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+1 I learned a huge amount by doing this & now I've got the knowledge, skills-ish :o and confidence to be doing engine conversions by myself. Don't be too harsh on garages & their prices as at the end of they day they need to make money to pay the bills just like the rest of us

Falsely hoped this thread was asking about interesting noise coming from the front of the car :dapprove: But I'll try & turn it around......Beaniemoo's silly spec Mk1 has got to be the loudest I've ever heard, he's banned from Bedford Autodrome until he fits some sort of airbox to dampen the...

Could be a knackered heater matrix, what does the temperature gauge say, is it a bit crap on fuel? Start with checking the coolant is topped up or flush it all out & put new stuff in along with using a hosepipe to flush each pipe out as the ones going into the car could be blocked & stopping...

I'm pretty sure your insurance company will be able to change the cover so that it's protected while it's stored in a garage for not a lot of money ie; not insured to be driven but insured the same way your home contents can be insured

I would SORN, cancel the insurance & rent a garage to keep it in while you're gone, will save you the hassle of selling it plus the hassle of finding another 1 when you're back & the possibility of having to spend the money all over again to either get it to the same standard or fix/maintain...

Oh my.......:clap: the sound it makes at idle speed makes me moist :evil:

Nothing random about it, there was supposed to be plenty of mk1's there ;) We got rather a nice selection of engines in those mk1's as well, F4R :dead:, williams on std inlet & 1 with ITB's, spider with ITB's, F7P Turbo, F7P with ITB's :cool:

Want me to bring some slick R888's to help with that problem? ;)

There's about 3 or 4 people travelling up from Essex so you could join the convoy, we do it in style with BBQ, camping & large quantities of alcohol so it's worth the long trip ;)

You'll need the entire wiring loom, ecu, coolant pipes & engine mounts, possibly the power steering pipes I'd have thought The easiest way to do it would be to have the donor car right next to you when doing the conversion so you can just nick everything off it

What about the 29th & 30th? A load of us fron clio16valver are going to be at the RWYB weekender at Shakespeare County Raceway ;)

I need to ask a favour from anyone who attended this meet, it's being featured in PFC magazine so if you want to be in it I just need your name, specs of the car & your comments on the results, will also need a picture of the car in question, preferably with it on the rollers. If you could PM...

I need to ask a favour from anyone who attended this meet, it's being featured in PFC magazine so if you want to be in it I just need your name, specs of the car & your comments on the results, will also need a picture of the car in question, preferably with it on the rollers. If you could PM...

That's because the 3's have mostly rotted away into rust lol!

Who's bloody idea was it to be up this early? :banghead: I'll see you there guys, if there's any problems like forgetting the form, come & find me. When I'm not on the rollers, my car is the red mk1 with black wheels & will be in the car park with some spare forms ;)

Are any of you guys on here any good at working a camera? I need someone with some camera skills to take pics on the day so I can get them sent to PFC magazine, they can't make it themselves but have said if I get some decent pics & a write up sent to them we'll get the day featured in the...

Have a look in f0xy & whiteley's project threads, they've done the conversion & iirc whiteley has a plug & play wiring loom for sale ;)

Charlie asked me to get everybody to print, sign & bring with them to be allowed on site but I'll have a shedload of spares with me ;)

The boost brigade doesn't have much representation so I've got my fingers crossed for you ;)

IMPORTANT INFO ANYBODY ATTENDING MUST READ, PRINT & SIGN THIS FORM OR YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED ONTO THE SITE http://homepage.ntlworld.com/vixpy1/images/Rolling.pdf

Lift the bottom part of the seats up before folding the backs down ;)

I feel ashamed to say that I've never spotted this thread :o I'm loving your work mate, car looks that good I just want to lick it :p

you'll be amazed at what panels you can fit into the back of a clio

I'd say so, quite easily. Put it in lengthways & diagonally instead (the ladies love it like that) ​:rasp: ie: don't put the bonnet into the boot the same orientation as it's fitted to the car, turn it through 90 degrees so the front of the bonnet is facing the side of the car, then tilt it up...

He wont want those, why would he want to buy something that's a direct fit? lol

But that's the boring & expensive way of doing things :rolleyes: & by decent engine I mean dropping a valver, williams or even F4 lump in it, plus his mk1 is pretty decent it just lacks the grunt to make it a hell of a lot of fun to drive, going mk3 will be a massive step back in the fun...

:lolup: My money is on it staying standard for a week & a bit :rasp:

Just putting this up for reference & to keep track of who's running 1. jay.s 2. Squeak 3. Valver16 + megane coupe f7r 4. Nick172Cup 5. bass_direct 6. wonky striped bandit 7. turbo tom 8. Chico (providing its ok from nurburgring and snetterton) 9. Terryc101 10.Paddy 11.lucky777 12. autoba 13...

Stick with the mk1 & drop a decent engine in, cheaper & much more fun in the long run ;)

Shouldn't be a problem providing we get enough people to make the day last that long, we had 25 last year & think we left aroung 4 o'clock