it only took 18 months but the car is now on the ground and off the axle stands




don't get too excited though as its only on the floor so i can tidy the garage and get the rear up in the air to sort the fuel lines and swirl pot under the boot floor.

the gearstick is now in fully working order. had to replace the skip brown gear selector with a genuine pug one (cheers kev ) as the shift between gears with both fitted was just stupidly short. also fitted my hydraulic handbrake with homemade extended handle, think that will do the job!



had to get some new ap racing bell to rotor bolts as the first lot i bought were just too small



then had to run around like an idiot trying to find my e-sockets to fit the things. why i didn't go straight to my tool box i don't know that was 30 mins wasted




if you are wondering why i have got marker pen drawings all over the rotor bell well i seem to have misplaced one of them and that is my spare which i use for measurements. need to get them all hard anodized at some point.

put some new bleed nipples on the 6 pots and then then put them on the car








the balljoint clearance with the rotor does look a bit tight in the last picture but its a bit misleading and is fine. also need to get hold of some proper balljoint and hub bolts, again i seem to have lost the ones i had

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306 2.1 S16 Tarmac Rally Car
Project thread: http://www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=143956

not as big of an update as i would of liked i'm afraid as i lost two days sorting out the HDi for its MOT. Just passed the handbrake test by 1% they are bloody useless things! Both garages have now been clean and all the shelves and parts i had lying about have been moved next door so i have plenty of spare to move around the car, it looks alot better now

took a shot of the front camber, pretty sure thats the max possible with the top mounts i have fitted



the rear has now been lifted so i can sort out the swirl pot, bosch 044 fuel pump and the extra fuel lines. suppose i had better have ago at fitting the fox dampers too while i'm under there




i'm currently trying to sort out the fuel bulkhead fittings, never liked the idea of ramming four fuel lines between the gap in the tank so will be doing it another way. i have found a nice space to fit them but the cordless drill i have is a load of w**k managed to get one of the four holes i need to drill done




the second picture is how its going to be fitted, the battery on my phone went before i could take a picture underneath the car but it clears everything quite nicely. just got to decide which swirl pot i am using and where on the boot floor its going

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306 2.1 S16 Tarmac Rally Car
Project thread: http://www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=143956

still need to adjust the rods so can't give you a proper answer yet. fordygti who i got it from said it was one of the favorite bits of his car. i will report back once i have given it a proper run.

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306 2.1 S16 Tarmac Rally Car
Project thread: http://www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=143956

it was a custom made jobbie:

http://www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=145487

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306 2.1 S16 Tarmac Rally Car
Project thread: http://www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=143956

batteries for the drill were recharged and i drilled the other hole need for my bulkhead fittings, as you can see there is plenty of clearance so i am happy with the result.





thats the tank to swirl pot fittings sorted, need to drill the other side now for the swirl pot to engine bay lines. going to drop the fuel tank tomorrow to make things a bit easier.

moved onto sorting the bias valve. i decided to drill the gearstick housing and bolt it to that like the previous owner of the stick had done. a quick search through my random box of brake lines and i found something that will do the job between the valve and the handbrake m/c. very happy with how it all turned out as its been bugging me for months.




stuck my head back underneath the boot floor to reassess the swirl pot placing, the masking tape is where the back box heat shield covers



as Mei mentioned on the 205 forum i could do with having the pot positioned as far forward as possible, so it looks that this is my target area



to be continued tomorrow....

in other news i have just bought a set of 17" Pro Race 3 alloys so i am going to have a go at fitting these in them

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306 2.1 S16 Tarmac Rally Car
Project thread: http://www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=143956

Been watching this over last week or so with interest, got to love a PH1 Sigma.
Btw, the Pro Race 3's look great;-)

I have heard about those Fox dampers since I have been on the forum (about 5 or so years) and this is the first time I have seen them fitted to a car

Well done Sir

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

Hey, those dampers have been fitted to a car before.

They've never been used, but they've been fitted
They're probably seized from being stood so long

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This is turning out to be one hell, of a project!!!! Well done keep the good work up

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i did get the buffers i do plan on using them with the canisters at some point.

if you could give me a shout when any upgrades are available that would be super!

i will get more blue-tac in

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306 2.1 S16 Tarmac Rally Car
Project thread: http://www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=143956

sounds good Phillip keep me informed please

fuel lines and battery cable are still not secured as the p-clips still haven't arrived in the post that meant i had to tackle other jobs on the car, namely the roof vent and wiring.




vent is now bolted down and sealed to make it watertight. need to give the front bolts a clean and tidy up the stray bits of sealant once its set. doesn't look too bad from a distance

that just leaves me with this wonderful job for the rest of the day




i'm back at work tomorrow so hopefully by my next day off the p-clips and refurbed rear calipers i have ordered arrive and i can get the rear back on the ground

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306 2.1 S16 Tarmac Rally Car
Project thread: http://www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=143956

the p-clips finally arrived so i went down the garage on Tuesday to fasten down the interior fuel lines and make a start on the battery cable.






the rear calipers i ordered also arrived, they look very good for the money



fitted the new discs, pads and calipers and put the alloys back on



then i remembered this problem



as i am running negative camber arms there doesn't seem to be much clearance between the tyres and bodywork. Andy pointed this out to me when he built and fitted my beam but i had forgotten all about it

as i know a pro race 1.2 is slightly wider then the 2's i have on the car i thought i had better take one of my spares down to give it a try...




these are all taken with the back of the car in the air so once the car is dropped back down any clearance will be non-existent guess i will have to have a look for some spacers

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306 2.1 S16 Tarmac Rally Car
Project thread: http://www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=143956