Hi guys picked up a F7R this morning and appears to be chain driven and also doesnt have a distributor.
I have the ECU and loom will this all go in my 1.7 340 easy?
I was told it was from a Clio williams but now i'm not so sure

Ohhh dear, I think you've bought a 172 engine or similar. Basically the 2nd(/3rd?) generation F7R. They work fine apart from I don't think the chain driven oil pump clears the 1.7 sump. I'm not sure entirely how serious this is or if you can do a modification around this.

And... easy? No engine change is ever easy. I'm still ironing out the creases after over a year

damn it! I didnt mean easy like that i just meant fairly straight forward as in with the proper clio williams lump everyone uses as thats what i was after

hang on i'm a nob it has got a cambelt ! 32hrs with no sleep makes you cazy!

Is the oil pump driven via a chain? If not it's an F7R 710 if you have chain driven pump it's an F7R 714.
If it's a 710 the cylinder head won't work easily in the 340. Although a 1.8 head can be converted to fit with the bigger inlet valves.
Adam

Its the 710 just looked. so what are the problems with using this head and also what would i need off the 1.8 to make it work ?

I believe the 710 runs coil pack distributorless ignition. This makes the wiring harder. A 1.8 head can be fitted to make what the renault boys call a hybrid. I'd say buy megajolt ignition and run carbs.

The hybrid route is ace, apart from buying dizzy's from Renault. Will need to find a better way of doing that :s

The advantage of running the stock stuff is the info is out there to map it.

Chris_C wrote:The hybrid route is ace, apart from buying dizzy's from Renault. Will need to find a better way of doing that :s

Last I looked GSF were still stocking them

Got to be less than 80 quid too, cheers mate.

I keep getting tempted by something like an EDIS pack fired from the Renault ECU, EDIS's are cheap as anything.

Could it not be the Megane lump? That has a chain driven oil pump, and requires the crossmember and sump to be chopped about a bit. Ask Filthy John, he had one made.

Maybe I am wrong ^ I should let you boys work out which Renault engine it is, as I have little knowledge, and less interest.

Hope you get sorted mate!

The 710 is a Megane lump, it's whats in Fake.

It'll like like this inside

Ok so basically chuck the head away and get a 1.8 16v from an early clio, what else is needed from that to run on the injection?

ECU and loom to fit. Plus speed controller on the clocks.

Thanks everyone, i'll start having a look round at the end of the month once i get paid!!

714 is a late megane engine. Indeed I had one in my 340, it needed a new driver's side front engine mount making, and a big chunk cutting out of the crossmember, but it went in.