Our LY 182 progress thread

[pez1356]

I must say I do love how much love there is for LY 182's. Everyone seems to love it

Tbh it's the only one i've ever seen. I always see them in silver or racing blue! Is there many LY 182s about?

 

[richandgem]

Tbh it's the only one i've ever seen. I always see them in silver or racing blue! Is there many LY 182s about?

There was only 73 made for this country apparently, and I know a few have been written off

At least its rare

 

[Liambo-201]

There was only 73 made for this country apparently, and I know a few have been written off

At least its rare

And one came out the factory with Recaro's now that would be a special one to have!

 

[SteBurns]

Had no idea it was Bubbles' old car!

Looks ace fella, nice subtle mods too!

 

[richandgem]

Little update
picked up my second set of calipers from being shot blasted all done for 10 earth pounds I did get the file out before I got them blasted to remove all the casting lines and as much pitting as I could, they'll be goin to the powder coated in the morrow

 

[richandgem]

**UPDATE**

This is the 1st update of several over the next week or so

I got the front calipers powder coated in red, and while they where in bits I thought it would be an idea to replace all the seal etc.


I got a set of ferrodo pads and Brembo discs, I'm going to groove the discs before fitting them, not decided on a pattern yet.

Then today I fitted my Scorpion decat pipe

I was expecting it to be a nightmare job given how rusting the bolts looked, but it came off pretty easily the only bit that was hard was getting the Lambda out the cat. A quick phone call to Fred @ BTM, a spanner and some precision swings with a lum hammer soon shifted though. All fitted


Went out for a blast and omg when your accelerating the noise is amazin, cant wait to get it through a tunnel

I had the belts changed this week by the legend that is Fred, he also fitted my catcams, pics of this to follow shortly

Comments welcome

 

[dsvirus]

Nice. Nuff said.

 

[mark_1873]

Brilliant Rich.

How long did the callipers take from you sending them away ? Or was it local ?

I'm thinking of doing this with the rears on my 197 as they are flaking but I know Renault will kick up a fuss and probably blame the DS2500 pads.

 

[richandgem]

I brought another pair off ebay so I can keep the car on the raod, they only took a few days to get coated though

oh and thanks for the comments guys

 

[Paul]

looks great Rich and I bet it sounds the nuts too!

 

[richandgem]

looks great Rich and I bet it sounds the nuts too!

amazin mate, I'm gonna go looking for a tunnel tomorrow

its started to over run a little as well :drool:

 

[mark_1873]

I brought another pair off ebay so I can keep the car on the raod, they only took a few days to get coated though

oh and thanks for the comments guys

Might keep an eye out for a 197 being broken.

 

[A2ON]

For front and rear caliper blast an paint I take it the piston has to come out ? Or just taped up ??? Need my brembos done asap

 

[richandgem]

If u want them powder coating you'll have to do a complete strip I'm afraid. Once the powder is on the caliper they are put into an oven and baked at about 200 degrees so all the seals would just melt

 

[Mike]

I am looking forward to seeing this one and the 197 next weekend

 

[A2ON]

Ohh I c I dread to think of the price of seals for front brembos :-(

better man up and get it done though thanks for all your help

 

[chappo]

looking good Rich,

i think you need to go for a blast in town, ( you know where i mean ),lol

 

[richandgem]

Ohh I c I dread to think of the price of seals for front brembos :-(

better man up and get it done though thanks for all your help

your won't be that old though mate, they might not need replacing. The seals that came out those calipers where still pretty good

 

[richandgem]

**CATCAM UPDATE**

2 weeks ago I popped over to Birmingham to see Fred at BTM. The car needed a new Cam and Aux belt so this was the perfect time to get the CatCams fitted. Fred was recommended to me by Matt @ TDF (recommendations don't come a lot higher imo) oh and Naith

Me and Naith got there at 10:30, no Fred lol

Now what Fred lacks in time keeping he makes up for with knowledge and ability, the bloke is a legend. I'm anal about making sure my cars are well looked after and I will have no hesitation about sending either of the Clio's to him in the future Fred you are my new mechanic

So the work began

Me crying at seeing her in bits lol

Old Cams out

mmmmmm engine

Me constantly bugging Fred with lots of "whats that" and "hows that work?"

While Fred was working on the 182 I was fitting these to TDK

And the car going back together


I'd just like to add that when Fred tells anyone that the parts he uses are Renault parts they just dont come in a Reanult box that he's telling you the truth. I make metal & plastis casting tools for a living so I know what I'm looking at. The new tensioners etc where the same as the ones that came off just with "Renault" scratched off.

Anyway, I left BTM and could instantly tell a massive difference, when the car got to 5K it went mental. I got home and the car stayed in the garage until last weekend when I went to TDF so Matt could remap the old girl. And here are the results.

This is a comparison to when I had it rolling roaded in Feb, but not quite the final result


This is the final figure, and increase of 10bhp peak power, and nearly 20 foot lb of torque


All I can say is WOW, I am well chuffed with the result. The car was quick before but its feels mental now. There is so much more power between 4.5K and 6K, which is right where you want it

Just want to say a massive/enormous thanks to both Matt @ Tour De Force and Fred @ BTM. These blokes really do know what they're talking about and what they're doing, they don't have the reps they have for nothing people, you are both LEGENDS. Thanks

Thanks for reading, stay tuned

 

[richandgem]

**Update**

After the cams were fitted Fred told me to change the oil after 100 miles or so, slightly annoying given I had changed the oil about a month before but nevermind lol. I decided to go for Castrol sport edge again as it seem great before



The front brakes where shot and I knew the disks where at the end of their life so I order a pair from Brembo (the standard HC ones) and grooved them myself

I was given a set of Ferodo pads and was told they were standard OEM replacement but after looking at this pic I realise they are infact DS2500's I did think the bed in procedure seemed a bit brutal but it was cool seeing smoke pure out from the wheels lol

The archs were a bit of a mess so I took the oppertunity to get the sponge out

I fitted my newly powder coated calipers aswell, here's it all back together


They've been on the car for about 2 weeks now and I do rate these pads, they bite well and dont require any warming. Not sure what they're like regarding fading yet but so far Im impressed.