306 1.4 daily driver

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Yes, you read that right, a 1.4

I'll flesh this out later but for now- take one wee 306 and stick some 405Mi16 alloys on:



Be less than impressed with brakes.

Swap these:



For these:



And acquire these:



Swap these:



For these:



(yes, I know, extra weight, but they're sooo comfy)

Make it a touch quicker with these (although still working on the manifold for the TB's):



And fit new rear ARB:



Still not happy with handling?
Make some shiny droplinks:



Along the way, patch up newly found letterbox in sills:



Save at least 16 grams with a shiny 7075 ally bonnet prop (vital performance mod):



Hit big puddle, wonder why car is pulling all over the shop, 3000 mile old wishbone bushes:



Mmm, quality, having gone through 3 sets in short order I was pretty fed up, so made myself some polyurethane ones:



Rework cylinder head as it was a bit breathless near the redline:



Make some ally spacers to replace steel ones:



Make lower strut brace to take some flex out of the subframe:



Go play:







Whoops:



Fit ZX rear arms and machine stub axles for 1 deg more neg. camber to stop that happening again.

Replace dying clutch with Kevlar one:



Lighten flywheel at same time, and make shiny black colour, me being a tart:



Not being happy with the damping on track, borrow some 4-way adjustables, as you do:



Then cry when I have to give 'em back.

And 'cause the shell is still flexing, make a carbon fibre upper brace:



Blow up gearbox:



Build new gearbox with 4-spider diff. EN26 shafts, slightly wider bearings and boron-nitrided gearset:



Yes, I know, I've tarted it up, sue me

Make even lighter spacers to bring wheels to right offset:



So that these can go on:



And do this:



Whilst car is off the road, make some 2-stage poly engine mounts:



Modify Gaz front struts:







Fit nice leather steering wheel to go with a 2.2 turn steering rack (no power steering, car parks are fun...):



Finally finish work on designing internals for new rear dampers and have Fox send a set over:



Bye, bye Gaz:



And make some broken brake discs, fully floating:





And I finally fell to the dark side and fitted something that didn't make it quicker this week:



And I still haven't sorted out a new grill




+ Shiiiiteloads of maintance and probably a lot more I haven't got pictures of, you know how it is.

[fha772]

SHOW OFF!!!!

Nice work, but where's the V8?

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SHOW OFF!!!!

Nice work, but where's the V8?

There was a cockup at the factory and they only sent me half of the parts for it, so I had to have a tiny wee 4-cylinder instead..

[fha772]

That's seems a fair reason, i'll accept that.

Just don't let it happen again!!

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That's seems a fair reason, i'll accept that.

Just don't let it happen again!!

Well, if you fancy donating an LS7 and the drivetrain I'll put it in just to keep you happy

[fha772]

If ihad a LS7, it would be going into my Triumph Herald van!!

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I've got rotary-shaped plans for her yet...

It involves a Renesis falling in the middle of this:



Oh, look, I've accidentally left room for a rear diff. Whoops.

But I'm gonna keep making the 1.4 faster first, means I can play on the roads without going into license loosing territory

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...Hit big puddle, wonder why car is pulling all over the shop, 3000 mile old wishbone bushes:



Mmm, quality, having gone through 3 sets in short order I was pretty fed up, so made myself some polyurethane ones:

...

Can you do a "How To" on how you made these?

I would love to know, also where to get the materials from...

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Will do as soon as I have time

Due to adding a few grams fitting my carbon vinyl b-pillar stickers, I've lost half a kilo from the droplinks to compensate instead:

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Spent today making a mount for a suspension cam

Not particularly interesting as I just blatted around a couple of a-roads to check the mount was stiff enough, but shows promise for a b-road blast or trackdays I think?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM-RTvgzx1s

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Even more tarty droplinks:

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Today's job was a little tweaking and chopping in the form of lengthening the wheelbase by 15mm by shifting the front wheel forwards in the arch, plus corresponding tweaks to the geometery - and measuring the bumpsteer at the minute (it has more than a standard car as I'm running much more castor), and correcting as much of it as I could, which meant lifting the steering rack up by 10mm.

Unfortunately, the steering rack bolts horizontally to the subframe, so I've spent most of the day under the car getting hot welding splatter down my arms whilst I welded the original holes up and drilled 2 new mounts, rather than just being able to shim the rack.
That's got the bumpsteer curves almost back to standard.

A couple of small changes but they've made a huge difference to the traction and stability of the car, power on at the apex now actually pulls the front in rather than pushing into understeer - any corner it will turn into you can almost certainly plant the throttle right out of without worrying about even a hint of the car pushing wide.
Might be able to tell I'm quite happy with the changes

Looks a touch weird if you're looking for it, but it's not that noticable if not:

[MFrV1]

Are you sure you have enough locking wheel nuts there fella?

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No, I live in Rotherham, I think I need some more.

[fha772]

Don't worry, 1 day you'll be able to afford to live somewhere nice, like Donnie!!!