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Brigsy
Media Mogul. Instagram legend.
Extra van update
Winter layup lasted a bit longer than anticipated due to the Trophy eating into all my spare time. Had tons of plans for mods to this but basically got nothing done. It needs nothing apart from a simple service, and oil is still super clean so not urgent.
Primed up oil and fuel system, topped up with fresh fuel and it fired first crank, fuel injection ftw! Mot'd and took it for a quick ten mile blast. The noise, hot turbo and oil/exhaust fumes is pure oldskool. Hooks up great with the quaife atb and leda suspension. No refinement whatsoever with paddle clutch, soild engine mounts, pms shifter rattle, drone off the side exit exhaust and toyo r888r whine. Love it!! Different animal compared to the gtt.
Got a couple of small mods to do soon then take it to RRG if all goes well.
Thanks for reading!!
Winter layup lasted a bit longer than anticipated due to the Trophy eating into all my spare time. Had tons of plans for mods to this but basically got nothing done. It needs nothing apart from a simple service, and oil is still super clean so not urgent.
Primed up oil and fuel system, topped up with fresh fuel and it fired first crank, fuel injection ftw! Mot'd and took it for a quick ten mile blast. The noise, hot turbo and oil/exhaust fumes is pure oldskool. Hooks up great with the quaife atb and leda suspension. No refinement whatsoever with paddle clutch, soild engine mounts, pms shifter rattle, drone off the side exit exhaust and toyo r888r whine. Love it!! Different animal compared to the gtt.
Got a couple of small mods to do soon then take it to RRG if all goes well.
Thanks for reading!!
Brigsy
Media Mogul. Instagram legend.
Updates
Bought a genuine RenaultSport Sabelt X85 clio cup racer steering wheel from R.S performance official store recently. Original type, engraved Renaultsport lettering not the later stickered up type. Wanted one of these for years but thought id missed the boat as hard to find in the uk, but seem to be easy to get overseas.
Boss arrived yesterday so fitted it to the Extra van. Loving the look with the stack dash.
Also bought a cover and omp suede cart gloves to keep it nice.
Took it for a quick drive and the grip on the wheel with the gloves on is epic and it feels a bit more go kart with the smaller wheel on. Loving it!!
Thanks for reading!!
Bought a genuine RenaultSport Sabelt X85 clio cup racer steering wheel from R.S performance official store recently. Original type, engraved Renaultsport lettering not the later stickered up type. Wanted one of these for years but thought id missed the boat as hard to find in the uk, but seem to be easy to get overseas.
Boss arrived yesterday so fitted it to the Extra van. Loving the look with the stack dash.
Also bought a cover and omp suede cart gloves to keep it nice.
Took it for a quick drive and the grip on the wheel with the gloves on is epic and it feels a bit more go kart with the smaller wheel on. Loving it!!
Thanks for reading!!
Brigsy
Media Mogul. Instagram legend.
After the gtt going i needed a bit of turbo fix. Had to go to Bishop Auckland to collect a techincs amp and large speakers for my garage sound system. As they were too long for the Kangoo :LOL: took the Extra van.
Forgot how good this is to drive. The noise, the smell of fuel, oil and shame. Flames on the upshifts and bangs on the downshifts. So good, its absolute asbo and i love it.
The only downside is that its also quite tiring to drive at the same time especially when in low speed situations. Solid engine mounts, 4 paddle clutch which bites savage. Combine that with maximum positive camber, manual steering and small Sabelt steering wheel, bosch 044 pump whining and side exit droning and its a headache around the streets. Wouldnt change it mind!!
Also had a tidy out of the garage and used it to ferry some parts from one lockup to another. On its arse.
Mrs driving to save me getting the gloves coated in s**t.
Its been great to get it back out again and will enjoy it a bit before summer is out.
Thanks for reading!!
Forgot how good this is to drive. The noise, the smell of fuel, oil and shame. Flames on the upshifts and bangs on the downshifts. So good, its absolute asbo and i love it.
The only downside is that its also quite tiring to drive at the same time especially when in low speed situations. Solid engine mounts, 4 paddle clutch which bites savage. Combine that with maximum positive camber, manual steering and small Sabelt steering wheel, bosch 044 pump whining and side exit droning and its a headache around the streets. Wouldnt change it mind!!
Also had a tidy out of the garage and used it to ferry some parts from one lockup to another. On its arse.
Mrs driving to save me getting the gloves coated in s**t.
Its been great to get it back out again and will enjoy it a bit before summer is out.
Thanks for reading!!
Brigsy
Media Mogul. Instagram legend.
