[trackday_prep] Paul's Gti6

[cheesegrater 43 1 Cars]

Just do what i said to do involving a drill, paperclip and superglue!

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

I've got a list that spans 2 a4 pages on jobs to do on the cars which is slowly decreasing

 

Derv:

- Lower car all round

Used the eibach springs I removed from the GTI and put them on the derv, quite like the result

 

 

 

- Fit shortened L bracket

- Tracking

- Change rear shocks

- Tighten handbrake

- Sort out fuel leak off hose

 

The car is now a pleasure to drive and handles really well.... with the nankangs pumped up to 40 psi

 

Jobs for GTI:

 

- Fit quickshift off strictlyderv

 

 

Similar to this design. I attached it to the bottom of the gearstick and it's made one hell of a difference Much shorter and more precise. The gear rod now clears the exhaust springs soo winnings all round

 

- Sort out alternator tensioner/belt

 

Before I had a stud sticking out the mount which meant the tensioner had a lot of play. I used a mi16/gti6 tensioner pulley post thing and a bolt, coupled with a big washer it's made it simpler to tension

 

- Door strap

 

This problem occured the other day

 

 

The metal tabs that stick out from the a pillar have separated from the door and makes a god awful noise when the door opens. Not quite sure how they've come unattached but was thinking of welding it back in place.

 

- Gearbox endplate

 

I box I bought recently has a porous endplate and gearbox oil seeps out when hot.

 

- Lower seat rails

 

Not happy with how high the seats sit so will be lowering them soon

 

^ just an insight of the jobs I have in hand There's many more

 

 

 

Mate's picled this up earlier

 

 

Some of you may recognise it, it's a 306gti6 forum members car

 

As a result i'm acquiring some throttle bodies

Edited May 6, 2012 by Paul_13

[Miles 331 1 Cars]

Which Kuhmo's are they? I know my tyre place rate the newest one

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

http://www.tyrerevie.../Ecsta-KU31.htm Edited May 7, 2012 by Paul_13

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

 

Going a little darker than that

Edited May 10, 2012 by Paul_13

[SurGie 54]

Did you paint them yourself ?

 

Im not quite sure what colour it is, the picture is a little dark tbh.

[Baz 421]

 

 

FYI, it's a Compbrake jobby.

[Cameron 16]

Compbrake.

 

Say no more.

[alexcrosse 124]

*compbreak

 

 

*lol to myself at work*

[Cameron 16]

I believe Comp also stands for completely.

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

My mate's painting them George

 

I'm really pissed off with this gearstick to be honest. Paid £40 for it off someone on here, it's not what it was advertised as and it's f***ed and i'm stuck with it.

[Baz 421]

Ohh, i waited for what i thought was a sufficient time before saying anything presuming they would, but i guess Constella didn't replace it then?!

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

I robconstella a PM with a picture to confirm whether it was one of his or not and he never got back.... So no they haven't replaced it and won't either.

Thanks dan for selling me a piece of s*it

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

Done a few bits on it today, put the bus rack back on and can say that I prefer it to the Quaife jobby.

Everyone has their preferences with having a quickrack or not, but if I were to get another quickrack it would be a Xsara rack with power steering.

 

After driving Anthony's Jalopy to the MOT station really changed my view on it.

 

Changed the wishbones over to the ones Anthony kindly pressed new bushes into for me Cheers again

 

Also put GTI6 brakes on instead of the 307 setup, the brakes come with Ferodo DS2500 brake pads in. Work quite well once all the rust and crap had left the discs. May be a bit of air in the system or i'm getting used to the different pedal travel.

 

1 small job left to do tomorrow and that is to straighten the steering wheel before Ace cafe

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

Changed the oil earlier and got a genuine filter for it. Parts guy at Citreon gave me a bit of money off the filter and a free copper washer Old oil was pretty dark, turns out the fancy Fuchs titan pro-s stuff I put it was burning off pretty quick and had no choice but to replace with regular 10-40w which does the job more the perfectly. Don't think the 2 oils enjoyed being mixed.

