Clio S/C ph1 172 boost bus

[Marinemackay2003]

Hi Everyone
this is my project thread copied over from cs.net
will try keep it updated best i can

welcome to my progress thread, mainly starting this as a way of keeping track of what i have done and what needs doing

so firstly the car



as some of you know i won the K-tec / PFC Project car a while ago. was very happy with the car and spec

421's, coilovers, omex, cf seats, 888s, gas flowed head ect ect

done few days on track in it and was a great car, used it as my daily commute ect

However after 20' 000 or so miles



cambelt failed, no compression = fkd


So after some hard thinking, and a pending tour of afghan on its way car was SORN'd and all non essentials sold on to fund a new build project

was looking at doing something way off, turbo busa / type r converision but finaly came to my senese (£££££ )

then went off to afghan for 6 / 7 months

gave me pleanty of time to think :disappointed:
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Was a great time in afghan, but gave me pleant of time to scour the forum and internet for insperation

any way i full went balls deep into buying itbs and hi comp forged rods and pistons

1st set came with an omex too but as i had one already plan was to sell it on ended up selling the whole kit complete

then bought another set from jms that was matched to the head, just what i needed



so started to buy loads of stuff off the forum to transform the car

cf door cards
182 manifold
new seats
yozza exhaust
182 cat
a 2nd hand crank just in case
a 2nd hand ph1 cyclider head
and loads of little bits

well any ways time went on and pleanty of months went buy, brother was also out in afghan with me at the time, pleanty of car chat later

whilst searching the forum Noticed bomber was selling his supercharger conversion for a very reasonable price, had a quick check of bank balance

to late was sold but mentioned adey was selling his

a few pm s later

boom now had all the bracketry and mounts to fit the charger and all pipework and intercooler

car changed direction for the good in my opinion although this has left me with a set of hi comp pistons and a set of jenvey itbs :disappointed: already prov sold

but with the full itbs cams and hi comp i would struggle to get 230 -ish
charger , cams and lo comp a lot seem to get 300 +

got back to the uk, to my mail room

it was like christmas had about 20 boxes mailman was not happy
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so work started

due to space in my room being very small, i needed a storage solution





worked quite well

so parts stored i started on the engine removal







Ready to be worked on

 

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So now waiting till after christmas really to get the engine stripped down, and waiting for the pistons to come back in stock going for 83mm bore low compression

although 8.5 is a little low imo so will try raise this to 9 if i can

so whilst waiting i started on boring out and matching my inlets and plasticoating my wheels



its not going to be perfect but im willing to have a go and learn

wheels were a right state caked in CL dust absolute nightmare to get off





so thought i would clean them up best i could and see if i could simply spray over them lol



few coats later not turned out to bad this was a whole can btw a bit over kill but would not hide the cl dust



and fitted



also test fitted a seat





And thats it for now really untill i get back to work after christmas

plans at the moment though are for 300 + bhp, fully forged, over bored bottom end, and around 900kg car

but time will tell

 

[Marinemackay2003]

small update today

pistons are still not here so have been doing smaller things to keep me busy

todays efforts



got the yozza in place ( going to make my own 182 to 172 cat out of a 182 cat )

ph 2 lights fitted and cup spoiler fitted ( will get done in black eventually )


then fitted the phase 2 bumper



tbh i was never a massive fan, but now that its on there quite like it

thats all for now really untill i get the locking tools to strip engine down
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[Marinemackay2003]

Small ish update

car has been sitting out in the car park now for over a year :headno:

so treated her to a clean and a very heavy waxing



also noticed over the last few days i had quite a lot of water ingression in to the car so made a rain shelter for the car



basic but hopefuly effective

and finaly got hold of some locking tools ( thanks Neil ) so made a start on the engine



also bought a cheap powder coating system ( elctrostatic magic thing ) not to sure on it but will try it out see what happens



should be a bit more to come soon
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[Marinemackay2003]

Managed to pull the head off today




was not as bad i was expecting, although all the pistons are marked in a simmilar way



and the marks on the valves




so all in all not really to much damage, however its all getting replaced any way so no biggy

also seem to be collecting a fair few parts in my ''engine store'' due to stripping it



hopefully this week i will get hold of some valve spring commpressors to do a bit more
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[Marinemackay2003]

small update as had a few hours spare today

managed to get one side of the cars wheels painted ( ran out of plastidip ) and none left in stock so have 1 left to do



quite like the contrast against the black

then i managed to throw the other seat in pics are a bit crap but you get the idea



looks very nice from outside the car looking in

only small updates for the moment untill i save up enough to buy big bits

building a car aint cheap

 

[Marinemackay2003]

managed to get the car in the workshop today

sorted out my door pulls for the C/F door cards



then made a start on fitting the Aero catches, lifted the bonnet to be greeted by this





think the car is trying to tell me its feeling unloved

i moved the nest and placed it in a safe place close to the original position found

made a start on the catches ( serious pain in the ass btw )




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got the aero catches fitted today





also had a test fit of the intercooler too

 

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parts are ordered, so now its a waiting game 2- 3 weeks lead time

off on honey moon so will all be here when i get back
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so today's work was to strip the valves out and have a look






few slightly bent ones, faitly hard to see tbh

looks like the head has had a little bit of work too



3 angle valve seats








at least the uprated springs look ok to re use

however after phoning sean at k -tec, with regards to the head work ect
he mentioned that they skimmed a fair bit when they put it together and for what i was doing with it, im probably better starting a fresh with my spare ph 1 head

if its any use to someone pm me

now just to wait for the pistons, should be here around the 17th of this month
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[Marinemackay2003]

no real progress as cant do much till pistons turn up

ordered them on 30th may, was told no stock until 17th July

thought fair enough at least i can get the wedding and honeymoon in whilst i wait ect

Phoned K-tec today and STILL no news

a little bit pissed off now tbh, may just wrap on cosworth and phone rs tuning and order some of there custom CP pistons

seriously how hard can it be for a massive company like cosworth to make a set of pistons to order

rant over
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they are still not about, its ok though, im sure if i was a race team i would have them next day



Cue shitty call to k tec on Monday

its seriously taking the piss now

 

[Marinemackay2003]

Took a trip down to k-tec today ( 25 miles away rude not to )







They have FINALLY arrived

supercharger should be here next week, along with supertech valves
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[Marinemackay2003]

valves turned up today direct from USA ( saved a good £100 + compared to uk prices )

very sexy bits of kit







charger hopefully next week, box says it all really

 

[Marinemackay2003]

picked up this funny shaped alternator on Monday from K -Tec









Got booost :clap:

 

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Blue wheels are no more, fitted my pro race 2 wheels today



think they look ok for now

turning in to a wheel *****

 

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injectors arrived today all the way from the states

Deka 4 630cc



£187 Delivered so fairly happy with that

 

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So build is sort of on hold now till after christmas

but been buying a few bits



New dephaser and water pump

link pipe

and a new clutch from paul at rs tuning should be as good as a paddle hopefully

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