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29/1/2024 The next step was getting the sills done, they were really, really bad.. Couldnt jack up the car.. This time I took it to different guy, he really is an oldschool guy, knows his job, but like all of them, he takes his time.. 5/2024 It took only 4 month to replace the sills and few...

That was a relief.. Pulley replaced Then, it decided it will piss the gas on the connection to fuel rail So I zip tied it like they were free.. The gas hose is also cracked, its original, so I need to replace that, and will put F7P fuel rail, that's aluminum and can put a normal clamp...

lets get back on track Front strut mount mounted, it really looks good. It was powder coated in red, but I dont quite like the colour, might paint it in the future to match the calipers. The drivers door lock wasnt working, it was turning in circles, so dissasembled that and took a look, I...

Next on the list was ABS. I presume at some point in the life of this megane, this catched on fire So once again, parts were taken from 5door donor This is what happends when your friend come over.. I didnt really care that the engine was only run at the spot ( for many hours ) but not...

10/2023. My stupid ass found out that I've painted the wrong front calipers.. Brakes on Megane came in 2 versions ( on 16v), in 262mm and 280mm. I knew that on my (5door) there were 262mm discs and calipers, but somehow i measured that original brakes from the yellow one are 280mm.. yep.. they...

For the pads, went with ds 1.11 at front and regular ate at back Regarding the rear subframe, oem is quite narrow, popular mod is to put scenic axle to get +6 cm ( 3cm on each side), and I bought used scenic rear axle. With that axle, you have completely different brake system, the more...

Time to put it all back togeather This was in 8/2023, so almost 1 year later, compared to the start of project Now, since this was everything new, ofcourse the whole car needs to be new as well.. The rabbit whole was deeper and deeper, and boy was I unaware of it.. Front put togeather...

1st start and rough idle.. it would idle rough like this for 15 - 20 seconds and then idle normally, I couldnt figure out what is was, but my buddy told me to unplug the lambda sonda, and it stopped doing that. Didnt know if your lambda sonda is bad, it will behave like that, idle like...

Ready to go into the car! Aaand it's in! other bits and bobs subframe was used from my car, it's all polybushed ( pic from above ) ph1 2.0 16v had the biggest arb at front, but as my 5 door is ph2, and uses the same concept as megane and clio sport, it also has 25mm arb, and...

Engine on stand, and lets goo Swapped the crank pulley for aluminum one That ugly alternator is replaced ( you'll see in the future post) The flywheen is lightened..

And lets go and tidy up engine bay Checked the harness Light weight pulleys

In the mean time, went for some parts shopping, full inox exhaust, 2-1 exhaust section that was custom made, that OEM section is fully restrictive F7R from that guy sitting in a barn.. he also has megane maxi that he's build long time ago, but he's not using it.. And assembly time for...

some more parts washing Later on, I was sad that I didnt go with 197 pistons, but well.. at that point money was going really fast through my pocket.. And assembly time Oh yes, and while waiting, i've send all the bolts to get them zync coated, just looks mega on a...

Parts bought Rear subframe bar oil pump & bearings & rings bought from France Beaaring that were taken out Gearbox overhauled, bought 2 jc5 gearbox for spare parts diff plate installed And head comparation, oem vs ported

Top of the block was resufraced, cylinders cleaned, and prepared for paint

I went full over the top, and decided the give the engine complete overhaul, and gearbox, and just go all in.. All aluminum engine parts sand blasted and powder coated And time to attack the engine. Block was used from my 5 door. The head I bought that was CNC ported and polished, intake...

It was spot on, everything I hoped for.. Comparation before, after All of this was From 9/2022 -> 4/2023. Lots of time, longer than I though, much more work than expected, but this is only the begining.

Next day took it out, and booooooy, this colour is mega... I dont remember when was the last time I was happy like this :)

Aaaannnndd finally painting time :D seam sealed all the bits, then my buddy did his magic As this car was bought with a statement that is was painted in liquid yellow, soon that proved to be a complete wrong fact. I'd say somebody tried to paint it in that color, but failed miserably.. As I...

Remember what I said the body repar guy forgot 1 piece? Yep, I saw it too late unfortunatelly Managed to "dig" around and find few more rusty spots

I was very pleased with the result, but only bad thing was the nozzle for sand blasting, it was too big, too much sand was going out and I didnt reuse the sand, instead bought like 75 kg of sand...... Oh yeah, and I've asked the guy that did the body, to make stich welds across the engine bay...

By now, everything else had surface rust and everything needed to be done again. Since I dont have my own garage to do this, my friend said I can bring the car to his place as he has a big back yard, and he is a car painter. Finally the deal was he's gonna paint the engine bay. State it was...

anyways, here are some shots that he sent to me while he was working on it

As the time went by, 2 weeks passed but the car still wasn't touched, i was searching for parts, and managed to find new old stock, rear koni yellows, from Belgium. I coudnt believe it... Parts for this car are very, very rare ( aftermaket ), so this was a huge suprise to me. Neatly hidden...

And since the plan was, I was going to paint the engine bay, after the body shop replaced a few rotten pieces, the plan was to get it all done in 1 month max! I brushed all the "healthy" parts with epoxy primer, just so they are not exposed while the car waits for it's turn for body fix...

1st, lets clean it all Since I ( at that time ) didnt have any project for cca 1+ year, I was excited to finally work on something, and every day, after work, I would travel around 30 km to garage where Megane was, work on it till 21/22 in the evening and then drive home 100 km, and I was...

wow, 5 years since last post here.. Unfortunatelly my dream of 5 door F7R ended with the purchase of Clio PH1 Sport ( in pictures above ), because at that time it just didnt have sense to continue with the Megane, as Clio was more better car in every aspect, and Megane needed more money and I...

Wow, nice! Really fond of this car, remember as a child, guys from town next to mine had it, ph1 white turbo.. Man it looked so mean. Today these are ultra rare in Croatia, dont remember if I ever saw a Turbo model since my childhood.. Great to see them saved

After lunch it was time to get more serious Mounted 15" oz superleggera with nankang AR1 Talk about tight fit :) Went out on the track, and boy this was the biggest difference I have ever noticed on a car, and was I glad that I first went out with road tyres. Did some laps to heat them up...