F4R turbo + ND0 box (its in!)

[Ed_182]

i know this is a stupid question but is the f4r turbo engine the megane 225 engine?

 

[Fred@BTM]

yeah its part of the Vel satis, Avantime (i think), Laguna2, Megane Sport and Megane RS family of engines

 

[paul_h172]

oh god yeah, no point doing anything else!!! TIG is sexy (bloody hard though!)

agree

 

[Fred@BTM]

few more pics (camera phone, sorry!)

 

[ben_p]

mint

 

[Jones]

good stuff Fred, is it standard or you having a play with it?

 

[Fred@BTM]

its played with

 

[Mattieuk]

Fooooking hell Fred....... I love it

 

[Clart]

stop playing with ur own car and get mine sorted

 

[Fred@BTM]

zeil hei! schnell!

 

[edde]

This will sound like a stupid question but err don't tell me your working on it outside I thought you had a garage to work on?

 

[Martin_172]

holy s**t look at the size of that gearbox!

looking good mate cant wait to see this thing go

 

[Fred@BTM]

yeah, on my driveway, garage is a bit of a mess

i'm only trail fitting at the moment, as i have engine mounts to make

 

[RichMcc]

there's no mount points on the NDO, looks like i'm welding AGAIN!!

is this stuff ok to clean the head with???
http://www.cillitbang.co.uk/

Maybe this will speed fred up :approve:
http://www.nearlygood.com/video/cillitbang.html

 

[Ads_172]

LMFAO, awesome!

 

[fmp_]

whats power does that engine produce as standard?

is there plenty of room between bulkhead and turbo?

 

[Fred@BTM]

165bhp std, only difference between these engines and the 225 engine is the size of the turbo and the VVT

i have a 225 turbo, which will do way over 250bhp, plus the OMEX is running it

i need to finish my inlet manifold (which is a bit special!)

anyone got any bright ideas on the gearbox upper mount?? (you can just about see the bolts holes)

 

[_Joe_]

nice work fred, i'm liking them weird green wheels, how long u been working on this now?

 

[Fred@BTM]

oh you know, just a few years (don't ask!)

 

[_Joe_]

lmao, u work nearly as fast as me

 

[fmp_]

what you doing about drive shafts? custom made?

 

[BenR]

165bhp std, only difference between these engines and the 225 engine is the size of the turbo and the VVT

i have a 225 turbo, which will do way over 250bhp, plus the OMEX is running it

i need to finish my inlet manifold (which is a bit special!)

anyone got any bright ideas on the gearbox upper mount?? (you can just about see the bolts holes)

DO something about those s**t heads and you wont have to run half the boost.

Just machine up a peice of billet slab corresponding to the bolt centres but counterbore them. Then use the top rubber mount as per normal with the batterybox/mount arrangement.

 

[Fred@BTM]

won't work ben, the gear selector is in the way of the OE mount

what are you on about with the head?

 

[BenR]

then use a solid billet and machine it to correspond to the 3 bolt holes on the chassis rail.

 

[Fred@BTM]

but where can i put a rubber in?

 

[BenR]

between the two bits of billet, you can use the centre mount from the original mount and use a stud, just locate it elsewhere.

Dude, your a tuning company, think of your own solutions!

Or weld it to your car..............permanent.

 

[Fred@BTM]

i'm personally not a tunning company!! i co own one (difference)

weld it to the car, now you're talking

 

[nuvelungo]

you have adapted the masses of megane 225 to clio 172, will you have photos of how it looks?

 

[imprezaworks]

Great effort on thread revival

 

[Krarl]

Sent from my SM-G965F using Tapatalk

 

[JamesBryan]

Can't use Megane hubs on a Clio.

 

[nuvelungo]

Can't use Megane hubs on a Clio.

):

 

[nuvelungo]

Great effort on thread revival

Great effort on thread revival

Great effort on thread revival

Can it be adapted?

 

[leeds_182]

This was when Fred was respected....

 

[Mavez]

What happened to Fred?

 

[JamesBryan]

What happened to Fred?

Moved to Australia, his missus is an Aussie.

 

[Martin_172]

and that's about as far as the conversion got!

 

[JamesBryan]

and that's about as far as the conversion got!

What else do you want to know ?

Still speak to him now and again.

 

[nuvelungo]

????

 

[NorthloopCup]

????

ANYTHING can be adapted to fit/work if you’ve got the knowledge/expertise/money to do it.

Those hubs are only a small part of why that chassis handles the way it does though. It’s not just a simple case of getting them in there, then it’ll handle the same way as a mk3 Clio/meg.