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7 hours ago, Snoozin said:

Siiick, I've been looking at the prospect of an RS265 myself....

They seem like pretty good value for money over here in Aus tbh. Everything else that's popular is priced through the roof and the 250, 265, 275s can be had for change in comparison for something that's well spec'd and essentially track ready. Seen a minter pop up for sub 10k with about 130,000kms...

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Managed to sneak in an hour on this after the kids went to bed.

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Front end off, bit weird getting the bumper off but everything else so far has been nice and easy. 

 

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Also noticed this black substance sprayed and melted all around the front of the engine area. Wonder where it's come from, will soon find out. 

 

I reckon another hour or 2 and I'll have the engine out. Will see if time allows tomorrow. 

 

Chur.

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Not a proper update. 

 

Haven't really had time to work on this, however I got the wheels and brakes off. LH brake caliper taper torx retainer bolt broke my torx key which was fun. Then it stripped o  the other side... 

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Also the battery tray wanted to fight me as the mount torx caps crew stripped so I had to drill it out. Don't have time for this nonsense, have enough of these issues at work playing with machinery haha.

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Also split the gearbox off the 265 engine to return to the bloke I bought it off.

 

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Managed to line up a few parts for sale off the 265 so hopefully the engine will half pay for itself or more which would be a win.

 

Chur.

 

 

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Got a bit more time in on this today. My son had a bad fever since Friday night so Saturday and Sunday morning was a write off and now my daughter is sick. Had to wait for everyone to go bed before I could crack into it haha.

Drilled out the fucked lh brake disc retainer and got that off. Dropped the lcas and links, removed the cv shafts carrier and popped the shafts out. Remainder of the wiring removed and pulled out of the way, gearbox cables and last few hoses off. Needed to grind down a socket extension for a service on a Renault engine turbo diesel v6 navara the other day so now I had a 8mm square drive socket to drop the engine oil. Did that, as well as the trans oil.

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The exhaust decided it wanted a one out so I had to fight it the whole way. 3 lower cat flange bolts were seized and rounded upon trying to remove. Top flange had no access to 1 nut, the top came out but the other started to round. Decided to unbolt the exhaust by the centre muffler. Engine and trans mounts unbolted (trans mount is a stupid ass design and the lower rear engine mount is fucked) and then tried to swing it out. The exhaust didn't want to come out but now I had access to the remaining top flange nuts so gingerly got them off and now I could pull the donk out.

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Also had a quick look at the weird black stuff sprayed around the engine.

 

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Looks like the lower timing cover plastic has been chewed away at. I'll get it off another time and see what's going on behind there.

 

Gonna look at ordering a SMF conversion, clutch pack and slave cylinder from the UK and possibly a RS Tuning box for this maybe this week.

 

Chur,

Tai.

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  • 4 weeks later...
On 26/08/2024 at 10:42, V8Pete said:

When I had one of these I was amazed Sterling Clutch and Brake had a Valeo SMF conversion clutch kit on the shelf in Auckland. It was cheaper than anything I could find in UK too.

They always seem to have the oddball stuff at Sterling. How good though? 

 

Had a look at nz suppliers but nothing was comparable to the UK on pricing. Xtreme clutches here in Aus were wanting just shy of 3k for a SMF conversion kit. So I decided to put an order in at RS Tuning in Leeds, England last week as it was almost half the price. Posted on Friday and arrived on Tuesday, but I wasn't home to sign so they delivered it again today. Can't believe how fast though, it takes longer to get something sent local hahaha.

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R26 LUK organic clutch with Valeo slave cylinder and a TTV single mass flywheel. Got slammed with $317 import tax though which was annoying. 

 

Now I'm just waiting on them to stock up on the Tuning box to order. I also need to get a rear main seal, gearbox input and output seals and some new torque mounts amongst a few other things.

 

Chur.

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Not a real update but planning the next step and to organise new parts. Have been super busy with house reno's and family coming over for a holiday plus other family duties since last post. Had a quick moment today to check over a few things. 

 

Firstly, the engine mounts and timing cover swap. As there are a few differences a d changes required to get it to work.

Rs225

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Rs265

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Covers and mounts side by side (265 on top).

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The 265 cam cover has an extra 2 smaller bolt provisions on the top for the top timimg cover. The top engine mount on the 225 also has an extra mount point which bolts onto the intake manifold.

 

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From what I've gathered, most in Europe who carry out the conversion drill and tap into the intake manifold to allow for the extra bolt. I'm thinking I might just swap over the 225 intake manifold/throttlebody/injector rail and injectors onto the 265 head. Reason being is that I'd need to swap the 225 tb over anyway (as this is known to have random cut out issues if running an rstuning box), also I can just run the factory fuel system and do away with the rising rate fuel setup. This gives me the oem provision for the top engine mount bolt hole and I can also run the factory engine cover if I choose.

Also checking over the rear engine mounts.

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I'll need to swap over the 225 rh cv shafts hanger and lower mount bracket (engine side) and run the 225 dog bone mounts. Both of mine are torn so I'll just order some new ones.

 

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Difference in intake manifolds.

 

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Also was having a look at the exhaust downpipes.

Both 225 and 265 are 2.5inch but slightly different in design. Both terminate to the exhaust in the same spot. As I'm wanting to decat the system as it's a huge restriction on these, if I can't get a second hand one cheap enough I might just by some pipe and bends and do it myself. The factory 225 exhaust is 2 1/4inch and the 265 looks to have an aftermarket 3inch exhaust (flexi is torn and brackets have broken off at the front). Might see if I can repurpose the 265 exhaust and bodge something together for the 225.

 

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265

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Might order the mounts this week and hopefully get a rear crank seal, gearbox input and output seals as well.

 

Chur,

Tai

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