OMG what have I done............

[shane159]

Well today I decided to remove the engine reason being I was at Donington last week and my power steering pipe decided to explode and cover my engine and engine bay in oil

So I remove the engine toady, I thought this would be the best option for these jobs I wanted to do:

1: Remove the whole power steering including rack and fit a none PAS rack
2: Fit a 182 manifold
3: Fit RS inlets
4: Fit KTR engine mounts
5: Degrease all the engine and bay
6: Delete the heater and remove including all the gubbins
7: Change all oils and fluids

A few pics from today:

After engine removal

After a degrease

Just waiting on parts now to finish the rest.

 

[lewisredfern001]

wow that bay was mingin!!

 

[shane159]

wow that bay was mingin!!

It's been a long term trackcar mate lol

 

[Russ_16v]

You been busy!

Loving the new Tesco bag heat shield lol

 

[JackJack]

Get some proper heatshield in there whilst it's apart.

 

[shane159]

You been busy!

Loving the new Tesco bag heat shield lol

Tesco bags are really handy mate lol.

Think I'm going to heat wrap the manifold whilst I can get to it also.

 

[coxxy]

if i had a engine crane id be doing the same mate.

 

[shane159]

if i had a engine crane id be doing the same mate.

Lucky for me the wife managed to borrow one from work, think you can rent them for about £30 though.

 

[Tymberland]

Which model is the non power rack from as this is a mod im interested in doing.

 

[shane159]

Which model is the non power rack from as this is a mod im interested in doing.

Unsure mate tbh, I bought it off here and it hasn't turned up yet, when it does I'll let you know.

 

[mr.pink87]

DCI/non sport EPAS rack is what you want. The EPAS motor sits on the coloum, the rack itself is a "short" manual one.

 

[Struggler]

just wondering, did you manage to get the engine out without removing the subframe or bonnet??

as this would really help keep my dad happy when i take my engine out on his drive over the summer!! lol

im assuming you had to raise the car simply for the gear linkage and dogbone etc.

looks really tidy, what are you going to do about a replacement heatshield?!

 

[Chip-mk1]

just wondering, did you manage to get the engine out without removing the subframe or bonnet??

as this would really help keep my dad happy when i take my engine out on his drive over the summer!! lol

im assuming you had to raise the car simply for the gear linkage and dogbone etc.

looks really tidy, what are you going to do about a replacement heatshield?!

You can remove the engine without needing to remove the bonnet or subframe, not a problem at all. Still looks like a car, and still easy to shunt around if needed.

 

[shane159]

Today's efforts include:

Removing all the dash, removing the heater and aircon box, removing and relocating the full wiring loom and repositioning the speedo head:

 

[Struggler]

You can remove the engine without needing to remove the bonnet or subframe, not a problem at all. Still looks like a car, and still easy to shunt around if needed.

cheers chip! thats what i was hoping to hear!!

project looks good dude, keep up the good work!!

 

[jenic]

Taking detailing to new levels! Top work :approve:

 

[Slammed172]

I assume your re-fitting some sort of top dash otherwise you'll suffer from glare.

 

[joshhicky]

Great work mate, looks miles better

 

[shane159]

No mate gonna paint the whole of the interior.

 

[not normal dan]

Today's efforts include:

Removing all the dash, removing the heater and aircon box, removing and relocating the full wiring loom and repositioning the speedo head:

Looks alot cleaner then most, good work mate

 

[JackJack]

Nice work still a lot of metal and sound proofing to come out.

 

[shane159]

Nice work still a lot of metal and sound proofing to come out.

Everything else in the car is already stripped surely there's not much more I can take out lol.

Flocked dash etc all for sale in the classifieds.

 

[JackJack]

Those grey strips of tar on the floor will come out and save quite a bit of weight as will the bit of metal running down the middle of the drivers footwell.

 

[shane159]

Those grey strips of tar on the floor will come out and save quite a bit of weight as will the bit of metal running down the middle of the drivers footwell.

Right then thats tomorrow's jobs sorted lol.

 

[Struggler]

heat gun and wall paper scraper will make light work of it!!

and as someone else said, you may suffer from some pretty bad glare if you dont have any kind of top dash at all!!

 

[shane159]

heat gun and wall paper scraper will make light work of it!!

and as someone else said, you may suffer from some pretty bad glare if you dont have any kind of top dash at all!!

Thanks for the info mate, I'm gonna paint the lot matt black so that should sort it, my bro had a 2010 cup race car and never had any problems with glare on that.

 

[172CupAdam]

Where have you hidden all the wires?

 

[shane159]

Where have you hidden all the wires?

I've had to fabricate some waterproofing and hid them under the scuttle pannel at the side of the wiper motor (washer bottle removed)

 

[Flash Arghhh]

And still not a cup holder in sight. I love the inside of this Clio, been thinking about doing this myself, when i get my other car.

 

[Matt Cup]

Interior (or lack of it) looks great!

Any pics of the wiring tuck? Interested to see how you've hidden it all.

 

[Flash Arghhh]

Aii, show us the secret

Interior (or lack of it) looks great!

Any pics of the wiring tuck? Interested to see how you've hidden it all.

 

[Owen_m]

No dash is sickkkk , proper good work mate. Have to admit you have balls too going to be ace though

 

[shane159]

Thanks for the comments guys, regarding the wiring It's all under the scuttle panel wrapped in bin bags and tie wrapped every 5cm then covered in spray glue to help keep it water tight.
Tomorrow I'm on with making a better job of hiding the rear lights and fuel pump loom, seems to be a tricky one though.

I've done a shed load more work to the inside today including removing all the sticky tar strips and cutting all the surplus steel off, I weighed the whole bin bag of stripped gear and it totaled 12.6kg, I'll post some pics tomorrow.

 

[shane159]

Few jobs done today including heat wrapping the manifold, fitting the aero catches, fitting the half cage, painting the interior, I've still got the doors and tailgate insides to paint and I plan on painting the cage/strut brace/rear of the seats in white.
Few pics:

 

[tonyd106]

would love to buy another 1*2 and do this to it. Good work mate.

 

[Sam]

Some serious stripping there.

Is this a daily drive ?

Sam!

 

[Richyy182]

Jesus

 

[x8mrk]

Fair play, get it stripped lol.

 

[Flash Arghhh]

What have you down about the hazard switch? That is the only switch I can see that is needed and not on a stalk