dixon
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As it started off life as a gti-6 and is still a 306 (albeit now a 1.8) and I read through the forum regularly and enjoy theses type of threads I thought you guys might have an interest in following my race car build.I’ve decided to start racing properly now so the track day 205 has gone, being replaced with a newer eligible car.
I will be competing in the Castle Combe Saloon Car Championship in 2008. Class C (1400 – 1800cc)
After going through the feasibilities and costs of many cars I narrowed my choice down to a 1.8 16v Peugeot 306 XS.
But finding the model spec I wanted with a decent shell etc wasn’t so easy!
But just at the right time a white 3 door non sunroof 306 gti-6 came up for sale. As it’ll be stripped right back to the shell and all new stuff including engine will be going in anyway, the model difference wasn’t a problem.
So a bank holiday trip down to the tip of Cornwall armed with a tent to pick it up. (The other half took some convincing that this was a great idea though!)
After a couple of weeks stored on my parents drive (Thanks!) while I cleared room on my drive for yet another pug I parked it up and started attacking it.
Out came the engine first. Which has gone to a good home in a friends 205 (Spikey).
Then I stripped out everything that isn’t vitally essential; ABS, Air conditioning, Power steering etc. And some other heavy bits that will be replaced with smaller/lighter equivalents.
Then gave it a good clean and shine up.
In the mean time I did some shopping, in the form of some throttle bodies, engine management, bucket seats and snap off steering wheel.
(Thanks Sam)
Then stripped the inside and dash out completely.
Unfortunately in the 306 the sound deadening in the foot wells are a solid ‘tar like’ substance stuck to the floor rather than insulation in the 205 that could just be lifted out.
It started looking like this…
I tried cutting it, peeling it, scrubbing it but no luck so had to melt it with a hot air gun and scrape it out.
And I chose one of the warmest day’s we’ve had for a while to do it! That was warm in there! Lol
This left me with a sticky mess on the floor. So got a rag covered in petrol and got scrubbing.
This brought it up quite well in the end.
It doesn’t look much but when I bagged it all up after and put it on the scales it came to just over 6kgs!!
All gutted and empty I then took the car down to Colin Satchel who is fitting the cage for me and sorting out the suspension and a few other goodies at the moment.
Some early pics of the cage going in:
Sorting the ride height:
Tasty new gear stick
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Solid engine mounts:
In the mean time Sandy has started building up the engine for me.
A rough guide to the spec is:
XU7J4 Alloy block engine
Custom steel rods
Custom forged pistons
Shillaber head
JRE bespoke cam profiles
Solid lifters/double valve springs etc
Sandy Brown/Colin Satchell TB set up (twin injectors)
Custom 4-2-1 exhaust manifold to match JRE cams
Some pics of the bits bought so far:
Head…
Rods…
Cams…
Bodies…
I think that covers it all up to now, the suspension is currently being finished ready for me to pick up the rolling shell with dummy engine fitted next week to bring home and carry on with my bits. Spraying, brakes, dash, doors and other interior stuff etc. Then will hopefully be off to maniflow to have a custom manifold made and then back to Cornwall to fit and map the engine when Sandy has finished building it.
Hope you enjoyed the read, I’ll keep it as up to date as possible as it progresses.
Posted 22nd Nov 2007 at 22:52
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keep us posted
