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[Dave_133]

I'm liking the black head lining. Was it a expensive job?

Not at all, only 180£, completely transforms the car inside

 

[Miller]

Now that's something to think about.

 

[Dave_133]

Made up a little gear gaiter for the car from a bit of fabric and some green stitching. Looks pretty smart. Painted the rest of the inside trims etc in black to match the head lining

 

[Dave_133]

Frankenstein is back up on stands [emoji30][emoji24]

Pulled the engine apart during my lunch break today. Found the issue, shells on one of the pistons has gone. Bottom end seized completely. Real shame! Still debating what route I want to go down but hoping to get it back on the road as soon as. Maybe with some upgrades or maybe with the same standard engine again.

 

[SlimWady]

That’s a big change since I last read this gutted for you , good work on the interior mate, do you rate the rainsport 3s?


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[Dave_133]

That’s a big change since I last read this gutted for you , good work on the interior mate, do you rate the rainsport 3s?


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Thanks mate, yeah upsetting but I’ll sort it! Yeah they’re pretty good all round and they put the power down quite well with minimal wheel spin

 

[Miller]

Oh Crap that's horrible. Sorry to see that happen I hope you can sort something out fairly quickly tho.

 

[Dave_133]

So little update

Decided to put it back together standard, so will be ordering new parts after the bank holiday weekend. New oil pump, head gasket etc. Going to get the crank done and new shells to fit supplied. Then I’ll build the engine back up, looking at around a couple of weeks hopefully.

Need to get my turbo checked as there’s quite a bit of play in it.

Some good has come of it though, means I’ve been able to tidy my wiring loom up (had to cut it when was looking for the boosting problem) painted the bulkhead and I’ll be looking at a master cylinder swap as had to double pump the brake pedal to get full effect of the brembos.

Also looking into possible radiator upgrade, the car doesn’t overheat at all at the moment which is really good but while it’s out just debating it.

I’ll probably paint the front reg recess while the bumper is off too.

 

[Dave_133]

Gave the block a quick clean and paint the other day. All the parts on order now, so just a waiting game should get most next week. I’ll just be cleaning and painting some other bits over the weekend.

I did find the evidence as to why the bottom end seized, the oil pump got stuck. Fixed that now after some advise, and have actually modified it now which will help to give more oil pressure too.

Company with my turbo rang and told me it’s completely gone which I did expect, so having a new core put in but a billet version so it’s a slight upgrade and I’m pretty sure it’ll run around 300bhp if I were to get it mapped on that. Won’t get the turbo back until the week after next though as the core takes 5 days to arrive.

Should hopefully still be making FCS this year if progress goes well!

Also made up a mock radiator from cardboard, but lead time is about 5-6 weeks so not sure on that yet.

 

[Dave_133]

Ooooh shiny

Got bad news that my crank is actually bent so gonna have to find one from somewhere else

 

[Miller]

The paint looks amazing. Bad news with the crank tho

 

[Dave_133]

Used some liquid poly to make my dog mount more solid, picture is before tidy up of course. The stuff is pretty solid. Also got some sheet metal to make up a plate to go under the top engine mount to raise the engine up a little bit.

 

[Dave_133]

The 5mm plate that I made up to go under the mount. Original bolts will be fine to go with this as it’s not much of an increase.

Wrapped the decat pipe back up again as it burnt through somehow, looked like it was rubbing on the oil pipe maybe. So I’ll double check it when I install again. Was going to get it ceramic coated but decided against that.

 

[Dave_133]

Managed to pick up a whole megane engine, complete with turbo gearbox all ancillaries etc for an absolute bargain. Also came with suspension and subframe, don’t need any of it so should be able to sell some to recoup some funds.

Plan is to strip that down and choose between one of the blocks and build it back up with all the fresh parts I’ve got now. Had an absolute nightmare taking the head off this evening though. Three of the heads on the head bolts snapped so had to drill them out!!

Anyway eventually got the head off. Waiting on another engine stand to arrive as the other one has a van engine on it at the moment (sigh) should be able to build it up this weekend if all goes to plan (it probably won’t knowing my luck!!)

 

[Dave_133]

Few pictures of the engine build, waiting for turbo to come back still but once I’ve got it will be able to bolt the engine back in place.

 

[Dave_133]

Finally got the turbo back today so could bolt it all together.

 

[Miller]

Sweet, looks almost to good to put back in the bay.

 

[Dave_133]

Front reg recess and grille all done in gloss black. Updates the front end nicely I find. Pro Sport water temp gauge turned up, still unsure where I want to place it but I’ll figure something out. I know diamond performance make a pillar pod but planning to put a boost gauge in too maybe, so might make something up for the tray behind the rev counter

 

[Dave_133]

Quite like it here [emoji2]

Don’t mind the hole in the tray it was a spare one I got off eBay just to test out positions etc

 

[Dave_133]

Also a set of H&R lowering springs turned up

Completely forgot to mention the engine is back in and running now too. Gone on a couple test drives now but just need to run the engine in before I start boosting of course.

The challenge to make FCS continues!!