Evo 9 Gt, 182 Toy
Plans are to fit the full megane 225 engine/6 speed box ECU loom clocks basically everything from a megane 225 to keep the costs down of aftermarket management/mapping etc. at the same time hard mount the seat, re do ABS using megane/Peugeot mastercylinder parts for the hydrolic clutch. electric power steering. Full custom loom for everything bar the engine, indicator lights etc. custom pedal setting retaining clio brakes and megane clutch/accelerator
I'v already had an old thread on here for the car but it way out of date and lost most of the pics in the thread. Here is the old one:
http://www.cliosport.net/posts/10546188/
Onwards and upward, basically I came across a full megane 225 car with minimal damage I had never intended on doing the conversion but the car was to cheap to turn away so enter the megane 225 with slight suspension damage and no key!
We stripped everything off the car, and either kept it for the conversion or sold it to fund the project.
Off it goes to the scrap yard as a shell
The car in question for the conversion this was September 2014 the very same day we removed the engine and box ready to start the conversion
I wish I took more pictures along the way but you just forget!
first thing was to fit the seat so so we could mount the steering wheel/pedal where we wanted them. Our resident welder ste has fabricated all this in our unit with a super £150 welder!
you can see the electric steering, custom pedals and the megane shifter mounted on top of the tunnel instead to bring it closer to the steering wheel.
Next was to actually fit the engine and gearbox to see if it actually fits. in short no it doesn't but its not by much, it requires the passenger side chasis leg to be cut and notched to allow clearance for the gearbox. a bit of hammering to the subframe also so nothing fouled. We had to make up 2 engine mounts to go along side 2 of the standard mounts. few quick pics of these.
rear dog bone mount
Next step wiring! the plan was to get the engine running on the floor to see if we could bypass the meagane system. after a bit of head scratching we managed this so far so good. did have a vid of this somewhere but will have to dig it out. Next step was to remove all the megane wires that aren't needed. This was by far the worse part as one c**k up here we would never be able to retrace. But again it was managed with a bit of head scratching we managed to remove pretty much 80% of the megane loom with the engine still running.
left over loom
at this point the engine was fully in and mounted level. we started to add the megane ecu and loom and plumb in the boost/water system
trial fitting the megane 225 intercooler and all plumbed in and wired.
The turbo at this point was found to have allot of play so was sent away to have a brand new core
it was after this with the loom ecu and new turbo fitted it was time to start it for the first time!
this was with no exhaust and lambda sensors etc but it does run and rev etc so that's a bonus!
we have then concentrated on the other things. Brake system is all done you can see the remote megane reservoir which has the hydraulic clutch built in just behind the turbo heat shield
I bought a fibreglass switch panel for the dash and had it flocked to house the megane keycard, battery cut off and some switchs.
the car is away at the minute with a friend who is fabricating the exhaust, intercooler and custom driveshaft's, but is due back today. Tonight we should be able to start it with the new full 3" turbo back exahaust, driveshaft's aren't quite ready yet so cant actually test drive it just yet.
Few pics of his exhaust work
3" downpipe, apparently this was a pig to fit in!
megane 250 tailpipe
very impressed with his exhaust work, if your in the market for a custom exhaust this is your guy!
That's pretty much where we are up to. Have the custom loom to finish off fit the dash properly fit driveshafts check and double check everything and give it a road test. Its off to EFI parts for a rolling road run before any track time to check everything over and give us an idea of the power, expecting a touch over 225, and will probably remap the standard ecu at a later time if everything is ok.
I'v already had an old thread on here for the car but it way out of date and lost most of the pics in the thread. Here is the old one:
http://www.cliosport.net/posts/10546188/
Onwards and upward, basically I came across a full megane 225 car with minimal damage I had never intended on doing the conversion but the car was to cheap to turn away so enter the megane 225 with slight suspension damage and no key!
We stripped everything off the car, and either kept it for the conversion or sold it to fund the project.
Off it goes to the scrap yard as a shell
The car in question for the conversion this was September 2014 the very same day we removed the engine and box ready to start the conversion
I wish I took more pictures along the way but you just forget!
first thing was to fit the seat so so we could mount the steering wheel/pedal where we wanted them. Our resident welder ste has fabricated all this in our unit with a super £150 welder!
you can see the electric steering, custom pedals and the megane shifter mounted on top of the tunnel instead to bring it closer to the steering wheel.
Next was to actually fit the engine and gearbox to see if it actually fits. in short no it doesn't but its not by much, it requires the passenger side chasis leg to be cut and notched to allow clearance for the gearbox. a bit of hammering to the subframe also so nothing fouled. We had to make up 2 engine mounts to go along side 2 of the standard mounts. few quick pics of these.
rear dog bone mount
Next step wiring! the plan was to get the engine running on the floor to see if we could bypass the meagane system. after a bit of head scratching we managed this so far so good. did have a vid of this somewhere but will have to dig it out. Next step was to remove all the megane wires that aren't needed. This was by far the worse part as one c**k up here we would never be able to retrace. But again it was managed with a bit of head scratching we managed to remove pretty much 80% of the megane loom with the engine still running.
left over loom
at this point the engine was fully in and mounted level. we started to add the megane ecu and loom and plumb in the boost/water system
trial fitting the megane 225 intercooler and all plumbed in and wired.
The turbo at this point was found to have allot of play so was sent away to have a brand new core
it was after this with the loom ecu and new turbo fitted it was time to start it for the first time!
this was with no exhaust and lambda sensors etc but it does run and rev etc so that's a bonus!
we have then concentrated on the other things. Brake system is all done you can see the remote megane reservoir which has the hydraulic clutch built in just behind the turbo heat shield
I bought a fibreglass switch panel for the dash and had it flocked to house the megane keycard, battery cut off and some switchs.
the car is away at the minute with a friend who is fabricating the exhaust, intercooler and custom driveshaft's, but is due back today. Tonight we should be able to start it with the new full 3" turbo back exahaust, driveshaft's aren't quite ready yet so cant actually test drive it just yet.
Few pics of his exhaust work
3" downpipe, apparently this was a pig to fit in!
megane 250 tailpipe
very impressed with his exhaust work, if your in the market for a custom exhaust this is your guy!
That's pretty much where we are up to. Have the custom loom to finish off fit the dash properly fit driveshafts check and double check everything and give it a road test. Its off to EFI parts for a rolling road run before any track time to check everything over and give us an idea of the power, expecting a touch over 225, and will probably remap the standard ecu at a later time if everything is ok.
