Recent content by Optimista

my friend managed to find out, that phase 1 has 2 maps from factory over knock sensor the car identifies what fuel it has, and it has a map for 95 octane and 100 octane ( avaliable in Europe ), and accodingly to that it changes the map and power.

wow, so strange of an American to "dream" about this car :D Wish you best of luck! Wont be easy sourcing parts in US

No progress on the car, but hot a hold of factory rims with caps. They were so ugly to me before, but grew on me.. They are getting rare to get hold off, especially with caps.

Glad you liked it. I find it kinda special, although many say it isnt' "original" sport, because the chassis doesnt have it's number from the factory ( it came un numbered, and had to be stamped at technical inspection - the numbers dont match renault numbers, but are numbers matching to...

does any1 knows the cause to this? on my previous cable snapped 2 times. 1st one was oem, second ATE replacement, also when 2nd went it, new clutch was also installed. ( not because old one was bad.)

11/2024 That's the current state. I moved the car outside of my friends garage because this is very dirty work and dont want to occupy the garage, because we do our regular maitnance in there. Since I do this after work, it was easy in the summer, day last very long, it's warm etc, but now when...

The ammount of selaer on the car, and the fact it's so slow to remove, it's exhausting

Removed the rear axle, fuel tank, exhaust, everything Factory sealer is a perfect hider of rust, on the outside it doesn't look that bad, but underneath, it's crying for it's life

10/2024 It's always nice to spend the summer working on the car, not on the beach, right? Right? mhm.. So, once again, this car has took almost 1 more summer from me, and my job also, life is fun when you are living it to the max... yea,, nope.. I'm just gonna throw bunch of pictures of how it...

Also thought it was a good idea to wash the car when i dissasembled everything... yep.. Remover the seal around the front & rear windshield, the front was good, but rear no to much Went on with the cleaning , This was still early stage and I was really optimistic I would get this...

So I went with sanding all the car, to have it fully painted, and so I sanded and sanded and sanded.... Remember what I've said that I didnt look the rest of the car when sitting on that garage floor? Well, I also didnt look at the rear of the car when I realised the sills need to be...

Ready for primer sealer Bit of luck that day, although this part is with no delivery date in renault, I placed an order, and it arrived after 3 months Syncro kit for jc5 ( its for jc5, but 1st and 2nd gear are not "double" like at later jc5, for example 089, this fits for jc5 053 (...