Last time I was out at woodbridge it just munched through tyres. Basically why I cant justify doing it.

Cant you persuade Garry to get a bigger car to fit you in then?!

Yeh you do need a mechanically operated handbrake for the mot. Hopefully standard fiscal and pads have enough bite in them on Tuesday. Then on Wednesday I'm having a busy night fitting my new brakes.....

And here she is with the MOT wheels and rubber on. My weekends car work should now be finished..!

Well, its been a while since I really did anything constructive on this. I used the car once this year after a hell of a lot of work getting the suspension sorted, and various other bits.

My one attempt at using it carefully this year ended with a missed gear change, far too many revs, and the need for a few new valves.

So with that being back at the beginning of June, ive gone through a massive crisis of confidence, and been about 5 minutes away from breaking the car and moving on to other things.

Anyway, I gave myself a slap and decided to do things properly. I thought that if I want to get the car sorted I should start from scratch. So the head is pretty much done and the engine will be brought back to life by the end of next weekend. Once that is back and known to be running I shall be happy!

Next plan is to make 2 become 1...



I shall be rebuilding my car into this shell as soon as she has had a tidy up and a coat of paint. Its got a full custom cages cage, and is seam welded throughout. It has most things removed in terms of un needed parts, including only having a single skin exhaust tunnel.

So it will go from this...



To this...



There should be a considerable amount of changes made during the swap over to hopefully make it as good as I can get it. To make things easier I sourced another VTS phase 1 rack to refurbish off the car so it can go straight on.



And also a 106 electric pas pump that I shall be fitting with it.



As I shall finally get round to using my Satchell inlet manifold and trumpets, im going to ake sure I have the best air flow I can get to them. So with these guys....



I intend to run a shortened 205 alloy radiator and associated pipe work/expansion tank. And give myself plenty more room to play with at the front end.

You may have spotted the gear stick in the gold shell. I am also going to be changing from the satchshift in the current black car, and convert to a cable gear change setup. Theres a few reasons I want to do this, so hopefully its as straight forward as I have it planned to be!

Anyway, that's about where I am at now. So I intend to put together a tidy car that I can hopefully have a bit more luck and reliability with. Even thought the unreliability has mostly been down to my crap performances!

Nice work.
If you have a spare phase 1 vts steering rack that you'd like to sell, feel free to let me know and i'll buy it.

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Goldie the track car.

What were your thoughts on the Satchshift system? Been tempted by it in the past as an extravagance and because it looks cool but not sure if it's worth it?

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Rallye Race Car

I've already pmd him this morning about this Ollie! don't nick all my ideas Lol

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Super high boost Completed, destroyer of gearboxes and 160mph club

I've got a high compression bottom end with forged rods and race bearings. Then head wise it's fully ported, with pyre cams, solid lifters, bigger valves. And the jenvey bodies. Hoping to make a 4-2-1 manifold fit too. .

Doh, I did ask about the satchshift when he put it in the "what's it worth section" but never mind

Na you were second in line... I checked lol

Me too, iv never seen a complete kit but I would imagine it's possible!
No hard feelings no matter who gets it it's just one of those things I guess

Its not modified in any way. It is exactly as made, and fits the 306. The only thing is that it doesn't have a lift up reverse mechanism. Hence the agricultural lever attached to it to work the lift up reverse cable! Although that was only bolted on so is removed from the gear lever now.

I think I actually stole that off our garden rotavator!

Well here was a final test fitting before I made a start on fitting the engine into the car...



And here I where I left things earlier for the day....



Not bad progress. Next up I just need to cut a hole out for the gear cables to go through the bulkhead, and then the exhaust manifold followed by the subframe can go on...