Updates
Done a few small jobs to the Extra. Serviced it, fresh Valvoline vr1 racing 20/50 mineral oil and purflux filter. Ive stuck with the vr1 as it seems like good stuff and oil pressure is epic on it. 4bar oil pressure hot over 3k rpm which is miles better than the average c1j that struggles to do the recomended 3bar at 3500rpm when hot.
Stiffer than morning wood these old van shells!
Done another job ive planned to do for years but not got round to. The engine has always ran pretty cool with no rad cowling but had always planned on making one to force air through the rad core, as air is lazy and will go round it if it can via the easiest route.
I used plastic abs 2mm sheet for the job. Light, easy to cut and mould with the heatgun. I started with a cad template (cardboard aided design) cut and moulded it around the rad core with sides so air forces through. Its not as neat as id like but functional, fitted with rivnuts and bolts.
Road test revealed that it works well, a bit too well to be fair. The engine has always ran cool on injection around 70deg coolant temps when at speed.
It now drops down to 67-68 degrees when at speed and thats with a stock thermostat. Noted coolant temps drop faster when moving from low speed driving. Its only summer use so not an issue, but if it was used in winter low temps id reckon it would run too cool.
Also took it to Mallory Park for Retro Rides Gathering.
Epic day, took it on the afternoon sprint for a couple of runs. I was struggling to get heat into the brakes and tyres as only 2 laps so had 2x runs out and the back end was quite lively on Gerrards at one point so called it a day at that.
The handling with quaife lsd and leda coilovers is unreal feels so planted. Had mega fun pushing the Alfa touring car replica round.
Only got one pic in the pits as was too busy enjoying the day.
Pics ive grabbed from various people thanks for taking them.
Maximum attack on devils elbow. Last time i drove Mallory in it, it would light up the inside tyre in 3rd gear flat down. Loads more traction with the lsd this time round.
A couple of vids @Big Steve - Raider kindly took trackside.
Made it back safe and sound. Paris/Nurburgring in it next weekend cant wait.
Thanks for reading!!
Done a few small jobs to the Extra. Serviced it, fresh Valvoline vr1 racing 20/50 mineral oil and purflux filter. Ive stuck with the vr1 as it seems like good stuff and oil pressure is epic on it. 4bar oil pressure hot over 3k rpm which is miles better than the average c1j that struggles to do the recomended 3bar at 3500rpm when hot.
Stiffer than morning wood these old van shells!
Done another job ive planned to do for years but not got round to. The engine has always ran pretty cool with no rad cowling but had always planned on making one to force air through the rad core, as air is lazy and will go round it if it can via the easiest route.
I used plastic abs 2mm sheet for the job. Light, easy to cut and mould with the heatgun. I started with a cad template (cardboard aided design) cut and moulded it around the rad core with sides so air forces through. Its not as neat as id like but functional, fitted with rivnuts and bolts.
Road test revealed that it works well, a bit too well to be fair. The engine has always ran cool on injection around 70deg coolant temps when at speed.
It now drops down to 67-68 degrees when at speed and thats with a stock thermostat. Noted coolant temps drop faster when moving from low speed driving. Its only summer use so not an issue, but if it was used in winter low temps id reckon it would run too cool.
Also took it to Mallory Park for Retro Rides Gathering.
Epic day, took it on the afternoon sprint for a couple of runs. I was struggling to get heat into the brakes and tyres as only 2 laps so had 2x runs out and the back end was quite lively on Gerrards at one point so called it a day at that.
The handling with quaife lsd and leda coilovers is unreal feels so planted. Had mega fun pushing the Alfa touring car replica round.
Only got one pic in the pits as was too busy enjoying the day.
Pics ive grabbed from various people thanks for taking them.
Maximum attack on devils elbow. Last time i drove Mallory in it, it would light up the inside tyre in 3rd gear flat down. Loads more traction with the lsd this time round.
A couple of vids @Big Steve - Raider kindly took trackside.
Made it back safe and sound. Paris/Nurburgring in it next weekend cant wait.
Thanks for reading!!
I was too hung over Sunday plus I didn’t get an email Back till Friday and it was kinda too late.
Great update and awesome to see it out hooning, hopefully ill be back in something retro next year and worthy of bringing along.
Did the same to the Twingo and with all the other cooling upgrades I think I need to put a warmer stat in for the winter now.
Did the same to the Twingo and with all the other cooling upgrades I think I need to put a warmer stat in for the winter now.
Brigsy
Media Mogul. Instagram legend.
Updates
With the kangoo currently out of action and the Paris/Nurburgring trip on the cards i needed a vehicle capable of the trip.
