2019 Feb

Freshly refurbished Compomotive CXRs

________________________________________

Cherry Red Rallye Project thread
WhiteBMW M140i

2019 Apr

Re-built my spare Blue Flame exhaust to make sure that it is 2.5” all the way through. It had several points where it was narrowing down closer to 2” (at the joints). Also took the opportunity to build a sports cat from a spare de-cat and Magnaflow core.

For welding used my MIG welder (308 wire and Arg/CO2 mix).

________________________________________

Cherry Red Rallye Project thread
WhiteBMW M140i

After 9 years with my e46 330i – decided to get something a bit fresher for daily driving: 140i

________________________________________

Cherry Red Rallye Project thread
WhiteBMW M140i

Good to see this is still going strong

________________________________________

Team 'unintentional rat look'

Nice update

________________________________________

Goldie the track car.

Even though we have spoke over the years Denis it’s fantastic to see you still have the love for the 306

Fantastic update and speak soon my friend

Glad to see this one still going strong

With the stiffer springs the load transfer happens faster - so the car becomes more responsive, but starts to put a lot more demand on how well other components are chosen. So, by just putting stiff springs at the front - will shift the balance towards understeer until the back is adjusted to match.

A while back, I suggested the following springs/bars to have a good overall balance (based on my observations):

Rear bars Rear stiffer % Front springs

20mm 100% 110lb (i.e. standard)
21mm 122% 150-180lb (i.e. Eibach 7011)
23.5mm 191% 300-350lb (i.e. 306 BTCC)
25mm 244% 450lb

Off the shelf coilovers for 306 normally have springs between 275lb and 350lb.
Faulkners springs are inexpensive and readily available - worth trying out.

Also, I found that with a stiff setup - car's operating window is much narrower, so you have to keep on top of tyre pressures, camber etc. Makes it tricky to drive in changeable conditions.

________________________________________

Cherry Red Rallye Project thread
WhiteBMW M140i

Summer 2020

Even though the car looked good in the pictures, up close most of the panels had issues and the lacquer started to lift on the roof. Plus, usual rust issues meant that I decided to tidy up the shell. However, there was no space in the garage for all the parts that needed to come off the car.
So, decision was to re-arrange the garden and put in a 16x8 storage shed.

After a bit of market research: all the usual sheds were badly made and expensive for what you get. Solution was to design and build my own.











Shed – some self-assembly required

________________________________________

Cherry Red Rallye Project thread
WhiteBMW M140i

Garage ready for work on the car to start

________________________________________

Cherry Red Rallye Project thread
WhiteBMW M140i

So much better to have inside space to work on the car. mine got ruined being sat on a damp drive for 6 year while we did up the last house. Bodywork on mine isnt good now and had to do a fair bit of welding on it with more to do at a later date.

Since moving and having proper garage space, I've actually enjoyed working on the car again and getting back out on the trackdays etc. Such a difference not having to depend on weather and "pack up" tools etc half way through jobs.

Be good to see how you keep getting on with this one fella

________________________________________

My 306 Rallye Project Thread

Few recent Youtube track videos, more on my channel
Pair of Rallye's doing a few laps of Anglesey


Lap of Anglesey Coastal

3 sisters circuit

Few laps at Blyton

Fantastic Denis

Did you get the rear dampers sorted out in the end ?