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I always thought private plates were a bit wanker-ey, but a year or so ago I happened upon the plate "REN 21T" and I had to have it for my 21 Turbo. So I did. Then I stumbled across CL10 RSU for a stupendous price so I told myself I could get away with it and put it on my Clio 220 - I mean - I...

Oh yes, I also wired the fog lights in, at last. Fan loom next.

Dragged this thing out of the garage so I could get moving on it again, its been a while...too long! I've got a fair bit of cashflow tied up in it now so I need to get it done and gone. Managed to get the sideskirts sorted, the clips aren't available any more but I found some that were close...

Trying to install the ECU properly now and god damn - making a loom up that doesnt look an absolute disaster is difficult! I redid the fan loom 3 times before I was anywhere near happy with it,

Apparently the washer jets have never worked since he bought the car, so...

Erm...nope.

I had a desktop with a number of drives plugged in with SATA and then a stack of USB3 externals, I think I got up to about 20Tb total, however I had a couple of failures and then backing up was a pain in the ass (manual copying), so I bit the bullet and bought a proper NAS box... I went for a...

At a guess its some sort of error from copy/pasting the post from TurboRenault, we use the same forum software as here so I bet an image was named that, over there, and ive not edited the post properly and that image name, /attachments/213741, on here, is that Clio picture.

Got a load done on the grey 21 at the weekend and this left me enough time to do a bit on the 9, so I made a bracket for the EFI fuel regulator. It'll bolt to the OSF turret above the brake master.

So, now thats done, back to road testing. Drives really lovely, engine sounds fab. Running wastegate pressure at the moment so should be turning that up a bit this week :) runs considerably cooler now the head & block are cleaned out, and oil pressure is great.

Better. Has a few days off the cars, with a work trip to Poland in there too which was nice. Back on it on Saturday though. Note I also studded the coolant housing as the threads didnt look great further up the hole. Bolted up, the M8 [10mm hex] metal lockers are excellent for the...

Well lets see where were we. Ah yes, test driving. It didnt go well. Started an intermittant miss, and as I was diagnosing (Cylinder 1, as it turned out) it started leaking. Ominous. Then it went kaboom. Fully dropped a cylinder, clouds of white smoke out the back, coolant all over the...

New engine, popped the inlet studs out to properly clean the mating surface up This is a Phase 1 engine, going in a phase 3. While most differences dont matter that much and it all fits together, the one that does is the fact this engine has a distributor cap & associated drive, whereas the...

Out she comes. Did a bit of cleaning, looks like the crank rear main seal was hurling oil everywhere

Oh, one more thing - I got my son in to help me adjust the gear linkage. I stuck the box in 5th, then he held the stick in 5th gear position while I tightened the linkage - this worked and I now have all six gears available, the clutch works, AND the (electronic) speedo still works - result!

Final thing on the 9 this time around, I was wondering why the (one) headlight that was fitted wasnt working right, well, the block connector to the headlight had disintigrating terminals. What you dont realise with more modern cars being so prevalent now is that the block connectors here werent...

I found my Zeitronix ZT3 (at last) in the cupboard, and decided to fit that up, meaning I needed a lambda in the downpipe, so I did that and found some leftover wrap in the cupboard too, which conveniently was just the right length. Little bit of jiggery pokery in the ECU software and...

So - had a few days off work and got a few bits done. Started off by mounting the Clio 197 rad - didnt want to hack the car around so I made some brackets to bolt to holes already available on the subframe. Painted & fitted

100% agree. Fortunately these are right at the start of the electronics age and are still fairly simple by modern standards. Can you imagine picking this sort of thing apart on a car 30 years newer? Makes me shudder!

So I dug into it and it does have SOME oil pressure but not enough to let it ride. When up to temp its tripping below the min pressure warning level. It also smokes like its on 60 Embassy a day! I spent a day fixing the oil pressure switch, sender, and wiring...someone has been here before and...

So I've had a right old game with oil pressure to the turbo, looks like the original oil feed was restricting flow. Oil was getting through when I cranked it to test, but not enough not to feck the turbo up. I ended up tearing the lot out and making a whole new feed pipe with AN6 fittings, and...

(While you're here dont forget my myraid of other active threads... the Phase 1 R9 Turbo thread, the 21 Quadra thread the Clio V6 thread, and the (very short) 220 Trophy thread ) Not my car for a change but i've got this sickly individual in for examinations. First look indicates little or no...

Took it to Oulton with the Vee for a static show. The first and last of the RenaultSport Clio's. New discs and pads next, oh, and it got an oil & filter last month too. Early, but can't hurt can it?!

Running and driving absolutely beautifully, and made the trip to Oulton Park for a static show on Saturday without complaint. I really enjoyed driving it again after the recent sabbatical. I would go as far as to say this is the best handling V6 in the country, with its modifications and geo...

It might run but having some issues, and i'm in too much of a mardy with it to go into detail. Ive got the cooling system plumbed up anyway, but thats about it on the positive side. Used a Clio 197 rad left over from my Meglio conversion, sits in there nice just needs some basic brackets...

OK so now we have an MOT again :) back out for the summer! Pleased its back in the game and thats now six cars (and a motorbike) taxed and tested at home, with another two running and on the way, and only one (the 21, bare shell) not running.

New starter, properly charged battery and...

It looks like i'll have to have some bespoke handbrake cables made to do the job properly, but as this is time consuming and costly, and I want to take the car somewhere this month I got hold of some 3mm steel cable and end clamp/terminator things I tried to spot some weld on the cable to stop...

Aux belt refitted with new tensioner and idler and that finished off day one, it was ready to lift back in the next day. Day 2 begins with lifting the brute back up and reconnecting the AC pipes, I had a couple of helpers watch the engine back in so it didnt snag anything (cheers guys!)...