PH1 172 > 225 conversion.

[Jhpetrolblue]

Who can help with wiring & shafts (mainly) for fitting a 225 to a PH1 172?

I pretty much got everything on the shelf/ coming in to make the swap happen I think.

 

[Brigsy]

You will need a standalone ecu to do it right, ecumaster etc.

 

[TC.]

Who can help with wiring & shafts (mainly) for fitting a 225 to a PH1 172?

I pretty much got everything on the shelf/ coming in to make the swap happen I think.

Did you buy the sunflower in the pic ?

 

[Jhpetrolblue]

Did you buy the sunflower in the pic ?

Yes mate. Buy it if you want lol

 

[Jhpetrolblue]

You will need a standalone ecu to do it right, ecumaster etc.

That’s not the end of the world then.

Standalone ecu and then it’s pretty simple really. Other than chopping the chassis leg

 

[dann2707]

I did this and regretted it massively.

Car too much weight over the front end that didn't suit the mk2 shell
6 speed box as standard and small wheels was a pretty s**t combo, meant my hand was on the gearstick most of the time.

If I could turn back time I'd happily not do it again without serious mods to the gearbox to make the gears longer.

Used an me221 standalone ecu which was okay, although Chris at efi told me someone else had one on his dyno and it just randomly wiped the whole thing clean during mapping lol.

 

[Jhpetrolblue]

I did this and regretted it massively.

Car too much weight over the front end that didn't suit the mk2 shell
6 speed box as standard and small wheels was a pretty s**t combo, meant my hand was on the gearstick most of the time.

If I could turn back time I'd happily not do it again without serious mods to the gearbox to make the gears longer.

Used an me221 standalone ecu which was okay, although Chris at efi told me someone else had one on his dyno and it just randomly wiped the whole thing clean during mapping lol.

I did this and regretted it massively.

Car too much weight over the front end that didn't suit the mk2 shell
6 speed box as standard and small wheels was a pretty s**t combo, meant my hand was on the gearstick most of the time.

If I could turn back time I'd happily not do it again without serious mods to the gearbox to make the gears longer.

Used an me221 standalone ecu which was okay, although Chris at efi told me someone else had one on his dyno and it just randomly wiped the whole thing clean during mapping lol.

Ahhh that’s good to know! Trouble is everything to make it a nice NA or even boosted is ££££ in F4 isn’t it

I basically got everything except shafts & ecu.

What shaft setup did you do?

 

[TC.]

Yes mate. Buy it if you want lol

Nearly did but if I were to get it to a condition I want the resale value was going to fall too far below.

 

[dann2707]

Ahhh that’s good to know! Trouble is everything to make it a nice NA or even boosted is ££££ in F4 isn’t it

I basically got everything except shafts & ecu.

What shaft setup did you do?

Yeah it is.
I used a welded set up which worked quite well despite them looking a big janky - I don't know who made them in the end though.
Ill try find my thread for you as I documented literally everything

 

[dann2707]

Thread 'Daniels Blue 182.'

Jun 21, 2014

Picked this up yesterday down in High Wycombe and drove down from Leeds.

Absolutely loved the drive back, my last car was a diesel PD130 Seat Ibiza sport which I'd modded a fair bit engine wise and got it running around 200bhp which was fun but I just wanted a car that handles amazing and I think I found it

Anyway, this was in the petrol station just where I picked it up from. Love the colour so much.

Lovely and shiny in my drive!

Then today I started to crack on with some jobs and seeing what I have to play with She's in excellent condition...

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[Brigsy]

I did this and regretted it massively.

Car too much weight over the front end that didn't suit the mk2 shell
6 speed box as standard and small wheels was a pretty s**t combo, meant my hand was on the gearstick most of the time.

If I could turn back time I'd happily not do it again without serious mods to the gearbox to make the gears longer.

Used an me221 standalone ecu which was okay, although Chris at efi told me someone else had one on his dyno and it just randomly wiped the whole thing clean during mapping lol.

I can imagine 6 speed box and 15s on stock 225 turbo makes for changing gears quite often. Mine aint too bad with the gtx3071 as can use 75-7800rpm, but you do notice different rpm drop to megane when changing gear driving normally, it feels like you could skip a gear here and there and wouldnt notice.

Haswell said the megane diesel ndo ratios were very good in it when he ran them.

 

[dann2707]

I can imagine 6 speed box and 15s on stock 225 turbo makes for changing gears quite often. Mine aint too bad with the gtx3071 as can use 75-7800rpm, but you do notice different rpm drop to megane when changing gear driving normally, it feels like you could skip a gear here and there and wouldnt notice.

Haswell said the megane diesel ndo ratios were very good in it when he ran them.

That's how I felt mate
1st gear was pointless and I never used it
3rd too.

Diesel ratios sounded like the way forward. It just felt like it should have been decent on a 5 speed box.

15s definitely didn't help at all but looked so good.

I was on the meg 250 turbo so not sure how much that differs for power delivery compared to the stock 225