Speaking of turbos... sneak preview

[Daniel Shane]

I see Mr Hawes is also going for an engine upgrade soon

[Chris Hawes]

What gave you that impression?

[Daniel Shane]

http://tinyurl.com/3aoxbl

and

http://tinyurl.com/284ree



Dan

[Chris Hawes]

[Daniel Shane]

I hope you dont mind me saying this but I think you paid a little over the odds IMHO.

I bought a running GTA Turbo engine for £250 and a Gearbox for £50 and both of them hadnt been in a car that Jeremy Clarkson slammed into a concrete wall at 70 MPH.

I just hope it's all ok and that you get it working with the minimum of fuss and funds.

All the best and I'm looking forward to seeing it at Eurotech next year.

Dan

[Chris Hawes]

I have had problems with Ebay not being responsive, so I clicked my final proxy amount sooner than planned which unfortunately gave enough time for a competitor to increase his bids (a few seconds cost me around £1300). His higest bid was £66 less than mine and I am sure he would have gone higher (I wouldn't have).

I know I paid over the odds, but the pistons inside the block are worth £1000 on their own and Renault no longer sell them. Any other damage can be replaced. For me, it was important to have the best production PRV ever built as a basis for my conversion as it is/was an established platform to work from. This model is a 3L 12V low compression engine and PERFECT for supercharging or turbo(s). I would have considered the 24V but they had an inherent weakness in the design and VERY expensive to put right. I also like the story that surrounds this particular engine i.e. it was from a 55k mile concours car that Clarkson smashed up (muppet).

As the ECU will be another £600 plus the many other bits that I'll need plus the time it will take to put together and map etc I'll be surprised if I have the money to start the conversion before Eurotec. At least I have the engine, ready and waiting....

[Tourettes Tony]

well that makes a change Martin rubbing people up the wrong way :lol:
TT

[Guinney1971]

yeah, I read that :lol: :lol: :lol:

some things never change, eh!!

I often catch up with the Alpine forum, it can be very entertaining at times

[Guinney1971]

Chris Hawes Wrote:I have had problems with Ebay not being responsive, so I clicked my final proxy amount sooner than planned which unfortunately gave enough time for a competitor to increase his bids (a few seconds cost me around £1300). His higest bid was £66 less than mine and I am sure he would have gone higher (I wouldn't have).

I know I paid over the odds, but the pistons inside the block are worth £1000 on their own and Renault no longer sell them. Any other damage can be replaced. For me, it was important to have the best production PRV ever built as a basis for my conversion as it is/was an established platform to work from. This model is a 3L 12V low compression engine and PERFECT for supercharging or turbo(s). I would have considered the 24V but they had an inherent weakness in the design and VERY expensive to put right. I also like the story that surrounds this particular engine i.e. it was from a 55k mile concours car that Clarkson smashed up (muppet).

As the ECU will be another £600 plus the many other bits that I'll need plus the time it will take to put together and map etc I'll be surprised if I have the money to start the conversion before Eurotec. At least I have the engine, ready and waiting....

If it was me, I'd sell the pistons and make three grand profit

- and then spend the profit on a Laguna 3.0RTi and a Saffy Bi-Turbo (and still have change) and have some proper, safe, fun, without risking smashing my De up

just my 2pth mate its your car, I really hope it works out ok for you.

[Rottbott]

Chris, you are nuts, but I can't wait to see the result. :)

So here's my ex-trailing arm bolt. It's actually one of the upgraded types! Since some people here are so keen to jump into thinking the worst I should make it clear that it's entirely my fault that it's this broken -- in fact it's probably a testament to the strength of these things that it held together like this at all! The car actually drove surprisingly well like this, just pulling a bit and being rather squirrelly when cornering fast.

[Tourettes Tony]

now thats bad maybe i should do mine while its off the road TT

[Guinney1971]

feck Rob, how the hell did it get that bent?

[Daniel Shane]

Chris Hawes Wrote:I know I paid over the odds, but the pistons inside the block are worth £1000 on their own

Sorry mate but £1000 for pistons ?!?!?!!?! Who told you that ? A Complete set of Pistons AND Liners for the Esprit is only £900. Ok thats only 4 pistons but that includes Nickel Lined Liners !!!

You can have a custom set made for less than that. Omega forged pistons are very good and they can make them to what every spec you want.

What kind of power are you going for ? Having driven Marc Levy's Nissan Engiened D in the US and that has around 280 BHP. It's a monster to drive and is very scary. The suspension couldn't cope, the brakes didn't stop you and the car is lethal in the wet.

The Supercharge is the way I would go in the D as it is going to be easier to install and will require less moding of the existing exhaust that you have

[Tourettes Tony]

Claire Usher Wrote:yeah, I read that :lol: :lol: :lol:

some things never change, eh!!

I often catch up with the Alpine forum, it can be very entertaining at times

maybe i should join it then :lol: TT

[Rottbott]

We think that bent TAB must have been damaged by bashing the rear wheel in the 'incident' a couple of years ago. It even managed to get through an MOT like that and I drove around on it for a year. I found out it was bent at my last MOT where they rightly failed the car for it. Does explain why the suspension on that side was so hard to get back together after Martin did my rear wheel bearing. :)