My 225 Trophy Project

Discussion in 'Megane Projects' started by Trophyboy, Mar 20, 2015.

  1. Daz

    Daz

    What pump does he recommend using just a new oem pump?
     
  2. Yeah he said get an oem pump from Renault Daz. Around £240 but will double check today as im going to local Renault dealers.

    First thing Paul said when I showed him my damaged piston was thats its been running way to lean and how old was the car? I said 2005 and he said fuel pumps most definately bolloxed and to change it asap .
     
  3. Daz

    Daz

    I'd be interested in the price - I'd rather get mine changed as a precaution.
     
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  4. matt e

    matt e South East RSM Area Rep

    couple of people have used the deatchwerks dw65c pump, its a direct fit.
     
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  5. Never managed to get down to Renault today but I'm sure Paul said it was £240 for the complete unit Daz.

    That deatchwerks pump looks a decent piece of kit Matt.

    I take it you just remove the old pump from your sender unit and install this one?? Need to find out what kind of job it is to change them over.

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  6. Managed to drop the block off today at the machine shop for a glaze and top reface. Left the pistons & rods with him too so that he can fit up the new rings for me.
    He's also gonna polish up the crank and find out the correct bearing sizes that i need for the main caps & big ends.
    Saves me a lot of hassle incase i order the wrong size.

    Also managed to get my cylinder head back after being refaced for £30 quid.
    Will give it a good airline out and drop it into the sonic bath for a final clean and give it a nice fresh coat of Alumablast paint.

    Also noticed that my inlet/exhaust valves were badly pitted on the face and would probably struggle to get a good seal on the valve seat. So ordered up a full set of FAI valves and will start lapping them in at the weekend.

    Certainly not looking forward to fitting the valve collets thats for sure. Anyone got any tips on the best way to fit them?

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  7. Also popped down to my mates garage to press out the bottom arm bushes & bottom ball joint.

    They took some pressing out but got there in the end.
    The smaller bush was just too awkward to fit in the press so I burned out the rubber insert, used a hack saw to cut through the bush sleeving and it just tapped out.

    Can drop these off at the powdercoaters along with all the other suspension parts/hubs std and fit new bushes in them. 744b027bd711a43fbca4d590b3a5cd46.jpg 54ea8fa84b5b549f0e553409b942d98f.jpg

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  8. Use a bit of grease on the inside of the collets, they will then stay put while you fit the other half and if you are careful you can move the first one around out of the way and the other one you can then place on the top
     
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  9. Great Ian thanks for the tip buddy. Still gonna be a piss arse fiddly job no doubt.
    I'll build my patience up for it haha.

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  10. Next job on the list is to strip the turbo down and drop the core off at a local turbo clinic for refurb & balanced as there's quite a bit of play in the shaft.
    I do think this is due to running a forge blank plate & no dump valve as i liked the chatter sound but I do think this has killed the turbo. Various debates on here in the past about it. I'm gonna fit the Pro-Perfekt recirculation valve once the turbo is done.
    The core refurb is £100 so was happy with that.
    Will blast all the other bits and give it a coat of high temp factory grey.

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  11. Daz

    Daz

    OOOOoOOOOooooo I like the look of that. decent saving too.
     
  12. Daz

    Daz


    Yeah, you do it then tell me how to do it after k thx :smile:
     
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  13. Don't think about it as a fiddly job you will only get frustrated, think of it as a delicate satisfying job, the first couple of valves i did took 1/2 an hour all the others took another 1/2 hour once you get a rhythm going :laughing:
     
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  14. Ohh cheers pal :sweatsmile::sweatsmile:
     
  15. Haha yeah I'll give it ago but will do it in my living room and put some cardboard down.
    Hardly drink but might get a six pack in just in case :smile:

    Did you use the standard C clamp removal tool?
     
  16. ohhh dear
    don't sound like that is going to go well does it, the big valves go in the big holes and the small valves and there are only 16 of them and not 32 ......... you get the picture :laughing:
     
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  17. Haha better get a litre of vodka in too then for good measure before I chuck the whole head out the window... or myself :smile:
     
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  18. Managed to strip down the turbo unit last night so that i can send off the core for refurb.

