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The factory wiring uses 80a but there was some misunderstanding when EPAS conversions were first done.

I wouldn't use the brown outer but instead swap it to one which does fit on your fuseboard. For mine I used the double orange connector which there was a space for on the cup. Excuse the incorrect 60A fuse!

Mine with a full cage, stripped is 996kg and about half tank.

I'm back. I would use the spare one you have and swap the blade from the brown plug. it's 7mm squared so diameter is about 3mm. It's only the EPAS wire which is 7mm. The other power wires running into the bulkhead connector are 5mm^2

Confusion caused by me! it's actually a brown one. That was just representing the part. Only the brown one from an EPAS equipped car is the right diameter, 7mm^2

Yep that adds up, my cup was the same. It just needs the power wire running from the engine fuseboard into the r107. You will still have to run the control box and splice the wires from the sensor on the column. That's good because it will already be connected into the diagnostic network and...

Thanks matey. Yeah just a hone and 0.006” skim on the sump and top deck to clean it up. Standard pistons cleaned up with new rings to make it nice and fresh in the bores.

correct, don't replace the cam cover as it's line bored with the head and therefore they come as a matched pair.

Cheers dude. Me too they're rather nice. Thanks Gus, it took quite a while to get all the bits together and them prepared for assembly. Many many months coming to a head over one short day. Glad you like the videos, it's quite a cringe to watch yourself on camera! I do them to look back on in...

Automotech ones are awesome, £475 for the adjustable ones and particularly if you us it in it's tilting mode you can get the car really high. I like the quickjack. Only the price puts me off.

The engine build went really well apart from one point where I mixed up the 2nd and 3rd rod caps causing them to catch on the crank. This is where Alex's experience really kicked in and he knew exactly how much lateral movement the rods were meant to have and we pinpointed the issue quickly...

Over the last week I've been extremely pressed for time so finding time in the garage has been extremely tough but none the less, there are updates! Last weekend we went to Autosport which was a great show and far far exceeded my expectations and I picked up a couple of bits for the Clio. We...

Thanks matey, it's certainly time consuming but the end result should be good :) Thanks Dave, detail is an enemy and blessing of this current build but I'm doing it once and once only so it has to be good!

Oh lord don't get me re-evaluating. That Brian Cox video had me totally convinced that painting it black would be a bad idea but I would definitely prefer to have it stealth. Let see what I do with mine now ;) That was a long read Mark! The OCD has rubbed off on me now..it's becoming quite an...

Perfect! Thanks Mark!

I’m after the official Renault manual which has the piston ring orientations and ring gap details. Needs to be the official source! Would be great if it also had the oil pump cover torque specs in too. Cheers

Gates is good. It’s a very simple device so should be cheap!

Yes, we run it Marts turbo 182 mainly to keep temps cooler for longer. No need for n/a. I got the gates one from autodoc for about £9

Couple more bits in progress. These are the brackets we made up for Marts oil cooler back in the summer. Although they aren't perfect they do work very well and allow the cooler to be mounted square, utilise the vibration isloating rubber mounts of the radiator and keep the cooler and radiator...

Then the subframe got new rivnuts. I do plan to run an undertray when the car is done so this is a must have for me. These are zinc coated m6 rivnuts with an approximately 9mm OD. The brake booster, it's brackets and the pedal box got a clean and paint in anticorrosive. These were all in need...

A few updates so there aren't too many in one hit. Over Christmas, with the help of @Martin. we managed to get quite a lot done on the car in preparation. We're working to very tight timescale with mapping booked mid February and the car currently in a million pieces but with all the preparation...

As hyper hatch says, you can still get these. I bought a set last week.

Thanks for watching the video :) it took a long time to build but the pace is totally worth it!

😂 this is me. Counting pennies on everything’ apart from the track car where it appears to be exempt

Ironically even before I started my current "build" on the cup I decided enough is enough, so once it's done in Feb I'm calling it a day on modifying. As much as I love cars more than anything, the modifying is my one and only major burden, both financially and as a tax on my spare time. Knowing...

I keep sum on the cup, it's large, too much.

This is exactly it, the DCI really tipped me over the edge of car maintenance this year so it's been a battle to work on a flithy car ever since😂. Now the project is in full swing and parts are becoming clean enthusiasm is growing. It won't be full OCD but it will be pretty! Yeah man that's...

What size bar do you have?

Watch it all.....but if you just want the track bit....it's at the end :)

That's aftermarket. Looks like a standard throttle body movement but due to the cable throttle this is pretty likely to be vacuum driven. To turn it on in the ECU there is probably a switch to send 12v to the cruise control pin so have a look for that.