The story began in the long 1998 when my father bought his 205 GTi and I was the one to fix it. I was always in to cars; I would say more in to what makes them work than driving! With the 205 I have learned a lot about Peugeots, so when it came to buying my first car � I bought a 405 as I knew how to fix it. After saving some money I started to look for a nice 205 GTi, but just could not see anything that I liked at the time. So I thought: why not have a look at 306 GTi and Rallye? After a few years of Peugeots, I knew that the less stuff they had � the less there was to break! Rallye was the natural choice!
So in June 2004 I have acquired my Rallye � completely standard with just 35k miles on the clock
Things were kind of quiet for a while, until autumn of 2006 when I split with my girlfriend at the time and suddenly found the presence of free time and some disposable income. After reading on this forum how wonderful track days were, I decided to give it ago and went to Snetterton for a track driving course. I had a great time, understood that I can�t drive and had a lot to learn! So it was a new challenge: learn to drive on a race track and figure out how to make the car a bit more suitable for it
The result been what we have now:
Engine
- Kent PT81 cams
- Pocketed pistons
- Re-mapped standard ECU
- Homemade induction kit
- Lightened flywheel
- Blue Flame exhaust with Magnex decat
Suspension
- BAD dual spring 3-Way adjustable coilovers, 650lb main springs
- My own design solid top mounts with 2deg of extra castor and 1-4deg of adjustable camber
- Roller bearing wishbone bushes
- BAD 3-Way adjustable rear dampers
- 25mm torsion bars
- 30mm antiroll bar
- Solid rear beam mounts
- Negative camber trailing arms
Brakes
- AP Racing 295mm fronts with Carbotech XP10 pads
- Standard rear
Transmission
- KAAZ LSD diff
- Push type MI16 clutch
Wheels
- Various 15x7 with Slicks / Semi Slicks / Wets / Road tyres
Interior
- SD 6 point cage with extra mounts for A & B pillars
- Bucket seats with harnesses
I�ll update the tread as I have time and try to summarise the slow transformation of my car and the things that I learned in the process.
Denis
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