Aza's Albi Blue 197 - Boosted 270 BHP & 301 lb-ft

[Azagedon]

A set of used V3's popped up for sale on the forum and I couldn't turn them down for the money! Plus one of my shocks has died and knocks all day long, so good excuse to get these .




I've also spent a lot of time and money on two offside drives shafts, as mine has been ticking away and about to give up the ghost.. I got one used and one new from Renault, both are the wrong kind even though they're for a 225 not R26!
I assume its a design change meaning they are non-tapered shafts on the end, which probably doesn't affect a 225 but in this conversion on the clio its slightly too fat to fit in the hub. So there's only one thing for it, take a grinder to it!!

 

[Johnny 99]

Aza, I'm relatively new to this forum & just clocked your avatar. Had to investigate further. I love your car!

 

[Giles]

wow, good work!

 

[Rogue]

I remember Ste saying something about Renault changing the drive shafts as it goes and he had to modify mine...bit of a pain. For him ha

I see your v3 set up on Facebook. Stance looks good.

 

[Azagedon]

Aza, I'm relatively new to this forum & just clocked your avatar. Had to investigate further. I love your car!

Hi fella, thanks the orange wheels catches everyones attention lol

wow, good work!

Cheers!

I remember Ste saying something about Renault changing the drive shafts as it goes and he had to modify mine...bit of a pain. For him ha

I see your v3 set up on Facebook. Stance looks good.

Ahh I thought so! I'll be posting pics up shortly and the before and afters of grinding the drive shaft up lol.
Thanks, I love the new stance! It's also less bouncey than the shock n springs as well over these bumpy roads which is a bonus.

 

[AaronTRL]

Awesome project!

Car looks great and the 225 engine sits in there nicely! Renault should have sold these with that as an option!

 

[Rogue]

How much did you pay for your v3 install btw?

 

[Azagedon]

Awesome project!

Car looks great and the 225 engine sits in there nicely! Renault should have sold these with that as an option!

Bar the wiring, its almost like they've thought about that engine going in there but changed their minds. Mechanically it just drops in, with some fiddling to fit the aicon rad and intercooler .

How much did you pay for your v3 install btw?

About 300 quid as I had some other bits done.

Last update of 2014 (possibly)

Finally got the drive shaft sorted and the KW V3's fitted! I had quite a barny over trying to source a 225 drive shaft, I bought one used thinking i'd save myself money it turned out to be wrong it was non tapered. So I had to buy a new on from renault, French luck it was the bloody same even after giving them my old 225 f1 reg (see pic above few posts back^). As mentioned above it looks like renault have changed the design slightly for some unknown reason, so we took a grinder to it!

Pardon the quality on some of the pics, they're from my mechanics phone .
Before and after chopped shaft


KW's on


Before camber...


After camber!


New height


I must say the ride is a lot less bouncy compared to the shock and spring, we've softened it up it be similar damping as springs with 2 degrees camber. It feels pretty good! Shame we discovered the swivel joint has gone on one side so i cant properly test them out yet .

Got home and took some better pictures of the new stance (ignore my gf photobombing lol).



Arch gap for all the right reasons

New height



Having a bath

 

[Pav]

good good good..very tasty toy...

 

[Azagedon]

good good good..very tasty toy...

It's not a toy its my daily

 

[Azagedon]

I knew I'd be doing one more update before the new year and here it is, probably one of the coolest christmas presents ever. A custom made gopro tow eye mount made by my mate!









Footage coming shortly

 

[Pav]

very cool..u have got some good friends :thumbup1:

 

[pu11y]

Looking good! Interested to see some footage.

 

[simoxmino]

AHAHAH great work! i've @ home from 2 mounth..
do you have a video?

 

[Azagedon]

No video yet it needs a slight tweak to fit a different brand of action cam onto it

 

[binjoau]

Awesome build!

 

[Azagedon]

Thanks man .

Got some cleaning goodies for xmas and finally had a chance to use some of them, here is some snow foam action!






First time using one, I think i could of gone a touch less on the mixture but it worked very well getting all the winter grime off.

 

[Gez]

What a beast of a car

keep the updates coming. We need a vid too! unless I've missed it.

 

[Azagedon]

What a beast of a car

keep the updates coming. We need a vid too! unless I've missed it.

She is a beasty indeed, cheers . Still working on the video mate, the mount needs a tweak to fit another brand of action cam (Needle filing it down by hand). Hopefully I'll get a chance on the weekend to play fingers crossed!

 

[Gez]

Happy days keep us updated buddy