I posted for advise a little while ago regarding the handling and braking of my new project. Having received many replies with lots of good info I decided to keep a small log of my progress.
I am currently finishing a season in Switzerland so the car itself is tucked on my sisters drive awaiting my return. The car was 'donated' to me by a very close friend who owned it for over 10 years. It has had a couple of knocks but all were professionally repaired at the time. It has done 94k miles but had a whole head rebuild and cam belt done 25k ago. When I say donated, there was a deal involved. He bought himself a Focus ST as family was imminent and he wanted a four door that was not too drab. He loved his Pug and did not want to see it go for £500 and knew how much I admired the car. He gave it to me on the proviso that I would look after it, maybe upgrade it and take him on a track day or two when it was worthy.
Well, this was 1 week before I left for Switzerland. I hurredly got it through its MOT and have now spent every evening for 5 months researching mods and deciding a plan of attack for the car. I have read most of the project threads on this site and been inspired by many of them. (a bunch of very talented and dedicated individuals !)
I started buying parts and getting them delivered to my sisters ready for me.
1. Ash got in touch and I have purchased a rebuilt rear beam from him with hybrid ARB and solid mounts.
2. Magnex exhaust (full system)
3. Pipercross Viper filter
4. Bilsteins all round with Eibach springs.

Not necessarily the order in which I intended to do this but when you find a bargain, you have to buy it.
When I get home I will do the rear end first. De rust the whole under side fit the new beam and rear shocks. Remove the ABS and re run the lines with a bias valve, service the calipers etc.
When I have a little more cash the front end will get the same treatment, the shocks roller bushes, new arb bushes and drop links etc.
I will probably keep this little thread going as I hope you guys will continue to be as helpful as you have already proved to be.

Oh yeah. it didn't take long for the spending to begin.
I will get some pictures up at the beginning of May when I get home and can actually start doing some work on it.

I am home from Switzerland and have picked the car up from my sisters place. I filled it with all my new and old parts and got it home ready for the work to get started.
I intend to go get my compressor etc and clean up the arches and underside while its all in bits. I have been inspired by the work you guys all do and feel the need to do a 'proper' job. It is after all a '6' and requires the love it deserves, right!
Having bought the beam from Ash with solid mounts and a hybrid beam I decided to track down some 21mm torsion bars. After asking the guy breaking the 306 estate 3 times to check that the bars he had were 21mm I agreed to buy them.

They arrived and are 20mm. Does any one need a set of 20mm torsion bars, you can have em for what I paid for em. £50 delivered !

Anyway, I also bought some Rich W roller bearings from Ash so the front end should be a little tighter too.
I have 1 week before I start work. I wonder if it will get done in time ?

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Thanks.
Its great to hear about the cars getting a doing up. This forum is proving pretty useful and inspiring.
Here the beast at the moment.

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Hopefully the next 100 will be from underneath

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]Very little progress on the car itself recently as work kicked off earlier than expected. It also developed a water pump leak so priorities changed a little.
I have decided to change the water pump and do a cam belt change at the same time. While its all out I am removing the air con and putting in an alloy crank pulley to ensure correct timing.
I have spent a few evenings cleaning the beam and sorting out a few issues with it. I 'rustoleumed' the whole thing and gave it 3 coats of industrial hard black paint, then baked it.
I have also picked up some more parts to fit when I have the time, so the list is now as follows

Pug1off quick shift
Pug1off gear rods
Rallye aux kit
discs and pads
track rod ends
balls joints
hybrid arb
rich w roller bearings
magnex 3" full system ( not convinced I will use it, maybe too loud)
bilstein b4's (as a temporary fix while I save for the variants I really want)
New nickel brake lines throughout with bias valve having removed the ABS and standard compensator.
Oil flush and service.
Alloy crank pulley
Timing belt kit

Work is slow again now so I hope to do all the work at the same time. Is it going to make a difference to the way the car feels? It had better, it feels loose at the moment so all the new bushes and suspension should really tighten it up. New brakes are a good call too.
Looking forward to going for that first spin!

personally, i get proper bottom shock bolts for your beam. or at least turn the bolt around

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So here we go then.
The water pump leak has got to be a problem now so tonight I bit the bullet.
I have all the parts ready so decided that with tomorrow off I would tackle the cam belt change and water pump.

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Bearing in mind I intended to remove all the air con, fit a rallye aux kit and alloy pulley at the same time it seemed easier to remove a few bits to make the job more accessible.

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The bumper has not been fitting too well and there are several little issues that I will be able to deal with while this is in bits. I have some uprated engine mounts coming and will do the top engine mount mod mentioned on the forum while I am at it. I also ran some oil treatment through for 5 mins before dismantling and drained the oil ready for new filter and fresh new golden stuff.

Yeah Mik.
I am really pleased with the overall condition of the body. The paint work is a little sorry for itself but underneath having done the rear beam now I found very little to worry about under there. All the arches are free of rot as are both sills. A very good body indeed. I am considering a respray because of this.
I will post more pictures tonight as I fitted all the new roller bearings, shocks, brakes, beam and removed the aircon and abs last week. All in all it feels lovely to drive now with new shocks solid mounts and bbm engine mounts throughout.

PMSL, Just saw this.
IT WAS ME. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA.
The end.


Car looks tidy mate

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Already done actually.
I fitted solid bottom mount with kam racing hard rubber fork bush and bbm hard rubber gearbox and upper engine mounts.
Makes throttle response clean and gear change silky.
Just can't drive it enough now !