309 gti track car
Discussion
Hi everyone,
After doing quite a few track days last year with friends i thought it was time to get my own track day car late last year. Was looking for something fast, fun, cheap but also a bit rare/special.
So after having a 205 gti previously i naturally thought small and french was the way to go.
To save money i was looking for someone to have already done most of the work (cage, seats, engine mods, track tyres etc)
As much as i wanted another 205 gti they were ruled straight out as anything clean enough with a good spec was far too dear. Didnt fancy a clio so had settled on a blue 106 rallye after lusting after a thread on here for years.
Nothing seemed to be coming up in the desired spec until late last year i spotted this on ebay.
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|http://thumbsnap.com/uuEKQ67X[/url]
Ugly as it was it had the right spec and had undergone a full restoration in 2009 it just needed a few cosmetic things.
Interior was 3/4 stripped with 14 point cage but was a bit tatty looking.
Seats were original tilting ones and weren't very secure.
Previous owner had removed sunroof and plated it in with the side of a caravan....
It had been outside under a car cover so the paint had rubbed through on a couple of edges.
The previous owner did right with the mechanics though and the spec is as follows:
It has a 2.0 engine out of a Xsara VTS (167bhp)
5 speed Xsara VTS gearbox
DTA S40 ECU
Larger injectors
Magnecor custom ignition leads
Machined throttle body
Smoother + port matched inlet manifold with PTFE gasket
Lightened flywheel
Helix paddle clutch
Bilstein Group A rear dampers, Group N fronts. Lowering springs approx 30mm. Forest spec rear torsion bars (larger than standard).
Xsara VTS steering rack (2.6 turns)
Peugeot sport front lower arms
AB motorsport uprated driveshafts
Solid rear axle (rear) mounts
307 HDi front brakes.
So a deal was done and 500 mile round trip later it was on the drive
Over the last couple of months ive fitted new seats, harnesses and steering wheel plus painted the interior.
I've refurbished a set of wheels in the same colour as goodwood ones (plus another set with track tyres in black) and gave it a polish.
I dont have any pictures of it but the sunroof plate has been really annoying me and i was trying to figure out what to do with it until a carbon roof skin came up far too cheap to say no on facebook last week. Another 600 odd mile drive but needs must.
So future plans are fit the roof, some door cards and enjoy it over the summer.
Maybe a respray in the winter, a limited slip diff and some throttle bodies.
Thanks
After doing quite a few track days last year with friends i thought it was time to get my own track day car late last year. Was looking for something fast, fun, cheap but also a bit rare/special.
So after having a 205 gti previously i naturally thought small and french was the way to go.
To save money i was looking for someone to have already done most of the work (cage, seats, engine mods, track tyres etc)
As much as i wanted another 205 gti they were ruled straight out as anything clean enough with a good spec was far too dear. Didnt fancy a clio so had settled on a blue 106 rallye after lusting after a thread on here for years.
Nothing seemed to be coming up in the desired spec until late last year i spotted this on ebay.
[url]|http://thumbsnap.com/uuEKQ67X[/url]Ugly as it was it had the right spec and had undergone a full restoration in 2009 it just needed a few cosmetic things.
Interior was 3/4 stripped with 14 point cage but was a bit tatty looking.
Seats were original tilting ones and weren't very secure.
Previous owner had removed sunroof and plated it in with the side of a caravan....
It had been outside under a car cover so the paint had rubbed through on a couple of edges.
The previous owner did right with the mechanics though and the spec is as follows:
It has a 2.0 engine out of a Xsara VTS (167bhp)
5 speed Xsara VTS gearbox
DTA S40 ECU
Larger injectors
Magnecor custom ignition leads
Machined throttle body
Smoother + port matched inlet manifold with PTFE gasket
Lightened flywheel
Helix paddle clutch
Bilstein Group A rear dampers, Group N fronts. Lowering springs approx 30mm. Forest spec rear torsion bars (larger than standard).
Xsara VTS steering rack (2.6 turns)
Peugeot sport front lower arms
AB motorsport uprated driveshafts
Solid rear axle (rear) mounts
307 HDi front brakes.
So a deal was done and 500 mile round trip later it was on the drive
Over the last couple of months ive fitted new seats, harnesses and steering wheel plus painted the interior.
I've refurbished a set of wheels in the same colour as goodwood ones (plus another set with track tyres in black) and gave it a polish.
I dont have any pictures of it but the sunroof plate has been really annoying me and i was trying to figure out what to do with it until a carbon roof skin came up far too cheap to say no on facebook last week. Another 600 odd mile drive but needs must.
So future plans are fit the roof, some door cards and enjoy it over the summer.
Maybe a respray in the winter, a limited slip diff and some throttle bodies.
Thanks
civicduty said:
I know I am the first to mention it but probably won't be the last, but I think you need an harness bar. Don't think it is very good practice to have the harnesses attached at that angle.
I may be wrong but I am sure I have read that before.
The mounting points fall just within sabelts recommended fitting angles. ! agree a harness bar would be better and will probably get round to it.I may be wrong but I am sure I have read that before.
thanks
jord294 said:
Good friend of mine built that car and it still looks well.
If it's purely a track car, I have uprated rear bars available here for the rear axle
It seems to have had quite a few enthusiastic previous owners who have looked after it well. It gets used the odd blast at weekends and i have to drive it 100 miles to track. Handles well apart from being extremely tail happy in the wet.If it's purely a track car, I have uprated rear bars available here for the rear axle
Coskev said:
Good to see my old car getting some love again!
Looks good inside now
PS,no I didn't plate the sunroof!Sunroof was still fitted when I sold it
Shes been round the block a few times ha did you restore it?Looks good inside now
PS,no I didn't plate the sunroof!Sunroof was still fitted when I sold it
roofs looking better
Just need a windsreen now as it was chipped and cracked it taking it out.
Coskev said:
Yeah I converted it to the Xsara VTS lump/box,fitted the ultra light billet flywheel and put a set of uprated crank bearings in it.Huw did the ECU swap etc after he bought it.
I Did all the underside too,although last time I spoke to Huw he had redone some of the underside I think.
Rear beam was stripped and rebuilt by jord294 with new bearings/seals/one new arm pin and fitted with Xsara VTS torsion bars,also fitted solid beam mounts.
Its been looked after anyway. I Did all the underside too,although last time I spoke to Huw he had redone some of the underside I think.
Rear beam was stripped and rebuilt by jord294 with new bearings/seals/one new arm pin and fitted with Xsara VTS torsion bars,also fitted solid beam mounts.
Been very busy the past month and it Blew a power steering pipe the last time i had it out so its just sat in the garage. The radiator also decided it didn't want to hold water anymore while sitting doing nothing so need to get that sorted now as well.
always something
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