Was tempted to take the Trophy but its had its fun on the welsh weekender and the clutch is awful and id like it to be mapped for full power. The Blue meg 225 and the orange dci have been to the nurburgring before and the blue diesel is the daily, doing daily things so the natural choice was the Extra van.
With a kind of fuckit attitude "if it breaks it breaks will sort it" and a bit of confidence in being able to build a reilable setup, i give it a quick once over, topped up the oil, changed the back worn out old r888 for a set of part worn 2020 date stamped r888r. New wipers as looked like it was going to piss down and sent it.
Thurs 29th set off from Redcar to Folkestone. Pissing down as expected on route new wipers were a good shout.
Eurotunnel ready to board with @Moggy_rs and Rog
All aboard
Friday 30th, one of many fuel stops in France. 98 octane only was a pisser as its mapped pretty close to the edge on the ign so low boost only.
Carrefour, Elf on a Shelf whilst picking up your weekly groceries.
Made it to Paris no issues apart from the Crit Air low emissions zones Mon-Fri which it does not qualify for which is a pain and can land a fine.
The route to avoid that took us through all the tunnels, making some noise with the side exit exhaust. Bit of adaptronic hard cut limiter
I cant speak a word of French but got a few nods and shouts of Express Turbo which was cool.
With the kangoo currently out of action and the Paris/Nurburgring trip on the cards i needed a vehicle capable of the trip.
Was tempted to take the Trophy but its had its fun on the welsh weekender and the clutch is awful and id like it to be mapped for full power. The Blue meg 225 and the orange dci have been to the nurburgring before and the blue diesel is the daily, doing daily things so the natural choice was the Extra van.
With a kind of fuckit attitude "if it breaks it breaks will sort it" and a bit of confidence in being able to build a reilable setup, i give it a quick once over, topped up the oil, changed the back worn out old r888 for a set of part worn 2020 date stamped r888r. New wipers as looked like it was going to piss down and sent it.
Thurs 29th set off from Redcar to Folkestone. Pissing down as expected on route new wipers were a good shout.
Eurotunnel ready to board with @Moggy_rs and Rog
All aboard
Friday 30th, one of many fuel stops in France. 98 octane only was a pisser as its mapped pretty close to the edge on the ign so low boost only.
Carrefour, Elf on a Shelf whilst picking up your weekly groceries.
Made it to Paris no issues apart from the Crit Air low emissions zones Mon-Fri which it does not qualify for which is a pain and can land a fine.
The route to avoid that took us through all the tunnels, making some noise with the side exit exhaust. Bit of adaptronic hard cut limiter
I cant speak a word of French but got a few nods and shouts of Express Turbo which was cool.
Brigsy
Media Mogul. Instagram legend.
Sat 1st Oct
losange passion international 2022.
What an epic show. Its bi annually and 50years of the r5 was the agenda. Its all Renault and over 700 cars were on show/ 3500 visitors.
Such a good vibe, one of the best car shows ive been to. Parade laps on the banked circuut was awesome.
Extra got so much attention could not believe it. I think its due to the modifications as engine swaps are not legal in France and the Extra/Express van is almost extinct over there, so people will remember using them as work vans etc.
losange passion international 2022.
What an epic show. Its bi annually and 50years of the r5 was the agenda. Its all Renault and over 700 cars were on show/ 3500 visitors.
Such a good vibe, one of the best car shows ive been to. Parade laps on the banked circuut was awesome.
Extra got so much attention could not believe it. I think its due to the modifications as engine swaps are not legal in France and the Extra/Express van is almost extinct over there, so people will remember using them as work vans etc.
Brigsy
Media Mogul. Instagram legend.
Jean Ragnotti was there, so got my Sabelt steering wheel signed by him. Ive met him a few times over the last 20 years or so and hes an absolute gentleman.
He said one more pic and puts his hat on my head. Epic
Parked on the banked circuit for a quick pic on parade laps. This was not even the steepest part but felt like i was going to fall out of the seat. Thank god for baffled sump lol.
Maxi Turbo or Fuego pizza!
Onto Paris for madness in the evening. Cafe Renault which was class.
Cut out of Renaut ev
Usual Paris stuff. Nearly got run over by cycles a few times and the driving is madness. Not a fan of visiting cities but was good to spend a couple of hours looking round.
He said one more pic and puts his hat on my head. Epic
Parked on the banked circuit for a quick pic on parade laps. This was not even the steepest part but felt like i was going to fall out of the seat. Thank god for baffled sump lol.
Maxi Turbo or Fuego pizza!
Onto Paris for madness in the evening. Cafe Renault which was class.
