Trophy No.120

[dablk]

83800,
Bit of maintenance today. Well not by me but poped round to Gary Burnett in Warrington, who sorted me out. New undercar brake lines,horseshoe clips, rear goodridge stainless hoses from @George@RTR_Parts and new rear beam lines with flexy's.
Was round at Gar's the previous week to have the braided lines fitted. One look from him, (which i had guessed would be the case hence not doing them myself) that attempting to undo the lines would dissintergrate them. So thats one less thing to worry about come mot time. TBH i was suprised that they passed last time round, its only been 6 months.

Last week Gary also fitted me a new gear pin bush which Mick had suggested might be a bit loose.

I have now however decided that i dont really feel the need for the big brembo converstion. So it will be back to George for the other half of the whole kit i should have bought in the first place.... doh.

 

[dablk]

Minor job today. New gear gaitor. Not sure when the clip died on the old one but it's a cheap fix.

 

[dablk]

Bit of sunny so belt clening attempt no.2
Jet wash was good last time as they were rigid with filth but didnt get into he stubborn stuff. So bucket method this time.

Much cleaner all ready. Just somthing else to keep on top of.

 

[Crybert]

Was one of the first things I did to my trophy. Massive improvement. Always makes you wonder how filthy the dark coloured ones are as you can see the dirt!

 

[cpaterson76]

Was one of the first things I did to my trophy. Massive improvement. Always makes you wonder how filthy the dark coloured ones are as you can see the dirt!

FLOL, first thing I did on mine was take them out :smile:

Cars looking great as usual mate, keep it up :up:

 

[dablk]

Cheers mate,
Yeah was a satisfying result after a good few hours of soaking.

 

[dablk]

Finally found a bit of time to get the brembos milled down to @chris powell 280mm spec.
Using 283mm bells and rotas and currently M1144 pads.
Inital mock up on spare hubs looks good with no fouling.

Next is to look at exactly what size spacer is needed for Trophy et45 16" speedlines. Too many different opinions online on spacers plus I'm not using standard discs so best just to have a look on the spare hubs.

 

[RMDavis]

Brakes looks awesome mate! I really want some for mine!

 

[dablk]

Cheers Rob...think i would rather have your quaiff

 

[green]

Like the bell and rotar setup as well as the Brembo's :up: How much in mm have you taken off the Brembo's to fit the 280 brackets as I've gone for a 283mm rotar as well ?

 

[dablk]

HIi @green. i took the standard 5mm. rather than worring about the 1.5mm less it technically is. Also i figured at a push it would then still run 280mm standard discs if need be. I havent fully torqued everything up but its not looking like it will catching on the bell and currently has a nice bit of disc lip at the top. you could probaly only take 3.5mm off and be fine.

 

[green]

Thanks for that :up: Have you gone for the 280mm brackets so you can fit 15" wheels ?
I've got some calipers and 283mm rotors that need to go under 15" wheels. I was thinking of getting 6-7mm machined off the calipers!! Think I'll stick with the 5mm and go from there.
Hope it goes well for you once it's all torqued up.

 

[dablk]

Yeah wanted the option to possibly run winter wheels on 15" at some point. However the rota setup came up for sale so went for it.

if you take 7mm off your pad will be getting close to the bell on the inside. your disc internaly closer to the caliper as well. plus you will have a fair bit of disc sticking over the pad at the end. No idea how much room you would have for all that.

 

[Kyle beresford]

Just had a good read through your thread and you've pretty much done everything I've got planned for my trophy,great looking car,were the solid engine mounts worthwhile?

 

[dablk]

I like them but TBH.. Never driven a 182 with brand new standard ones. Mine is also a Weekend car. I would find the mounts/engine mounts/powerflex ect all too much for a daily. It's does rattle a bit

 

[dablk]

Bit of testing today.. @SharkyUK @green for your interest.

Nicked a wheel of the car. These are genuine renault trophy ET45's.
First test face down. On my 280mm setup on this wheel the weights cleared with no issues. I can see on 300mm kits this might become more of a problem.

It was however obvious that the assembly was sitting on the blades of wheel rather than floating above it. This was confrimed when i moved everything to the bench with the slightest of dirt marks on the brembos. and further confirmed with the wheel on. i could see dailight between the wheel and the bell on the insde but couldnt get it in focus on the camera.

So first stop was trying some 5mm ish spacers. Not the most perfect things but some MTBs headset spacers are cheap and simple.

Once again it looked like the wheel was touching the brmebos and the slightest attempt to spin the wheels wouldnt have it.

Moved onto 10mm spacers and bingo... space. I would judge this to be about 4mm. however with a massive pinch of salt as nothing is tightened up and i doubt the mtbs spacers are the most perfectly made items.

The hub left over above the bell is around 13.5mm. so a 10mm spacer only leaves 3.5mm of lip to help you get your wheel on. I've not made my mind up about studs so i think my only option is to go for either a set of resparyed cup turinis and some 5mm (11.5mm effective difference) spacers or 15mm hub centrics with longer bolts.

decisions..

 

[Keith185]

Looking good mate

Measured mine on turinis that id need 5.5-6mm spacer to give minimum clearnace, not tired with my 2118 yet.

 

[dablk]

@Keith185 did you get custom spacers made?

 

[SharkyUK]

Thanks for the info / pics, Chris. I've got the 300mm kit but this is still useful to see and for getting a feel for how tight it might be in there. Thanks

 

[Keith185]

@Keith185 did you get custom spacers made?

No not yet mate. Need to get the 2118's measured up and then try a few sizes to decide from there. Been getting mine ready and sorting other issues so taken a back burner atm haha.

 

[dablk]

So freash from Germany so Eibach 15mm hubcentrics. The Eibach ones left plenty of space on the hub flange so sit flat.

I would guess you could have them shaved down to be 13mm if I really wanted before the lip of the flange fouled the inside of the spacer.

Some longer bolts and the wheel is on the test rig. Again you can see why 300mm kit must get close to the wheel weights.

I would guess with my setup/280mm brackets with 5mm shaved off the brembos. That there is 10mm space between the wheel spokes. Which would tie up with the 5mm spacers touching. and the 10mm spacers having around 5-6mm of clearance.

... nearly there but thats all for today, tomorrow perhaps

 

[RMDavis]

Looking great Chris!

 

[dablk]

cheers @RMDavis if i wasnt stopping by yours on the way to work on monday evening, I know i would have some brembos on this weekend

Hope your gearbox is nearing the car.

 

[RMDavis]

cheers @RMDavis if i wasnt stopping by yours on the way to work on monday evening, I know i would have some brembos on this weekend

Hope your gearbox is nearing the car.

Sorry bud! [emoji6]

Well if all goes well tomorrow, mine should be all up and running. So you might even see the old girl, in the metal!

 

[dablk]

...I dont want to have to buy a supercharger and a diff so please make sure its broken when i arrive.

 

[dablk]

Well after 5 weeks away and a lot of thinking.. She went up for sale. New screaming bundle of joy means my tinker time is going to be massively limited more than it was. Weekend drives will likely involve a baby seat. The Trophy is ace fun but only when on the edge. Crusing around in a clio is something I did 20 years ago. So the options were use it even less or sell. So she was sold. Had a great time with her even if it was limited with the constant tinkering, upgarding and a fecked back..

I know she is going to a very very good 120 home..

New weekend fun awaits..

... This is Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, signing off. ...