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They do polarise opinion - but I like them and thats all I care about :)

I went in this at CSF and it was what convinced me to pull the trigger and do it. Bloody brilliant.

Full build thread with detailed pictures and wiring diagrams here: https://turborenault.co.uk/threads/my-197-meglio-conversion.128866/ TL : DR - should have done it sooner, and it cost me £880 total (breakdown in thread) to get it on the road start to finish, which is absolutely ridiculous...

Quite a while since I updated this, done about 2000 miles in the last year, jump in and turn the key and off we go. Retro Rides this weekend just gone, they very kindly waived the pre-98 rule for the Vee and let me on the club stand and on the hill in the morning. It got loads of attention and...

Go for a megane powered 197 (Meglio). It's got all the good bits on the 197, all the good bits of the Megane 225, no trade off other than you don't get the screaming NA top end. I converted mine and it's transformed the car, and I get 20% better MPG.

Yes, thanks everyone for supporting 1)the charity and 2)our club, we dont have membership fees or any advertising at all so we run the whole club solely from what we generate in the shop. Much appreciated :) We're lucky in the fact that we have raised enough to stay afloat, and fund the giant...

This is what will be hosted in the TurboRenault gazebo for general consumption by all, all you have to do is come and be nice to us :-) Obviously the giant Toblerone will be surrounded by armed guards and attack dogs (and Ron) but there is a case of large coconut Toblerones in the general...

Number 1 is always the closest to the flywheel.

My preference is usually: Genuine Renault SFK Gates Ive never had any of those brands fail prematurely.

EFI Parts do a boost module thing that allows mapping https://www.efi-parts.co.uk/index.php?productID=338 Then add on all your ancilliary stuff like intercooler, pipework and so on, a proper map, and installation and you're well past two grand.

On a mildly related note, I bought my R21 Quadra 21 years ago this month....from a scrapyard it's so long ago we were still using non-phone camera's with film in!

Not sure it is tbh, we did do a 5kg Cadbury Dairy Milk too but not any more - shame as I never got hold of one. (thats not me btw, some weirdo off google images!) I reckon I could step up, I fuckin love Toblerone and after 14 years of working here i'm pretty good at piling it back LOL...

I know the panel fit is rubbish, but it's a 1986 Renault, it was already rubbish hahaha I have also sourced brand new boot seal rubber, and door seal rubber for it. The door seal is shared with the 5, 9, 11, 19, 21 and Alpine by the looks of it so that will be in the club shop soon, the boot...

So I did a bit of cleaning up in the boot space Laid some rust inhibiting primer and drilled some holes in the new panel to plug weld it to the bottom panel. Then took a deep breath and started tacking it in I mean, a bodyshop might look at that and be horrified but i'm...

I think this probably makes sense, just don't want to drill any more holes in it, it's holy enough already hahaha!

That's cute, a little baby rust, easy fix. Get on with it :D If you wanna see proper rust have a look at my R21 thread lol

Got a bit over-excited / ambitious and decided to deal with the rear slam panel thats been rotten as s**t since the day I bought it in 2002. I picked up a new panel to replace it probably 8 or 9 years ago and never did anything with it, so I thought feck it, why not...

After consideration, because this runs 2 lines from the master to the rear, so not that simple and you wouldnt want two manual valves at the back on the separate lines. Looks like i'll have to retrofit something as I havent found a new bias valve or rebuild kit yet.

The rear bias compensator isn't looking too hot! Out it comes So this is going to need a replacement or a rebuild lol Might just fit a manual load valve, or, just hoof a t-piece in there. The rear brakes are shoes so its not exactly going to be locking up every time I touch the pedal!

Speaking of the car, I did some more work in prep for the axle refit, in doing so I found a lovely hole around the filler neck buried under 30 years of mud and grot I cut away the mangy bits and then treated the inside with Bilt Hamber. Considering the amount of hassle i've had with welding...

A little research into the handbrake cables revealed they are routed through the axle so I had to drop the hubs off to route them in and through the back casing Easy enough, back together again and made up a brake line too Dropped the other back plate off, routed the handbrake cable and...

I managed to squeeze in about 2 hours in the garage over the entire 4-day BH weekend, so I did a bit of tidying and a little bit on the axle. Decided to redo the thread/nut on the handbrake mechanism, as I didnt want to weld the nut on, so I drilled through the spring holder thing and bolted it...

There's a myriad of tales like that on the web, including the woman that had a low oil warning, so refilled the engine with oil. All the way. To the oil filler cap

....besides the choke pull will still be there for my handbag anyway ???

Mate, i'm 41 years old, I only have (assuming I make it to average life expectancy) about 360,000 hours left to live. I do not want to waste any of those trying to cold start/hot start/set idle/set mixtures/generally f**king about with 40 year old carb technology when for a fairly low amount of...

Yes mate the 9 or 11 Phase 2 disc axle or the Renault 19 disc axle is a straight swap with associated ancilliaries, but I decided I wanted to keep the original hubs and a decent handbrake. This will never be a balls out performance car, just an old skool cool motor that you dont see around any...

I had to punch the pin out, then tap a thread on it and fix it in with a nut - I was fecked if I was hunting down the EXACT right shoe or EXACT right fitting pin Once i'm sure it's all right i'll dab a bit of weld in the middle of that nut to make sure it doesn't drop off. I sized it up on...

Sunday I had the 'chore' of a round trip to south wales to pick up a Megane 225 package to dump in my 197. Hmmm.... it would be fun, wouldn't it? Anyway, once that was done I did a bit of the back axle, wizzed a knotted grinder wheel over the hubs Dusty! Coated with bilt and left to...

Started prepping the new tank I got from Big Steve, as it had some surface rust. Quick squizz with a wire wheel and treated with bilt. Thats better. I'll paint it too but first I need to make sure the inside is clean and treat the little bits of surface rust inside....problem...

I thought V6 YEP was on an Acid Yellow phase 2.... what colour was the car you saw? YAY was won in a raffle for the cost of a £17.50 ticket Raffle link: Owner on the V6 forum