Cut out of Renaut ev
Usual Paris stuff. Nearly got run over by cycles a few times and the driving is madness. Not a fan of visiting cities but was good to spend a couple of hours looking round.
Brigsy
Media Mogul. Instagram legend.
2nd October.
Reims then Nurburgring. Pissing down and R888R not the best combo! Was alright steady away though
Autobahns in the wet. Put my foot down and Extra was misfiring a little on boost i can only think it was the crap 98octane fuel.
Monday 3rd October.
Woke up to a nice dry yet fresh morning in Adenau.
Filled up with bp ultimate 102octane which cured all issues at the local Aral garage, €2.15 a ltr lol. Noticed an instant improvement in performance and lower egts from this.
Done the usual stuff, down to Devils diner in the morning. Was super busy as i believe it was the german equivalent of a bank hol. Went to Brunnchen to view a bit.
Had the Apex m3 ring Taxi booked so went down at Mid day.
What an experience! 4 up in a stock engine m3, cage, nitrons and PS4S road tyres overtaking everyone on a busy TF/Green hell day. Met Misha the owner and he was cool, he wanted to take the Extra out for a lap for hia Youtube channel. I was worried the high boost map would end up in tears as its more aimed for sprint use than hard sustained use so had to decline. Next time when its detuned or the Kangoo once its done.
Onto the complex for a look round
Then onto the Nurburgring for a sightseer lap on low boost. Super busy which worries me after my crash years ago but still enjoyed it at 5/10ths pace.
Reims then Nurburgring. Pissing down and R888R not the best combo! Was alright steady away though
Autobahns in the wet. Put my foot down and Extra was misfiring a little on boost i can only think it was the crap 98octane fuel.
Monday 3rd October.
Woke up to a nice dry yet fresh morning in Adenau.
Filled up with bp ultimate 102octane which cured all issues at the local Aral garage, €2.15 a ltr lol. Noticed an instant improvement in performance and lower egts from this.
Done the usual stuff, down to Devils diner in the morning. Was super busy as i believe it was the german equivalent of a bank hol. Went to Brunnchen to view a bit.
Had the Apex m3 ring Taxi booked so went down at Mid day.
What an experience! 4 up in a stock engine m3, cage, nitrons and PS4S road tyres overtaking everyone on a busy TF/Green hell day. Met Misha the owner and he was cool, he wanted to take the Extra out for a lap for hia Youtube channel. I was worried the high boost map would end up in tears as its more aimed for sprint use than hard sustained use so had to decline. Next time when its detuned or the Kangoo once its done.
Onto the complex for a look round
Then onto the Nurburgring for a sightseer lap on low boost. Super busy which worries me after my crash years ago but still enjoyed it at 5/10ths pace.
Brigsy
Media Mogul. Instagram legend.
Track was mega busy i had a bm in my blind spot coming into the carussel so didnt drop in as couldnt judge his position. Took the top route which is smooth and i got the power in absolutely seeing him off and exiting before him.
No issues really apart from pulling in the carpark after the lap and opening the bonnet to notice my coolant bottle rising to the top with the engine turned off. Was not too worried as coolant temps fine when running, feeling the coolant hoses to see if hard noted there was no pressure at all, so once cooled i took header tank cap off to discover the seal had popped out of the side when topping up the coolant prior to setting off.
Popped back in place and fixed. Engine temp no different interestingly still runs super cool.
Had a pax lap in my mates bm 340i and seen a merc on fire. Felt gutted for the owner, i guess it was too late once he had seen the flames.
Onto PK for beers and steak on the stone in the evening. Ive been to PK loads of times but this time the food was great but the service was s**t, bit dissapointing but nevermind.
Signed the roof above the bar under previous Jonguard.
Tuesday 4th. Photo outside the complex before setting off home.
Topped up tank with 102 octane, Running late for train so hammer down 120mph+ on the autobahns. Endurance driving so quick couple of stops and home by 10
0ish pm.1500+ miles done!! Epic
Thanks for reading!!
Duncan Grier
Well-Known Member
Brigsy
Media Mogul. Instagram legend.
Updates
Only used the Extra once since the France/Germany trip and that was to pick up a set of cup2's for the Kangoo, mid October iirc. Check out the size difference between the 13" gtt spare and the 18's
Its currently sat sorned in the garage until the weather picks up.
Shez got me a stack 5 stage sequential shift light for xmas that plugs into the stack dash.
Nice bit of kit, very easy to fit as its a simple plug and play to the dash and is fully programmable for each light via the dash. Ive set the 1st light at 6500 and the final light at 7300rpm for now, which is 300rpm off the 7600rpm hardcut limiter.
