Looking smart

Where are the mounting points for the 205 rad? Does it mount up in the same spot as the 306 one?

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Just Drive It

Yup, I was told Corsa HT leads when I had my Jenveys

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Chris
1999 China Gti6 Supercharged [Fun car] >>Project Thread<<
2000 Bianca 306 Diesel [Work runabout]

Is that a Maxi rear wing? Quite like that!

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Rallye Race Car

Thanks. I'm happy with how it's looking at the moment.

I really only have to sort a couple of final electrical bits inside. Like gauges etc. And to make sure that my dash cluster with my after market rev could ter in it actually works! But it looks better with it set Into the cluster rather than just bolted in elsewhere.

Still need to decide in whether to use my previous sump guard which is bigger and thicker. Meaning heavier... Or to use the Peugeot sport sump guard I have that is smaller and thinner. Thickness wise it's fine, but I'm not certain it covers enough of the box/sump. Which I'm a bit surprised about to be honest!

Just can't wait to drive it again after 18 months laid up!!

I HATE ROLLING ROADS!!

Well, to be fair it's not the rolling roads fault...

Took the car to be mapped today, convenient garage about 5 miles from home. Perfect!

Got it on there this morning and set to it. Sorted the idle out so it no longer runs waaaay too rich when cold. Then just got onto some initial low down mapping... And then it cuts out. Would that start. ..

Remove a potentially broken crank sensor wore, no change. Getting no spark, so off home for a spare crank sensor. No change.

Call up the resident wiring guru... Crank wiring ok. Sensor ok.

Then find an intermittent signal to the coil... Found that one of the pins in the plug had fallen apart! Not visible until we took it apart! Can't believe that occurred now, it's been firing up ok for weeks now!

Get that fixed, and get Into some mapping, about 25 30 minutes in. Boom. Pedal end clip on the clutch cable snaps off. Again!! Should have enough put my metal conversion on. Grrr.

Decide to call it a day, and going to take it back to be finished on Wednesday. It seems like it really doesn't want to be mapped! !

Anyway, it's a bit of a ramble, but just getting some frustration out!!

Oh I hope so....!

Was a real test of my resolve today.. I nearly gave up permanently!!

Believe me, the amount of hassle it is sometimes, it's almost not worth it!!!

Just ordered myself a new Kevlar sump guard today.

Hopefully be pretty strong and also, at approx. 6kg in weight, should take a lot of weight off the nose of the car compared to the original one!

Original guard was put on for protection in the forest. But ive just weighed it and it comes in at 25kg!!

Well, now everything engine wise is sorted, and the car is in one piece finally. I decided it was time for a test flight. Albeit a brief one, as the private runway wasn't open for long...

Anyway, I came to a conclusion. Either I am far more out of practice than I thought possible at driving the car. Or that now its back together, it is a hell of a lot faster than it was before!!!


Ever since I have been messing around with changing things, new engines, gearboxes etc. Top end suspension. Ive never been able to work out why I actually seemed slower than when I very first got the car with a near standard engine...

I think its because the previous tune on the engine, really wasn't a great job. Safe, and ran fine yes, but certainly not giving its best.

Now its been re done, and with the car hopefully being lighter now also. It feels brutal accelerating. It actually took me by surprise at having to try and change gear quick enough! That's kind of how I always wanted it, the fast revving machine it should be!

Although I will definitely need to remember to push harder on the non servo'd brakes....! :S

Well the car is even closer to being finally finished now.

Got the heated windscreen fitted the other day. I also tidied up and sorted a few other MOT necessities. So that side of it is all done, and just got to get around to taking it for an MOT!

I also got my single skin fibreglass bonnet on and in position, so I could make the cut outs for the aero catches to go on. All went a lot more successfully than I expected it to! So hopefully that will be off, painted and back on this week.



Im not sure why that picture makes it look like there is a huge scratch in the door! But anyway, one day, soon, I shall have it finished!

Well hopefully something before the end of march. Time dependent though really. And im not sure where or what event yet. Im hoping there is something around East Anglia, or as close to me as possible in the next couple of months or so.

Just want to do something local-ish to give it a shake down and see what falls off, before heading back out to Belgium later in the year, all being well.

Well, I finally got the car all sorted, finished and back out in a rally!

Headed off to Mira proving ground for a single venue rally there. 8 stages, 70+ miles.

And im pleased to say a 99% trouble free run!

The car ran great, the best its ever been, since it had its remap. And I finally got the gear shifting in order, having gone back to basics, and making the most of the dog box.

The only problem we encountered was when one of the bonnet pins sheared off! No idea how, but it did meant he single skin bonnet was flapping and bending like no tomorrow, only being held on one front corner. No idea how it didn't snap, but it lives to fight another day.

Conisdering ive had 2 years out from competing, and the car was totally different to before, I was pleased with the result. We came in 20th overall and 7th in class. And considering the big money/power escorts in the class I was pretty pleased!!