Recent content by rich83

ah yeah cheers, found it. yeah the mk2 head seems a strange starting point to me, but was thinking more any physical constraints to using it as apparently it's down around 50bhp and 40ftlb! However yeah I'd forgotten just how much difference there is, so perhaps it's on a mk3 itb setup and of...

Hi mate, don't suppose you got a copy of the dyno graph have you? Wouldn't mind seeing the shape the R3 cams give, I'm having a set profiled to see the duration and lift etc, trying to amass as much mk3 cam info as possible before I go 'big'! :) Also, I know you went mk3 head on mk2 block -...

well yes and no! I am going to get a very cheap car for doing short and crap journeys, certainly before winter is here. But I don't intend for this to not be considered a daily still really, so chances are the school runs will drop off from it's duties... but then again as I work from home I...

Oh yeah another forged motor mate indeed, it's an epic spec really which is just cams and itb's away from some serious grunt. The close box it has means it's already quick to be fair, does 135mph in 6th flat :) If you want to ruin a 200 which is one of - if not the last decent N/A hatch made...

Also PMS low spec entry engine makes 185ftlb on a mk2 head, so 190+ on a likely better head based on a mk3 to begin with... is not at all unrealistic tbh.

Yeah I was surprised (and sceptical in equal measure), but it's a fully built motor from Ashford and the head was done by Ilmor, it's most certainly not some parts bin engine. My last engine on these cams made 215bhp and 182ftlb, but this is the difference between essentially a purpose built...

Same 403's but it shares very little with the last engine really. They are just a stop cam gap before some big vvt delete cams and itb's, but just wondering if it could be why were seeing high egt's and again it's very knock sensitive with these mild cams and a high static cr. Hoping it...

Ah ok, I'll def need to quiz them a bit more about how they measured this then before I chuck more bits at it. Cheers

Hi mate, did you use a stock 60mm TB on this or is it ported at all? Had my new motor mapped now and found to be showing some vacuum so potentially looking at a restriction on the inlet, I'd be surprised if TB and I need to ascertain how the vacuum was measured etc - but as I know you're also...

Are you sure you even have a cat now, the Akrapovic system is manifold back and decats the main cat. Unless you just have the Akrapovic 'slip-on' which is just the backbox. Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk

Yeah these diags just look to have come straight from the RS parts PDF. Found a mk2 copy here: http://www.renault-sport.de/uploads/tx_news/Teilekatalog_Clio_II_Cup_2005.pdf section 10.84 and 19.05 for the parts.

It's just a sandwich plate basically, Google says the mk2 Cup Racer apparently had one: And integrates to the cooling system: I actually happen to have a spare one I photo'd the other day as came with the new Mk3 block etc:

Ah yes good point Bigash, I do have the stock mk3 modine arrangement. How effective that is I don't know.

Too busy, meh I've never heard that one! Bonnets are meant to stay shut anyway you know ;) For 5k on the road yeah that's a bloody high temp really, very odd. Guess the pressure could be sending too quickly through the cooler, however.... I wouldn't expect oil to get anywhere near that without...

Yeah there is, speak to Mitch at Proline about a manifold mate: 48mm SF's on a mk3 I'm not using an oil cooler, doesn't need it tbh. 111deg was the peak I saw on track, decent Millers CFS NT will laugh at that all day long, I change it every 6k. Anyway, turns out my engine failed due to...