Boosted Blue 182

[Hxrry]

When one isn't enough, you go out and buy another... right?

This beauty came up for sale in Wales at a price I couldn't refuse, so I took the trip and drove it home. Just over 100k but feels tight to drive, this is added by a few mods like solid engine mounts and remap to name two, I was happy. Only downside being a notch into 4th gear occasionally.

Plan is to refurbish the gearbox with a LSD. Whilst on the subject, do people know if the cheap diffs listed on the likes of eBay are any good? Seen one person recommend it.

I've got a front splitter to fit and some grams exhaust mount bushes and centre exhaust bush!

 

[Hxrry]

Updates:

- Bought a refurbished gearbox with a Quaife LSD fitted and a Megane 5th gear
- Fitted CM Composites front splitter
- New handbrake cables
- Fitted my 2118's with spacers and longer bolts.
- Cleaned the underneath up and used Hammerite on the rear beam, front arms etc
- Painted callipers black
- Fit KAM Racing 3D Printed Exhaust mounts & new middle exhaust mount
- Rear wiper delete
- LED number plate light fitted

I've got loads of plans but slowly want to get tick things off the list.

Can't figure the best way to add pics.... It adds one max and it's always sidewards lol

 

[Hxrry]

Need to fit my coilovers to bring it down a bit more on the 2118s

 

[Euan Baguette]

Looks pretty good.


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[dave120]

Looks pretty good.


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Recognise the wheels ?

Yip, looks good with those wheels and Artic Blue.

 

[Euan Baguette]

Recognise the wheels ?

Yip, looks good with those wheels and Artic Blue.

I knew I should have tried them on my car!


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[Hxrry]

Looks pretty good.


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Thank you very much Happy with the progress I'm making on it.

 

[Hxrry]

Recognise the wheels ?

Yip, looks good with those wheels and Artic Blue.

Thanks again for selling them!

 

[Hxrry]

Throwback to before lockdown #2 when I had chance to keep it clean before getting hectic with work! This is from the last time I went to C&M on my birthday

 

[Hxrry]

Finally fitted my Sabelt RS steering wheel fitted with the Volantech 6 button panel, which is amazing!

Having problems getting my airbag light out though. I've just tried some 3.9k Ohm resistors and made no difference, anyone have suggestions?

Today I popped in my washer blanks, much cleaner look.

Also something exiting is that I've begun collecting turbo parts. Currently got TRW Downpipe (ordered), Turbo, Wossner Pistons and MaxSpeeding Rods. Can anyone recommend what else I should be changing whilst the engine is out to be forged?

Cheers

 

[Hxrry]

Couple other pics

 

[Louis]

3.9kohm is wrong, you want 3.9ohm mate.
Or do it properly and get access to an rstuner or clip! Was super satisfying turning all the lights off mine 😂

Wheel looks great.

 

[Hxrry]

3.9kohm is wrong, you want 3.9ohm mate.
Or do it properly and get access to an rstuner or clip! Was super satisfying turning all the lights off mine 😂

Wheel looks great.

derp, definitely an error on my part. I'll get the 3.9 ohm ones ordered now!!

Wheels do look good from a distance, a bit rough so was going to get them powder coated. I was unsure on a colour to go for, but I'm sure going for a similar grey would look best!

 

[Hxrry]

The 'Wuhan Whistler' as it's been named on Facebook by many people turned up today.

It's not a permanent solution, its just to get the car built sooner. I must comment though, a few people recommended this turbo and the quality of it feels not too bad! Let's hope its all good

 

[Hxrry]

Some more parts ordered yesterday from Engine Dynamics 😁 Turbo Manifold, Intercooler pipework with intercooler and turbo oil drain kit.

My MaXpeedingrods rods turned up yesterday too, and my Wossner 8.5:1 Turbo pistons will be here tomorrow hopefully.

Loving the progress!

 

[Hxrry]

Turbo pipework and intercooler has come from Engine Dynamics, along with their exhaust manifold and oil drain kit. I've also managed to grab a bargain on some Megane 225 injectors, so will be sending to EFI to test them - hopefully all good 🤞 Never really know with injectors I feel.

