shaunRS225 Posted 28, March 2019 Report Share Posted 28, March 2019 Hi Guys, just picked up my first Renault sport, an 05 blood orange sport cup 225. very happy with this one unlike my first.............. second Renault, this was the first one, a 1.6 Megane 04 hatch with 100k on the clock, bought it unlicensed and cleaned it up and got it over the pits for my niece to learn to drive in. Didn't even get through one tank of juice and the timing belt idler bearing decided to drop its babies at 5k rpm on a freeway on ramp, chaos ensued with the usual symphony of pistons vs valves. i towed it home and tried my best at some french swear words then just got on with it and stripped it down, redid the head, cleaned it all up and fitted all new timing gear which was a good learning project. its a happy runner now the 1.6 anyway but the 225 caught my eye and i picked it up this afternoon. Im in love, what a ripper package! cheers Shaun 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slick Posted 28, March 2019 Report Share Posted 28, March 2019 8 hours ago, shaunRS225 said: Hi Guys, just picked up my first Renault sport, an 05 blood orange sport cup 225. very happy with this one unlike my first.............. second Renault, this was the first one, a 1.6 Megane 04 hatch with 100k on the clock, bought it unlicensed and cleaned it up and got it over the pits for my niece to learn to drive in. Didn't even get through one tank of juice and the timing belt idler bearing decided to drop its babies at 5k rpm on a freeway on ramp, chaos ensued with the usual symphony of pistons vs valves. i towed it home and tried my best at some french swear words then just got on with it and stripped it down, redid the head, cleaned it all up and fitted all new timing gear which was a good learning project. its a happy runner now the 1.6 anyway but the 225 caught my eye and i picked it up this afternoon. Im in love, what a ripper package! cheers Shaun Welcome - enjoy the car and the forum. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simmsy Posted 29, March 2019 Report Share Posted 29, March 2019 Hey Shaun Welcome aboard. Nice ride. I am a newbie as well looks likes heaps of knowledge on here. Cheers Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bingle Posted 29, March 2019 Report Share Posted 29, March 2019 Excellent work! Welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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