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DannyR · Apr 21, 2015

Haha! Legend!

So that one bracket is all that's needed? Will that then fit with a cup alternator setup and retain PAS?

marinemackay2003 · Apr 22, 2015

No affraid not, I am in the process of making the other parts as seen in the pics, this plate is mainly for the blokes that have the charger already and need a stronger plate, but will hopefully get a complete package built

marinemackay2003 · May 13, 2015

It's head building time

imprezaworks · May 13, 2015

Going to be an animial chris, looks great.

marinemackay2003 · Jul 8, 2015

So what feel like months and months have passed by, i managed to get some spare time to get things going again
got my engine stand back so cracked on

old head bolts

marinemackay2003 · Jul 9, 2015

and head fully built up, so now the dreaded cam belt awaits

its amazing the things that distract you from finishing

America fk yeah

Cub. · Jul 9, 2015

Can't wait to see this up and running. Good work.

Obama, Obama, OBAMA.

incy-spider · Jul 9, 2015

Ideal mate, good to see some progress!

marinemackay2003 · Jul 17, 2015

So had a little bit of a play around with my set of Omex brackets this week and came to a decision, i am going to ditch off the k tec style brackets and go with the Omex ones.
Due to them having a tendency to fracture, i have now made them from mild steel so they will be far stronger although a bit heavier

so got them back today and started a trial fit

very easy to fit, and does away with the aux belt tensioner pulley and all associated brackets, and the option is there to easily remove the power steering pump too if you have epas

here is a trial kit i made today for a fellow cs member

as you can see he has no power steering hole cut, so drill and tap a hole, add a idler pulley and use a slightly shorter belt = p/s pump gone

NorthloopCup · Jul 17, 2015

marinemackay2003 said:
So had a little bit of a play around with my set of Omex brackets this week and came to a decision, i am going to ditch off the k tec style brackets and go with the Omex ones.
Due to them having a tendency to fracture, i have now made them from mild steel so they will be far stronger although a bit heavier

so got them back today and started a trial fit

very easy to fit, and does away with the aux belt tensioner pulley and all associated brackets, and the option is there to easily remove the power steering pump too if you have epas

here is a trial kit i made today for a fellow cs member

as you can see he has no power steering hole cut, so drill and tap a hole, add a idler pulley and use a slightly shorter belt = p/s pump gone

Now that I like!! How much for the brackets out of interest?

marinemackay2003 · Jul 17, 2015

Will pm you

Cub. · Jul 17, 2015

marinemackay2003 said:
Will pm you

Oh hai!!

DannyR · Jul 18, 2015

I'm tempted to have and fit these without the supercharger as PMS stuff is crap with the aircon delete.

marinemackay2003 · Jul 21, 2015

And when you are ready, just bolt the charger in lol

DannyR · Jul 21, 2015

EXACTLY!

marinemackay2003 · Aug 17, 2015

So this week i have the engine back, cambelt all fitted thanks to @bloke top bloke and very helpful
and managed to get the final parts and pulleys to complete the kit, bar the belt
should now be able to offer a whole mount kit inc pulleys and belt

supercharging just got a bit easier

incy-spider · Aug 19, 2015

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marinemackay2003 · Aug 19, 2015

Should give most the opportunity to build a kit piece by piece, instead of just handing 4.5k over to ktec ect in a big one hit

marinemackay2003 · Aug 22, 2015

having a bit of a clio club weekender this weekend

managed to get the engine back together, all cam belt covers done up and the charger mount bolted on

plan was to get it placed in the bay this weekend but when checking over stuff i noticed i have no exhaust studs at all, how i missed that i dont know
so plans have hit a dead end, i now need 9 exhaust studs @ about £11 each iirc

anyone have some sitting about on a dead engine?

incy-spider · Aug 22, 2015

Ah man!! Little things like that can be so annoying.... Looking good though!

marinemackay2003 · Aug 22, 2015

thanks would have looked better in the car but these things happen
will get there eventually

marinemackay2003 · Aug 23, 2015

so had another rubbish day today, one of those day's where nothing went right
started on my break lines, wanted to give them a bit of heat protection from the manifold, whilst last in afghan i rob..emm acquired some heat sheathing from a dead vehicle
fairly good stuff, will be adding a zircoflex sheet over the top of this too to protect the master cylinder and fluid reservoir

i then attempted to remove my omex temp sensor from the coolant block, snapped it straight out now have a gaping hole in the side of it
time to get the welder out

so i moved on to re-do my door cards "motorsport" velcro was no longer cutting it, done all the fronts so started on rears and popped my head in to have a check of everything

my car has developed the PH-RUST problem, absolute ball ache of an area to get to, so spent all day rubbing it down, prepping and painting it with Hammerite rust beater

If you have a ph 1 go and check it out as its getting a common problem now and its better to tackle it now rather than when its too late
so annoyed i wrapped on it and decided to wash it for the first time this year and ditch it in the car park.

