Well everyone else seems to have a project thread so i thought id do one. Its very slow progress and i dont have a lot of money so not alot has been done to it.
first it all started with my clio RT:
this snapped its cambelt, so i thought, f**k it il find a valver for it.
i started searching and i found a complete valver for sale near essex for silly low money but it was a mission and due to snapped gearbox mount bolts it would need trailoring back. i checked a couple of days later and he had lowered the price further so i snapped it up.
the car had no interior or wheels so i unbolted the front seat out of my RT (i had a valver interior in that) and took of my wheels, booked a van and trailor and set off to pick it up.
when we got there, it was on axel stands so after it starting first time (apparently it haddnt been started for like a month, and it had no battery on it) we loaded it onto the trailer.
wheels on:
on the trailor
the arches were dead but everything else looked sweet, and the engine was on just under 70K! that is awesome for a phase 1 valver. this was all backed up by paper work too.
no i had a decision, do i break the valver and put the engine in my RT, or do i fix both. i decided that this tungsten phase 1 was too good to break so i started getting it roadworthy. It needed the gearbox drilling out and welding as the bolts had snaped in it. it needed an exhaust, an interior and numerous other bits and pieces but i loved it.
heres how it looked whilst it was waiting to go get the gearbox sorted:
side exit/missing exhaust lol
Rusty arches:
starting to put the interior in:
in the meantime while the valver was away i decided to fix the snapped cambelt on my RT. no i have NEVER done anything on an engine in my life before this so i was nervous, but i decided what the fvck, i may aswell have a go:
a fair few hours and mistakes later, i tried starting it and barely turning over twice it came back to life!! to say i was happy/suprised/in disbelief was an understatement!
anyway i got the valver back, freshly though its MOT and roadworthy. i love the power! such a step up from the RT.
couple of pics by F0xy (hope you dont mind) with his beast
can see the difference between tungsten and xerox!
i drove it like this for a while not really doing much and then i decided it needed some stuff doing.
i took the fromt apart when i was bored one day and decided to try tidy the engine bay
from:
To:
lol
and then i finally decided the arches needed sorting, my dads friend owns a bodyshop so i booked it in and the results:
and thats it so far!
i know its not much and a pretty boring project but im happy with it so far.
next steps are lowering (obv) and a ph2 grille as i hate the ph1 ones (thats why it has no grille at the min)
im gonna take the engine out pretty soon too as i dont think the cambelt has been done yet, do the cambelt and the rest and put my piper fast road cams in. then exhaust and it should look half decent!
thanks for the read, ill try keep it updaded however slow the project might be!
first it all started with my clio RT:
this snapped its cambelt, so i thought, f**k it il find a valver for it.
i started searching and i found a complete valver for sale near essex for silly low money but it was a mission and due to snapped gearbox mount bolts it would need trailoring back. i checked a couple of days later and he had lowered the price further so i snapped it up.
the car had no interior or wheels so i unbolted the front seat out of my RT (i had a valver interior in that) and took of my wheels, booked a van and trailor and set off to pick it up.
when we got there, it was on axel stands so after it starting first time (apparently it haddnt been started for like a month, and it had no battery on it) we loaded it onto the trailer.
wheels on:
on the trailor
the arches were dead but everything else looked sweet, and the engine was on just under 70K! that is awesome for a phase 1 valver. this was all backed up by paper work too.
no i had a decision, do i break the valver and put the engine in my RT, or do i fix both. i decided that this tungsten phase 1 was too good to break so i started getting it roadworthy. It needed the gearbox drilling out and welding as the bolts had snaped in it. it needed an exhaust, an interior and numerous other bits and pieces but i loved it.
heres how it looked whilst it was waiting to go get the gearbox sorted:
side exit/missing exhaust lol
Rusty arches:
starting to put the interior in:
in the meantime while the valver was away i decided to fix the snapped cambelt on my RT. no i have NEVER done anything on an engine in my life before this so i was nervous, but i decided what the fvck, i may aswell have a go:
a fair few hours and mistakes later, i tried starting it and barely turning over twice it came back to life!! to say i was happy/suprised/in disbelief was an understatement!
anyway i got the valver back, freshly though its MOT and roadworthy. i love the power! such a step up from the RT.
couple of pics by F0xy (hope you dont mind) with his beast
can see the difference between tungsten and xerox!
i drove it like this for a while not really doing much and then i decided it needed some stuff doing.
i took the fromt apart when i was bored one day and decided to try tidy the engine bay
from:
To:
lol
and then i finally decided the arches needed sorting, my dads friend owns a bodyshop so i booked it in and the results:
and thats it so far!
i know its not much and a pretty boring project but im happy with it so far.
next steps are lowering (obv) and a ph2 grille as i hate the ph1 ones (thats why it has no grille at the min)
im gonna take the engine out pretty soon too as i dont think the cambelt has been done yet, do the cambelt and the rest and put my piper fast road cams in. then exhaust and it should look half decent!
thanks for the read, ill try keep it updaded however slow the project might be!
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