NickReilly063
ClioSport Club Member
182 Trophy Rs265
Sorry I got the dates wrong - May 7th.
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Brigsy
ClioSport Club Member
T.Turbo
Thanks Nick. Be good to catch up soon, i might pop over to the ph meet in may if i have the clutch changed by then.
Brigsy
ClioSport Club Member
T.Turbo
Update.
Taxed the Trophy at start of month as planned on taking it to Oulton Park for Autos De France.
Best get some miles on it as only been for mot this year and its a long trip.
Done 20 mile trip to see my mate and mcdonalds (well im getting fat again now diets over
)
No issues good to go. Sat in garage until last Friday. Out early doors 7 am to clean before temp got up.
Fuelled up and ready for journey.
Typically mad hot day around 29-30degrees which doesnt bother the engine as it runs cool in the low 80deg coolant range on the move. Driver proper overheating however with no ac!!
165 miles done to the airbnb. Big posh digs.
Up early doors to get to Oulton.
No more pics of it as i was too busy catching up with everyone. Travelled back home after the show, pissed down late afternoon so it needs cleaning again. Apart from that all good no issues to report. Had boost wound up to 14psi on way back and its mega. Squats and goes on 4th gear roll!
Worked out real time mpg and its averaged 35mpg. Thats with giving it some on the way back and stuck in loads of traffic on the way there. The bosch 980cc injectors are great with good mapping from Chris @ Efi.
Will be time to fit new clutch soon. Over and out for now!
Taxed the Trophy at start of month as planned on taking it to Oulton Park for Autos De France.
Best get some miles on it as only been for mot this year and its a long trip.
Done 20 mile trip to see my mate and mcdonalds (well im getting fat again now diets over
)
No issues good to go. Sat in garage until last Friday. Out early doors 7 am to clean before temp got up.
Fuelled up and ready for journey.
165 miles done to the airbnb. Big posh digs.
Up early doors to get to Oulton.
No more pics of it as i was too busy catching up with everyone. Travelled back home after the show, pissed down late afternoon so it needs cleaning again. Apart from that all good no issues to report. Had boost wound up to 14psi on way back and its mega. Squats and goes on 4th gear roll!
Worked out real time mpg and its averaged 35mpg. Thats with giving it some on the way back and stuck in loads of traffic on the way there. The bosch 980cc injectors are great with good mapping from Chris @ Efi.
Will be time to fit new clutch soon. Over and out for now!
Darren S
ClioSport Club Member
Coops Mk1
ClioSport Club Member
Lots of Scrap...
dealer back in the day, rare as hell and crop up very occasionally on classifieds, but not normally car ones specifically, so like gumtree where some person is clearing out grandads garage who had one in their 1.2
Brigsy
ClioSport Club Member
T.Turbo
Its a genuine renault accessory. Rare these days apparently.
Darren S
ClioSport Club Member
Is it simply called 'Clio boot organiser' or similar?
I'll keep a lookout for one of those, thanks.
I'll keep a lookout for one of those, thanks.
Mr Underhill
ClioSport Club Member
The part number is 7701416299 for future reference.Is it simply called 'Clio boot organiser' or similar?
I'll keep a lookout for one of those, thanks.
Brigsy
ClioSport Club Member
T.Turbo
Updates.
Sometimes i forget ive got this as it barely moves out of the garage. Took it off the road last September and its not moved from its spot since.
Connected up battery, and primed oil system as its been laid up for ages. Unplugged coilpacks and injectors and cranked on starter - oil pressure flew up on the gauge straight away. Connected everything up and started instantly on the 9 month old fuel and ran like it was used yesterday, no rust on the brakes or nothing.
Backed it out of garage and ran it up to temp.
Cleaned the dust off ready for maiden voyage to mot station tomorrow.
Really need to pull my finger out and get the twin plate clutch in and back for high boost map this year.
Thanks for reading!!
Sometimes i forget ive got this as it barely moves out of the garage. Took it off the road last September and its not moved from its spot since.
Connected up battery, and primed oil system as its been laid up for ages. Unplugged coilpacks and injectors and cranked on starter - oil pressure flew up on the gauge straight away. Connected everything up and started instantly on the 9 month old fuel and ran like it was used yesterday, no rust on the brakes or nothing.
Backed it out of garage and ran it up to temp.
Cleaned the dust off ready for maiden voyage to mot station tomorrow.
Really need to pull my finger out and get the twin plate clutch in and back for high boost map this year.
Thanks for reading!!
NickReilly063
ClioSport Club Member
182 Trophy Rs265
Amazing thing and especially in the flesh - I’ll look forward to seeing it again Jon
Brigsy
ClioSport Club Member
T.Turbo
Thanks all.
