Power Flex yellow engine mounts are awesome....a little NVH in the first 300 miles or so but does go away. For the bottom mount I injected windshield silicone into the voids only. That particular mount if too rigid can transmit vibrations to the engines oil pan increasing likelihood of early oil pan gasket leakage.
Awesome build. Expensive brakes! I have the Willwoods front and rear, but couldn't justify pulling the trigger for Brembos. During Covid I did the same project to my 2005 R50 (owned it since new); I pulled the subframes, ground off all the rust and repainted them with POR-15, upgraded all the bushings, control arms, sway bar, R56 aluminum trailing arms, Vorschlag camber plates, etc., etc. It was great to have everything out on the garage floor to clean and assess, and reassemble better than new. The car is rattle free and handles like a dream. I put Bilstein PSS-10s (the adjustable ones) on my wife's F30 and would like to put them on my R50 (it currently has FSD dampers with 30mm lowering springs, which work great, but just lack adjustment).
That's hilarious you made your own tool for the belt tensioner 😂😂 i used a long screw driver and a pry bar, and my dad to put an Alan key in the hole 🤪
This is to the creator... Keep up the content, you have done great work so far, and you are gaining some traction, keep at it and you will be able to find success
I ended up trying some aluminium cleaning chemicals to remove the caked on grime however this proved not very successful, so in the end it was cleaned with a wire brush and then painted silver! The torque wrench is a Draper Expert.
This was noted while putting it together and in the end it was a bad decision to not replace it while it was out, it ended up failing and had to be replaced trackside.
They are Renault Mégane 275 brakes! They use an adapter available from a guy in the R53 Owners Club on Facebook, they use 330mm disks and do stop really really well, I think all in all cost about £600 with disks, pads and braided lines from HEL
Thanks! The block was initially wire brushed to remove any really loose rust, then some paint over rust converter was applied multiple times and finally a top layer of brush on black engine enamel!
