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Steves Black 197 soon to be boosted!!
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Clio 197
UPDATE:
Ive always hated how messy and all over the place the Megane engine looks compared with the clio variant. The clio has nice vacuum line routing and an inlet which hides a lot of bits. The megane's vacuum lines on the right hand side go all over the place with poor routing, even in a stock megane they look pretty crap to be honest. Most people just fit an engine cover and be done with it but I hate modern engines that are covered in plastic covers so I decided to re-route these lines.
First one being was the carbon canister line which are also prone to breaking at the throttle body. I don't really need the carbon canister as emissions aren't really a priority as its decat anyway, therefore I just removed this line altogether and made up a aluminium plug for the throttle body. The next one was the line for the recirc valve, this was simply just re-routed down underneath the inlet manifold and along the coolant outlet housing.
Now because the fuel tank venting line was removed I still needed to find a place for this. Therefore I fitted a venting non return catch can as Ive always planned on fitting one anyway, the fuel vapour line just runs to this now along with the crankcase breather. Getting it fitted required some trial and error to keep it from fowling on the gear linkages, once the catchcan was where I wanted it, I set about making some fixings up on the lathe to mount the can to the coolant outlet housing, I also knocked up a plug for the inlet pipe where the existing breather was routed to. I then used a bit of 10mm stainless tube and flattened each end and drilled a 7mm hole in each end, this then creates a very strong bracket/fixing. Knocked one up for the catch can and to secure the inlet filter more securely.
Pictures as always:
Thanks
Ive always hated how messy and all over the place the Megane engine looks compared with the clio variant. The clio has nice vacuum line routing and an inlet which hides a lot of bits. The megane's vacuum lines on the right hand side go all over the place with poor routing, even in a stock megane they look pretty crap to be honest. Most people just fit an engine cover and be done with it but I hate modern engines that are covered in plastic covers so I decided to re-route these lines.
First one being was the carbon canister line which are also prone to breaking at the throttle body. I don't really need the carbon canister as emissions aren't really a priority as its decat anyway, therefore I just removed this line altogether and made up a aluminium plug for the throttle body. The next one was the line for the recirc valve, this was simply just re-routed down underneath the inlet manifold and along the coolant outlet housing.
Now because the fuel tank venting line was removed I still needed to find a place for this. Therefore I fitted a venting non return catch can as Ive always planned on fitting one anyway, the fuel vapour line just runs to this now along with the crankcase breather. Getting it fitted required some trial and error to keep it from fowling on the gear linkages, once the catchcan was where I wanted it, I set about making some fixings up on the lathe to mount the can to the coolant outlet housing, I also knocked up a plug for the inlet pipe where the existing breather was routed to. I then used a bit of 10mm stainless tube and flattened each end and drilled a 7mm hole in each end, this then creates a very strong bracket/fixing. Knocked one up for the catch can and to secure the inlet filter more securely.
Pictures as always:
Thanks
Such a nice looking build.
Clio 197
UPDATE:
Not much happening on the car really in the last few months, havent even cleaned it since beginning of January, also just bought a house so funds are a bit tighter these days especially with house prices down south. The plan is though to get the car finnally mapped in April for my birthday. Anyway Ive done a few cheap mods this last month.
First being some Streamline carbon style grilles, I really like the design of these grilles but they are too pricey, carbon deteriorates quite quickly and their lead times are ridiculous. Therefore I set about making my own grilles in the same style. I bought some standard Clio mk3 grilles on ebay for £20, then I used a dremel to cut out the grill/fin bit. Then using various grade sandpapers I sanded the edges flat, I then set about flatting textured plastic down using 800 grit. Then i just set about using the standard painting procedure to achieve a nice gloss metallic black. Left this to harden over a week and then applied g techniq c1 to them for protection. Fitted them last weekend and tbh from a distance you cant really tell they arent streamline ones, they fit better also due to keeping all the clips in place, so no glueing needed! They should improve cooling a little as well due to there being to grille blocking airflow. I may now make up some ducts to direct the air into the radiator.
Since my nightmare with my wiring loom the passenger side xenon has never worked even when I changed over the bulb. Finally got round to sorting it this weekend. First swapped over the headlights to check the bulb and ballast wasnt faulty, it was all okay. Therefore the problem was either the wire, fuse or relay as I want getting any 12V to the headlight plug. I managed find the fuses for the headlight and relay in the fusebox and these were all okay. This means it must have been the wire ad surprise surprise the wire had no continuity from the plug to the fusebox, in fact it was completely missing from the plug on the fusebox, very strange...
Anyway I ended up running a new wire between the fusebox and headlight, all working now! really baffles me why that happened, that part of the loom didnt need changing at all.
Thanks
Not much happening on the car really in the last few months, havent even cleaned it since beginning of January, also just bought a house so funds are a bit tighter these days especially with house prices down south. The plan is though to get the car finnally mapped in April for my birthday. Anyway Ive done a few cheap mods this last month.
