Clio Big Steve's RB Clio 182 Cup Restoration

[Big Steve - Raider]

Spray the raw ally finish items with WD40, leave for a bit then rub it in with a rag until touch dry. It'll preserve it and stop it oxidising for longer.

I've actually gone for painting pretty much anything with Eastwood Alumablast paint so hopefully I shouldn't have any of that horrible oxidisation lark....

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

(Fook1n) finally I got my a mate who lives on the Wirral to get my Gearbox off Bloke aka Carl Wadeson...

Looks ok after it’s 12 month rebuild let’s just hope the insides have been rebuilt, as well as the outside has had a blast and re-paint..

Whilst there, I also got back the Throttle body, some spark plugs, and the clutch lever:
I hope to get up to Liverpool in the next week or so to get everything picked up, then the lot can (hopefully) be dropped back into the Engine Bay!

in preparation for the re-assembly, I’ve also had the OE Air-com pump Re-built to ensure the A/C System is in Tip Top condition when it’s all back together:




if I can get this car back together for the TurboRenault/ClioSport national Day this year..!?

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[andybond]

Shiny. Love it

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

Been working thru the engine loom recently and took a few tips and tricks from my R11 Turbo Rebuild. Pleased with the final result, the loom looks a lot cleaner now:


Also gave the exhaust manifold a little coat of high temp paint to liven it up a little bit:



Hoping to get the engine and gearbox back into the car this weekend... all going well!!

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[jack]

Car looks coming mate would love to add a 182 to the collection. Where you from I see you’ve mentioned the Wirral and stoke on Trent in your posts I have a house at both

 

[Will D93]

Did you have bother with the engine and box going away for rebuild.? Sounded like the guy knew his stuff... over the internet at least

looks good, hope you manage to get the lump in!

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

Car looks coming mate would love to add a 182 to the collection. Where you from I see you’ve mentioned the Wirral and stoke on Trent in your posts I have a house at both

I’m in Peterborough actually. Got anything this way..?

I get around with my work, which helps me with dropping off and collecting stuff.

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

Did you have bother with the engine and box going away for rebuild.? Sounded like the guy knew his stuff... over the internet at least

Erm... how do I phrase it... it was a touch harder to get it all back than it should have been.

 

[Will D93]

I see, that’s not what you want.
atleast you did manage to get it back and it looks in decent shape, it’ll look good in the bay.

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

Today was the day to finally get the engine and gearbox back into the car after ??? years of it being out... I say ??? as I have no-idea when it was last in the car.

First job was to clean out the engine bay as it got surprisingly dirty from just sitting outdoors under the cover with the rain. We then fitted the PAS pipes, heatshield, and exhaust manifold:


Next we got the flywheel, clutch and gearbox onto the engine:




And made my life a whole lot easier by fitting and wiring up the starter motor whilst I was at it.. (I fitted the heatshield after this photo)


Once it's all together, it was a case of dropping it back into the car..

And then fitted the engine mount, and torqued it all up to spec..


MY GOD There's not a lot of wriggle room for these engines in these cars...

Few photos of the finished article:



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[Big Steve - Raider]

Had a bit of luck with Eurocarparts this week.. needed a new alternator for the Clio and saw they were having a 60% sale this week (to be fair they’ve got a bloody sale on every week!!)

Entered the details of my Clio onto their website and they said they could get me a Lucas alternator for circa £122 with an exchange unit, so I ordered one.

Went to pick it up today but when I compared it to the old unit, it wasn’t the right unit.

Thankfully the guy in ECP was helpful so cross referenced the part number on my old Alternator against his system and nipped off to find the right unit. Few minutes later returned with this:



An old Valeo unit that’s been refurbished in a Lucas box that should be £254.99

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After a little bit of “negotiation” he agreed to honour the price of the other unit their system recommended, so I walked out with it having paid £121.44!

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[andybond]

Negotiation?

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

Got the recommendation that the “connector of doom” on the Clio 182 Engine looms responds well to a dab of dielectric grease, I got hold of some this week, and a syringe to inject it into the Female terminals of the connector:
Will report back how that goes...?!

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[Big Steve - Raider]

Had a day on the Clio today, and got the dielectric grease into all of the connections. Unfortunately the grease was too thick to be pushed thru the 0.5mm needle of the syringe, so I had to just use the Syringe itself. Worked well enough, and helped me force the grease into the connectors where I wanted it. Finally then got the relay/fuse box back together:

Then I fitted my new alternator, together with a trial fit of some of the power steering and air-con lines:


It’s all coming together fairly fast now:


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[Adey]

minty fresh

 

[gordini stu]

Another remarkable under bonnet shot .
And running to projects together .
I take my hat off to you mate, your commitment is second to non ,

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

Had a couple of cheeky hours in the garage last night and made a start on the HVAC system. Radiator and fan is already prepared and assembled, but I'd recently got hold of an AC condenser, so I thought I would fit it:

However when I look at the old one I took of the car, the black anodised brackets are all rusty & sh1te, so I masked them up:

And gave them a little lick of gloss black paint to hopefully stop the tin worm from taking hold:

Whilst I was in the painting mood, I cleaned up the throttle body, and gave it a bit of a spruce up too. Wire wheel to get all of the old crap off... then a lick of etch primer:

followed by a couple of coats of Eastwood Aluma Blast paint:

Whilst sitting on a plane this week, I also tried to write a list of everything still left to do:

Remove front load bearing elements

• Shocks
• Hubs

Remove rear load bearing elements

• Axle
• Shocks

Prep/Paint/Dress

• Prep main ECU Bracket & Powdercoat
• Blast, Prep & then Powder-coat front hubs
• Powdercoat rear axle
• Fit new bushes to rear axle

Fit components to front of car

• Front triangle sub frame Braces
• Pas bracket
• Driveshafts
• Gearbox Oil
• Front coil-overs
• Replicate/fit front to rear brake lines
• New front brake discs
• New Wheel Bearings
• Front Brake Calipers
• Front Brake Pads

Fit components to rear of car

• Exhaust heat-shielding
• Rear Axle
• ABS Sensor
• New rear brake discs
• Rear brake calipers
• Rear Brake Pads
• Rear Handbrake Cables
• Exhaust

Engine bay

• Alternator belt
• Spark plugs
• Spark Plug wires
• Inlet manifold with gaskets
• Engine oil
• PAS Fluid
• Thicker washers for Engine mount
• Positive power cable
• ECU
• Radiator air-con condenser & Fan
• Coolant Bottle
• Coolant hoses
• Refill coolant
• Air-box and cold air feeds

.....I was surprised how much is still ahead of me!! (And I've not yet added the interior!!?)

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[andybond]

The end is in sight now as you have started making lists.

 

[Ricardo]

The end is in sight now as you have started making lists.

I'm making a list for the van, but for some strange reason that doesn't apply to me

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

More pictures of dirty crusty parts coming off the car Ladies & Gentlemen:


Then more clean & spangly parts going back on:



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