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 daveyboy
aka Jim Davey  Location: Southampton Registered: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 8,648 Status: Offline |
Post #51
Safety first!  ________________________________________ R H Davey Welding Supplies. I sell new and used welding equipment in the Hampshire area. I take on welding jobs in the evenings, ally casting repairs are one of my specialities but I can weld pretty much anything. PM me with your requirements.Some of my services: (See my for sale threads) Engine mount/chassis repair Solid Beam Mounts BACK IN PRODUCTION Harness bars |
 Posted 18th Jan 2009 at 01:03
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daveyboy
aka Jim Davey Location: Southampton Registered: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 8,648 Status: Offline |
Post #52
Finally, I got around to finishing off my set of solid rear beam mounts that I started making 6 months ago! The plan is to hit the rear beam and get my 21mm bars, 30mm ARB in and back on the car over the weekend, I have a 31mm drill bit and a machinist on standby for Saturday so fingers crossed everything will go according to plan.    ________________________________________ R H Davey Welding Supplies. I sell new and used welding equipment in the Hampshire area. I take on welding jobs in the evenings, ally casting repairs are one of my specialities but I can weld pretty much anything. PM me with your requirements.Some of my services: (See my for sale threads) Engine mount/chassis repair Solid Beam Mounts BACK IN PRODUCTION Harness bars |
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Posted 20th Jan 2009 at 22:41
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chris with a pug
Seasoned Pro  Location: Southampton Registered: 16 Feb 2003 Posts: 5,366 Status: Offline |
Post #53
I am not around this weekend I am afraid |
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Posted 20th Jan 2009 at 14:00
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fletch
Track Head  Location: The nearest Shell garage Registered: 12 Jun 2004 Posts: 12,273 Status: Offline |
Post #54
daveyboy wrote: Finally, I got around to finishing off my set of solid rear beam mounts that I started making 6 months ago! The plan is to hit the rear beam and get my 21mm bars, 30mm ARB in and back on the car over the weekend, I have a 31mm drill bit and a machinist on standby for Saturday so fingers crossed everything will go according to plan. Excellent. Fancy doing mine Dave too |
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Posted 20th Jan 2009 at 14:36
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rich_w
Seasoned Pro  Location: Havant, Hampshire Registered: 29 Jul 2004 Posts: 5,412 Status: Offline |
Post #55
daveyboy wrote: The plan is to hit the rear beam and get my 21mm bars, 30mm ARB in and back on the car over the weekend, I have a 31mm drill bit and a machinist on standby for Saturday so fingers crossed everything will go according to plan. You going to try and drill them out yourself Jim? You need to press the pins out the trailing arms and do it in a lathe  One of the pins has a hole about 29mm through, so this one isn't too bad, but the other only has a 26mm hole through, so there's a lot more material to remove. Even in a lathe it has to be 'nibbled at' very slowly.  ________________________________________ Contact Details:rich@lynxpowerengineering.co.uk 07732 822546 |
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Posted 20th Jan 2009 at 16:30
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chris with a pug
Seasoned Pro Location: Southampton Registered: 16 Feb 2003 Posts: 5,366 Status: Offline |
Post #56
Jim has a press and his Machinist has a lathe |
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Posted 20th Jan 2009 at 22:08
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daveyboy
aka Jim Davey Location: Southampton Registered: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 8,648 Status: Offline |
Post #57
fletch wrote: daveyboy wrote: Finally, I got around to finishing off my set of solid rear beam mounts that I started making 6 months ago! The plan is to hit the rear beam and get my 21mm bars, 30mm ARB in and back on the car over the weekend, I have a 31mm drill bit and a machinist on standby for Saturday so fingers crossed everything will go according to plan. Excellent. Fancy doing mine Dave too Ask me on Monday ________________________________________ R H Davey Welding Supplies. I sell new and used welding equipment in the Hampshire area. I take on welding jobs in the evenings, ally casting repairs are one of my specialities but I can weld pretty much anything. PM me with your requirements.Some of my services: (See my for sale threads) Engine mount/chassis repair Solid Beam Mounts BACK IN PRODUCTION Harness bars |
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Posted 20th Jan 2009 at 22:40
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daveyboy
aka Jim Davey Location: Southampton Registered: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 8,648 Status: Offline |
Post #58
Awesome progress was made today, a big fry-up got us (Me and Chris) set up for the day, cracked into it at about 10am and by lunchtime the beam was off and stripped. At that point I went off to use a friends lathe to bore out my shafts to 31mm leaving Chris to pop in my new rear beam bearings etc. Once that was all done and the splines had been thouroughly cleaned and coper-slipped we were ready to get it back on the car. A small hiccup occurred when I realised I had made a bit of a balls-up with my solid rear beam mounts (welded one of the brackets on backwards (as they are an odd shape that was not immediately obvious!) However a bit of a seeing to with a cutting disk and the welder soon had that sorted.  Once on the rear setup went back together fairly smoothly, as the rear torsion bars were uprated at the same time from 20mm up to21mm the sag on the suspension would obvioiusly be less so we took a guess and raised the trailing arm by 10mm a side before pushing the slined ends of the bars in. As it turns out we were out by about 10mm as it sits higher at the rear by that ammount. Hovever it may bed in a little once the bars have been under load for a while and as I have a cage to fit and a battery to relocate to the boot I think it will end up near enough spot on anyway. So, how does it drive? Well in a word different. Bearing in mind I now have a bit of a mishmash of suspension parts (standard dampers all round and Eibach 30mm lowering springs on the front)its pretty good. I think the front springs now deffinitely need tobe uprated as the car settles into a three wheeld stance much more readily now and kind of rocks back and forth as it goes round the bend, loads of grip but a little unsettling for the driver and passenger! I think a combination of a stiffer damper and spring setup at the front will return the flat stable cornering that I'm ased to. Deffinitely progress though and I'm well happy with the way this is coming along.  Once again, huge thanks to Chris for helping me out all day and half the night and for putting up with my generally crabby nature!  ________________________________________ R H Davey Welding Supplies. I sell new and used welding equipment in the Hampshire area. I take on welding jobs in the evenings, ally casting repairs are one of my specialities but I can weld pretty much anything. PM me with your requirements.Some of my services: (See my for sale threads) Engine mount/chassis repair Solid Beam Mounts BACK IN PRODUCTION Harness bars |
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Posted 25th Jan 2009 at 04:58
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daveyboy
aka Jim Davey Location: Southampton Registered: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 8,648 Status: Offline |
Post #59
rich_w wrote: You going to try and drill them out yourself Jim? You need to press the pins out the trailing arms and do it in a lathe One of the pins has a hole about 29mm through, so this one isn't too bad, but the other only has a 26mm hole through, so there's a lot more material to remove. Even in a lathe it has to be 'nibbled at' very slowly. Yes, I did use a drill but I but the drill in the tail-stock of the lathe and the spindle in the lathe chuck, centred it all op then just bored it out with plenty of cutting paste. I had to go in as far as I could from one side then flip the the spindle round and attack it from the other end as the drill bit was'nt long enough to do it from one side. Easy enough though and as it was my first go on a lathe I was pleased with the result ________________________________________ R H Davey Welding Supplies. I sell new and used welding equipment in the Hampshire area. I take on welding jobs in the evenings, ally casting repairs are one of my specialities but I can weld pretty much anything. PM me with your requirements.Some of my services: (See my for sale threads) Engine mount/chassis repair Solid Beam Mounts BACK IN PRODUCTION Harness bars |
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Posted 25th Jan 2009 at 04:36
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chris with a pug
Seasoned Pro Location: Southampton Registered: 16 Feb 2003 Posts: 5,366 Status: Offline |
Post #60
daveyboy wrote: Finally, I got around to finishing off my set of solid rear beam mounts that I started making 6 months ago! The plan is to hit the rear beam and get my 21mm bars, 30mm ARB in and back on the car over the weekend, I have a 31mm drill bit and a machinist on standby for Saturday so fingers crossed everything will go according to plan. Just spotted they are welded on the wrong way round  |
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Posted 25th Jan 2009 at 17:48
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daveyboy
aka Jim Davey Location: Southampton Registered: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 8,648 Status: Offline |
Post #61
Thankyou Chris, set fire to your car lately? ________________________________________ R H Davey Welding Supplies. I sell new and used welding equipment in the Hampshire area. I take on welding jobs in the evenings, ally casting repairs are one of my specialities but I can weld pretty much anything. PM me with your requirements.Some of my services: (See my for sale threads) Engine mount/chassis repair Solid Beam Mounts BACK IN PRODUCTION Harness bars |
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Posted 26th Jan 2009 at 01:52
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chris with a pug
Seasoned Pro Location: Southampton Registered: 16 Feb 2003 Posts: 5,366 Status: Offline |
Post #62
Not lately!!!Not the first time you fitted sometihng the wrong way round either is it young James |
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Posted 26th Jan 2009 at 18:38
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daveyboy
aka Jim Davey Location: Southampton Registered: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 8,648 Status: Offline |
Post #63
I don't like to think of it in terms of right and wrong, more 'different' if you ask me. ________________________________________ R H Davey Welding Supplies. I sell new and used welding equipment in the Hampshire area. I take on welding jobs in the evenings, ally casting repairs are one of my specialities but I can weld pretty much anything. PM me with your requirements.Some of my services: (See my for sale threads) Engine mount/chassis repair Solid Beam Mounts BACK IN PRODUCTION Harness bars |
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Posted 28th Jan 2009 at 00:09
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dunc
Junior User  Location: Dundee Registered: 25 Jan 2009 Posts: 93 Status: Offline |
Post #64
miles wrote: as A good time around the ring is a shade over 8mins In what?  Dunc. ________________________________________ 205gti, e34, Radical. |
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Posted 29th Jan 2009 at 03:45
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daveyboy
aka Jim Davey Location: Southampton Registered: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 8,648 Status: Offline |
Post #65
Read the rest of the thread Dunc  ________________________________________ R H Davey Welding Supplies. I sell new and used welding equipment in the Hampshire area. I take on welding jobs in the evenings, ally casting repairs are one of my specialities but I can weld pretty much anything. PM me with your requirements.Some of my services: (See my for sale threads) Engine mount/chassis repair Solid Beam Mounts BACK IN PRODUCTION Harness bars |
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Posted 29th Jan 2009 at 05:00
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trackman
Senior User  Location: Selby Registered: 01 Aug 2006 Posts: 562 Status: Offline |
Post #66
I'm not one to talk lap times but anyone who says they can manage 8min in a standard engine 306 at the ring is not telling the truth. I would say 8:20________________________________________ Matt - 07771 824890 |
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Posted 29th Jan 2009 at 06:15
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dunc
Junior User Location: Dundee Registered: 25 Jan 2009 Posts: 93 Status: Offline |
Post #67
miles wrote: Well I have worked there for 4 months a few yr's ago, abit we only did the track between 8 & 9 in the morning but we used the full track and not the public entrance which is allot better. I have got rusty since thou so I;d but myself around CRF's time. I even did 9 mins in my CTi without any problems and thats a std 1.9 205 Read it again and still can't find reference to what car did it in a shade over 8mins. Only this which suggests a 205gti did it in 9mins? Also can't work out if he's talking about a full lap or BTG with what sounds like a run up from the main straight? Sorry if I'm reading it wrong or missing something, I also don't know what a CTi is? Dunc. ________________________________________ 205gti, e34, Radical. |
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Posted 30th Jan 2009 at 02:32
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dunc
Junior User Location: Dundee Registered: 25 Jan 2009 Posts: 93 Status: Offline |
Post #68
Also here's a reasonable list of times for reference, just take a look at where your think your 306 stands with this time if you want a time to chase (not entirely recommended for first time out):-6:55 Radical SR8 - Driven By: Michael Vergers 7:12 Radical SR3 Turbo - Driven By: Phil Bennett 7:18 Donkervoort D8 RS - Driven By: Michael D√ ________________________________________ 205gti, e34, Radical. |
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Posted 30th Jan 2009 at 02:32
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daveyboy
aka Jim Davey Location: Southampton Registered: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 8,648 Status: Offline |
Post #69
Looks like someone is forgetting about the main straight. That has to be twenty to thirty seconds in a 6. ________________________________________ R H Davey Welding Supplies. I sell new and used welding equipment in the Hampshire area. I take on welding jobs in the evenings, ally casting repairs are one of my specialities but I can weld pretty much anything. PM me with your requirements.Some of my services: (See my for sale threads) Engine mount/chassis repair Solid Beam Mounts BACK IN PRODUCTION Harness bars |
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Posted 30th Jan 2009 at 03:44
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dunc
Junior User Location: Dundee Registered: 25 Jan 2009 Posts: 93 Status: Offline |
Post #70
I'm completely lost now! I'd say a full lap in a std 306Gti/rallye would be around 9+ mins. Just under 9 with track tyres.Dunc. ________________________________________ 205gti, e34, Radical. |
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Posted 30th Jan 2009 at 04:32
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trackman
Senior User Location: Selby Registered: 01 Aug 2006 Posts: 562 Status: Offline |
Post #71
Sorry my statement above was referring to 'Bridge to Gantry'________________________________________ Matt - 07771 824890 |
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Posted 30th Jan 2009 at 04:34
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dunc
Junior User Location: Dundee Registered: 25 Jan 2009 Posts: 93 Status: Offline |
Post #72
Not confused with you trackman, just everything else as usual!Dunc :________________________________________ 205gti, e34, Radical. |
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Posted 30th Jan 2009 at 05:35
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daveyboy
aka Jim Davey Location: Southampton Registered: 01 Oct 2007 Posts: 8,648 Status: Offline |
Post #73
By the sounds of it I'll be lucky if I get round in under ten minutes! ________________________________________ R H Davey Welding Supplies. I sell new and used welding equipment in the Hampshire area. I take on welding jobs in the evenings, ally casting repairs are one of my specialities but I can weld pretty much anything. PM me with your requirements.Some of my services: (See my for sale threads) Engine mount/chassis repair Solid Beam Mounts BACK IN PRODUCTION Harness bars |
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Posted 30th Jan 2009 at 05:52
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dunc
Junior User Location: Dundee Registered: 25 Jan 2009 Posts: 93 Status: Offline |
Post #74
Enjoy the track (it's awesome) and the car and see how you get on You'll be wanting to go back the second you get home, there's nothing quite like it. Sure you'll have a magic trip, have fun Dunc. ________________________________________ 205gti, e34, Radical. |
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Posted 30th Jan 2009 at 12:59
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rikky
🦔 Location: cheshire Registered: 28 Feb 2004 Posts: 26,796 Status: Offline |
Post #75
what times has pete pulled around the 'ring? or martin [crf]?________________________________________ 306 rallye reproduction decals (full sets/individual decals) | 306 b-pillar textured vinyl weatherstrips306 slam panel esso stickers | 306 yellow / orange / pension fund red side door badges gti6 inlet manifold badges | 306 rear boot badges (p2/p3) winner of Extraction of toys from prams with outstanding vigour award 2009 [source: gti6 owners club] |
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Posted 30th Jan 2009 at 14:59
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