[race_prep] My 306 Race Car Build

[pdd144c 0]

I'll be there on the 19th/20th July in my Seat Leon, I'll pop over and say hi! What other cars are in your class?

[Dixon 1]

Oh cool, will you racing or watching?

 

Other cars in my class going from what was in it last year are:

 

MGZR's

Integra

Corsa

Saxo

106's

205's

Suzuki Ignis

A Rover I think

and some others that I can't remember at the mo. May be some other new cars this year too.

[pdd144c 0]

Be racing in DMN in the Leon. You should do it too.

 

Sounds good, be interesting to see how the 306 does, especially against the Vtecs!

 

Paul.

[Dixon 1]

Just remembered there's a 1.8vvti (i think) civic in my class too.

Will see how the first few races go and I may be tempted to enter some other 'guest races' at combe against some different machienary.

 

 

Got up at 5am Tuesday morning and took the 306 to Maniflow to get the exhuast made up.

Picked it up on Sat morning, tis a work of spaghetti art under there!

They managed to get it round the gear linkages and various other obstacles as well as get the dimensions I needed to match the cams.

 

 

Bit of a squeeze!

Edited February 18, 2008 by Dixon

[Powers 13]

Looking good.

That manifold looks well put together, was it expensive?

[tom_m 0]

couldn't get much closer to the steering column if he tried!

 

are you planning on having any form of heat control in there? wrap/coating etc.

[Spiky 37]

mmmmmm i really like that, looks awesome?

 

can i have the price to?

 

what size is the pipe?

[Dixon 1]

I think I’ll probably be wrapping most of it, keep the bay heat down as low as poss.

The exit size is 2.5”.

Price wise, it wasn’t exactly cheap as such. But not bad for the work that has gone in to it and should benefit on power being made specifically made to match the JRE cams. - £580

[base-1 17]

That's not bad, system looks sweet

[Sandy 189]

Looks fabulous! Shame you won't really be able to see it!

[Batfink 201]

unless he crashes in spectacular fashion lol

[Dixon 1]

Had better get some advertising next to it just incase then! lol

[Dixon 1]

Forgot to add, I fitted the new brakes yesterday and ran the braided lines throughout the car. Just need fluid adding and bleeding now.

The fronts:

 

I forgot to take a pic of the lines, will do that when i'm in there next.

 

And the boot pins:

 

Oh and as for the interior and engine bay spraying... it took rather a few cans!

 

And finally a finished piston!

[petert 549]

Are you going to slot the rotors before you use them? Six slots with a 3mm ball nose cutter works nicely.

[VisaGTi16v 1]

Would you suggest grooves over holes then for cooling?

[cybernck 400 1 Cars]

holes weaken the discs and reduce friction area, whereas 4-6 grooves help deglaze the pads .

[Spiky 37]

holes weaken the discs and reduce friction area, whereas 4-6 grooves help deglaze the pads .

 

i thought the groves help remove the gases

 

holes only weaken, if they are drilled after been cast

 

if the holes are done while casting, they will be fine

[cybernck 400 1 Cars]

i do not know how do they do it on supertouring cars, but i'd imagine their drilled discs will be

top spec, yet all the ones i've seen have developed little cracks. they do look good though .

[base-1 17]

i thought the groves help remove the gases

 

holes only weaken, if they are drilled after been cast

 

if the holes are done while casting, they will be fine

 

Grooves aren't as good for venting gases as holes, they deglaze the pads though

 

Holes are pretty s*it for hardcore whether cast or drilled, but cast are much better than drilled yes.

Edited February 25, 2008 by base-1

[Dixon 1]

Picked up some more bits on Friday to finish the brake lines (will get some pics of it all at the weekend), connectors for fuel lines and other farty little bits and pieces.

Oh and a new battery

 

Bought a Dremel last week which made much lighter work of finishing the boot pins and cut as much of the inner boot skin out as I could.

 

Then moved on to the bonnet pins. Well chuffed with the end result of them, they look ace...

 

Then went nuts with the dremel and started cutting out all the passenger door internals and metal.

Didn't get time to finish that though, will do that when it's back from Cornwall.

 

First cut to the bonnet :?

 

Lightened flywheel

 

Then took the car back down to Colins on Sunday, so the engine can be finished and put in. I'll be going down to help on Fri/Sat so more updates then I expect.

Ordered the stack guages today too which should turn up tomorrow

Edited February 26, 2008 by Dixon

[Spiky 37]

nice diet

 

mmm like the bonnet vent too

[huckleberry 0]

I hope you'll have other panels inside the doors otherwise you risk getting a major cut in your arm.

[Batfink 201]

are you going to cut whole doors out with just a dremel! upgrade to a mini anglegrinder. Much faster and creates far bigger sparks!

 

As for finishing the doors - is it possible to roll a lip once everything is cut?

[base-1 17]

Cut everything out of the doors! Side impact is taken care of by the cage lol

[Kenno 3 2 Cars]

Looking well sweet Dixon, cant wait to see it!! will you be taking it to combe spring action day??