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Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project bought the car with it already on = cheap buy :approve: not got round to getting it sprayed yet lol

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project Day 64 Only a small update as ive been busy, and not had time to sort any of the little problems on the car. After the problem I had with the battery going flat all the time, it turned out to be the alternator wasnt properly connected, so the battery wasnt being charged...

satin black williams wheels.

3.5" inward rolled slash cut ;)

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project ha! belts fine, nice and tight. can see the alt spinning tried two batteries now, seems the alt isnt charging, just ran out down the road again....jumping it works every time but once its off, cant start it again

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project going to get some proper videos with the bullet camera this weekend. Been having a few issues with the battery since the change, not holding charge, keep getting stranded all over the place unable to start the car....something else to sort out...

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project i was nearly on the limiter in the vid, its way short of the valver limiter area

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project aye....bullet camera on the bonnet ;)

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project Short Speedo Vid (Sorry About The Quality): http://www.vimeo.com/2145294 First was standing start to 120mph. Then the power runs were in 5th....last bit was from 2nd until my runway ran out.

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project die tbh. speedo video coming, just did a quick one now on my runway.

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project video soon ;)

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project Day 57 Now the engine was timed up, and the new belts fitted, it was ready to be dropped in. It didnt take long to get the engine sat back in the car, only about half an hour. Once the engine was in place, the mounts were bolted back in, and the engine was fully...

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project Day 55 Set about fitting the cambelt tonight, as I wanted to try and get the engine in on Friday. Started by removing the alternator setup, then the bracket holding the power steering pump and pipes on. After those were off, I removed the covers for the cambelt, which...

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project it will never be finished....few days of updates coming this evening :approve:

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project no fuse from the battery anywhere...? what happens if the live running of the length of the car somehow gets split....? why not?

student... i *think* chris does though....lol ;)

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project afternoon......gotta go to factory at 7.30am to get some bits off the valver lump...then find a few things.......think jams is gona nip round too

gotta source an aux belt in the morning, and some oil, and coolant...then gona put it in

saw it the day before I did mine, over on clio16valver :)

lmao....mint!

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project eeeeerm, lol..........fingers crossed i guess :approve: williams is some silly insurance group ;)

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project nah! learning as im going along....put myself in at the deepend as Winston would say ;)

was ready to lift it but was 10.30pm....neighbours were not to happy i dont think so packed everything up lol

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project nah there was a little piece of metal with two 13mm bolts, that just popped out once the bolts were undone :)

had a bit of a play with speeding up the camera footage again....first time taking an engine out, pure guesswork (ish) lol http://www.vimeo.com/2110765 more info: http://www.cliosport.net/forum/showthread.php?t=364502&page=7

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project Bit of a video: http://www.vimeo.com/2110765

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project Day 54 After removing everything connected to the engine last night, I needed to lift it out this morning. Quite and early start, and the engine was out within an hour. Found out as I started to lift I hadnt undone the ECU, so I had to remove the scuttle panel and ECU...

Re: Mk1 Hybrid Project Day 53 After the issues with the power steering over the past week, I decided to remove the engine completely, swap the steering rack to a manual one, then put the new engine in. I was starting as it was going dark, but it didnt really matter as once the engine was...

this is the most picture-less thread eveerrrr

i notice the mk1 clio bible on your roof? lol, looks good :)