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Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
different setup mate, uses a coilpack instead of a dizzy cap and the throttle setup is slightly diff IIRC :(
Anyway, its running again :cool:
I wont go into details, but its running, and im on the hunt for another engine.
Also...
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=367881
After that, insurance have finally paid out to the sum of £500...
Just wondering, if to buy the 450D, and a battery grip, which is doable for just a tad under 500, or get a 40D body, and a lens, and pay a bit out of my own pocket...
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
Removed the valves from the head today....some nice finds...
Decided to 'quick' fix this head with some used valves, also got the cambelt I took off this engine before I swapped heads, which is on around 20k. The head is now rebuilt (leak tested too, all good) and...
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
im running a megane f7r bottom end, the pistons dont look dished to me, just valve recesses :S
not as far as i can see going to take the valves out of the head shortly
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
thing is......ive had enough of rebuilding this piece of s**t now tbh.
maybe i wouldnt be if it wasnt 3/4 times in the past two weeks, but its beginning to bore me....The local factors round here I guarantee will order the wrong inlets like last time, and its more...
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
aye i know people have done it before, most of the problems associated with it have been ironed out-ish
I thinkso yeah, the cambelts got to have been rubbing on something to get that score mark i think....
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
yeah was thinking about it the other day, its entirely doable but it would be over a few months.
My next step is to try and find a unit or somewhere to store/work on this car, as I think im going to buy a run around, then do the hybrid over the next couple of...
Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project
yeah, lol....right its fully in pieces now
Pistons:
Head: (6 or 8 Bent, cant really definately tell without taking them out, and I couldnt be arsed)
Left the head in the garage, and took the AUX belt off along with the covers for the bottom pulley etc...