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CreweTube
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Stock engine, unknown on map. Previous owner said he had it mapped but had no evidence he did this or could tell me any specifics of said mystery map and he didnt seem clued up about much in general either.
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YamYamRob
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You need some crewetube and turborenault merch to wear and "give away" lol
CreweTube
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CreweTube
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An absolute colossal pain from start to finish, easily the worst thing so far on the car...
With limited time due to pregnant sick wife and having to do lots of childcare time has been limited to 15 mins here and there for last few months so this was a pain as nothing is achievable in that time, the rear beam capital bolts did their traditional fuckery which required them to be angle ground out which meant I've sliced the shell so need to weld/fill that back in. Luckily only inner skin and quite far away from the actual bolt holes but still a pain to deal with.
Old cruddy discs put back on and need to re-attach handbrake/ABS lines still.
Brake lines I've decided to run internally so will get some flexi pipes made up from caliper to bulkead (unless anyone knows any that will fit, maybe a set of front ones?) then run a line through car to front bulkhead and back into system.
With limited time due to pregnant sick wife and having to do lots of childcare time has been limited to 15 mins here and there for last few months so this was a pain as nothing is achievable in that time, the rear beam capital bolts did their traditional fuckery which required them to be angle ground out which meant I've sliced the shell so need to weld/fill that back in. Luckily only inner skin and quite far away from the actual bolt holes but still a pain to deal with.
Old cruddy discs put back on and need to re-attach handbrake/ABS lines still.
Brake lines I've decided to run internally so will get some flexi pipes made up from caliper to bulkead (unless anyone knows any that will fit, maybe a set of front ones?) then run a line through car to front bulkhead and back into system.
YamYamRob
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You ditching the abs system then?
I wouldnt go from caliper to bulkhead, id ad a join in the wheel arch like oem, so if anyhing happens its easy to repair/ remove.
Would you not use hard pipes rather than flexy ?
Time is my enemy too, managed 2 hours this week on mine.
CreweTube
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Pretty much 6 months on from the last real amount of work on the car, booked a day off work and dodged the showers to get some actual time on the car:
- Persistently flat drivers rear wheel/tyre swapped out
- Handbrake cables attached and tightened up so now the shell has some brakes
- Rear ABS sensors re-attached
- Rear brake lines temporarily reattached, enough to get it driving but want to run these through car ultimately
- Rear beam actually tighted up...I made a boo boo before
- Engine out from under the shower curtain/builders bag combo keeping it dry on the drive
- Cat fitted back on
- New Clutch slave cylinder fitting to gearbox
- Replaced clio engine specific pipework with twingo ones
CreweTube
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Aaand after a few uninterrupted hours, it's back in and 90% connected up. Just driveshafts, intercooler and fuses to go in and fluids, then chasing everything I did wrong can start.
Using clio boost pipe fouls the Twingo coolant bottle so need another solution. 182 rad is also a huge chungus and takes a ton of room away, considering maybe going back to GTT one.
Using clio boost pipe fouls the Twingo coolant bottle so need another solution. 182 rad is also a huge chungus and takes a ton of room away, considering maybe going back to GTT one.
