Peugeot 205 Saloon Libre - RWD Space-Frame Silhouette Racer

Peugeot 205 Saloon Libre - RWD Space-Frame Silhouette Racer

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CamMoreRon

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1,237 posts

124 months

Wednesday 20th November 2013
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I think I'll make this the final post of today! After a lot of saving pennies I placed my gearbox order, then after a bit of a wait for it to be built up I got a present. biggrin



It's a Drenth DG-400, which is a 6-speed sequential dog box - and quite a nice one at that! It's T9 fitment so is ideal for mating to the Duratec, and has custom ratios to suit my application. I also went for a strain-guaged flat shift lever and Geartronics control system. I had wanted to go paddle-shift but it was just a bit too expensive and I needed to draw a line somewhere.







I think that takes things up to about May this year, so there's still a fair bit to follow. Thanks for reading so far! smile

L9 ACP

187 posts

193 months

Wednesday 20th November 2013
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Impressive build, look forward to more updates

Chunkychucky

5,942 posts

168 months

Wednesday 20th November 2013
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Awesome effort OP, can't wait to see more progress updates! cool

GC8

19,910 posts

189 months

Wednesday 20th November 2013
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From the fifth picture, I knew that this was a very serious thread... biggrin

dom9

8,040 posts

208 months

Wednesday 20th November 2013
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I remember following this on another forum (205gtidrivers, maybe)!

Good luck with it and glad to see it is still going!

Will be following with interest smile

Altrezia

8,517 posts

210 months

Wednesday 20th November 2013
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Wow. what an amazing thread!

Makes my welding look awful. Thanks.

Caddyshack

10,605 posts

205 months

Wednesday 20th November 2013
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Such a cool build, would be better with t16 body kit but would add unnecessary weight and aero drag I suppose.

Nice skills.

Le Mans Visitor

1,119 posts

201 months

Wednesday 20th November 2013
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Nice Project

Bookmarked.

spaceship

867 posts

174 months

Wednesday 20th November 2013
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Awesome.

StoatInACoat

1,352 posts

184 months

Wednesday 20th November 2013
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How cool. More please!

angry jock

1,005 posts

198 months

Wednesday 20th November 2013
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Awesome stuff bow
Bookmarked and looking forward to the updates thumbup

P I Staker

3,308 posts

155 months

Wednesday 20th November 2013
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I'm very jealous of your welding ability OP. Cool build, looking forward to see what you come up with.

ThrottleBod

258 posts

148 months

Wednesday 20th November 2013
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Awesome, if I was wearing a hat I'd take it off to you.

LaurasOtherHalf

21,429 posts

195 months

Wednesday 20th November 2013
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clap fantastic

ReaderScars

6,087 posts

175 months

Thursday 21st November 2013
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P I Staker said:
looking forward to see what you come up with.
Already well documented on a certain specialist French hatchback website...;)

Sf_Manta

2,188 posts

190 months

Thursday 21st November 2013
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Holy cow, Cam, wouldn't have been at UH for 2010?
If so did you sell the Rallye?
I'm guessing if you're whom I think you are, then this will be epic. Looking forwards to seeing how this progresses thumbup

CamMoreRon

Original Poster:

1,237 posts

124 months

Thursday 21st November 2013
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Haha yes I was at UH in 2010.. on the FS team. thumbup

GC8 - Red motorsport spirit levels are available from all good Screwfix stores, if you're interested. biggrin

Caddyshack - I had originally planned to do a T16 / Dimma kit, but I didn't want people to think it was just another Dimma, so decided to go for some minimal Berg Cup style arch extensions instead.

The next thing I got on with was making all the wishbones, which started with churning out a whole load of bearing housings on the lathe. I went down after work every night for about 2 weeks until eventually I had a big enough pile. The wisbones were made with T45 tube and EN14 housings.







Then made a few modular jigs so I could get the height & spacing right so all the sphericals were in-plane, and made up some frames to bolt them down to.









Don't worry, the lower wishbone doesn't come near that chassis member in rebound!

The front lowers got a gusset and push rod bracket, and the rear lowers needed a fairly large cantilever to clear the wheel rims. I think the rear lowers are my favourite bit so far. smile





Then the last thing to do was fit some pressed washers to secure the flexible brake lines to (I'll use tiny zip ties) and they were ready for powder coating.




Sauce

4,432 posts

174 months

Thursday 21st November 2013
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This is superb. Looking forward to more.

E30M3SE

8,465 posts

195 months

Thursday 21st November 2013
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^^

+1

Sf_Manta

2,188 posts

190 months

Thursday 21st November 2013
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Hah, it's Ian here, good to see you about. If you need any help with finding laser cutting and such, I've got a few contacts. smile

And yes the BMW is still alive, be it's been through a fair bit of overhaulling :lol: Looks like you've been busy, still working at Ford?

As for this project, if it's anything like the old Rallye, this should be just as bonkers.