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Updates. Had a few hours on it this week. Progress pretty slow but moving. N/s roll correction spherical bearing replaced due to a little bit of play. Intercooler given a quick coat of vht. The intercooler is genuine garrett bar and plate core rated to 500hp. Works surprisingly well. Back in...

The cam lock is adequate to hold the pulleys whilst loosening. Id go tighter on the toothed wheels than 80nm, try 100nm to avoid them moving. As engine is out you have tons of room, i would use impact gun on pulley nuts to save the engine rocking. Impact gun on crank pulley..they fly off with a...

Looks spot on mate. C5 is decent stuff and usually lasts. If it doesnt last too long try the ceracote trim wipes. They are awesome, ive done my kangoo with them and the finish/durability is next level.

Try a more friendly mot tester, im sure you could have working pas then it gets removed 1min after the test. If not bang an epas column on it and move on. Reminds me of presenting my extra van for an mot years ago at local garage, previously diesel and declared petrol/r5gtt carburettor engine...

Anglesey will see off the fronts. Maybe all 4 if your doing full day :LOL:

No idea to be fair, i used 195.

If you want to drive quick on non dry days then change tyre for something suitable for lower temps. PS4S,PS5 or whatever, grip will be much better.

Ive ran semi slicks through winter years ago and they can be a bit loose in lower temps. You wont die if your driving steady.

If dry use only stick r888r or ar1 on mate. If all weather use ps3.

Can turn esp/asr off on the switch on the r26, i always have it switched off on track. Asr on these is very intrusive and its braking all the time when lively. The brembo rear pads that it had in (ecp specials by looks of it) did 3x track days and seemed to last so thought id get a day out of a...

Bang on the money mate, 197 exactly the same. Ive went for solid/snr rear discs, found a pair new for £180 so not too bad. Drilled can get in the bin. Not a fan of drilled but was getting my moneys worth out of them, about the only part ive not had to replace on it :LOL:

With this done i give it a clean. It had metal filings all over the n/s rear wheel, arch and bumper. Korossol soon got rid of that. Fallout On comps/road tyres again. Also give the technomagnesio track wheels a good clean, they had not been done properly since before Spa and had metal all...

A few pics from Croft by RBPS. Lifting a wheel at Hawthorne on drivers rear, full throttle in 3rd gear. Give it a post trackday checkup on Sat. Everything ok apart from Brakes..fcuked. Front discs quite badly cracked, with some almost at the edge of the disc so in the bin. Front ds1.11 pads...

Looks spot on John, its held out great considering a few years since the refresh. Keep an eye on coolant temps with new rad on as the core is a different design to oem. I have tried similar new style core on my meg and it was getting hot as fcuk so changed back to used oem and its been fine since.

Updates. Another 5 hours today, the small bits take ages to bolt on. Turbo and wastegates refitted and exhaust which is a royal pain in the arse to do even though its on vbands as it goes above the subframe instead of under. Routed heater hoses, oil lines to turbo. It gets busy once the turbo...

Cheers mate. Its megane based engine and box (250 block/197 head). T.trophy was the username of the previous owner (Haswell). He done the legwork on the meg conversion around 2012 iirc so probably one of the first 6 speed conversions. I got it in 2020 in a million pieces, no wiring etc. I had...

Go to a paint suppliers for matched cans and 2k lacquer. Its more expensive but loads better

Smoke testing boost circuit for leaks, setting actuator and various other bits on my mates mk3 gsi turbo. Road tested and it goes pretty well. Do like the c20let.

Updates. R26 has been in regular use last week as off work. Hit 140k whilst out and about. Milestone achieved. I had booked Croft for easter Friday and the weather forecast was constantly changing however it said dry ish, so stuck the technomagnesio/ar1's on. Give it a quick snowfoam and...

If you wantmit to look good, save your time and effort and put it in a bodyshop. Rattle can finish generally looks crap and chips very easily.

Lad was from Sunderland, just got it back out after winter storage. Ive seen an artic blue 182 near me recently.

Scrap that pic above, this one is for ems3134 and gives some more info

At a guess Df236 listed, even though not currently active is suggesting there is or was a problem with the injection locking relay in the fusebox or other power or ground issue.

Its immob related defo if solid red light, earth or fusebox/loom wiring. If hes pissing about with crank sensors etc hes way off. You need clip to show immob stuff to check key is working. Check the relays in fusebox have mot been disturbed when removing/refitting battery, as the cover can...

Another 4 hours done today. As everybody whos owned a megane knows the gearchange on the ndo gearbox is not great at the best of times, and this was pretty s**t by my standards, vague and did not self centre. Had to be careful changing gear fast as it was all over the place. This was a ongoing...

Any recommendations on decent top mounts? I fitted ntn/snr to the blue dci 5k ago and they are knocking as bad as the ones removed. Bit dissapointing.

Solid 4 hours done today. Engine and box dropped straight down and gearbox off. No oil leaks suprisingly Ttv smf with twin organic plate fitted using a cut off ndo spline to line up both plates. Flywheel lock in place whilst torquing all bolts. New luk concentric slave fitted. New...

Uch repair. I bet moving the connectors has moved the circuit board and made a better connection on a dry solder joint temporarily

Cheers mate. Prices to do engine conversions and stuff like this are always ridiculously expensive to do right. My advice to anyone is dont bother and buy something fast to begin with. Also my advice is avoid any cheap converted stuff as it will need a ton of money to put right. Like my...

I dont mind the colour coded bumpers but black plastic hides the stonechips well :LOL: