Nothing as interesting as a supercharger kit, but some of you may have read my into when I joined about my plans for my DT.

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Going from driving a tuned Cupra R to a standard 306 DT on economy tyres was an interesting experience to say the least. In an attempt to drive something that is cheap and fun as a daily I decided to try and make it handle like a friends 6 used to I drove. Firstly I bought the full suspension from a Xsara VTS inc the brakes and the rear beam all with a 30mm lowering kit on it already. I've only had the 306 2 months and I've done 5400 miles in it and about to do another 800 this weekend so I haven't had much of a chance to fit it yet, however all going well should get started on it in about a week. I know I need the master cylinder to make the brakes feel the same and I need different handbrake cables. Only having worked on friends DTurbos before and never really taken GTi6/VTSs apart not too sure of any other differences so anyone wants to point out my mistakes and ignorance then please do!

Also going to do the Bosch conversion so i can use SVO (straight veg oil = cheap!) and then screw tune it to approx 120/130bhp. (I hope )

Last thing is to make it look more attractive, so last night I went and bought a PH3 GTI6 bumper with crystal fogs. Looking for the bump strips for the doors (3 door) and a rear bumper all in Diablo if anyone has them. Oh. And I'd like some nice wheels too... Maybe some Cyclones or Nimrods?

Below is how it looks now.

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Team 355mm™

Team: Breaking 306s, ask for anything you need!

Team: Looks like a 6, stops like a 6, corners like a 6... But doesn't go like a 6.

Xsara struts and 283mm brakes

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Team 355mm™

Team: Breaking 306s, ask for anything you need!

Team: Looks like a 6, stops like a 6, corners like a 6... But doesn't go like a 6.

Yeah, I wanted something cheap as my cupra was getting ruined driving it everyday. Someone hit it with a Cricket bat where I used to live because I parked it on the street and that was the final straw. The fuel is now costing me about

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Team 355mm™

Team: Breaking 306s, ask for anything you need!

Team: Looks like a 6, stops like a 6, corners like a 6... But doesn't go like a 6.

I thought the Xsara struts were different in some way? If you check part numbers on the same product you'll find them to be different anyway. Same goes for wishbones although i suspect your net using them anyway.

Not meaning to p*ss on your fire mind as I might be wrong

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My old man wrote me a letter from prison once. It said if you don't want to end up in here, stay away from crime, women and drugs. Trouble is, that don't leave you much else to do, does it?

Yeah however the initial purchase cost is much more and also tuning it cannot just be done with a 2.5mm alen key and an 8mm socket. And.. They aren't so easy to run on SVO.. My mum's HDi is shite on fuel funnily enough, gets about 40 mpg and she drives like.. Well. a 61 year old.

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Team 355mm™

Team: Breaking 306s, ask for anything you need!

Team: Looks like a 6, stops like a 6, corners like a 6... But doesn't go like a 6.

Small update, but still. Got the PH3 GTi bumper on it today. Already looks much better. Should be doing the suspension in the next week. Will see how much difference it makes...

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Team 355mm™

Team: Breaking 306s, ask for anything you need!

Team: Looks like a 6, stops like a 6, corners like a 6... But doesn't go like a 6.