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5W40 fully synth if money isn't any issue (about £35-£50 for 5L)
10W40 semi synth if you're being cheap, nothing wrong with that though, its not a race engine afterall! (about £20 for 5L)
3 different oil filters available for that engine, so the parts people may **** it up and give you the...
yeah renault have moddified the part for some odd reason
you'll probably have to adjust the other mounts to suit, easier and less hassle to just whack in a powerflex kit TBH
ish, there are moddifications internally
oil pump and drive etc, sump, oil squirters, plus a few other bits, we stuck one in a clio and it did great power :D (quite a bit of work to convert it back to road spec from memory)
heads mainly
the original mk2 cup cars had the phs1 lumps (the most powerful IMO) big exhaust ports etc
on the later 736/738 they moved to the turbo casting with the smaller exhaust ports, i guess maybe for emissions/cost saving
there is talk of the cranks being different also, but nothing...
^Its a bit more complicated than that, teeth don't come into it
The main problem is the fact its an interference engine (pulleys aren't keyed)
a lot of garages use the non vvt guide for doing the belt, when they should be using the vvt method, 1mm here or there on a k-series doesn't matter, on...
set of one piece valves and forged pistons would be my vote, don't worry about the rods, perfectly fine for NA (fit ARP rod bolts though)
we can supply no bother, as can many others, RS tuning, Trackgroup etc etc