engine change

[Azmanjim]

Just started swapping the engine in our valver. Wondered if anyone had any handy hints?? hoping to keep the gear box in place

cheers

Aaron

 

[James5_GTT]

What engine you gone for??

 

[Mark One]

Basically, its as tight as a nuns chuff

take the rad setup out attached to the cross member

 

[Azmanjim]

same engine for the minute

 

[iimushroomzii]

Take the gearbox and engine out at the same time, be a hell of a lot easier.

 

[Azmanjim]

Think I'm just gonna put the 2 litre in staright away!! Not happy about doing this again!! How do u guys seperate the exhaust manifold from the down pipe??

 

[Azmanjim]

Also was thinking, am I gonna be alright using the valver ecu with the megane 2 litre 16v engine??

 

[matty w]

what you doing putting the complete megane engine in or megane bottom end with valver head?you will need a harness soldered into your ecu and a chip,undo the manifold where it joins the collecter its 2 13mm nuts do it from underneath with an extension bar and a wobble head

 

[Azmanjim]

yeah just noticed the megane doesnt have a dizzy. Really dont wanna take the gear box out coz i dont have a breaker bar to get the hub nuts undone tonight!! doesnt look like there is enough room to leave the gearbox in and take the engine out tho!

 

[iimushroomzii]

Hub nuts will come out with a socket, ratchet and length of pipe

 

[Azmanjim]

haha yeah just lookin for a 1/2 inch extension so i can get in the hub sole!! haha

 

[matty w]

theres quite a bit of work to use the complete megane engine,i've just done it myself,you need the head maching to accept the dizzy and i've got a mate to fabricate the 16v throttle onto the megane inlet manifold so i can use the valver sensors

 

[Azmanjim]

Confused now!! Got my engine out. had a look at all 3 together and there seems to be some differences!! I know the megane engine will be different but it seem to have an output for a dizzy. Does the renault espace 2.0 litre have a dizzy?? Noticed there was a renault espace in pieces when i picked up the engine. Also it does say F7R on the bottom end.

The other valver engine i bought seems to have a lot different in the auxilliary area! Think it might be a renault 19 engine. Is there much difference from the clio engine?? Cheers guys

Aaron

 

[matty w]

there is a hole for what looks like is for a dizzy but it not big enough it has to be machined out to accept a dizzy,yeah there is a few difference on the19 engine the inlet manifold is different and the stat housing may be others?your bottom end should either be f7r 710 or f7r 714 depending if it was an early megane or later