Mot done, just needs a minor service then will tax it at the beginning of May. Might pop down the motorist in it @NickReilly063
Mot done, just needs a minor service then will tax it at the beginning of May. Might pop down the motorist in it @NickReilly063
NickReilly063
ClioSport Club Member
182 Trophy Rs265
Let me know when Jon - no Renault or French days in the calender yet - I think it may be June.
Brigsy
ClioSport Club Member
T.Turbo
Well nothing happened to T trophy last year apart from 8 mile round trip for mot. It needs using this year and its time to sort out the last few issues.
Ive booked a few days off work before easter to fit the twin plate clutch, new gear cables etc. All the other service items ready for a light recomission for some use this summer.
Made a small start on it today. The optima red top battery had seen better days and it cranked slow last time it was started so it had to go. Ordered a new one and fitted it today.
Small steps eh.
Ive booked a few days off work before easter to fit the twin plate clutch, new gear cables etc. All the other service items ready for a light recomission for some use this summer.
Made a small start on it today. The optima red top battery had seen better days and it cranked slow last time it was started so it had to go. Ordered a new one and fitted it today.
Small steps eh.
NickReilly063
ClioSport Club Member
182 Trophy Rs265
Amazing Jon 🚗🏆❤️
Flob
ClioSport Club Member
God I love this car.
Does the pump in the boot annoy you?
Does the pump in the boot annoy you?
mumpy
ClioSport Club Member
Clio II RS 172
Great stuff! Can I ask what is the boot storage/organiser part/model that you use? Thanks!Update.
Taxed the Trophy at start of month as planned on taking it to Oulton Park for Autos De France.
Best get some miles on it as only been for mot this year and its a long trip.
Done 20 mile trip to see my mate and mcdonalds (well im getting fat again now diets over
No issues good to go. Sat in garage until last Friday. Out early doors 7 am to clean before temp got up.
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Fuelled up and ready for journey.View attachment 1652089Typically mad hot day around 29-30degrees which doesnt bother the engine as it runs cool in the low 80deg coolant range on the move. Driver proper overheating however with no ac!!
165 miles done to the airbnb. Big posh digs.View attachment 1652091
Up early doors to get to Oulton.View attachment 1652092
No more pics of it as i was too busy catching up with everyone. Travelled back home after the show, pissed down late afternoon so it needs cleaning again. Apart from that all good no issues to report. Had boost wound up to 14psi on way back and its mega. Squats and goes on 4th gear roll!
Worked out real time mpg and its averaged 35mpg. Thats with giving it some on the way back and stuck in loads of traffic on the way there. The bosch 980cc injectors are great with good mapping from Chris @ Efi.
Will be time to fit new clutch soon. Over and out for now!
Brigsy
ClioSport Club Member
T.Turbo
Drives me insane, i need to do a soundproofed cover. Its not as bad as the 044 in the extra though, that is pure tinitus
This aint no volvo so i have to run one
pistons send me a love letter under half a tankStorage tray is oem renault. No idea on part number sorry, very hard to find now.
NorthloopCup
ClioSport Moderator
Ah yes, the delightful sound of an 044. Brings back memories!Drives me insane, i need to do a soundproofed cover. Its not as bad as the 044 in the extra though, that is pure tinitus
A mate of mine had a 3dr cosworth with a twin 044 setup. You can imagine the noise that made 😂
Flob
ClioSport Club Member
My rst has a single 044, but it's under the car so not terrible.
No swirlpot though.
No swirlpot though.
Drives me insane, i need to do a soundproofed cover. Its not as bad as the 044 in the extra though, that is pure tinitus
This aint no volvo so i have to run one
Storage tray is oem renault. No idea on part number sorry, very hard to find now........I got through 2 pumps in the boot, supplied by a well known tuner,, you needed earplugs because of the noise, turns out they were cheap fakes. I now run a silent Sytech, sheer bliss.
Brigsy
ClioSport Club Member
T.Turbo
Solid 4 hours done today.
Engine and box dropped straight down and gearbox off.
No oil leaks suprisingly
Ttv smf with twin organic plate fitted using a cut off ndo spline to line up both plates.
Flywheel lock in place whilst torquing all bolts.
New luk concentric slave fitted.
New bushes fitted to gear selector as it was a bit tight. The new bushes were even tighter than the ones i removed so sent the 10.5mm reamer through. All good now.
Back in the hole.
Bled the clutch up to check it was all working as intended before refitting more parts. I pre filled the concentric slave before fitting to save lots of hassle when bleeding as these mk2 meg setups can be a pig to do. This worked excellent and had a good pedal straight away with minimal hassle. The clutch feels much better than the old helix, its heavier than stock but not knee breaker.
