RE: Peugeot 306 Maxi: Time For Tea?

[BricktopST205]

This was the best time without a doubt to watch WRC. Being able to watch these and group A's running at the same time was amazing.

I can vividly remember Colin moaning about the Citroen Xsara kit cars on the tarmac rallys!

[kikiturbo]

Enricogto said:

About 260~280 cv at 8200 rpm

about 320 for the works pug

[kikiturbo]

RINGMEISTER said:

I seem to remember these topping the time sheets on dry tarmac, but they were considerably lighter than the Wrc cars, if my memory serves me correctly they weighed in at a ton? Good to see 'Glitzy Panizzi" the tarmac specialist at his best. Also more than enough proof that you car have sideways drama with front wheel drive, also sounds sooo much better than the current crop of restricted turbos. Razor sharp throttle response too, real knife edge stuff, thanks for posting.

yeah.. kit cars were lighter and had wider rubber.

Taked to Gilles t the 208 gti launch last year... he said that the 306 was the best car he ever driven.. mostly because he was developing it so it was done to his taste.

[steve954]

A friend of mine is building a 306 maxi replica but it will be rear engined and rear drive using the engine and running gear from a v6 Clio!!
http://www.306gti6.com/forum/showthread.php?id=157...

[epom]

Superb video, thanks for posting this. I remember when Niall McShea and his Saxo Kit Car hit the Irish Tarmac scene, it was superb and that was at a time when those rallies had endless WRC machinery. It sounded like an angry swarm of bee's amplified through a spinal tap amplifier naturally enough turned up all the way to 11.

[GravelBen]

RINGMEISTER said:

I seem to remember these topping the time sheets on dry tarmac, but they were considerably lighter than the Wrc cars, if my memory serves me correctly they weighed in at a ton? Good to see 'Glitzy Panizzi" the tarmac specialist at his best. Also more than enough proof that you car have sideways drama with front wheel drive, also sounds sooo much better than the current crop of restricted turbos. Razor sharp throttle response too, real knife edge stuff, thanks for posting.

960kg I think, compared to 1230 for a WRC car at the time.

Funny you comment on them having sideways drama, because I couldn't help but notice how obviously they still suffered from scrabbly power understeer on corner exit (especially uphill) despite the handbrake antics and sideways corner entry.

[m8rky]

Good stuff (but the Xsara kitcar was much nicer) Amjayes2 is a great channel with some really good kitcar pure sound videos, Rally95 also has lots of good stuff on his channel if you are in to your kitcars.

Just to balance things out Dani Sordo shows a Xsara kitcar still has it in 2013,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b78lA1JUEis

[NAS]

pthelazyjourno said:

I also have a Tamiya 1/10 scale RC 306 Maxi, knocking around from my student days.

Bought one around 1999 as well. Sold it recently. A FWD RC car. You don't expect it to work but it just...does.