And ever expanding!dynamix wrote:Loving your work - the tyre store is awesome
Peugeot 205 1.4 Track/Hillclimb Project
I have my mint 1.9 gti which I will sell you (the one I told you about) I've just blown the whole budget on a new road car. Your welcome to come and have a look, I think you will be impressed!rolty wrote:Looks great Adam, my mate had one of these a few years ago, it was a blast. REALLY regret not buying it
dynamix wrote:Top Marks Adam - great plan (take note George ]
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This afternoon was spent removing the all ali TU3S engine from my spares XS. It was surprisingly easy, manageable by a single teenager armed with a socket set and a jack! The process went something like this:
Here's the pictures....
Empty engine bay:
Subframe:
Rot!:
Selection of parts:
And the prize:
The plan for it is:
Rebuilt, flowed head.
Catcams 286 cam.
Stiffer valve springs
Mikuni 40s.
4 branch manifold.
Lightened flywheel.
Lots of other new standard bits.
First thing is to nab the engine stand from school so I can strip it down and see what condition it's in. It's a 100,000 mile engine (as most of them are....) so I'm not expecting it to be perfect, but it ran nicely without any smoke before hand
. Feel free to give me any advice as I far far from experienced at this engine malarky!
- Remove all pipes and ancillaries
- Jack up front of car and put it on axle stands
- Remove wheels.
- Undo top mounts
- Undo subframe bolts and support engine with jack
- Undo engine mounts
- Drop the jack
- Wrestle the engine off the subframe
- Winch, leaver and drag the engine onto trolley.
Here's the pictures....
Empty engine bay:
Subframe:
Rot!:
Selection of parts:
And the prize:
The plan for it is:
Rebuilt, flowed head.
Catcams 286 cam.
Stiffer valve springs
Mikuni 40s.
4 branch manifold.
Lightened flywheel.
Lots of other new standard bits.
First thing is to nab the engine stand from school so I can strip it down and see what condition it's in. It's a 100,000 mile engine (as most of them are....) so I'm not expecting it to be perfect, but it ran nicely without any smoke before hand
. Feel free to give me any advice as I far far from experienced at this engine malarky!
The car is pretty much prepped for our first hillclimb now, less than 2 weeks :O. Made up a timing strut on the CNC laser cutter (what a tool!), bought a new 4pt harness and a race suit and will be padding the cage this weekend.
I really can't wait, even though I won't actually have driven it before the event! It shouldn't be too different to my Polo though, being a FWD hatch on stiff suspension...
I really can't wait, even though I won't actually have driven it before the event! It shouldn't be too different to my Polo though, being a FWD hatch on stiff suspension...
We've done two hillclimbs and shes been running pretty darn well. Firstly at epynt where I managed an 83.28, which was pretty good considering it was the first time i'd ever driven the car, or any car except my 40bhp Polo ;D Managed to beat my dad by 3 seconds The car definately has the potential to get into the mid 70s, it felt so nice and balanced to drive and pretty go kart like really, 'point and fire'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3lk0N0copk
Then went on to Prescott which was a very different sort of hillclimb, where I actually had to think about the lines as well. This time I had a bit more confidence in the car, and having been given the challenge of getting under a minute by a prescott veteran I managed a 58.32, just half a second off the class leader in his 1400cc fiesta. There was definately still time to be had with a slightly gentler right foot and some better lines but I was still extremely happy My dad managed a 60.01 which he was pretty peed off with 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeS0h3Om9u8
At Prescott we had a bit of trouble with the battery going flat, and halfway through one of my runs it pretty much died completely, giving me a 4000rpm rev limiter essentially. After a bit of searching around, I found the end of the alternator wire, and it wasn't connected to the starter motor! A quick bit of bodgery and some help from the battery pack saw us on our way again, and after a short period of time the battery was reading 14V again, having previously read 6V! We also have a bit of a leaky master cylinder reservoir where the seals have perished slightly, but tightening a cable tie around it seems to have sorted it temporarily. It hadn't lost a noticable amount of fluid, just enough to look damp around the seals.
The hillclimbs have also brought to our attention just how shite the engine mounts are, so we've order a set of Group N spec ones from TI motorsport, which I will be fitting next week.
Next hillclimb is on the 24th of August at Gurston
The car definately has the potential to get into the mid 70s, it felt so nice and balanced to drive and pretty go kart like really, 'point and fire'.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3lk0N0copk
Then went on to Prescott which was a very different sort of hillclimb, where I actually had to think about the lines as well. This time I had a bit more confidence in the car, and having been given the challenge of getting under a minute by a prescott veteran I managed a 58.32, just half a second off the class leader in his 1400cc fiesta. There was definately still time to be had with a slightly gentler right foot and some better lines but I was still extremely happy
My dad managed a 60.01 which he was pretty peed off with http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeS0h3Om9u8
At Prescott we had a bit of trouble with the battery going flat, and halfway through one of my runs it pretty much died completely, giving me a 4000rpm rev limiter essentially. After a bit of searching around, I found the end of the alternator wire, and it wasn't connected to the starter motor! A quick bit of bodgery and some help from the battery pack saw us on our way again, and after a short period of time the battery was reading 14V again, having previously read 6V! We also have a bit of a leaky master cylinder reservoir where the seals have perished slightly, but tightening a cable tie around it seems to have sorted it temporarily. It hadn't lost a noticable amount of fluid, just enough to look damp around the seals.
The hillclimbs have also brought to our attention just how shite the engine mounts are, so we've order a set of Group N spec ones from TI motorsport, which I will be fitting next week.
Next hillclimb is on the 24th of August at Gurston