ll require some fettling to get it fit around the boost pipe I’ll try it again when I get the boost pipe back I shortened it a inch to help the hose fit a little better

I might have gone a little ott with the size of the filter

 

[Williamspaul]

The director of tiny looms came down to make a start on the loom

 

[Williamspaul]

Another wiring loom shift put in

 

[Williamspaul]

Looms essentially done bar some tidying and base map installed

 

[Williamspaul]

Reverted back t a plastic fuel rail as the metal one leaked along the welds

Engine bays coming together with its new giant air filter

So the car runs now but struggles to start I’m blaming the coils so they are gone and I’m reverting back to a clio 172 coil

 

[Brigsy]

If your using the R8 coils, they should be fine. Map will need adjusting.

 

[Williamspaul]

If your using the R8 coils, they should be fine. Map will need adjusting.

It seems that those coils need 11+ volts to work but under cranking it drops to 9.5 so the coils don’t work while the starter motors turning very handy lol

 

[Williamspaul]

Ecu has found it’s way into the glove box rather neatly

And my gauges found there way into where the radio used to sit so I can close it for that standard look

 

[Williamspaul]

Back to ht leads custom made to suit a 172 coil pack

 

[Polynesian]

Just read the entire thing, brilliant.

Is the yellow sunflower?