    There's around 2mm of play in the shaft. In other words its bolloxed.
    Not sure about those half moon pieces missing on the turbine wheel. Don't know if there supposed to be there on not??

    Will blast & sonic clean all the other parts and give them a coat of factory grey high temp paint.

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  19. ha ha ha that's from where take away material so they balance the blades, this probably spins at about 120k rpm
     
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  20. Managed to blast the exhaust manifold and turbo last night while on my break at work.
    Dropped them in the sonic bath afterwards to make sure they were clean and rinsed of blast media.

    Ordered up the Factory Grey paint so will give them a few coats next weèk.

    Also a quick pic of the Ultrasonic cleaning fluid that i use. Amazing stuff 70af4a9df1e302cc0800733753cceb7e.jpg 0e21b702f603897f6d5988d178f3965c.jpg 873ebbc353cdb31be7bae8e06e931ab1.jpg 1580a333dfcaf09974df2bbd9d983aaf.jpg

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  21. matt e

    matt e South East RSM Area Rep

    wont the paint burn off due the heat
     
  22. No Matt, the stuff I use is good for 1200 degrees F and actually hardens/cures when its hot . It's wicked stuff
     
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  23. This is the stuff I use Matt for manifolds/turbo's etc e7be436e84bd1bac13204e5ec14a12f7.jpg

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  24. Man i am jealous of all those shiny clean parts !! What an epic build.
     
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  25. matt e

    matt e South East RSM Area Rep

    can you ultrasonic plastic parts @Trophyboy like a fuel sender unit?
     
  26. Haha thanks bud. Cant wait to start building it back up. Just need to figure out where all the bolts go once there all back from the platers :grinning:
     
  27. I'm genuinely not sure Matt as ive only done metal parts but if injectors can be done then cant see why not.
     
  28. Yes you can no problem, we often do plastic parts

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  29. Little update....

    Collected the freshly honed block, polished crank and cams yesterday from the machine shop.

    Friday night was spent masking off the block for 2 coats of etch primer, 2 coats of factory grey on the block ends and 3 coats of high temp satin black on the front/rear of block and obviously a Budweiser in between coats haha.

    Hopefully drop the crank in this weekend as i collected my mains cap bearings & thrust washers from Renault this morning. Also need to seal up the main end cap with Reinzosil.
    Just need to source some big end bearings now as Renault have no stock in UK or France.


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  30. Also dropped off most of the engine fixings at the electroplaters.
    Only half of them in pic below. Just need to remember where they all go ha d02609cf2d344b17882f3fb4bf1589c0.jpg

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  31. Also grabbed a new expansion tank for £20 from Euro Car Parts while the 30% offer was on. 14768d3782b1efef69ab6093fa860730.jpg 27981e7c70324a29066fefe609f3bd4b.jpg

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  32. Managed to strip down the driveshafts today, blasted, painted, new grease and new CV boots. Just waiting for the new CV joints to arrive and thats them all done.
    Another job ticked off [emoji1] d3222bcaed6c429da29373a406ab95fe.jpg e270ffa7dcfdeb1f27bbedc8b345eec6.jpg e83e17319ed84180dfd8b08c6f62ea34.jpg

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  33. My driveshafts did not look so good when new! This is going to be one amazing car

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  34. Daz

    Daz

    I love a nice Trophy me :smile:
     
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  35. Haha cheers buddy. I had a look at some pics of brand new drive shafts and thought i could try replicate them [emoji1]
    They turned out better tgan i thought they would.


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  36. Snap Daz [emoji1]
    There becoming very rare these days and they are worth saving. You seen pics when I first got it and it was badly neglected yet only on 56k
    So this is basically saving it and becoming a full on restoration job [emoji1]

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  37. Had a few hours spare thus evening so painted up a few more parts that i blasted last week. It's a slow process but these things gotta be right.



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  38. Cam cover done with 2 coats of high temp silver followed by 2 coats of Detail Grey
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  39. Few subframe parts etc that i couldn't powdercoat due to the rubber and inserts

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  40. Crank end plate with new seal fitted, small part of the head and engine mount bracket blasted & painted in Alumablast f2476d10260b7c52417381655ae4d0f2.jpg b5349f3456d870442c734ac989981250.jpg dc3ee89bd59a8cf4c668fd9342a1c7a2.jpg

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