dann2707

This is like a shitty version of wheeler dealers, new Zealand style.

I got the job I wanted down in Derby mate. Been here 6 months

Obviously wanting someone to say the famous line. Grow up mate, its boring as f**king shit. Enjoy the bike.

I still speak to him often. I genuinely just think everyone's grown up (not a dig at the forum/trials). I looked in the angry thread the other day on page 1 and everyone was chatting away, maybe 10 posts a day. Everyone commenting on everyone's stuff. And if someone was annoying on the forum it would cause a stir. Now there aren't enough posts for it to *be* annoying. We've got a WhatsApp chat for the trials lads that seems to be quite active. I think it's either moved to group chats / WhatsApp and Facebook. Maybe not Facebook for tf but for car forums I use WhatsApp and Facebook way way more. It's just easier. I think that coupled in with everyone having lives now is where it's dying out. I just simply don't have the time to sit on forums, there are things to do. I'm only typing this because I'm waiting for my chicken massala to simmer.

I have heard of the loom break down issue before but never experienced it. II ddrive on the a38 everyday! Look out for a shed of a green lupo. Haha yeah, deffo looked like it had the aids. I paid £40, not sure if that's a lot or not but I was paying for the convenience really.

Today was a good day. Went straight after work to go collect a work bench And installed a vice onto it. Weird how it's made things so much easier already, it sounds stupid but even just leaving sockets on there whilst I get something. Marked where I am to cut the cambelt cover Then a mate dropped me an alternator off as mine was siezed up. Fitted that along with the stretch belt and tensioner. Then fitted the engine. Didn't take too long at all really. Just a bit of persuasion of the chassis with a hammer Then the final product.. Finally I painted the alternator after those pics and called it a night. All the little things can come together now. Just an oil cooler and Remap now for the major expenses. £450 ish at a guess

Reading the first few pages of this thread last night was hilarious.

Just wondered why that's all. Feel free to text me!

How come you've deleted a load of us off Facebook mate? I'm well upset!

Works track day at curby has been booked. They're classing it as a team building day so no deduction from holiday and it's paid for. Awesomeeeee

I genuinely have no idea what these cars are when you say them. For all I know you could just be swapping back and forth with someone for these two cars.

Updates galore! Made some decent progress this weekend and last. A mate came over last weekend to do my timing belt for me. The guy is an absolute whiz and he managed to do it in an hour or so. Then some mates came over to mine for pizza, beers and a night out. Was a great night and lovely to see them both Me and matty arranged my nuts and bolts into these lin bins that arrived! So good to have them organised like this. We then began to wire up the engine with the clio harness And found some discrepancies with some connectors. The clio phase 1 throttle body uses a tps as it's cable operated so that was one of the issues. Also the Tdc sensor in the gearbox was different, as was the map sensor connector. Fairly simple fixes though. Popped my wheels on and rolled Boris forward so I could get a washing machine in around the back. Got me excited to get it sorted as I'm sick of driving a slow car for work. The next step was to change the throttle body wiring so that it runs with the phase 1 tps. Had to find continuity in the wires of the ecu to the original 6 wired plug, Labelled up The next issue is wiring the map sensor in. I'm using the clio loom and the map sensor on the Megane is a different connector so I want to use the Megane map connector on the clio loom. However the clio is 123 on the wires and the Megane is abc or vice versa. I need to get the Megane 225 wiring ecu pin out so I can find out which is 5v, signal and earth.if anyone can help me that would be awesome! Clio on left Megane on right The next job was the wrap this bad boy Not bad for a first attempt.. Followed some advice online and wet the wrap first. Didn't find any advice online telling me it's fibreglass based so that was hilarious itching like f**k all evening.. I then fitted the uprated 630cc injectors And a parcel of goodies arrived Load leveller for the engine and box 197 thermostat Phase 1 accelerator cable Flywheel bolts Flywheel to clutch cover bolts. Turned out they're not m7 on the lightened flywheel so that was a lovely waste of £17 Ttv are m6 for anyone reading this in the future Changed the stat When locating the wires for the carbon cannister I found this! The insulation around it was also very brittle. So I taped them up, wonder what they were causing to go wrong. I fitted the short shifter today too. That started to become a bit of a ballache. You have to punch put a roll pin which decided to teach me NOT to use a Torx screwdriver to do said punching. Finally came out after much swearing and abuse. I spanked it to Halfords to get a roll pin kit, two sets of vice grips (long nose and normal) and a punch and chisel kit. Got it on though. Not just waiting to be told I've got it on the wrong way... Haha It was fitted like for like for the original so should be correct. I then started to remove the stud from the Megane gearbox mount. Turned out I could have just used it but I'd have to take apart the clio solid mounts and I'm not sure how they come apart after much head scratching. Turned out I can just remove this stud. And fit with clio stud. It was a bitch to remove even with heat but finally cracked it off. I then fitted the decat to the engine and started to take it off the stand ready to fit other parts Flywheel fitted with the new bolts Clutch on.. Then mated the gearbox up with a few bolts to bring it together. Need to clean up the surfaces where the bolts go as I'm not fitting them over painted areas. Finally stuck the load leveller on and called it a night knowing I've made fairly decent progress this weekend. Should be getting the engine in next week after work, I just need to fit the starter motor too. Then I need a few more parts, oil cooler for one and an alternator.