I'm pretty much there with parts now for the build, just need to get my engine out really to start the rebuild with the forged parts, only problem finding time to take the box out.

 

[Hxrry]

MTC Coolant hoses turned up yesterday, went for grey as got a blue/grey thing going on.

I'm going to try get the car on a ramp one of the weekends, rip the engine out and push the car in the corner of the workshop until it's done.

After some advice, when rebuilding the engine what else would you change? Obviously doing Cambelt, Water Pump & Dephaser etc.

 

[Louis]

MTC Coolant hoses turned up yesterday, went for grey as got a blue/grey thing going on.

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I'm going to try get the car on a ramp one of the weekends, rip the engine out and push the car in the corner of the workshop until it's done.

After some advice, when rebuilding the engine what else would you change? Obviously doing Cambelt, Water Pump & Dephaser etc.

Remember to drill your block whilst the engines out for your oil return!

 

[Hxrry]

Remember to drill your block whilst the engines out for your oil return!

That will be first job as I'll forget! I'm in the process on sorting heat management out, wrapped all my intercooler pipework in a gold heat tape and then looking to ensure the bulkhead stays as cool as possible!

 

[Louis]

You bought jcs higrips for your coolant pipes too? Dont want to be using the rusty oem ones

 

[Hxrry]

You bought jcs higrips for your coolant pipes too? Dont want to be using the rusty oem ones

I'm going to take a look now, something I presumed came with the hoses tbh. Oh well, eBay will save the day no doubt!

 

[Hxrry]

Yesterday the downpipe arrived from Portugal (FINALLY! It's taken 6-7 weeks!!)

 

[Hxrry]

Finally got plans in motion, the engine should finally coming out next week to be re-built and forged.

I've been working on tidying up my downpipe and turbo today, as you can see the waste gate hole is rather small!!!

Where should I be getting oil lines from for the turbo? Also need some heat management ideas for the bay. I've gold heat wrapped my intercooler pipework and will be heat wrapping my downpipe... What am I using on the bulkhead? Anything else I should pay close attention to keeping cool?

 

[Fishfire]

Finally got plans in motion, the engine should finally coming out next week to be re-built and forged.

I've been working on tidying up my downpipe and turbo today, as you can see the waste gate hole is rather small!!!

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Where should I be getting oil lines from for the turbo? Also need some heat management ideas for the bay. I've gold heat wrapped my intercooler pipework and will be heat wrapping my downpipe... What am I using on the bulkhead? Anything else I should pay close attention to keeping cool?

I ported my wastegate out a fair bit:



Should stop boost spikes with luck.

SteveC put me on the right lines with the oil feed. I got a 1 meter Mamba oil line for 27 quid and an adapter £13. All fitted with no dramas:



I've got the Engine Dynamics oil drain kit, which tbh you coukd source a lot cheaper, but for convenience, I bought it.
Take your time drilling into the block though.....I've managed to screw up drilling the hole straight, and now I can't get the 3/8 tap to take and may have to use compression washers and a nut on the inside 🤦

Looking good though.

 

[Hxrry]

I ported my wastegate out a fair bit:

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Should stop boost spikes with luck.

SteveC put me on the right lines with the oil feed. I got a 1 meter Mamba oil line for 27 quid and an adapter £13. All fitted with no dramas:

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I've got the Engine Dynamics oil drain kit, which tbh you coukd source a lot cheaper, but for convenience, I bought it.
Take your time drilling into the block though.....I've managed to screw up drilling the hole straight, and now I can't get the 3/8 tap to take and may have to use compression washers and a nut on the inside 🤦

Looking good though.

it was your post that made me check mine and I’m glad I did!

that’s ace on the lines, I’ll get those ordered! I just checked and I bought an oil drain kit when I got my Intercooler with pipework! Luckily my mechanics a brilliant engineer so shouldn’t c**k it up… watch this space lol

 

[Hxrry]

We've been hectic at work so only just today pulled it on the ramp. Safe to say that it's finally underway! The plan is to rip engine out, send it off to be forged and built up. Then it's rebuild time with all the goodies i've been collecting!

