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illy 2.. project thread



Winston

Winston

Illy is about to start the second phase of his life

From Rat to Race :D

illy as he is now...after loosing his engine and gearbox

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Plans!!!

Body wise.... Rid it of rust, carbon and fibre glass panels, polycarbs, cage - Respray

We were planning on fitting a 172 engine and gearbox, but this conversion is become to popular, we were set to sell up and give up, till Laura found this on ebay

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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...:MEWN:IT&ih=010

A 175bhp Formula Renault F3R 2.0L 8V :lol: ...Lucky for us Paul (ebay guy) was looking for a 172 engine for his Formula Renault... so we have come to a deal and go to Devon next weekend

Paul has also got 2x Spare Formula Renault Mad'in 8x13 split rims for us.... 2 down... 2 to go lol

Results from yesterdays 650mile round trip :)

Engine
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Rims
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Donar car with new F4R in place
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C

C.slicker

  Breaking A 172 Replica
Won't it be slower?

Surely all the power will be right up top and will have no torque, so unable to pull the extra weight of the willy?

Sam
 
Winston

Winston

Won't be slower....Illy will weigh around 700kg ish when its finished... so only 200kg heavier than a formula renault... can't see it being a problem tbh......it will be very peaky:D
 
R

Russ_16v

  53 Clio's & counting
should be good fun mate,out of interest how much did you pay for the illy in the 1st place? and what you doin with the willy lump lol

oh and i take it from the stickers nick built the engine lol,if he did iy WILL be plenty fast enough....
 
Tom

Tom

ClioSport Club Member
  EV (s)
Whats the height of that engine with the inlet fitted?

On the f3 car its not an issue, but in the clio its going to clear the bonnet by a few inches surely? Very cool tho!
 
mattupson

mattupson

  2001 A(wful)uthentique
Looks promising! Will keep an eye on this thread :)

Worked on Formula Renaults, and the engines at college. Nice and easy to work with.

EDIT: If you ever in need of some parts for the engine, give us a shout ;)
 
Winston

Winston

Russ_16v - illy was £900.... engine was sold before FCS... had to lend it for the feature lol

Rich_16v - This threads for you baby;) ....Using 5 Turbo brakes

mattupson - Cheers... Might be intouch;)

combine04 - Fingers crossed

Tom - Hole or buldge in the bonnet:approve:

Gray - Knowsit!!!:eek:

Cheers guys
 
jayxx83

jayxx83

  Tangoed Works
Massive inlet manifold, wil it fit under the bonnet? Block looks similar to the volvo 480 turbo. Will be good to see this when its done.
 
Harry_manback

Harry_manback

  850 T5. mmmm Turbo!
respect for trying this but i cant help thinking this is gonna be more trouble than its worth.

you went from a reliable 2.0 16v 172bhp engine, which would prolly do 100k trouble free miles.

to a highly tuned 2.0 8v engine which has 175bhp, which will need a rebuild every 1000 miles?

that dont make alot of sence to me.....what did i miss?
 
lozw

lozw

  Turbo'd lude, Astra
Harry_manback said:
respect for trying this but i cant help thinking this is gonna be more trouble than its worth.

you went from a reliable 2.0 16v 172bhp engine, which would prolly do 100k trouble free miles.

to a highly tuned 2.0 8v engine which has 175bhp, which will need a rebuild every 1000 miles?

that dont make alot of sence to me.....what did i miss?
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We never went from a 172 engine... we bought a donor car, planned to do that conversion after FCS but now everyone is doing it... so we wanted to be different!

The illiams is not going to be used as a every day car... so whats wrong with having a highly tuned engine out of a formula renault, that has just been rebuilt?....

So what if we have to rebuild it every 1000 miles... we are doing it to be different!! Something that no one else has done, and probably couldn't be arsed with doing it!!! Hence why its called a project thread!!

You missed the fact that every car winstons had so far has been different... thats why hes not doing the 172 conversion!
 
F

Fatman2

  1.2 mk1 clio
Harry_manback said:
respect for trying this but i cant help thinking this is gonna be more trouble than its worth.

you went from a reliable 2.0 16v 172bhp engine, which would prolly do 100k trouble free miles.

to a highly tuned 2.0 8v engine which has 175bhp, which will need a rebuild every 1000 miles?

that dont make alot of sence to me.....what did i miss?
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Like to see you keep up with it mofo :rasp:
 
Winston

Winston

Harry_manback said:
respect for trying this but i cant help thinking this is gonna be more trouble than its worth.

you went from a reliable 2.0 16v 172bhp engine, which would prolly do 100k trouble free miles.

to a highly tuned 2.0 8v engine which has 175bhp, which will need a rebuild every 1000 miles?

that dont make alot of sence to me.....what did i miss?
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I went from a F7R 150bhp Williams engine and was going to fit a F4R which in most cases is lucky if it makes f7R power

F4R and F7R are heavy compared to the F3R... so will make the car much more nimble

The higher the rev limit... the sooner it will need rebuilding, its a track/sprint toy and will be lucky if it sees 1000miles in 2 years
 
Michael172

Michael172

  Shed.
i never knew renaultsport did a 2L 8v !?

whats the rev range of the thing.

if you wanted to be different why didnt you source a Mivec or even a Vtec-i
 
Winston

Winston

Pass on rev limit

Engine
1998cc Renault F3R FRS engine. The engines have been modified to give around 175BHP via a remapped and sealed ECU and special Renault Sport camshaft/pistons etc.

:approve:
 
L

Lagerlout

  VaVa
Superb! Nice to see N.D.Hill has his name on it... He just gets on with building race engines rather than talking about it.,,,

Can't wait to see what periscope arrangement you come up with for seeing over the inlet manifold. lol
 
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