First being some Streamline carbon style grilles, I really like the design of these grilles but they are too pricey, carbon deteriorates quite quickly and their lead times are ridiculous. Therefore I set about making my own grilles in the same style. I bought some standard Clio mk3 grilles on ebay for £20, then I used a dremel to cut out the grill/fin bit. Then using various grade sandpapers I sanded the edges flat, I then set about flatting textured plastic down using 800 grit. Then i just set about using the standard painting procedure to achieve a nice gloss metallic black. Left this to harden over a week and then applied g techniq c1 to them for protection. Fitted them last weekend and tbh from a distance you cant really tell they arent streamline ones, they fit better also due to keeping all the clips in place, so no glueing needed! They should improve cooling a little as well due to there being to grille blocking airflow. I may now make up some ducts to direct the air into the radiator.
Since my nightmare with my wiring loom the passenger side xenon has never worked even when I changed over the bulb. Finally got round to sorting it this weekend. First swapped over the headlights to check the bulb and ballast wasnt faulty, it was all okay. Therefore the problem was either the wire, fuse or relay as I want getting any 12V to the headlight plug. I managed find the fuses for the headlight and relay in the fusebox and these were all okay. This means it must have been the wire ad surprise surprise the wire had no continuity from the plug to the fusebox, in fact it was completely missing from the plug on the fusebox, very strange...
Anyway I ended up running a new wire between the fusebox and headlight, all working now! really baffles me why that happened, that part of the loom didnt need changing at all.
Thanks
Alright Steve this is Jon, Beth's Fiancé.
Car's looking good, I'll have to have a look at it at some point! I like the new grilles, just a thought though it might be worth putting black mesh behind. Looks a bit more 'race car' and stops the stones on the rad [emoji1303]
Car's looking good, I'll have to have a look at it at some point! I like the new grilles, just a thought though it might be worth putting black mesh behind. Looks a bit more 'race car' and stops the stones on the rad [emoji1303]
Clio 197
UPDATE:
Really haven't kept this up to date recently so here goes.
For most this few months i have put more miles on the car however i developed a 4th gear synchro crunch. So two weeks ago i took the opportunity at taking the engine and gearbox out to sort a few niggles out as well.
-Fixed synchro ring
-Re routed the fuel lines
-Tidied up wiring and relocated fuse box
-Fitted new repadded clutch plate.
-Full service
-Bolt check
-Re-wrap the downpipe
Took about 4 days to complete the job, a day of this was spent fixing the gearbox and giving it a good service, all went quite well and the car drove fine. i also took the opportunity to make an upgraded lower dog bone mount to reduce the engine movement.
This essentially was preparation for mapping, this took place yesterday and the day went very well. Started by installing the 630cc injectors and forge actuator with 20psi spring. Then Chris @ EFI started his magic. Took a few pulls to setup the actuator (It was preloaded a bit to help it hold boost), at the end of the day it was producing 326HP and 305 Ft/Ib as I wanted to keep it torque limited. The last pull was a bit down on power at 321HP due to the ambient temps of 30C, so when cold I could see a increase of 5-10HP.
Wow, what can i say, this thing is now an absolute monster and is bloody involving. The clio box is taking it all in its stride and due to this it still regains the Clio's fun and playfullness driving characteristics. Even better B road basher now.
The car is still capable of more power of over 360HP but i wanted to keep it at this power due to the relatively unkown strength of the gearboxes.
Have noticed a slight problem that the clutch master cylinder is leaking slightly but this will be replaced in the next few weeks, its only weeping slightly.
Thanks
Really haven't kept this up to date recently so here goes.
For most this few months i have put more miles on the car however i developed a 4th gear synchro crunch. So two weeks ago i took the opportunity at taking the engine and gearbox out to sort a few niggles out as well.
-Fixed synchro ring
-Re routed the fuel lines
-Tidied up wiring and relocated fuse box
-Fitted new repadded clutch plate.
-Full service
-Bolt check
-Re-wrap the downpipe
Took about 4 days to complete the job, a day of this was spent fixing the gearbox and giving it a good service, all went quite well and the car drove fine. i also took the opportunity to make an upgraded lower dog bone mount to reduce the engine movement.
This essentially was preparation for mapping, this took place yesterday and the day went very well. Started by installing the 630cc injectors and forge actuator with 20psi spring. Then Chris @ EFI started his magic. Took a few pulls to setup the actuator (It was preloaded a bit to help it hold boost), at the end of the day it was producing 326HP and 305 Ft/Ib as I wanted to keep it torque limited. The last pull was a bit down on power at 321HP due to the ambient temps of 30C, so when cold I could see a increase of 5-10HP.
Wow, what can i say, this thing is now an absolute monster and is bloody involving. The clio box is taking it all in its stride and due to this it still regains the Clio's fun and playfullness driving characteristics. Even better B road basher now.
The car is still capable of more power of over 360HP but i wanted to keep it at this power due to the relatively unkown strength of the gearboxes.
Have noticed a slight problem that the clutch master cylinder is leaking slightly but this will be replaced in the next few weeks, its only weeping slightly.
Thanks
Christopher
ClioSport Club Member
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Awesome. Love that you've actually taken care of how it looks too, rather than just bunged the F4RT in there are left it.
