did they have to take much of tthe components to balance them? Who did you use pit pf interest? - decent machine shops seem few and far between in the Midlands.
I use an engineering shop in rugby. They send it off to someone else, charged me £130 it looks a lot but there isn't much taken off.
Ceramic coated De-cat gets delivered tomorrow. they expected to take 3weeks and its been done in less than 7 days!
Who's coating it for you? Zircotec? I was looking at having this done, just wondered what sort of costs were involved?
Yup i'm in Australia. The amount of RS Meganes ive seen here though! LY R26r multiple 265's But my megane engine is mounted. Just wiring it up (forgot where some of the connections go) Fill with fluids and test........ need to complete some wiring inside for the gauges and tidy up the sill thats been welded in.
Ordered hopefully some final bits from Renault today. I'll be starting it at the weekend hopefully!!!
Finished fitting the exhaust this evening. Got it all wired up ready to be turned over at the weekend! Quite nervous!!
Hats off to you fella cracking rebuild there and I'm interested to see this up and running again btw hope this weekend is kind to you when you turn her over
whats left to do- wiring the electrical cut off cooling system intercooler gauges drive shafts hubs then it's ready to rock!
A in happy to say it turned over this weekend! It was a dry turnover so no injectors just turning on the starter. So the day is this week to get my calipers refurbed and get some miles on it!!
Fantastic project mate, loved reading and seeing the whole thing come together and cheers for sharing, good luck for the big ignite day
Nice work, job satisfaction doing it yourself! What your running in plan, very widespread opinions on this subject lol
Up to temp drop oil 50miles drop oil 100miles drop 250miles drop normal oil and some nice boosting to Leeds for a map!
So my radiator had a small leak so it's off the get re-cored. They now supply a well known tuning company all there cores too. So bought a cheapy one to do the run in period with. Picking up my disco 3 tomorrow so I can tow it along.
This is one of my favorite build threads! Great detail, can't wait to see more. I'm hoping to do something similar just after xmas. Can I ask, whats the little gadget on the breather hose running over the head cover? The metal thingy half way down the line.
One way valve. Pick them up for less than £2 off ebay.You will have a plastic one fitted as standard.
