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Level 1 User Joined: 15 Oct 2005 Posts: 20

Hi all im Scott from stratford upon avon Warwickshire.

I joind just to get genral tips and some advice on my newly acquired Renault 19 1.9dti rn 95m plate in foesr matalic green..

Was quite suprised to see a strut brace,is this due to loads of flex in the body and renault found it needs this or is it added at factory etc..

I have seen the bonnets gone a few other 19's as well,but not to fused its my runaround daily driver(and the rust when i pushed it through got me another Â£50 off)

Nice handy towbar!

Loads fo receipts and history etc..

Not all bad for Â£450 i recon,plus the buger is quite rapid compaird to my old 205 van..

I must add though im affter some sort of standard renault alloys in 15" with some sort of tread on them as these 13"steeles are silly with 75 profile i almost had it sideways on a roundabout at 40mph(but did notice later the tyres wer a bit flat)

And might be tempted to buy a 16v bonet as this one needs replacing but not spending to much on it.

also anyone know much about tuning the TDi's as i though this was just a TD till found the intercooloer! hehe BIG FMI of something i recon.. Laughing

Cheers for any help and advise i get to the post.

Scott

Spammer Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Posts: 5717

welcome mate,nice tidy looking motor you got there

have a look at items for sale section for the bits you want or ebay Wink

Level 1 User Joined: 15 Oct 2005 Posts: 20

Cheers mate,well i never thought i would owne a renault realy,but after having a pug i though any car as to be worth a go,french or not etc.(took the blinkers of so to speak,as im a Vauxhall boy Wink

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Been looking on e bay mate seen a bonet for Â£20 but was in scotland and im in midlands Rolling Eyes

And some wheels whent for Â£50 with postage from newcastel but i forgot to put a max bid on them,doh Embarassed

So im only realy affter a set of old nothing supper just as long as there 15's with some sort of tread on the tyres.

Scott

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

the strut brace wasn't fitted to all models. The 19 is as flexy as its direct rivals without the strut brace, the astra and escort etc, with it its tighter though.

take the cooler out chances are its filled with oil clean it out and straighten any bent fins.

Level 1 User Joined: 15 Oct 2005 Posts: 20

Chris H wrote:

the strut brace wasn't fitted to all models. The 19 is as flexy as its direct rivals without the strut brace, the astra and escort etc, with it its tighter though.

take the cooler out chances are its filled with oil clean it out and straighten any bent fins.

so you recon some how oil might have worked its way down inoto it Confused

didnt even know it was there till i looked and followed the air feed and filter pipes.

Scott

Forum Moderator Joined: 18 Feb 2004 Posts: 7432

Thumbs up for the newbie!

First post and he gives us an introduction and even some pictures to look at!

Welcome!

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

all turbo cars - in fact all cars leak some oil into the induction tract.

When theres a turbo, tired 1 way valves and natural 'breathing' of the turbos oil seals helps this process along.

Level 1 User Joined: 15 Oct 2005 Posts: 20

Neal 19 16v wrote:

Thumbs up for the newbie!

First post and he gives us an introduction and even some pictures to look at!

Welcome!

cheers dude! Razz

scott

Level 9 User Joined: 09 Mar 2005 Posts: 453

hello matey!!

is that an astra gte in the reflectin of youre motor..3rd pic??

Level 1 User Joined: 15 Oct 2005 Posts: 20

Yes mate its been sat on my olds front garden for a year now,my mum's giving me ear ach over it all the time,needs striping and scraping,was left over form my valver conversion on my nova.

Scott

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

you on migweb?

Level 1 User Joined: 15 Oct 2005 Posts: 20

Regesterd but dont use it much at all,i use novaload most.

http://www.novaload.net/features/viewfeature.php?ref=1970

Scott

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

not fancy dumping a LET in it?

Level 1 User Joined: 15 Oct 2005 Posts: 20

Humm in the nova,nah im ok with n/a
to be fair a let is a good sorce of quick power increas,but there a bit less relighable then the xe,plus i have spent far to much now to go down that route..

SBD TB's and mbe managment

Standard xe manifold on left,and BTB race one on right (2.5 inch bore)

Pluss god knows how many other parts i have ready to go on soon.

Im runing 165bhp and 158.8 lbft and 139.1 bhp @wheels now,once all my parts are on its going to be well over 210bhp without touching the interanls yet.

Scott

Site Subscriber Joined: 10 Jun 2004 Posts: 2317

That engine is a standard 1.9 Turbo Diesel, not a DTI, they came along in about 99.

Site Subscriber Joined: 13 Oct 2004 Posts: 4722

pics?

Level 1 User Joined: 15 Oct 2005 Posts: 20

Oh right

well why dose the air feed go into what seams to be an itercooler behind the front bumper then?

Scott

Forum Moderator Joined: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 19978

a turbo diesel has an intercooler. huw's being a pedantic arse saying its not a DTI whioch technically it isn;t.

Anyway.

You seen a guy calle dolly hewits white nova? Not bad and pretty quick on what hes running.

Level 1 User Joined: 15 Oct 2005 Posts: 20

Chris H wrote:

a turbo diesel has an intercooler. huw's being a pedantic arse saying its not a DTI whioch technically it isn;t.

Anyway.

You seen a guy calle dolly hewits white nova? Not bad and pretty quick on what hes running.

Ah right i see Laughing

yeah i know olly hewit,yeah his got 13.9 i belive down the strip before he broke it for parts,though i would of though his should of put out more bhp then it did think he only got 188bhp with qed TB's dta and full ashley system.

Scott

Site Subscriber Joined: 07 Oct 2004 Posts: 2281

Nice car mate, get a thread up in the Members' Projects forum!

Site Subscriber Joined: 10 Jun 2004 Posts: 2317

Chris H wrote:

a turbo diesel has an intercooler. huw's being a pedantic arse saying its not a DTI whioch technically it isn;t.

Anyway.

You seen a guy calle dolly hewits white nova? Not bad and pretty quick on what hes running.

Its not pedantic, there's a big difference Wink