Twingo 172

[Andrew Cooke]

it started with an advert on Ebay

I bought it and drove it around for a couple of week with the 1.2L engine

I'd bought it with the intention of fitting a clio sport engine, so unbolted the front panel and removed the engine

 

[ekaJ]

Haha, fairplay tbh. Love projects like this.

 

[Christopher]

You hero!

 

[Needster]

Mint. This is going to be good.

 

[Andrew Cooke]

Before starting on the engine I had a bit of a play with wheels, although the 13" 3 spokes offered something that money can't buy...

I wanted to use 172 brakes, so they had to go. I bought some R19 turbines

I like the look, but not the grey crinkle finish. Dropped into the grit blaster at work.

painted them up and refitted with 195/45/15s

nice and subtle to go in with the Q car theme

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

FLOL

*subscribes*


Good luck !!

 

[The_Pirate]

Superb

You need one of these stickers when its done...

I got my arse handed to me by a seemingly standard Corsa SXi with one of these on the back lol

 

[EllD90]

Mr. Bean car on steroids

Good luck with the project.

 

[nathanH]

sweet!

 

[Tunst]

Should be sweet!

Kinda like the v8 twingo but alot more subtile

Subscribed!

 

[Alastair.]

this is going to be awesome, cant wait!

 

[Gray]

This will be class!!!

 

[Andrew Cooke]

At this point I had a 172 sat next to the Twingo and began dismantling the 172 and trying all the bit on the Twingo to see what would fit.

In the end I decided on using the following off the 172:

Engine
Gearbox
Driveshafts
Exhaust as far as the back of the cat
radiator
Front and rear brakes (std is front 239x8mm, rear drums)
front hubs
gear linkage

From the Twingo I'd use a modified front subframe and rear beam modified to use disks. Wishbones and steering rack.

I wanted to use as many standard parts as possible, but that isn't always so easy.

First major purchase was a set of H+R coilovers

Then did the relatively simple job of drilling and tapping the rear beam to fit the 172 disks. Taking the opportunity to slip in some shim for a bit of ghetto camber..

strangely, although the Twingo is a fair bit shorter than the Clio I had to make an extension for the handbrake linkage.

I also bought a cup brake pressure regulator to fit in the rear brake lines

 

[Andrew Cooke]

and a pic of the rear sat on the floor with the 172 brakes fitted, but not plumbed in

 

[danom26]

Amazing project!!!!

 

[Ben.]

mk1 twingo's are amazing, great project

 

[lazy_arse_pie]

oh cool , now thats something you dont see everyday

 

[jesus]

Kinda like the v8 twingo but alot more subtile

It's nowt like it!

I love these, I honestly really want one. Don't care what engine's in it!

 

[Andrew Cooke]

It's nowt like it!

I love these, I honestly really want one. Don't care what engine's in it!

I have to say, the standard car was great fun to drive, the bigger wheels made it worse. Hopefully I haven't ruined a great car. :S

 

[Andrew Cooke]

I'll cut out a lot of a details about making the engine fit, it does drag on a bit, so I'll try and show some of the main points.

The standard alternator hung out the front of the bumper, so I lashed up an alternator mount, tensioner, and front engine mount that cleared the front panel.

You may have noticed that the standard rear mount was above the subframe, I wanted the exhaust to go through that gap, so cut it off and welded one underneath, losing some 'ballast' along the way.

I seem to be missing a pic of the new mount welded on, but I do have one showing the part I made to bolt onto the gearbox.

and the 'ballast'

 

[jobac]

looking forward to seeing this take shape!

 

[Whiteley]

Superb Andrew

Assume you got sorted with loom and ECU in the end?

 

[Andrew Cooke]

Assume you got sorted with loom and ECU in the end?

I did, sorry, I was going to let you know . That long sorry story finally came to an end when the engine fired up on Tuesday (?)

 

[saltyhair81]

lol awesome

 

[Andrew Cooke]

As you can imagine, it's all a bit snug up front in the Twingo, so having sorted out the mounts I needed to do cut and shut on the heater intake to miss the cam cover. I still want a heater as this will be a daily driver, so just cutting the box off wasn't a possibility. I don't have a specific pic of where it's at now, but it can be seen in later pics. Just some shots of space being made.

 

[Nick_P]

Epic.

 

[Sym0n]

f**king awesome.

 

[Tobs]

haha sweettt, do a good job and this is defo gunna be in a mag

 

[nozza89]

this is great! fairplay to you

 

[Whiteley]

I did, sorry, I was going to let you know . That long sorry story finally came to an end when the engine fired up on Tuesday (?)

No worries. Good news though

 

[Andrew Cooke]

Then came a long drawn out and sorry affair of trying to unlock a PH2 ECU, and finally converting to PH1, I'll gladly forget this time of my life ever happened..

Anyway, it kinda fits..

and runs
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[maynard]

epic work!

 

[Cro]

Nice work dude!! Love different things like this

 

[theduck]

This is brilliant!!!

 

[R20 CWH]

superb

 

[Adam-o]

Love it! nice work

 

[Topgeartom]

This is many different types of wonderful.

 

[jamier27]

mint!! (in more ways than one) what kind of weight were those original twingos...? 800kg?

 

[Djw John]

Love it! It'll be a beast!

 

[ripp]

that is gonna kick some serious ass
Keep up!