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Hurled some hi temp black at the parts I blasted off Reassembling stuff, replacing some of the crusty old bolts New cambelt & tensioner This was fine until I turned it by hand to find there was NO compression at all, carried on reassembling stuff but it chewed at me a bit, started to...

I'm sorry I'm but a pauper with a Phase 1 - I'll take £75k and a bag of wine gums :)

Well those prices were utterly mental!

Prepping the block for the rebuild And the head New exhaust studs, nuts and washers Cam and rocker shaft laid Head gasket positioned Torqued down, manifolds on, dipstick sealed properly and bolted in.

Aftermarket isnt affected by this. Should be the same.

I have one on mine and it sounds absolutely gorgeous. (this is my car) And at home in the garage - to be fair this doesnt do it justice though!

I've been over it and it's really, really good. Needs one tiny patch on one of the bumper mounts and thats it. Quite amazing for a 34 year old car. I've had 3 chaps that know their classic Renault's after it already lets put it that way!

I think this is one of 2 UK cars in Acid, and this one had the ID interior too. I can direct you to the seller if anyone wants to chat.

If you take the time to learn the car, they are fantastic. There is a stigma around from overzealous journalists that tried to drift, or drove the cars like a 172. You can't do that in a Vee. You can't get in it and expect it to be a 1*2 on steroids its a fundamentally different machine...

I keep used stuff by size in old mayonnaise tubs she nicked from the Morrisons sandwich bar :) New stuff is all super organised though in various divided tray things. I find it pleasing to do that.

After my fun with the head was somewhat spoiled, I took the front brakes apart ready for new stuff, while I was there I was very pleasantly surprised how good the car is under the arches. This might not mean much to you, but the apparent, unexciting, plain wheel arch here is in fact the opposite...

So, cracked on and got it apart, suspected head gasket issues so rather than tart around I decided to do the lot anyway. Due a service much? Head off, all apart, mega clean up operation and sort the 2 broken exhaust studs. Couldnt get them out with the welder, unusually Got the head in...

Pair of brand new calipers, flexis and some brake pads delivered from Autodoc, £87, absolute bargain!

Ummmmm both?

What a waste that is. You see some bizarre CAT B stuff on there. It will be fairly cheap too I bet as only licensed disposal sites can buy a CAT B. Normal paupers like us can't. It's defo an insurance job as the lot number is postfixed with an X, means its direct from insurance company. But...

Ta, I built it myself, granted I am biased but its flipping ace with power, heat, light, compressed air etc, Project thread from wasteland to chod haven here: https://turborenault.co.uk/threads/my-new-garage.16605/ This was early 2015.

https://cliosport.net/threads/1988-tungsten-grey-r21-turbo.841361/

I actually found two, bought them both, I havent picked No2 up yet so there will be (yet) another thread along in coming weeks for that one :)

From the same idiot that brought you the Phase 1 R9 Turbo thread, the 21 Quadra thread the Clio V6 thread, and the (very short) 220 Trophy thread : A 1988 Phase 1 Renault 21 Turbo in Tungsten grey. So...here we go again :P

Then I got the new brake bias valve out that I stumbled upon last year, I was going to try it without a bais valve (old one was shot and drums on the back) but when this cropped up on a French page I nabbed it, unused. However, on closer inspection I reckon it'd been sat somewhere damp... it was...

Hoofed the side trim and boot carpet back in to get them out of the way, as I has a new arrival coming Monday

Got a bit more in over the weekend. Put the subframe back in, wishbones, struts etc so its rolling again. Drilled out the last door hinges on the drivers front door and hung that back on. Fits the hole :) Then as I was moving some stuff about I decided to throw on the new numberplate...

Thanks :) got a few more pages to write yet I reckon haha

I addressed the runs that had appeared on the suspension turret tops. That was easy :D I also refitted the servo and master, i've had a lot of hassle with this as the Ph1 9 Turbo has a different master to pretty much any other 9 or 11 model. I've made do with the closest match but its...

Same car/suspension

I seem to have accidentally purchased two more R21 Turbo's

I've basically lacquered everything But - its done now and ill clean up around the garage as I go, no biggy. With all the stuff I do in here it's not like it's ever not dusty or dirty or whatever. The main thing is that I got it done, I can hoof the subframe, suspension, brake master and...

I want to paint the very least amount possible myself, as I am terrible at it and far too impatient to ever get a proper finish. The back is for protection in case I need to leave it outside under a cover for a bit (more on that in coming weeks :) ) and the engine bay so I can refit the engine...

Friday night I realised i'd not covered up the welds with seam sealer so I bunged a bit of that on so it was dry for the weekend, but then I realised it needed primer on it also, so while I was mixing some up I decided to coat the inside of the boot and rear slam panel too

Then I put it back on stands, dropped the subframe off again and stripped it, cleaned and prepped it for gravitex coating. Got the car ready for some primer too And applied some stuff! Epoxy primer in the engine bay, more to stop it rusting than anything but it turned out pretty...