 

Solved the problem with the endplate thanks to MIles, turns out a regular 8v endplate fits perfectly on the Xsara box.

 

Two side by side

 

After it met Mr Screwdriver

 

 

Inside end of box

 

New one fitted, all sealed up

 

 

Got a phone call from my mate earlier who owns a 306 rallye, said it was making a nasty noise so pulled over.

 

 

These were new NGK spark plugs a couple of days ago, Greig never over tightens anything especially spark plugs! Was a lot of fun getting it out. Must be a dodgy plug.

Edited June 15, 2012 by Paul_13

[Anthony 1,000]

Ah, that makes more sense - with you talking about the brake servo last night and the graininess of an SMS I thought that picture was of the servo with a hole poked in it,.. hence I was utterly bemused!

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

I thought you may of had the wrong end of the stick My bad

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

Update time:

 

Wheels which i'm in the process of spraying up

 

 

 

Me being me, has managed to break this off! Got a feeling it's from the rotten door I've got putting too much downwards stress on the check strap, pushing in on the metal bracket and breaking the spot welds.

 

 

Anthony has very kindly cleaned up a carpet I bought off sneakygit, came up well

Found this when I ripped the old carpet up. Probably from where I bashed the body work to fit the custom rails. Out comes the welder.

 

 

This stuff works wonders

 

 

My rear slatted panel I found in my dad's garage which is in pretty good nick

 

 

 

 

Old one off.... very dirty

 

Edited July 29, 2012 by Paul_13

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

The lock is on the piss from where I got rear ended by a Nova, straightened it out with my best friend the hammer These pics show the dents

 

 

 

 

The dye in action

 

 

Gave this a scrub up

 

 

I think there's something wrong with me as i'm cleaning things

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

Been a while

 

Plasticared a few parts

 

Shows how faded this was

 

 

Blinging carpet thanks to Anthony Thanks mate

 

 

Freshly plasticared rear panel and new badges fitted

 

 

Lowered seat frames fabricated

 

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

Sits a bit lower now

 

 

All back together

 

 

Paint removed

 

 

And blacked up

 

 

Inspiration from Craigs thread

 

 

 

 

Looks much better in my opinion

 

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

Bit worrying.... looks like it's running lean. Very lean. Still need to source a lambda. I've changed the plugs and need to whip them out and see what they are looking like

The stalling problem was caused by a dying coil pack. Which has been changed and could of contributed to the below picture.

 

 

 

Spent the day at Anthony's building up my new rear beam. 22mm TB's and 24mm ARB in a 205 beam tube. Works a treat and handles really well. Need to purchase a set of Bilstein grp N rear shocks so Anthony can have his back.

The grease looked a bit odd and had a detrimental effect of the quietness of the wheel bearing Which I changed 3 days later

 

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

MOT time came around and realised that these weren't in the best of nick. Better hurry up with my SL434's

 

 

During the MOT the tester was testing the handbrake effort and heard a loud bang! This was the result.

 

 

Firstline for you

 

The Bosal middle box had given up the ghost and sounded like a bang of nails. So out it came

 

 

Welded in a piece of stainless courtesy of Cheesegrater

 

This stuff does exactly what it says on the can

 

 

Wheels are getting there

 

 

 

Had an earth problem where i'd either have a working headlight and a non working washer pump and vica versa. Finally got it all working after f***ing about with earth block which I ended up chopping off and terminating straight to the body work

 

 

 

Next plan is to sort out the sunroof blanking plate and get the wheels finished

Edited September 25, 2012 by Paul_13

[allye 530 3 Cars]

This is looking seriously tidy now

 

Oh how I miss a 6 engined 205 with buckets

[Paul_13 212 1 Cars]

Thank you, i'll get a better pic of the car. There's not a recent one on here