Also flushed all the brake fluid for fresh rbf600 whilst there, as well overdue.
Back on it tomorrow.
Engine and box dropped straight down and gearbox off.
No oil leaks suprisingly
Ttv smf with twin organic plate fitted using a cut off ndo spline to line up both plates.
Flywheel lock in place whilst torquing all bolts.
New luk concentric slave fitted.
New bushes fitted to gear selector as it was a bit tight. The new bushes were even tighter than the ones i removed so sent the 10.5mm reamer through. All good now.
Back in the hole.
Bled the clutch up to check it was all working as intended before refitting more parts. I pre filled the concentric slave before fitting to save lots of hassle when bleeding as these mk2 meg setups can be a pig to do. This worked excellent and had a good pedal straight away with minimal hassle. The clutch feels much better than the old helix, its heavier than stock but not knee breaker.
Also flushed all the brake fluid for fresh rbf600 whilst there, as well overdue.
Back on it tomorrow.
Brigsy
ClioSport Club Member
T.Turbo
Another 4 hours done today.
As everybody whos owned a megane knows the gearchange on the ndo gearbox is not great at the best of times, and this was pretty s**t by my standards, vague and did not self centre. Had to be careful changing gear fast as it was all over the place. This was a ongoing issue when Haswell owned it and had carried over even with parts changed. It needed to be resolved to make the car more enjoyable to drive.
As per last post to resolve this, i renewed and reamed the selector bush and purchased a new set of oem r26 gear cables to get it as best as i could.
Heatshields off and exhaust dropped, centre console out and shifter out. I noted with cables removed the shifter was also quite stiff so added fresh grease.
New cables. Old ones were not too bad but a bit bent which could be causing the issues.
Fitted.
Got them fitted up and the adjuster set for side to side setting. On testing in the car i was dissapointed to see that it was not much better. Main issue was no resistance/spring when moving across the gate to 5-6 gear making it crap.
This would not do, when moving selector by hand in the engine bay you could see it did not spring up great so decided to have a look at what was going on. I supported the gearbox and took the gearbox mount off so i could remove the selector.
Upon removal i noted this was a ph1 selector with single spring only. Renault changed the design on ph2 so dual spring, i guess to resolve this issue.
Pic off google showing ph1 on left and ph2 on right.
Luckily i have a big stock of megane parts including a few ndo gearboxes so pulled one out and swapped the alloy quickshift over. Fitted the selector, and noted shifter now self centres fine and gears 1-6 are much better/positive. At this point i select reverse and it barely goes in. Ph2 selector must be slightly different and it hits the gearbox mount carrier.
Reverse/selector interface.
This was a simple fix. Took carrier off and die grinded adequate clearance.
Sorted. Reverse in with a positive clunk now.
Couple of hours work but overall, good improvement. Its still an ndo so not fantastic but well acceptable, but if im not happy with this on the street ill stick a zpo shifter in as im not investing any more time in the stock megane setup.
R26 gearknob fits well with the interior.
With that done, got starter motor on and wired, egt sensors reconnected, wiring reconnected and fuel system plumbed back in. Small jobs taking ages as all bits fit in one place.
Egt per cyl.
Coming together.
Still plenty to do. No rush though.
Thanks for reading!!
As everybody whos owned a megane knows the gearchange on the ndo gearbox is not great at the best of times, and this was pretty s**t by my standards, vague and did not self centre. Had to be careful changing gear fast as it was all over the place. This was a ongoing issue when Haswell owned it and had carried over even with parts changed. It needed to be resolved to make the car more enjoyable to drive.
As per last post to resolve this, i renewed and reamed the selector bush and purchased a new set of oem r26 gear cables to get it as best as i could.
Heatshields off and exhaust dropped, centre console out and shifter out. I noted with cables removed the shifter was also quite stiff so added fresh grease.
New cables. Old ones were not too bad but a bit bent which could be causing the issues.
Fitted.
Got them fitted up and the adjuster set for side to side setting. On testing in the car i was dissapointed to see that it was not much better. Main issue was no resistance/spring when moving across the gate to 5-6 gear making it crap.
This would not do, when moving selector by hand in the engine bay you could see it did not spring up great so decided to have a look at what was going on. I supported the gearbox and took the gearbox mount off so i could remove the selector.
Upon removal i noted this was a ph1 selector with single spring only. Renault changed the design on ph2 so dual spring, i guess to resolve this issue.
Pic off google showing ph1 on left and ph2 on right.
