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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 (...

Went with epoxy primer over it, just so it doesent rust, as I couldnt get my hands to work on the car. Oh, I didnt say this. The previous owner ( the young one, that had the car painted ) sad the body was done and everything was ok. Mhm, i'll let you take a look for yourself Thats like...

29/1/2024 The next step was getting the sills done, they were really, really bad.. Couldnt jack up the car.. This time I took it to different guy, he really is an oldschool guy, knows his job, but like all of them, he takes his time.. 5/2024 It took only 4 month to replace the sills and few...

That was a relief.. Pulley replaced Then, it decided it will piss the gas on the connection to fuel rail So I zip tied it like they were free.. The gas hose is also cracked, its original, so I need to replace that, and will put F7P fuel rail, that's aluminum and can put a normal clamp...

lets get back on track Front strut mount mounted, it really looks good. It was powder coated in red, but I dont quite like the colour, might paint it in the future to match the calipers. The drivers door lock wasnt working, it was turning in circles, so dissasembled that and took a look, I...

Next on the list was ABS. I presume at some point in the life of this megane, this catched on fire So once again, parts were taken from 5door donor This is what happends when your friend come over.. I didnt really care that the engine was only run at the spot ( for many hours ) but not...

10/2023. My stupid ass found out that I've painted the wrong front calipers.. Brakes on Megane came in 2 versions ( on 16v), in 262mm and 280mm. I knew that on my (5door) there were 262mm discs and calipers, but somehow i measured that original brakes from the yellow one are 280mm.. yep.. they...

For the pads, went with ds 1.11 at front and regular ate at back Regarding the rear subframe, oem is quite narrow, popular mod is to put scenic axle to get +6 cm ( 3cm on each side), and I bought used scenic rear axle. With that axle, you have completely different brake system, the more...

Time to put it all back togeather This was in 8/2023, so almost 1 year later, compared to the start of project Now, since this was everything new, ofcourse the whole car needs to be new as well.. The rabbit whole was deeper and deeper, and boy was I unaware of it.. Front put togeather...

1st start and rough idle.. it would idle rough like this for 15 - 20 seconds and then idle normally, I couldnt figure out what is was, but my buddy told me to unplug the lambda sonda, and it stopped doing that. Didnt know if your lambda sonda is bad, it will behave like that, idle like...

Ready to go into the car! Aaand it's in! other bits and bobs subframe was used from my car, it's all polybushed ( pic from above ) ph1 2.0 16v had the biggest arb at front, but as my 5 door is ph2, and uses the same concept as megane and clio sport, it also has 25mm arb, and...

Engine on stand, and lets goo Swapped the crank pulley for aluminum one That ugly alternator is replaced ( you'll see in the future post) The flywheen is lightened..

And lets go and tidy up engine bay Checked the harness Light weight pulleys

In the mean time, went for some parts shopping, full inox exhaust, 2-1 exhaust section that was custom made, that OEM section is fully restrictive F7R from that guy sitting in a barn.. he also has megane maxi that he's build long time ago, but he's not using it.. And assembly time for...

some more parts washing Later on, I was sad that I didnt go with 197 pistons, but well.. at that point money was going really fast through my pocket.. And assembly time Oh yes, and while waiting, i've send all the bolts to get them zync coated, just looks mega on a...

Parts bought Rear subframe bar oil pump & bearings & rings bought from France Beaaring that were taken out Gearbox overhauled, bought 2 jc5 gearbox for spare parts diff plate installed And head comparation, oem vs ported

Top of the block was resufraced, cylinders cleaned, and prepared for paint

I went full over the top, and decided the give the engine complete overhaul, and gearbox, and just go all in.. All aluminum engine parts sand blasted and powder coated And time to attack the engine. Block was used from my 5 door. The head I bought that was CNC ported and polished, intake...

It was spot on, everything I hoped for.. Comparation before, after All of this was From 9/2022 -> 4/2023. Lots of time, longer than I though, much more work than expected, but this is only the begining.