Fitted on the cowling in front of the dash.
Vid of it in programming mode.
Its dimmed in this setting. Daytime mode burns your retina's off. Cant wait to test it out though.
Thanks for reading!!
Only used the Extra once since the France/Germany trip and that was to pick up a set of cup2's for the Kangoo, mid October iirc. Check out the size difference between the 13" gtt spare and the 18's
Its currently sat sorned in the garage until the weather picks up.
Shez got me a stack 5 stage sequential shift light for xmas that plugs into the stack dash.Nice bit of kit, very easy to fit as its a simple plug and play to the dash and is fully programmable for each light via the dash. Ive set the 1st light at 6500 and the final light at 7300rpm for now, which is 300rpm off the 7600rpm hardcut limiter.
Fitted on the cowling in front of the dash.
Vid of it in programming mode.
Its dimmed in this setting. Daytime mode burns your retina's off. Cant wait to test it out though.
Thanks for reading!!
Brigsy
Media Mogul. Instagram legend.
Well long time no update.
Not moved since last October. With Retro Rides Gathering looming i thought i best get it out and Mot'd. All done and its running great as usual, started up like it had never been stood. I dare say a quick clean and drive is all thats required!
Its old. Its rusty. Loud and rattly. Still love it every time i get in it
Not moved since last October. With Retro Rides Gathering looming i thought i best get it out and Mot'd. All done and its running great as usual, started up like it had never been stood. I dare say a quick clean and drive is all thats required!
Its old. Its rusty. Loud and rattly. Still love it every time i get in it
Brigsy
Media Mogul. Instagram legend.
Parked it up after Anglesey and done nothing until this week.
Small list of bits to do.
Reseal sump - c1j are a leaker anyway but this was getting to be horrendous. I have an undertray fitted and it was getting over the edge of that but hardly using any on the stick.
Assume position.
Found out the black half moon sump seal i fitted was a poor seal on crank side. Ive used ajusa orange seals this time and they seem ok, not holding my breath however. Used victor reins reinzoseal for the silicone gasket.
Whilst in the area had upgrades planned. The van steering rack is horrendous - 4 turns lock to lock same as campus. No idea why i did not change to gtt back in the day but anyway.
Im staying manual steering and the clio 2 1.5dci rack is 2.75 turns so good upgrade. Its almost identical to the van rack, bolts onto the subframe same as oem gtt and gtt tie rods bolt on. My column connection is the same too so was pretty straightforward to fit, had to use an earlier boot to seal the bulkhead as pinion height is higher on the clio rack.
1.5dci rack fitted
Almost back together. Give the intercooler a fresh coat of satin black and the hoses a clean up.
Still clean enough 4 years since rebuild.
Finished off the front R888r at Anglesey so trying Ar1 this time.
Checked suspension and brakea over, all good.Doesnt need much now.
Small list.
Fill up with fresh valvoline 20/50vr1 racing.
Change brake fluid for fresh typ200.
Get new Ar1's fitted to spare cup rims.
Look at fuel gauge wiring or sender issue - was playing up a bit last year.
Roll on Anglesey. Thanks for reading!!
Small list of bits to do.
Reseal sump - c1j are a leaker anyway but this was getting to be horrendous. I have an undertray fitted and it was getting over the edge of that but hardly using any on the stick.
Assume position.
Found out the black half moon sump seal i fitted was a poor seal on crank side. Ive used ajusa orange seals this time and they seem ok, not holding my breath however. Used victor reins reinzoseal for the silicone gasket.
Whilst in the area had upgrades planned. The van steering rack is horrendous - 4 turns lock to lock same as campus. No idea why i did not change to gtt back in the day but anyway.
Im staying manual steering and the clio 2 1.5dci rack is 2.75 turns so good upgrade. Its almost identical to the van rack, bolts onto the subframe same as oem gtt and gtt tie rods bolt on. My column connection is the same too so was pretty straightforward to fit, had to use an earlier boot to seal the bulkhead as pinion height is higher on the clio rack.
1.5dci rack fitted
Almost back together. Give the intercooler a fresh coat of satin black and the hoses a clean up.
Still clean enough 4 years since rebuild.
Finished off the front R888r at Anglesey so trying Ar1 this time.
Checked suspension and brakea over, all good.Doesnt need much now.
Small list.
Fill up with fresh valvoline 20/50vr1 racing.
Change brake fluid for fresh typ200.
Get new Ar1's fitted to spare cup rims.
Look at fuel gauge wiring or sender issue - was playing up a bit last year.
Roll on Anglesey. Thanks for reading!!
