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Cold side wrapped up though I need to get an intake temperature sensor to fully complete it. Rigged up with spares as normal but fits nicely now. Also popped down to my mate at forge motorsport and grabbed a blanking plate (for that cho cho cho flutter noise) and hose to use as a turbo intake...

some upright rear turrets whilst back there 🤔

worth flat flooring the rear whilst it's all out?

Cheers man you too. The dope did about 50 miles today as I detoured to Ledbury on the way home. Thanks for sorting me the rad (y)

So the plan this week is to test drive the car for a few miles (with no exhaust) No load and very partial throttle so the ecu can try and target lambda. So new rad fitted up curtesy of @RustyMojo who had a spare in his garage that he will probably need after selling it on :ROFLMAO: So that was...

I'm pretty sure you can change 5th gear and it's synchro without removing the whole box, just remove the end cap and you have access to everything (still need to drain the box of fluid though)

Download the MyRenault app and pop your vin in, it will tell you what the car is and what options it had from new

A friend sorted me with some more bits today, namely a forge motorsport boost pipe. So made a start on the cold side boost pipework using the chopped up Forge pipe, I'm waiting on getting my Throttle body back which I'm having welded up with a bit of ali. Standard has a plastic pipe bolted to it...

Having owned both years ago its a tough call now. I loved my 172 cup and would have another at the drop of a hat (if i had the funds) I had a 2 year old one from Renault, so much fun to drive and abuse and felt a lot nicer (though id still like one) than my ph1 172. Raw light and special also...

awesome update, cant wait to see some hooning vids 👍🏻

Ive never worked with the RS Tuner other than to flash many years ago and clear fault codes so someone else may be better to answer that question, Clip gets my vote for live data, fault finding and coding things in and out. There are a few other bits of kit out there too but I haven't used them...

On the backwards gear shifter thing it looks like I can just unpin the selector off the box and refit a correct on from a Twingo or possibly Clio mk3 dci. As long as it comes from a car with a floor mounted shifter it should be fine where as I think my box came from a car with a dash mounted...

Clip is Renault specific dealer level diagnostic equipment that you can buy a clone version of and run it on a laptop. Great bit of kit. RS Tuner is an aftermarket bit of equipment that also offers diagnostics as well as the ability to flash maps to the ecu Dialogys is a Renault access...

nope just spring washers in a bid to keep tension on them and allow a little expansion/retraction. Will try studs and binx nuts if they don't stay put

Not much to report as not much has been going on. I re shaped the header tank a little and took a lip off the inlet manifold to create a touch more clearance, looks like it'll be fine but if not there a dacia/meg header tank that might be usable. The turbo to downpipe gasket turned up so that's...

shouldn't do, that engine should be on full boost by 2000rpm tops. my last one could hit full by 1500rpm in the right gear. engine swap is involved and will take a lot of working out but if you are handy with a spanner all doable. I'm currently fitting the F4rt 2.0ltr turbo in my twingo gt...

not sure what engine they come with? if its the d4ft with injectors, intercooler air filter and a remap by someone decent (EFI parts or RS Tuning) you should see 140+bhp and 140+lbft of torque.

I was considerate, I didn't rev past 2500rpm............ luckily I do get on with nearly all of them. Well to my face no ones complained about this or the Dope which is currently staining the road :ROFLMAO:

shifter is backwards, so dog leg first and reverse where 5th is but other than that all seems good. I think the fix is to find the matching shift tower and cables to the box as swapping them over just causes it to lock out of all gears.

I haven't but dekker motorsport (on fb) has recently mapped a clio 4 1.6t engine in a clio 3. That in my mind says its certainly very possible and the engine and gearbox would be an awesome base for something super fruity

In fairness I have no idea, cant say I've ever seen one for sale, I know there's 2 or 3 RS converted versions about. Ill let you know if i do think of selling up though, cheeky reach around might do it? :ROFLMAO:

Been saying the same for years (y) makes total sense, you use more fuel, pollute more thus get taxed more. If you have a super efficient car or an EV you pay loads less. If you have a gas guzzling fleet but use them for no millage you don't get hit.

Nah not yet :D, looking forward to this, was something I though about doing a long while back and its kind of fallen in my lap. This and the old Dope are a perfect combo for a serial tinkerer.

If you have any of the bits ive already gotten hold of in this conversion pop them aside, might want to build another one soon..... I can envision it going something like, sell it again for the 3rd time, want it back but cant get it so build another, and repeat lol

Cheers, I'll let you know If I do 👍🏻

Didn't get as far as I wanted today but I did hit that milestone of putting it back on all 4 wheels. Granted its got to go back in the air again but its a big moment for anyone building any car, feels like one huge step towards driving it. I removed the driveshaft assembly and took a slitting...

Will be really interesting to see what Chris can get out of it with them bits, very very few spend the money but many on the FB groups spout about how much power they got from just a remap until they run on a reputable dyno.

150bhp is flat out but achievable. Can be done for pennies too really. 150bhp and 150ftlb ish from the 1.2TCE for sub £500 if you are frugal/second hand/ebay. The RS133 with all the bolt ons and a map will make around 135bhp and alot less torque. I still cant make my mind up on the Wind, I've...

I love raiding the parts bin/other Renaults for bits to make things work. Quite entertaining and gives me something to focus on. Built a few little cars up over the years doing so, I think my first was a 1.2 mk1 clio, ended up with 1.4 drivetrain but mated to a Renault 5 GT Turbo engine, Have...

So here's a fun PMT fix after my driveshaft issue. Take one £13 clio mk3 dci shaft and strip it down, rebuild it with a 172 outer half shaft but dci spider and voilà one shaft thats looks pretty suitable. It needs bolting up with a 172/na/f4r support bearing as the one for the f4rt/197/bigger...