Right I haven't been on here for a very long time, just thought I would post up what I'm up to!
I used to have a Renault Clio with a R5GTT engine in it untill that went pop.
Now I've decided to do it all over again with a new shell.
Bought the engine of eBay for £300 which included a rebuilt bottom end, reconditioned gear box, full exhaust system for a clio R5, polished boost pipes, driveshafts for a clio and some 2.0 Williams discs and calipers.
I've started to strip it all down just to see how it's fairing in its old age and it needs new pipework all over as a lot of them are split.
A few weeks ago I saw a neglected Valver on eBay and decided to buy it. It's a 1993 1.8 16v which has seen better days.
Here are some pictures of it:
It needs a new passenger side front wing, new windscreen, new front foglights, new drivers door, replace interior with 16v spec and sort the rust round the rear arches. The gearbox also needs a rebuild but I won't be using that anyway. The car itself has done 141,000 miles which you can really tell.
All that will get sorted as the project goes on, but I only paid £195 for the car.
Spec the car will be:
T25 Turbo
8mm HT Leads
Copper Core Radiator
Front Mount Intercooler
Group A Carb
2.5" Turbo Elbow
2.5" Turbo Downpipe
2.5" side exit exhaust
Lightend & Balanced flywheel
Volvo 480 Turbo Clutch
Uprated Brakes all round
Lowering all round (Not sure how much yet)
Piper 285 cam
I have already got some of the bits, just waiting to get some more money to buy the rest.
I'll keep you updated.
Comments and suggestions welcome!!
I used to have a Renault Clio with a R5GTT engine in it untill that went pop.
Now I've decided to do it all over again with a new shell.
Bought the engine of eBay for £300 which included a rebuilt bottom end, reconditioned gear box, full exhaust system for a clio R5, polished boost pipes, driveshafts for a clio and some 2.0 Williams discs and calipers.
I've started to strip it all down just to see how it's fairing in its old age and it needs new pipework all over as a lot of them are split.
A few weeks ago I saw a neglected Valver on eBay and decided to buy it. It's a 1993 1.8 16v which has seen better days.
Here are some pictures of it:
It needs a new passenger side front wing, new windscreen, new front foglights, new drivers door, replace interior with 16v spec and sort the rust round the rear arches. The gearbox also needs a rebuild but I won't be using that anyway. The car itself has done 141,000 miles which you can really tell.
All that will get sorted as the project goes on, but I only paid £195 for the car.
Spec the car will be:
T25 Turbo
8mm HT Leads
Copper Core Radiator
Front Mount Intercooler
Group A Carb
2.5" Turbo Elbow
2.5" Turbo Downpipe
2.5" side exit exhaust
Lightend & Balanced flywheel
Volvo 480 Turbo Clutch
Uprated Brakes all round
Lowering all round (Not sure how much yet)
Piper 285 cam
I have already got some of the bits, just waiting to get some more money to buy the rest.
I'll keep you updated.
Comments and suggestions welcome!!
