K20 powered 172

[Chambers_RS]

 

[william...]

What a great Project!

Love to read here the moving forward!

 

[Hazza462]

Just read this start to finish what an amazing project you've got here, nice work mate keep it up!

 

[Chambers_RS]

What a great Project!

Love to read here the moving forward!

Thanks very much :up:

Just read this start to finish what an amazing project you've got here, nice work mate keep it up!

Cheers bud, I love the building part of it. As I’m sure you do with reading your thread!

 

[Chambers_RS]

Coolant hoses and oil cooler lines removed quickly today. Need to remove the cooler and make new brackets and lines when the engine is back in and the new rad fitted.

 

[Chambers_RS]

So finially In is the parts from PureMotorsport :smiley:

As some may have guess the PMS ITB kit was amongst the parcels fitted with 330cc injectors and the throttle cable conversion kit.

CatCams also made it in 421 flavour

And the posh PMS radiator, been drowling over these for ages 😂

Other bits I’ve ordered

CamBelt kit and genuine dephaser pulley

I ordered another PMS coil pack bracket as I sent the new one too@Christopher. when he brought my RS2 as my old one had snapped.

I’ve also order some new tools but only the timing kit has arrived from Pure.

So yeah the plan is cam and ITB now but I’m looking for away to make it different to the normal ITB engines out there tho.

Oh I had to put the ITB on loose for look tonight too.

 

[shiftspark]

Oh my word, i thought it looked good with the RS2 :up: now you need to find somewhere to put the gold film lol

 

[mintno1]

Well this is going to be good :smile:

 

[Sam Linssner]

Very nice

 

[haimsey]

Epic update! Got a bit of a rod on:relaxed:

 

[Rubicon_]

Oh my those look good!!

 

[Chambers_RS]

Had poke around the engine today and found a an oil leak at the back of the head.
Manifold studs are wet in oil, fresh oil sitting on the manifold flange and the back of the block is wet too.
Probably will orders gasket set and change the top end for peace of mind, feel another order from Puremotorsport coming on 😂 so easy ordering from Nick.

 

[Chambers_RS]

Collected my engine crane today. Not the best time with the snow but only day I had free to get it.

Running out of room in the garage now lol

Also ordered some VHT paint and brought a new expansion bottle from work.

 

[Chambers_RS]

As the weather is meant to be nice this week I’ve pushed the CUP out the garage to try and make some progress on it and organising the garage.

Also made a start on removing the seat and cage, as some times you need to take a back wards step to go forward :tongueclosed:

 

[Chambers_RS]

 

[AdamCup]

Good shout on the Corona ?

 

[haimsey]

Looking forward to seeing the progress with the itb’s! Do you still run the stock oil pressure sender/switch? I fitted my braided take off and there’s not enough wire on the plug for the stock one to reach to put it back in.

 

[Chambers_RS]

Good shout on the Corona ?

Gotta love a Corona or 5 ?

 

[Chambers_RS]

Looking forward to seeing the progress with the itb’s! Do you still run the stock oil pressure sender/switch? I fitted my braided take off and there’s not enough wire on the plug for the stock one to reach to put it back in.

Cheers bud.

Yeah stock oil pressure switch. You can unpick the loom and move the plug/wire pretty much anywhere you like upto the alternator. Mines pcliped upto the thermostat housing.

 

[Rubicon_]

How do you get on without blowers inside mate? Ive got mine looped like yours but regret doing it now with the state of the windscreen on a cold day cant see a thing.

 

[Chambers_RS]

How do you get on without blowers inside mate? Ive got mine looped like yours but regret doing it now with the state of the windscreen on a cold day cant see a thing.

Tbh I haven’t done a wet/damp track day in it yet. I’ve done a cold frosty morning which was fine. I don’t use it on the road at all, I do dread to think of the day I have a wet track day as I’m plastic windows too and don’t have a roof scoop or air feeds into the cabin lol

Is yours really bad? I do have a t7 heater bolted in but not wired up lol

 

[haimsey]

Thanks, started to unpick it but it’s so fiddly. Gonna do ac delete at same time I think. Have you got the sender for the gauge mounted on the thermostat housing too?

 

[Chambers_RS]

Thanks, started to unpick it but it’s so fiddly. Gonna do ac delete at same time I think. Have you got the sender for the gauge mounted on the thermostat housing too?

Yeah I do actually. I’ll try and find a better picture for you to see.

 

[Chambers_RS]

You can just make out the switches from these two pics

 

[haimsey]

That’s great, thanks very much ?

 

[Chambers_RS]

Finially had half hour to split the gearbox and engine.

Gearbox, clutch and flywheel off.

Engine on the stand.

With it on the stand I started to look abit closer at a few things I was worried about.

Crank seak leaking maybe.

And oil around the exhaust manifold gasket

Had a delivery of a few parts from Renault dealer and Puremotorsport

Probably need to look at ordering more from Renault like head gasket and crank seal or bottom end gaskets maybe

 

[vroomtshh]

Double check that throttle quadrant. They sent me the wrong one 3 times ?

 

[Chambers_RS]

Double check that throttle quadrant. They sent me the wrong one 3 times ?

I did see in your thread ?
I ordered mine with Nick at PMS so fingers crossed it’s all good.

 

[donnylad]

what sort of power are you after with TB and cams?

 

[Chambers_RS]

what sort of power are you after with TB and cams?

I haven’t really look at what figures it’ll make 200 maybe?
Tbh I don’t really care. As long as it’s mapped well and great fun to drive and takes abuse that’s all that matters to me really. I’ve built it to be battered at track days and maybe race next year so As long as it don’t break every track day I’ll be happy.

 

[vroomtshh]

It'll do more than 200. 45 or 48mm bodies?

 

[Chambers_RS]

It'll do more than 200. 45 or 48mm bodies?

48mm with the 330cc injectors.
What’s yours at?

 

[vroomtshh]

Standard engine, 45mm with 330cc injectors I did 200.3.

 

[Chambers_RS]

Standard engine, 45mm with 330cc injectors I did 200.3.

What made you go 45s over 48s

 

[vroomtshh]

What made you go 45s over 48s

I wasn't planning a lot more mods at the time ?

 

[Chambers_RS]

Was getting worried my PMS radiator was going to get damaged being moved around my garage I decided to actually get it fitted. So out come the angle grinder ?

Also fitted my PMS cable throttle pedal as it’s a 2 second job but progress is progress.

 

[Chambers_RS]

Round 2 with another engine. 182 lump this time.

Plan on tearing this down built back up ASAP!

Will need to order a few things to suit the 182 head tho.

 

[Chambers_RS]

The 182 drive belt tensioner setup is shite glad mines a cup set up ?

Strip the aux and cambelt stuff off the 182 lump and anything else that’s bolted to it too lol.

Also brought a few essentials

 

[Chambers_RS]

Engine is apart now and being cleaned and painted ready to be put back together with some goodies.

I need to order a new water pump pipe as mine is cracked.

ARP bolts fitted

Block wire wheeled.

Heads first clean. Needs another going over.

 

[Chambers_RS]

Block refreshed