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[mini_mad69]

Naaa it's a sunroof model. Leather interior on it aswell. Not excactly going to be a rally car.


Will you be upgrading the brakes on yours?

[samsfern]

my boss rallys an axgt, which if im right is pretty similar to a 106, we had a few problems with the rear handbrake, so uprated it to 306 rear brakes

[mini93]

ahh the leather interors sell quite well apparently...kinda unlucky i havent got it myself..would be able to pay for at least 1 seat haha

hmm to be honest, not quite sure if they are similar to the Ax's dont know anything about the AX's lol iv seen some of the lower spec share rear beams i think it was so it may well be correct.

the rear callipers on the GTI are disk obviosly, will probably keep them as they are, some better friction pads obviously

up front...not sure, my friend from temple rally sports just got a new contract with a brake supplier so it may well mean i will lol

it will most likely change brake spec depending weather im doing tarmac of gravle rallies, you want mahoosive breaks for tarmac...but will mean i need at least 15 inch wheels to fit it all under

[mini_matt_106]

my first car was a 106 a love the phase1 106's and the rallye's are my fave! I always wanted to get a white one! lower front strut braces do a load more than the top ones apparently, stiffen that shell up lovely.
I've had a 106 and my gf had a saxo and they both ended up with the same rust hole to the right hand corner of the boot you should look out for. rusts through from the wheel arch to thhe boot so make sure you check that

[mini93]

just arranging getting a new ehxuast for the car, a peugeot sport twin box system and the back box is has a 2 inch outwardly rolled tip its off an old rally car so its not brand spankin new, it used to be on a cup car and one of my friend from TRS's customers so im getting a bit of a bargin, the chap was wanting to sell it for £170 odde so yay

now iv gotta get a 4 brand fanimold then ill have my exhaust syetm sorted and best of all, no horrible knocking and blowing every time my car moves!!


only thing left i need to sort before actualy get on and buy additional stuff ie seats harnesses etc is my horrible knocking rear beam.
my friends friend is braking a saxo VTS and iv shot gunned the rear beam for £120, its been lowered previously and had a rebuild when that was done, trust the guy so assume it was lowered the correct way and will be in good condition.

possibly getting the front coil overs from the saxo too but it will be stretching the budget some what so im not so sure there.

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

now iv gotta get a 4 brand fanimold then ill have my exhaust syetm sorted and best of all, no horrible knocking and blowing every time my car moves!!

My brothers pug does both of those

Sounds good matey

[mini93]

the knocks from the rubbishy system the previous owner fitted, ah well blowing because well, its just rubbishy!

[JordanRaisbeck]

thats lovely mm8, ive got a 106 s2 but a 1.1 haha, getting it lowered soon and need an exhaust as myn has gone! love your gti tho!

[t@z]

get white steelies...this is my old one until the head cracked so broke it as was to much effort.

[mini93]

the problem with the exhuast is internal rubbish!! so embarrasing and its like blowing in 3 places.

just in the process of buying a new exhaust system tho
peugeot sport 3 inch inward rolled, i wanted the 2 inch outward rolled but im getting this 2nd hand so saving money. one of the newer types with a dummy cat fitted in the mid section.
Also getting a raceland 4 branch manifold.

so yep, both 2nd hand and only done 23 miles too
saving like £100 overall for something hardly used

happy because soon my exhaust wont be horribly blowing and knocking everywhere woop woop!

and at the same time im also getting the rear beam sorted, getting some front coil overs and a rear beam for £200, barg' and that should stop the nasty knocking from the rear and also ill be able to corner propperly yay!

[G-baby158]

get white steelies...this is my old one until the head cracked so broke it as was to much effort.

This was on eBay at one point wasn't it? I was watching it.

[mini93]

well i got the exhuast and manifold fitted on friday yay



and of course, the mandatory tail pipe picture lol



much better size than the old system, it no longer makes horrible rattling noises which im glad about too...sounds alright too haha

also had to change silly aux belt as that was embarrassing and squeeking.

next thing on the list is to fix the knocking rear beam



rear beam from a friend, should be in decent condition too so yay! hopefully can do that either next week or week after.

and just to match the height from to rear got these from the same guy



and after that should be all rattle and problem free and i can start with the actual work!

[mini_mad69]

looking good, do you think it might have been cheaper to buy one in better mechanical condition? When does the rally preperation start?




Ben

[mini93]

actualy no i dont think it would have been better because non sunroof models are fairly rare as it is and i wanted it black anyways so when i bought this for £800 it wasnt that bad
the beam wasnt expensive £200 for the beam and coilovers.

the exhaust system is full peugeot sport thing which ill have on when i rally it along with the manifold.

the rally prepping isnt going to start in full for quite a while, just due to me being a student and not affording it, if i can get a placement next year then ill do then but the cage is like £700 and the seats and harnesses are expensive too then of course theres alot of little bits, the seam welding takes quite a while to do so it would have to come off the road for a few weeks which isnt exactly convenient

[mini_mad69]

the beam wasnt expensive £200 for the beam and coilovers.

Oh, I was expecting those to be quite a bit more.


It's looking good, is this your everyday car at the moment then?