Luckily i have a big stock of megane parts including a few ndo gearboxes so pulled one out and swapped the alloy quickshift over. Fitted the selector, and noted shifter now self centres fine and gears 1-6 are much better/positive. At this point i select reverse and it barely goes in. Ph2 selector must be slightly different and it hits the gearbox mount carrier.
Reverse/selector interface.
This was a simple fix. Took carrier off and die grinded adequate clearance.
Sorted. Reverse in with a positive clunk now.
Couple of hours work but overall, good improvement. Its still an ndo so not fantastic but well acceptable, but if im not happy with this on the street ill stick a zpo shifter in as im not investing any more time in the stock megane setup.
R26 gearknob fits well with the interior.
With that done, got starter motor on and wired, egt sensors reconnected, wiring reconnected and fuel system plumbed back in. Small jobs taking ages as all bits fit in one place.
Egt per cyl.
Coming together.
Still plenty to do. No rush though.
Thanks for reading!!
Cub.
ClioSport Moderator
Brigsy
ClioSport Club Member
T.Turbo
Cheers mate. Its megane based engine and box (250 block/197 head).
T.trophy was the username of the previous owner (Haswell). He done the legwork on the meg conversion around 2012 iirc so probably one of the first 6 speed conversions.
I got it in 2020 in a million pieces, no wiring etc. I had to semi rebuild it in Haswell's garage to get it rolling as he said take it as it is or dont bother
This is a pic after i had started bolting parts on to move it.
After that spent a couple of years getting it back together and road legal.
Brigsy
ClioSport Club Member
T.Turbo
Updates.
Another 5 hours today, the small bits take ages to bolt on.
Turbo and wastegates refitted and exhaust which is a royal pain in the arse to do even though its on vbands as it goes above the subframe instead of under. Routed heater hoses, oil lines to turbo.
It gets busy once the turbo is back on.
With this done i moved onto refitting the subframe. It was running a stock 182 looped steering rack which i didnt really like, as it had a dull spot in the middle with the torsion bar on the hpas rack. Also hate the crap bushes that hold the rack in place, had powerflex black fitted but prefer solid mounted steering rack.
Had 2x options in stock. Modded Twingo Rs rack and 1.5dci. I stuck the dci rack on as i know they work and it was a simple plug and play, changing the tie rods to the 182 ones.
Give the subframe a clean up whilst off. Its all powdercoated black and comes up well considering it was done years ago.
Dci rack.
The subframe has a few mods done. It has been stitch welded on the joints and reinforcing plates fitted to the tca mounts, pms plates on the track control arms etc. Haswell said it made a fair difference at 440hp/400ft/lb.
With that done i got it back on the car. Well i had it on and off twice as the new gear cables were fouling the arb so had to reroute them which was a right ballache but have achieved a decent route now.
With that done finally back on and bolts torqued. Refitted custom dogbone for ndo box and a few other bits and had to call it a day.
Its a ballache to work on and the last few bits are taking ages. Also noticed one of my roll correction spherical bearings is worn on n/s balljoint so need to get that changed.
Goal is to get it back together and in for mot in next 2 weeks if all goes well.
Thanks for reading!!
Another 5 hours today, the small bits take ages to bolt on.
Turbo and wastegates refitted and exhaust which is a royal pain in the arse to do even though its on vbands as it goes above the subframe instead of under. Routed heater hoses, oil lines to turbo.
It gets busy once the turbo is back on.
With this done i moved onto refitting the subframe. It was running a stock 182 looped steering rack which i didnt really like, as it had a dull spot in the middle with the torsion bar on the hpas rack. Also hate the crap bushes that hold the rack in place, had powerflex black fitted but prefer solid mounted steering rack.
Had 2x options in stock. Modded Twingo Rs rack and 1.5dci. I stuck the dci rack on as i know they work and it was a simple plug and play, changing the tie rods to the 182 ones.
Give the subframe a clean up whilst off. Its all powdercoated black and comes up well considering it was done years ago.
Dci rack.
The subframe has a few mods done. It has been stitch welded on the joints and reinforcing plates fitted to the tca mounts, pms plates on the track control arms etc. Haswell said it made a fair difference at 440hp/400ft/lb.
With that done i got it back on the car. Well i had it on and off twice as the new gear cables were fouling the arb so had to reroute them which was a right ballache but have achieved a decent route now.
With that done finally back on and bolts torqued. Refitted custom dogbone for ndo box and a few other bits and had to call it a day.
Its a ballache to work on and the last few bits are taking ages. Also noticed one of my roll correction spherical bearings is worn on n/s balljoint so need to get that changed.
Goal is to get it back together and in for mot in next 2 weeks if all goes well.
Thanks for reading!!
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