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Mk1 F4R
good to see you got it running mate
Bluebeard
ClioSport Moderator
Whichever has fuel
Oh, Daniel, if you read this. First pictures of either car out and about wins a curly wurly
Not fair!!!!!
I have been reading this buyt i'm so jealous of your rediculously rapid progress I chose not to comment! lol.
TVR Cerbera
Well, that update is as follows: ITS ALIVE!
I've heard it for real lat night, and now i'm deaf
F4R'd ITB'd '92 cup racer
congratulations mate :approve:
you're not alone dan! i work at a pretty slow pace aswell lol
you're not alone dan! i work at a pretty slow pace aswell
lol
Mk1 F4R
Mk1 F4R
lol RAPID progress
You do know they live 120mi away from each other :lolup:
lol RAPID progress
Its this magical invention called MSN......:sleepy:
The conversion is now 100% problem free if done right, few things were changed as matteh was helping me along when I first did it, and now ive documented everything into PDF's
If you had all the parts, the whole conversion could be done in a weekend easily IMO. Wiring is all doumented to work with Mk1 interior looms, plug and play, and the only thing that needs fabbing is a downpipe.Fired chris the PDF for the wiring, and when he got his act together and decided to spend a few hours on it following the guide, the loom worked perfectly first time :approve: (Well, once he connected the battery lol.)
Bluebeard
ClioSport Moderator
Whichever has fuel
This is not really on topic, but.....
Thanks to f0xy, Whitely, Matteh, geesus69 and Beanimoo my conversion has gone completely trouble free.
They told me all the parts to get, I fitted them, bolted in a battery and now it works.
I also had the added bonus of a complete donor car, but I do think that this is now a relatively easy conversion thanks to the above mentioned people.
Thanks to f0xy, Whitely, Matteh, geesus69 and Beanimoo my conversion has gone completely trouble free.
They told me all the parts to get, I fitted them, bolted in a battery and now it works.
I also had the added bonus of a complete donor car, but I do think that this is now a relatively easy conversion thanks to the above mentioned people.
TVR Cerbera
f0xy.net PDF's were perfect. Massive help - cheers again for the millionth time!
And Andyrg for the ECU too if he reads this. We beat royal mail eventually.
Tonights update - I did nothing
You need a bigger stick to beat Royal Mail with!
Mk1 F4R
Thats drift yo :clap:
My new battery turned up at work on Friday. Odyssey Extreme Racing 25. 7kg and alot smaller than I was expecting
Size comparison to the standard battery (which weighs 12kg, thats another 5kg saved)
Made a strap up to hold it down
And it'll be sitting here. I originally planned to move it into the back, probably behind the passenger seat, but it keeps things simple leaving it there and being so small it quite easily sits underneath my filter
Had a bit of a setback with the downpipe the other night. I've got a 172 Ph1 'donor cat' - this splits into the 2 cat boxes before the downpipe becomes horizontal, unlike the ph2 cat which levels out before going into the cat. So this left me with a slight problem. I took a selection of bits to the local exhaust man and asked him to put them together as I explained. He didnt fancy it without having the car there - so I bought a 45deg bend off him and went home to have a bash. I've used the top flange of the ph1 cat, my new bend cut to suit, and then my old valver decat to mate up with the centre section. Will be going back to him to TIG it all together properly and add a port for my lambda sensor.
Ph1 172 donor
Also finished (I hope) wrapping the loom and making it look pretty. Got it all sat reasonably well and everything connects where it should. I've moved the ECU to sit against the inner wing under the washer bottle, as the battery is now where I originally planned on sitting the ECU.
Wrapped all the way into the fusebox
I had to run another wire into my alternator plug. This goes to an ignition live near the fusebox so meant I had to re-do most of the loom. This section of the loom isnt completely wrapped as I've not got a T piece yet for oil pressure sender/switch, so need to know where they are going to sit before I shorten and wrap the wires
Brappppp induction setup sat over the top of the battery
Made a start to putting my Samco coolant hoses on. I had to shorten the thermostat to upper radiator hose slightly to allow for the smaller distance between the 2 compared to the engine being in a Mk2. Note- all hoses are blue, but for some reason look purple in my photos :S
Current engine bay picture
Current state of garage picture
More tomorrow
Size comparison to the standard battery (which weighs 12kg, thats another 5kg saved)
Made a strap up to hold it down
And it'll be sitting here. I originally planned to move it into the back, probably behind the passenger seat, but it keeps things simple leaving it there and being so small it quite easily sits underneath my filter
Had a bit of a setback with the downpipe the other night. I've got a 172 Ph1 'donor cat' - this splits into the 2 cat boxes before the downpipe becomes horizontal, unlike the ph2 cat which levels out before going into the cat. So this left me with a slight problem. I took a selection of bits to the local exhaust man and asked him to put them together as I explained. He didnt fancy it without having the car there - so I bought a 45deg bend off him and went home to have a bash. I've used the top flange of the ph1 cat, my new bend cut to suit, and then my old valver decat to mate up with the centre section. Will be going back to him to TIG it all together properly and add a port for my lambda sensor.
Ph1 172 donor
Also finished (I hope) wrapping the loom and making it look pretty. Got it all sat reasonably well and everything connects where it should. I've moved the ECU to sit against the inner wing under the washer bottle, as the battery is now where I originally planned on sitting the ECU.
Wrapped all the way into the fusebox
I had to run another wire into my alternator plug. This goes to an ignition live near the fusebox so meant I had to re-do most of the loom. This section of the loom isnt completely wrapped as I've not got a T piece yet for oil pressure sender/switch, so need to know where they are going to sit before I shorten and wrap the wires
Brappppp induction setup sat over the top of the battery
Made a start to putting my Samco coolant hoses on. I had to shorten the thermostat to upper radiator hose slightly to allow for the smaller distance between the 2 compared to the engine being in a Mk2. Note- all hoses are blue, but for some reason look purple in my photos :S
Current engine bay picture
Current state of garage picture
More tomorrow
R5 GTT EFI Clio.
Looking great now mate!
- Cant wait to see more pics..
- Cant wait to see more pics..
106 GTI
Aye, some pikey sold it to me
wwooaahh :nono: lol
Ive got the odyssey 25 sat infront of me and they really are tiny
