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Ooo really? How?

Battery replaced battery current sensor replaced Still no change. Had a disconnect of some wiring looms and cleaned them off, could see anything wrong with a light browse. Kicked its head on for a while and just as I was heading home it went into limp mode again. The search continues but I'm...

At the rate my cars playing up and costing me I'll be bringing the mobile chicane that is the 57 year old Renault 8 🤣 😭

Indeed found similar hen looking, for ref the oem items are made by Epcos 40v 2200uf b41694s5228

Since the show (though I hoped it would be here before hand) I've added a new mascot, Its supposed to be a play on "Mr Horsepower" let me introduce you to Monsieur Cheval Vapeur

Some of the high res photos from RRW are coming through. They make it look better than real life!

I've managed to track down the original capacitors from the tcu so have ordered a few just incase The oem items are made by Epcos 40v 2200uf b41694s5228

good shout

Well I made it back. Whole slew of new fault codes stored. I've ordered the voltage regulator from rpd so that's the next thing in the parts cannon. Output when loaded looks OK and sits at 14.4 with the lights on. Cleared all the codes and went to drive it... got stuck in the middle of my...

So.... I've driven the car to London this morning 🤦🏻‍♂️ 3 times it did it, i think I've figured if you ask it to shift quickly it does it. But light throttle and slow changes it's seemingly OK.... It did also, on 5 occasions hit me with a quick flash of the stop for a charging issue. So...

So.... I've driven the car to London this morning 🤦🏻‍♂️ 3 times it had the gearbox issue, i think I've figured if you ask it to shift quickly it does it and faults. But light throttle and slow changes it's seemingly OK.... It did also, on 5 occasions hit me with a quick flash of the stop for a...

Awesome @GtirHil do you remember or have a link for the capacitor you bought? I can find 2200uf axial capacitors just need to to know the peak voltage. But a link to the one you have would be great 👌🏻

And to confirm, that was the original tcm with new steppers and capacitor? Or have I read that wrong?

@ClioRS200T still going well?

then to top it off, ive been out and kicked its head in and cant replicate the fault, intermittent faults are the worst!

I've been a big advocate of these clios and their gearboxs, how well i think they work when bimbling to work or going hard on track... That was until this week. Had a dreaded check gearbox error twice one morning, with one of them requiring a restart to get out of limp mode. Id been expecting...

Had a lovely drive out to Goodwood this weekend for the Retro Rides Weekender. The car was displayed in the "French Connection" area along with some other lovely machinery. The show was great and defo one of the best in the year for me. The car was nearly faultless on its 300mile round trip...

Oh dear... another

pretty sure the lower one is from the external wastegates

Popped to a car show over the weekend. Cracking run out in the R8. Good food and vibes for a more local show, in excess of 600 cars turned up. Few of the 8 coming through which is cool.

Its more for the tinkering and noise factor than anything else. The rest of the car and gearbox will fall apart around it 🤣

they are cool, twingo twin run vibes. The little turbo engine can be tweaked a decent amount to be fair

A friend of mine is an absolutely excellent fabricator and engineer for a well know GTR tuning firm. Out of the scrap parts I've got kicking about he has managed to make me a tubular turbo exhaust manifold for the crossflow head. Not finished yet but here are a few pics.

Drive it very hard, get the cat lit off

After booking on for a full day at CSF I thought id get back on the adjustable top mount thing, you may remember I ordered some before Christmas through Ktec racing, who bailed and couldn't even provided a delivery date. I went direct to Compbrake who had them too me in under 2 weeks. Had...