NorthloopCup · Aug 24, 2015

marinemackay2003 said:
so had another rubbish day today, one of those day's where nothing went right
started on my break lines, wanted to give them a bit of heat protection from the manifold, whilst last in afghan i rob..emm acquired some heat sheathing from a dead vehicle
fairly good stuff, will be adding a zircoflex sheet over the top of this too to protect the master cylinder and fluid reservoir

i then attempted to remove my omex temp sensor from the coolant block, snapped it straight out now have a gaping hole in the side of it
time to get the welder out

so i moved on to re-do my door cards "motorsport" velcro was no longer cutting it, done all the fronts so started on rears and popped my head in to have a check of everything

my car has developed the PH-RUST problem, absolute ball ache of an area to get to, so spent all day rubbing it down, prepping and painting it with Hammerite rust beater

If you have a ph 1 go and check it out as its getting a common problem now and its better to tackle it now rather than when its too late
so annoyed i wrapped on it and decided to wash it for the first time this year and ditch it in the car park

Unproductive days are the choice of winners mate. I had one on Friday and Saturday so I feel your pain.
Bit of a t**t about finding that rust as well!

marinemackay2003 · Oct 12, 2015

So had a fairly productive week last week, managed to get all my exhaust studs In and tightened

Then fitted my charger to find out it was 120 degrees of rotation out

Looks ok but is actually upside down
View from top

So after some in depth reading I found the housing was user adjustable with lots of warnings and cautions in the tech docs I dived straight in, marked it up and adjusted

The torque settings were a nightmare to find anywhere, found them after about 40mins it's 9nm for the 2 bolts if your looking

Looks much better

Just need to machine a few of the pulleys and it's good to go

DannyR · Oct 13, 2015

Mine had always come straight out towards the front.

marinemackay2003 · Oct 13, 2015

May still need adjusting when fitted, all depends on where the intercooler inlet sits

DannyR · Oct 13, 2015

I don't know if any of those help at all?!

My inter cooler was right at the supercharger so just had a small 90 bend straight onto it.

Joah · Oct 13, 2015

looking good. I read on the rotex site that the oil canister should be below the supercharger, but this is pretty impossible with the location on the clio, did it work ok with it as in the picture above @DannyR ?

Mini182 · Oct 13, 2015

Looking good mate, you would still be better off with an auto tensioner, but I like the look of the brackets, they look nice and sturdy.

All the info you need is available on the rotrex website. If you google rotrex manual it's literally the first link that comes up.

They give you lots of warnings about rotating the snail but in reality if you are careful it's a piece of cake.

The oil cooler and canister should indeed be below the the charger to stop the oil draining back, but this is not so important on the C30 range as they have better seals to stop the oil leaking out.

marinemackay2003 · Oct 13, 2015

Thanks Danny, I have pretty much all your pics been very handy at times

I have read through all of them none of them mention the torque setting for the 2 retaining bolts for the housing

DannyR · Oct 13, 2015

Joah said:
looking good. I read on the rotex site that the oil canister should be below the supercharger, but this is pretty impossible with the location on the clio, did it work ok with it as in the picture above @DannyR ?

I've had several and all were fine, as you say it's impossible but other cars run with it higher up

Mini182 · Oct 13, 2015

DannyR said:
I've had several and all were fine, as you say it's impossible but other cars run with it higher up

Difficult but not impossible, my canister is mounted level with the inlet of the charger and still easily accessible to check the oil level.

marinemackay2003 · Oct 13, 2015

Do you have a Pic of where yours is located James ?
I was going to look at making a bracket to replace the carbon canister and have it down level with inlet

Mini182 · Oct 13, 2015

marinemackay2003 said:
Do you have a Pic of where yours is located James ?
I was going to look at making a bracket to replace the carbon canister and have it down level with inlet

Don't think I have taken any pics of the location of the canister. I made a little aluminium bracket for the canister and filter, and it is located just in front on the lower gearbox mount. It is level with the inlet of the charger but you can still easily reach in and check the oil level.

My engine is out and on the bench at the moment waiting for me to get my arse in gear and rebuild it. So I will get a pic for you.

marinemackay2003 · Oct 26, 2015

Started on the exhaust today, original plan was to get it coated at camcoat or zircotec but managed to get some heat wrap free through work so thought I would give it a try

I am now itchy as fk will try finish it off later

marinemackay2003 · Oct 27, 2015

So finally got it wrapped up

Hopefully it will prove beneficial in some way, for info I used 20 meters of 5 mm wide wrap, I won't be doing it again

tom172cup · Oct 27, 2015

marinemackay2003 said:
So finally got it wrapped up

Hopefully it will prove beneficial in some way, for info I used 20 meters of 5 mm wide wrap, I won't be doing it again

What stuff is that?
You will be doing it again soon

marinemackay2003 · Oct 27, 2015

Some random titanium fiber heat wrap , got it through work on a one off it was a ball ache

tom172cup · Oct 27, 2015

marinemackay2003 said:
Some random titanium fiber heat wrap , got it through work on a one off it was a ball ache

I've looked at a few and some are crazy money. They do work tho

marinemackay2003 · Oct 30, 2015

so working this weekend so need to stay on camp
so this weekend the plan is to get it in

so pushed it on the ramps on my own good job i had my weetabix this morning