Wouldn't worry about dyno figures at all. Didn't you make 182 on a dyno a few years back? So many differing factors to affect the final figure, ambient temps, how it's strapped down, airflow available. As long as it drives spot on which I'm sure it does!

So you let a small problem become a big problem by not sorting it originally. How is that the cars fault. What did you spent £600 on?

Going to try and get my engine and box in tonight! Or at least make a start. Well excited

Are you sure you removed the original engine?

Yay for car days! Same here got a few mates coming over then heading out after. Best kind of days

Received a few things today. Ttv lightened flywheel and r26. R clutch and a 3" scorpion decat. And went a bit mad and bought a full intercooler pipework kit and 630cc deka stubby injectors. May as well go all out, didn't expect to spend a grand in one day though haha And an edgy pic of the man cave. Tomorrow is belts day!

I do that. Also forget to eat all the time when I'm stuck in so I get abi to bring me food down to the garage.

C/p Been working on my other engine this weekend.. In other news, made more progress today with the brake lines. Decided that today i'm going to make a start on them and stop putting it off, pretty much done them all! Just a few P clips to install now but that can wait for another day. Getting the hang of this pipe bending stuff now So the fronts... Fitted the 4 way brake connector to the alu sheet on the bulkhead, has to be 4 as one comes from the pedal box, one for a pressure switch for the brake and one for each front brake. To allow the pipe I made earlier to fit nicely I then required two holes, one at either side for the brake line to go to each brake. They were drilled and used grommets to stop and chaffing Then using my trusty coat hanger I mocked up where I wanted the brake line Flash to give some kind of reference haha, this is for the front o/s Then pipe bend time And in Then I did the same for the other side I then fed that along the bulkhead which you can clearly see at the back there and we're in Secured absolutely solid with P clips And going to the n/s brake hose At this point I was going to call it a day but I as on a roll so I decided to do the rear one too. This was going from the pedal box to the T piece at the rear... containing many angles and many bends. I didn't have a coat hanger long enough so had to use the same piece three times, just required lots of double measuring to make sure Worked really well though P clipped in Please note - the car is going to get one hell of a make over with paint and tidying everything up once it's all in. Just getting the mechanical work done first before all the finishing up jobs.

Definitely not imo. Looks way too London bad manzzzzz

Finally got chance to sit down tonight to update this properly on a laptop. Made a bit of progress today after work. First of all, I was sick to the back teeth with people dicking me around for the megane shell. They'd say they wanted it, then just completely ignore me. Actually had a really funny thing where this guy said he wanted it, ensured me to the high heavens he wanted it. He even came massively out of his way to drop off two wheels for me for free so I could move it out of my garage. I then arrange with him and absolutely nothing, just keeps ignoring me over and over and over. So my mate called him for me on a different number to mine and low and behold... he answers. So weird. It wouldn't have been an issue at all if he just messaged me saying no I don't want it, plans have changed. People are very strange. Anyway, last night I listed the shell on gumtree and some bloke messaged me saying he can pick it up with his hiab lorry. Winner!! I didn't ask for any money for it. Just wanted it gone. So long! It's a massive shame as the shell was pretty mint to be honest. Actually nearly held onto the car. Made a start with my brake lines on the rear in the week. The one on the left was my first attempt, ended up getting it wavy and it really stressed me out. Up to a point where I threw my toys out of the pram, turned the lights off in the garage and went upstairs to rant to the Mrs about how badly it was going. It obviously still works etc but I NEED it looking perfect. I decided to chill and read online for hints and tips and found a really good idea. My main issue was that when you bend the brake line, you need to know where to bend it to find out where it ends up. It's very hard to explain the issue! But if you get a small offcut of brake line, sharpie a line on it and with your bending tool, bend it where the sharpie is 90 degrees you can then offer that up against your new brake line to be bent. Then you can use this as your template for other bends later on if that makes sense??? I also used a coat hanger to practis/ce on the second attempt which imo made it look much much better! First attempt bottom, second attempt top! Using my sexy lil template thing below. Got another one for 45 degree bends I'll redo the other one before the car is ready for sure. I've started to revamp the engine bay whilst everything is out. New bolts with spec c m6 washers. Meaning m6 bolt hole but wider outer diameter. New bolts for the top mounts. Now back to the inside of the car, it's collecting a metric shit ton of grinding dust, welding sparks, bits of wire and allsorts haha.. Need to clean it soon I wanted to make some dash supports as the dash has always been a bit loose when running just the top bit. Ordered some 15.8mm od alu tubing for a silly price delivered on ebay and sorted that out tonight. Ive attached them to the carbon panels in the dash at the top, and at the bottom i've drilled through and rivnutted the side tunnel of the car. They're absolutely solid now and 100% even either side in terms of angle and length. Pics might not show it though Can't wait to repaint all the blue bits once the main part is done! Another piece of the puzzle was to paint the gearbox, done the first coat on that tonight. All in all it's coming along slowly but surely, just don't really have the time to do things properly in a short amount of time so i'm holding out and doing it taking my time.

Cheers Sam, the garage you work at looks so tall Sam! What's the plans for the crx? I've lost track haha Assembled more of the engine tonight. Really happy with it. Tomorrow I'm going to paint the box and do some wiring work.

Yeah mate. Going to be making a foot rest out of carbon sheet to raise my feet up a bit.

Cheers guys. Nah it's staying to the side just going to get one smaller.