 

[Hxrry]

I was hoping to get the engine out yesterday but only managed subframe off and driveshafts out. Shocked at the condition of the bushes tbh, I should hopefully see an improvement with my ready-to-fit subframe with polybushes and strengthened arms! The coolant system was drained today and there was a lot of oil in the system, potential head gasket failure? It's always run spot on though, with the occasional lumpy cold start... Good job I'm stripping it down

 

[Hxrry]

The engines out today and already begun stripping it down ready to be sent to the engine builders. Am I right in saying the heads can’t be skimmed on these engines?

I’ve dropped the 2118’s at a local powder coating company who have done lots of work for me in the past. Going for a similar grey with a slight metallic flake, hopefully it doesn’t look gay.

 

[Fishfire]

The engines out today and already begun stripping it down ready to be sent to the engine builders. Am I right in saying the heads can’t be skimmed on these engines?
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I’ve dropped the 2118’s at a local powder coating company who have done lots of work for me in the past. Going for a similar grey with a slight metallic flake, hopefully it doesn’t look gay.

I had a light skim on my head, though I did use a thicker Mégane MLS head gasket, just to reduce the compression slightly and account for lose of material on the head skim, but tbh a thousandth skim is neither here nor there.

 

[Hxrry]

I had a light skim on my head, though I did use a thicker Mégane MLS head gasket, just to reduce the compression slightly and account for lose of material on the head skim, but tbh a thousandth skim is neither here nor there.

I did wonder on the skim, but I'm running 8.5:1 low compression turbo pistons. I'm unsure whether to use a standard gasket or an MLS one, do you have any idea?

 

[Fishfire]

I did wonder on the skim, but I'm running 8.5:1 low compression turbo pistons. I'm unsure whether to use a standard gasket or an MLS one, do you have any idea?

Probably best speaking to whoever is building your engine, but if it were me, I'd have a very light skim on the head and the block to ensure perfect mating surfaces and run a slightly thicker head gasket.

From memory, the standard Clio gasket is something like 0.8mm and the Mégane is 1.3mm, so shouldn't make much difference to the CR with a light skim. The mapping will ensure your fueling and timing is correct for the CR and boost levels you'll be running.


I'll be following your build with interest......I have a spare engine that might become the next project. Once I've debugged the issues out of my low boost build 🙄

 

[Hxrry]

What's a standard 182 gearbox worth done 102k with a notch into 4th. Apart from that it's mint, if you change gear carefully it doesn't catch so it's barely gone but would need sorting ideally. Would anyone want a standard subframe? Ideal to be stripped and powder coated, what's this also worth?

 

[RustyMojo]

What's a standard 182 gearbox worth done 102k with a notch into 4th. Apart from that it's mint, if you change gear carefully it doesn't catch so it's barely gone but would need sorting ideally. Would anyone want a standard subframe? Ideal to be stripped and powder coated, what's this also worth?

Is it a cup pack subframe mate? Believe they are different to non cup packed?

 

[Hxrry]

Is it a cup pack subframe mate? Believe they are different to non cup packed?

from my understand it’s a full fat? Got the cup spoiler, half leathers, climate control and auto lights/xenons ?

 

[Chambers_RS]

Liking this 👌🏻👌🏻

 

[RustyMojo]

Do you know if the shock spacing is 60mm or 54mm? That’s the way to easily tell if it has cup suspension pack

 

[Hxrry]

Liking this 👌🏻👌🏻

I’ll eventually get round to fitting that box I had off you 😂

 

[Hxrry]

Do you know if the shock spacing is 60mm or 54mm? That’s the way to easily tell if it has cup suspension pack

its 54mm I think.

 

[RustyMojo]

its 54mm I think.

That’s non cup pack, if it is mate I’m interested! Can you double check and come back to me?

 

[Hxrry]

That’s non cup pack, if it is mate I’m interested! Can you double check and come back to me?

It's 54mm mate. I'd only want a drink for it really as need the space.