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Someone I know with possibly the cleanest red phase 1 out there posted this the other day... Just LOOK at it!

Oooooooooooh SUITS YOU SIR.

To be honest the body paint and dent wise is not great, the pics are kind - but yes, a Tungsten phase 1 on the OE turbine wheel is the epitomisation of retro cool. Saying that, they car is not rusty by any stretch so a great base to start from. I hope that the next owner will pick up where I...

I bagged a set of the OE 18" wheels to put some nice sticky tyres on, and seeing as I was taking 2 sets of wheels for refurb anyway I thought it rude not to add these in at the same time. The plan was black. So anyway. The answer to "can you get 12 wheels in a 220 Trophy" is yes btw :)...

About that air filter cone Quick change of plan... this was supposed to be for my Quadra... Wheels on and back on the ground!

Always nice to work with shiny new things :) Cleaned up the centre cap threads on the wheels Surprising what gets down there Bodywork going back on Using new stainless fasteners and spire clips all around - in case it ever darkens my door again at least I know none of these will...

Driveshaft oil seals were leaking, so they got done too Then I put the hubs back together and chucked the new discs, pads and calipers on, the slider pins torx T40 were rounded out as per usual so I welded 13mm nuts on the end as I didnt have any new ones And bled all four...

Coolant pump relay info @Touring_Rob - it works :) Adjustable delay off

Head retorqued and valve clearences set I think I went a bit too big on the air filter... Got the coolant pump thing sorted out finally! I'll put more detail on this in the next post. Also made the fan loom from scratch. Wheel refurb complete, new tyres arrived!

The Falcon at Hatton? Didnt realise you were local... I visit there every month, great burgers!

I'm in Cov... :)

Booked for the weekend and Saturday afternoon track... Awesome!

Freudian slip?!

I'd rather a solution that didnt relay on me having to collect, prepare and reuse old parts - it's just more hassle and car people are shite at it. Having done a few group buys for bespoke parts i've learned a few lessons! What you suggest would be a nicer solution all told and it is tempting...

This relay controls an aux coolant pump that only works after the car is turned off for ~10mins. A normal timer relay with delayed shut off wont work because when it gets ign live its on all the time, then when you turn the ign off it delays shut off. This gets an ign live, stays OFF, then...

Oh, yeah and the aux coolant pump, that didnt work. tested the pump and its fine, but the timed relay isn't looking good :( These are impossible to find now and are not just a timer relay due to the way its powered on and off so i'm looking at a way to replicate the functionality - it's about...

Last job Sunday was to look at the back brakes, the handbrake didnt work. The calipers, discs and pads all look very good so I chucked a pair of new handbrake cables on and it adjusted it up. All working! :)

I cut all the fan wiring out, whoever fitted these beasts on the rad used underrated cable and it had got VERY hot I think that is going in the bin! So is this utterly pathetic air filter, about 1/3 the size of the filter in the OE airbox. Worst mod ever. Looking a bit better now, I ran...

Hurled some hi temp black at the parts I blasted off Reassembling stuff, replacing some of the crusty old bolts New cambelt & tensioner This was fine until I turned it by hand to find there was NO compression at all, carried on reassembling stuff but it chewed at me a bit, started to...

I'm sorry I'm but a pauper with a Phase 1 - I'll take £75k and a bag of wine gums :)

Well those prices were utterly mental!

Prepping the block for the rebuild And the head New exhaust studs, nuts and washers Cam and rocker shaft laid Head gasket positioned Torqued down, manifolds on, dipstick sealed properly and bolted in.

Aftermarket isnt affected by this. Should be the same.

I have one on mine and it sounds absolutely gorgeous. (this is my car) And at home in the garage - to be fair this doesnt do it justice though!

I've been over it and it's really, really good. Needs one tiny patch on one of the bumper mounts and thats it. Quite amazing for a 34 year old car. I've had 3 chaps that know their classic Renault's after it already lets put it that way!

I think this is one of 2 UK cars in Acid, and this one had the ID interior too. I can direct you to the seller if anyone wants to chat.

If you take the time to learn the car, they are fantastic. There is a stigma around from overzealous journalists that tried to drift, or drove the cars like a 172. You can't do that in a Vee. You can't get in it and expect it to be a 1*2 on steroids its a fundamentally different machine...

I keep used stuff by size in old mayonnaise tubs she nicked from the Morrisons sandwich bar :) New stuff is all super organised though in various divided tray things. I find it pleasing to do that.

After my fun with the head was somewhat spoiled, I took the front brakes apart ready for new stuff, while I was there I was very pleasantly surprised how good the car is under the arches. This might not mean much to you, but the apparent, unexciting, plain wheel arch here is in fact the opposite...

So, cracked on and got it apart, suspected head gasket issues so rather than tart around I decided to do the lot anyway. Due a service much? Head off, all apart, mega clean up operation and sort the 2 broken exhaust studs. Couldnt get them out with the welder, unusually Got the head in...