Clio S/C ph1 172 boost bus

[Marinemackay2003]

Managed to get my steering rack bushes fitted last week - what a s**t job that was

And today I took a trip to TTS to sort out a larger supercharger pulley, I went to a 90mm instead of the standard 85 mm so I should be able to rev to around 7600rpm without over speeding the charger, really nice guys and have a great workshop, changed the pulley over for free for me . Result

Some nice cars there

 

[Marinemackay2003]

Got my new supercharger brackets cut and machined today, should now be 100% more reliable than the other brackets as made of steel not Ali

If any one wants one drop me a pm

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[Marinemackay2003]

I am in the process of making the other parts as seen in the pics, this plate is mainly for the blokes that have the charger already and need a stronger plate, but will hopefully get a complete package built

 

[Marinemackay2003]

It's head building time

 

[Marinemackay2003]

So what feel like months and months have passed by, i managed to get some spare time to get things going again
got my engine stand back so cracked on





old head bolts

 

[Marinemackay2003]

and head fully built up, so now the dreaded cam belt awaits


its amazing the things that distract you from finishing

America fk yeah

 

[Marinemackay2003]

So had a little bit of a play around with my set of Omex brackets this week and came to a decision, i am going to ditch off the k tec style brackets and go with the Omex ones.
Due to them having a tendency to fracture, i have now made them from mild steel so they will be far stronger although a bit heavier

so got them back today and started a trial fit





very easy to fit, and does away with the aux belt tensioner pulley and all associated brackets, and the option is there to easily remove the power steering pump too if you have epas

here is a trial kit i made today for a fellow cs member



as you can see he has no power steering hole cut, so drill and tap a hole, add a idler pulley and use a slightly shorter belt = p/s pump gone
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[Marinemackay2003]

So this week i have the engine back, cambelt all fitted thanks to @bloke top bloke and very helpful
and managed to get the final parts and pulleys to complete the kit, bar the belt
should now be able to offer a whole mount kit inc pulleys and belt



supercharging just got a bit easier
here is a complete kit as sold to a customer

Should give most the opportunity to build a kit piece by piece, instead of just handing 4.5k over to ktec ect in a big one hit
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[Marinemackay2003]

having a bit of a clio club weekender this weekend


managed to get the engine back together, all cam belt covers done up and the charger mount bolted on



plan was to get it placed in the bay this weekend but when checking over stuff i noticed i have no exhaust studs at all, how i missed that i dont know
so plans have hit a dead end, i now need 9 exhaust studs @ about £11 each iirc

anyone have some sitting about on a dead engine?
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[Marinemackay2003]

so had another rubbish day today, one of those day's where nothing went right
started on my break lines, wanted to give them a bit of heat protection from the manifold, whilst last in afghan i rob..emm acquired some heat sheathing from a dead vehicle
fairly good stuff, will be adding a zircoflex sheet over the top of this too to protect the master cylinder and fluid reservoir



i then attempted to remove my omex temp sensor from the coolant block, snapped it straight out now have a gaping hole in the side of it
time to get the welder out


so i moved on to re-do my door cards "motorsport" velcro was no longer cutting it, done all the fronts so started on rears and popped my head in to have a check of everything



my car has developed the PH-RUST problem, absolute ball ache of an area to get to, so spent all day rubbing it down, prepping and painting it with Hammerite rust beater


If you have a ph 1 go and check it out as its getting a common problem now and its better to tackle it now rather than when its too late
so annoyed i wrapped on it and decided to wash it for the first time this year and ditch it in the car park.
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[Marinemackay2003]

So had a fairly productive week last week, managed to get all my exhaust studs In and tightened

Then fitted my charger to find out it was 120 degrees of rotation out



Looks ok but is actually upside down
View from top


So after some in depth reading I found the housing was user adjustable with lots of warnings and cautions in the tech docs I dived straight in, marked it up and adjusted




The torque settings were a nightmare to find anywhere, found them after about 40mins it's 9nm for the 2 bolts if your looking



Looks much better



Just need to machine a few of the pulleys and it's good to go

 

[Marinemackay2003]

Started on the exhaust today, original plan was to get it coated at camcoat or zircotec but managed to get some heat wrap free through work so thought I would give it a try


I am now itchy as fk will try finish it off later

So finally got it wrapped up



Hopefully it will prove beneficial in some way, for info I used 20 meters of 5 mm wide wrap, I won't be doing it again

 

[Marinemackay2003]

so working this weekend so need to stay on camp
so this weekend the plan is to get it in

so pushed it on the ramps on my own good job i had my weetabix this morning



got the bits all lined up ready to go

gave the flywheel a scrub to get all surface rust off and used brake cleaner to clean it all

love a bit of art


then bolted it all up using my alignment tool



gearbox on 1st time was rather happy with myself tbh


hopefully get it in fairly easy this weekend
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[Marinemackay2003]

its in the hole
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[Marinemackay2003]

So today I made a solid exhaust mount for myself, is it nice - no
Will it work and have lots of adjustment - yes

And it was free
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[Marinemackay2003]

Anybody for a game of jigsaw ?
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[Marinemackay2003]

Just got "cooler"

Plan is to slide the engine oil cooler in the cross member, with a small bit of cutting to the top, that way I can cover it up with the number plate if it's too cool and it would look fairly neat

 

[Marinemackay2003]

rare action shot



clearly taken with a potato straight after using the grinder^


drilled a few holes behind it to let the air out too, hopefully it should work fairly well
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[Marinemackay2003]

Got the cooler all fitted up today





May paint it a bit to make it a little less in your face

Also made a stronger dog bone mount

 

[Marinemackay2003]

bit more progress done today

now need to figure out the ph 1 fuel set up, does anyone know if i can use the carbon canister line as a return line? as it goes back to tank and when under pressure ( 3bar ) it should push it back to tank ?