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Running in miles going well, 280 or so miles covered now. Ive been to outstanding places of local beauty last 2 nights in the North Yorkshire moores for exercise ;) (y) In preperation for mapping i fitted the vxr blue 470cc injectors, recalibrated fuel table to suit and changed the oil and...

Gutted but expected in the current circumstances. On a positive note, roll on 2021 CSF

Give the seats a wet vac the other day as they were pretty discusting, done carpets and doorcards too. Came up quite nice, seats look blue again instead of brown Taking ages to dry out as expected :LOL:

Give the 250 a clean up today too. New shaft has not sorted the slight vibration issue in higher gears, which was a bit of a kick in the bollox. Going to get it up in the air, and check everything this week. Still looks pretty though Thanks for reading !

Not much to report, Extra van running in is going well though around 170miles done now. Done quite a few basic adjustments to the ecu map, ign and fuelling, drives really well considering. Still not boosted it properly yet, but some footage on the way to Lidl last week Had to tame the pops...

Looks bang on.

I done a bit of searching and everybody has a different idea of whats right and wrong, apparently its ok to paint straight over. Id personally give it a light coat of electrox over the hydrate 80. Ive just done my jacking points on my orange clio dci, i give the hydrate 80 a good coat of...

First hot hatch and first car, Nova 1.3sr C reg back in 1998. No pics, had period alpine headunit with 6 disc changer, alpine sub and amp, lowered on jamex springs, astra gte mk2 alloys & peco big bore backbox. Fond memories of fixing it, and taking it for mot which resulted in a hole in the...

Yesterdays job, change the o/s driveshaft on the 250. Inner joint was worn/dry and causing some vibration when pressing on. Ordered the shaft from autodoc, £140 for SNR/NTN which looks to be oem without the price tag. Hate working on the meg3 suspension, but all went smoothly and done in a...

Megane 3 parts will probably fit too as very similar platform, clio 197 bits should go no bother too. I cant believe how rotten the shock was, rest of the van is mint really o_O You will need the full 225 hub and wishbone setup to run the shocks and different length driveshafts If staying...

Bargain that, i wonder if it will fit my dci?

Updates Cured the lazy start issue. Fitted the megane battery on, which improved things a bit. Fitted some beefy 35mm2 earths from engine block and it cranks over mega fast now, so a combination of both poor batt and poor earth:cautious: Been chasing minor coolant leaks as a few joints are...

Cheers mate. My jaw still clicks from that era of hardcore and all nighters :LOL: Haha epic aint it. Should have had sunglasses on and kept away from the camera:LOL:o_O

No idea about anybody else, but i find these a nightmare to knock in with a mallet. Megane is even harder due to lack of room to get a swing

Both sides of the front suspension are done and its rocking an old set of ph1 225 alloys whilst stood. Found this beauty when stripping the drivers side front suspension down, daylight half way round where the spring cup joins the strut body. So close to failing, only 9 year old and still...

Around £160 delivered for the H&R's, good quality and seem quite hard on the front too. Not done the back yet, on the never ending list.

My old Kangoo used to have something totally different for the vin 1.2 clio or whatever. It appears to be stored in the airbag ecu as thats the only module i did not change. Makes no difference to running whatsoever or any functions. Just looks a bit strange when scanned with clip. At a guess...

Knock at the door earlier and the H&R springs arrived from Germany in a week, miles faster than most Royal Mail parcels! Started pulling it to bits Fitted on fresh R26 shocks Wishbones and hubs on Brembos on, flexi hoses fitted and brembo hc 312mm discs fitted. Discs have had a sacrificial...

Decent quality for the money. You can get the plush carpet option but a bit more expensive, not needed in this :LOL:

Update Bought a rear seat delete carpet off ebay £35. Turned up today and fits well, quite impressed. Work gear back in ready for when i eventually go back. Just the rear window to tint now, thinking light smoke to stop people glaring in when on site. Thanks for reading!

Engine bay looks great. I prefer the 225 engine with all the oem plastic covers on, look miles better.

Cheers mate. Ive done a ton of engine conversions im my mis spent youth haha. My first ever engine conversion was back in 2000, converted my old astra mk2 from small block 1.4 to 1.8 8v gte on carbs. Broke stuff and learned the hard way in my youth, but its all good fun. I keep changing my mind...

Definitely plastic pikeys, blowing out of their arse lifting it onto the pickup :LOL:

Agreed would look awesome on a decent set of wheels and a set of eibach sportlines. So tempted:D

Pandemic update Bored yesterday so pulled the knackered diesel out. Started by removing the front end and remaining ancillaries, not much to take off as head was off. I had planned on selling the gearbox, drained the oil and it came out like bum wee, out for the scrapman Could not be arsed...

Sounds alright that, my Kangoo had a similar system on it when i got it, was proper cobbled together though. Was fast and discreet with stock airbox.

It all kind of got out of hand but its been a great way to kill time in this pandemic :LOL: Reserve light came on yesterday. Roughly 7 weeks to the gallon. Not put any fuel in since last time i was at work! Needs lows but need it to be useable for daily

Great turnaround. Some crazy bodges from the previous owner, i swear its more work to bodge it than fix it properly. My old Kangoo 172 was the same when i bought it, wires twisted together, seatbelt bracket held in by an m6 bolt etc. I practically rebuilt the van as i had to go through all of...

I found the 180 NS2R terrible on the megane. Could not get enough heat into them on road use/cold weather use, car felt so skitty. They go off fast on track when hot, and i managed to split a sidewall on one of them. Cheap tyres and poor performance to suit, i had more sideways moments with...

To add to insult, i nearly took my finger end off removing a regulator from a breaker. Absolutely hated the car after that episode and didnt touch it for about 6 months, but slowly grown to like it again :LOL: