Martin_172
ClioSport Club Member
been looking for my dipstick to check the oil but cant find it anywhere? any one know where it is?
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can someone show me where my dipstick is?
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Martin_172
ClioSport Club Member
lol both engines are at the side of the car, the one on the engine lift is the new one (50k miles, 16 straight valves, new cambelt, no oil leaks, no melted piston rings, a working waterpump) on on the floor is the old one (140k, 16 bent valves, snapped cambelt, oil leaks everywhere, melted piston rings, broken waterpump) lol
fitted my coilovers today, dropped it about 3000mm or something
fitted my coilovers today, dropped it about 3000mm or something
Martin_172
ClioSport Club Member
lol im fitting an engine ive just rebuilt but i dont know where the dipstick is 
only kiddin mate yeah i know where it is was just trying to be a smart b*****d cheers tho!lol
only kiddin mate yeah i know where it is was just trying to be a smart b*****d cheers tho!lol
Martin_172
ClioSport Club Member
hehe its handy! its my grans, just round the corner from my house
Would totally agree with Gav. Even when I have the car on axle standsI always rest a few wheels underneath just incase and tbh wouldn't trust a tolley jack if I was going to be underneath the car at all.
CB600FS
Good effort Martin, that garage looks the perfect size for working on cars too, none of this back against the wall legs under the car stuff.
Your brave if you've been under there with no axle stands, as said above get some if you can don't want that landing on your mate, he'll get blood on the chassis leg
Your brave if you've been under there with no axle stands, as said above get some if you can don't want that landing on your mate, he'll get blood on the chassis leg
Martin_172
ClioSport Club Member
ive got axel stands guys, just not using them on the car as i was doing another car in the driveway lol, 2 steel wheels were under the car as i done the gearbox mount and downpipe.
hoping to have it finished thursday night, i painted the bottom end of the engine black today to make it look a bit newer and better, pressure washed the subframe as it was covered in shite from the oil and coolant leak.
all that needs done now is engine back in, coilovers fitted at the rear, front ones slammed as low as i can get it to go without looking like its nose diving, rears on max. get my 195/45/15 EagleF1 GSD-3's fitted (4 of them) fit the polly bushes (anti roll bar and bottom arm ones), weld in the front strut brace then to finish it off fit the dynamique dash and steering wheel.
ohh yeah and get the coils set up and play about with the damping adjustment to get them perfect!
engines just had a new waterpump, cambelt kit, plugs, clutch, gearbox has only done 10k miles and need to give it a quick run to get it up to temperature then change the oil and filter with some millars fully synthetic motorsport oil ive got for it.
hoping to have it finished thursday night, i painted the bottom end of the engine black today to make it look a bit newer and better, pressure washed the subframe as it was covered in shite from the oil and coolant leak.
all that needs done now is engine back in, coilovers fitted at the rear, front ones slammed as low as i can get it to go without looking like its nose diving, rears on max. get my 195/45/15 EagleF1 GSD-3's fitted (4 of them) fit the polly bushes (anti roll bar and bottom arm ones), weld in the front strut brace then to finish it off fit the dynamique dash and steering wheel.
ohh yeah and get the coils set up and play about with the damping adjustment to get them perfect!
engines just had a new waterpump, cambelt kit, plugs, clutch, gearbox has only done 10k miles and need to give it a quick run to get it up to temperature then change the oil and filter with some millars fully synthetic motorsport oil ive got for it.
If your looking for the dipstick, you'll find it here:
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/member.php?u=8156
http://www.cliosport.net/forum/member.php?u=8156
Martin_172
ClioSport Club Member
lol weeman gets some stick on this place!!
looking forward to getting it back on the road and giving it a blast, should handle like f**k even if it has only got 80bhp lol
looking forward to getting it back on the road and giving it a blast, should handle like f**k even if it has only got 80bhp lol
Martin_172
ClioSport Club Member
my old engine had a dipstick but didnt have any oil, apparently this is one of the reasons it didnt run properly the last 2 or 3 weeks but i thought oil was just an optional extra?
Martin_172
ClioSport Club Member
some of the latest pics, inc a sneak peak of the coils
The fronts set that low that the front tyres catch the wing everytime i turn a corner lol. getting professionaly set up this week so it handles again as its all over the place at the moment, just took it a 5 minute test drive to test the engine (which is sweet as a nut!) also getting 195/45/15 Eagle F1s fitted this week to replace the 195/50/15 F1's so i can take it a bit lower, just need to get custom rears to go lower now.
hardest bit was getting the engine lined up with the gearbox when puting it in as we left the box in the car to save taking shafts out and draining/leaking gearbox oil! was a tight squeeze and that was just with a tiny 1.2!!
The fronts set that low that the front tyres catch the wing everytime i turn a corner lol. getting professionaly set up this week so it handles again as its all over the place at the moment, just took it a 5 minute test drive to test the engine (which is sweet as a nut!) also getting 195/45/15 Eagle F1s fitted this week to replace the 195/50/15 F1's so i can take it a bit lower, just need to get custom rears to go lower now.
hardest bit was getting the engine lined up with the gearbox when puting it in as we left the box in the car to save taking shafts out and draining/leaking gearbox oil! was a tight squeeze and that was just with a tiny 1.2!!
Martin_172
ClioSport Club Member
heres a pic of it on the coilovers. 45 profile tyres not going on untill tuesday (suspension geometry getting set up on wednesday) at the moment its handling like shite because the suspension set ups all to f**k.
on the plus side the new engines a strong one, pulls to the redline no problem like mine used to untill the last couple of months!
on the plus side the new engines a strong one, pulls to the redline no problem like mine used to untill the last couple of months!
Good work wee man!
Christopher
ClioSport Club Member
Z4M
looks well tidy!
