#1: Mr Cellexe's GTi Road Legal Track Project Author: Mr_Cellexe, Location: HertfordshirePosted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 11:31 am ---- Some of you know it, some of you dont. from the top then!
1999 (V) Peugeot 206 GTi
started life as this
completely standard, no factory upgrades whatsoever.
5days before USC 2008 she looked like this courtesy of some borrowed shadow chrome vortex alloys.
eventually they had to be given back. so back to standard 15" rims it went.
a few months past and the modifications had started.
new drilled and grooved discs at the front with EBC greenstuff pads.
Spax adjustable shocks with Koni -40mm springs upfront and the rear beam lowered to match.
After driving some 5000 miles later, i got a blow in the center box. out came the entire system and in plonked a cat back PowerFlo exhaust system with 3" slash cut tip (excuse the pic! i cant find half the decent ones)
by this time i'd also changed the Headunit to a Pioneer 6.5" motorised DVD and bringing with me from the 307, the Vibe components, Rockford Punch P1 subs and the 1000w Amp.
these got sold and changed for a custom fit Pioneer comp set up front, a single 12" Pioneer sub, 400W amp and an Alpine CD/MP3/Bluetooth headunit.
The interior plastics got a make over too. went from moonstone blue, to gloss black, to white before i stopped! lol.
Some small exterior changes were made with the addition of an SP spoiler, SP arches and SP Fuelcap.
Managed to get the alloys sanded down, painted alpine white and back on within a weekend! lol.
smoked rear clusters and got my chequerplate mats
mudflaps
Lockwood white dials
sunstrip and vento vr6 splitter
And so, the last time she saw the road, she looked not a million miles from this
to be continued.......
#2: Re: Mr Cellexe's GTi Road Legal Track Project Author: kingsway2468, Location: swanseaPosted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 11:37 am ---- looking tidy mate not a fan of the mud flaps tho
#3: Re: Mr Cellexe's GTi Road Legal Track Project Author: Mr_Cellexe, Location: HertfordshirePosted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 11:38 am ---- ok, so as of June 2010 i had her SORN'd. then proceeded to do this
thats how she stayed for the winter. and when things started to warm up a little, me and a mate (who is now sharing the driving responsiblilties! lol )got to work.
Little while later i had a few days off work for the purpose of
and got it to this stage...
to be continued....
#4: Re: Mr Cellexe's GTi Road Legal Track Project Author: Mr_Cellexe, Location: HertfordshirePosted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 11:59 am ---- After the shenanigans of painting and undersealing, we set about replacing the old crappy rubber suspension bushes with some nice tight poly bushes.
This proved a tad more difficult than we first thought. We had a nightmare finding someone that did all the ones we needed (ironically Superflex and Powerflex both do kits now!)
Anyway, we ran with SuperPro. We have there lower arm (single offset) bushes, front Anti Roll Bar bushes and rear lateral beam supplement washers which stiffen up the OE mount bushes.
no problems with the ARB and lower arm bushes. and i know my mate (from here on known as Oggy) had fun with the press! lol
So we rebuilt the front end, withthe already painted subframe, ARB, lower arms and a nice clean steering rack!
Rear beam however is a different story!
we did manage to get it like this
Before having to take it apart after stupidly trying to remove the OE bushes ourselves!. so that getting the arms off, removing the torsion bars, which was a pig as we sheered a torx headed bolt! (opps). Once it was apart we found knackered needle roller bearings which still need to be replaced. Also when replaced it was found that the old OE mount bushes had pretty much rusted away inside with a big hole in one of them. That said, Oggy had more fun with the press and it looks like this now.
we still need to refit the arms and bars etc but as far as bushes go its sorted! lol
To be continued....
#5: Re: Mr Cellexe's GTi Road Legal Track Project Author: Mr_Cellexe, Location: HertfordshirePosted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 12:02 pm ---- I painted up a plethora of other parts
the calipers are going in to be sand/bead blasted as there is too much previous paint on them and the paint job looks like s**t because of it
I got bored waiting for parts and generally wanted something to do so...
to this
To be continued...
#6: Re: Mr Cellexe's GTi Road Legal Track Project Author: Mr_Cellexe, Location: HertfordshirePosted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 12:03 pm ---- And to bring the project upto date...
after getting the parts i was waiting for
two wilwood master cyclinders. one .625 and the other .700
remote bias adjuster
seperate fluid resevoirs (I did get mounting brackets, a double for the brake cyclinders and a single for the clutch)
three of these resevoir to cylinder drop pipe kits
Copper brake pipe, new unions and T-pieces (not pictured)
so, having spent an age putting together and setting up the bias box we went to fit it and work out where the pipes etc would be run.
trial fitted the remote adjuster. its a trick little touch for those 'on track' brake adjustments! lol.
spent a bit of time on the placement of the resevoir pots too! lol.
also fitted the new clutch cylinder (well, i say new, i've had it for two years!)
and lastly, both mine and Oggys fave part!
350mm Black suede Rally steering wheel with 3" dish (excuse the clingfilm)
thats pretty much where it stands atm. we've got a few small bits to do before we run the brake lines and clip them down, but, its moving at a steady pace!
#8: Re: Mr Cellexe's GTi Road Legal Track Project Author: Edward, Location: In the garagePosted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 1:23 pm ---- It's amazing where all the ££££'s go and it's not even on its wheels...
#9: Re: Mr Cellexe's GTi Road Legal Track Project Author: PugJH, Location: NorthantsPosted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 1:39 pm ---- What was the total cost of the bush and bones?
It's amazing where all the ££££'s go and it's not even on its wheels...
this is very true! although i've not really spent that much. circa 500 quid so far.
PugJH wrote:
What was the total cost of the bush and bones?
ermm, roughly 100 quid.
because its been done in stages i've not kept a major track of it tbh.
#11: Re: Mr Cellexe's GTi Road Legal Track Project Author: macj, Location: EssexPosted: Sun Sep 25, 2011 11:31 pm ---- good start mate..... liking the way your thinking
#12: Re: Mr Cellexe's GTi Road Legal Track Project Author: dumdum0910, Location: letchworthPosted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 1:35 am ---- cant wait for this to be on the road coming along nicely fella
cant wait for this to be on the road coming along nicely fella
yea, neither can i! lol. btw, LOWER your damn car! hehe
WOOP!! pipe clips arrived this morning, so we can get to work on the brakelines. still need some braided hoses for the rears tho.
To waste time whilst the funds recover, we're gonna get the loom/electrics sorted. chop out the unwanted crap and rewrap it, bind it all in.
More pics as it happens.
#14: Re: Mr Cellexe's GTi Road Legal Track Project Author: macj, Location: EssexPosted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 10:54 am ---- I ran cupro-nickel pipe inside the car to the rear, "T" piece under the floor and solid to each side and used flexi brake pipe to the calipers. Bearing in mind I have hydraulic handbrake. I assume with the bias pedal box you will run one pipe to rear via the handbrake cylinder (if used). It also means you can get on without waiting for the hose to come
Electrics are fun on the 206 as the French earth everything a thousand times when one common earth would do. I did what you are doing and split the original loom and junked all the rubbish. Are you going to use standard ECU?
#15: Re: Mr Cellexe's GTi Road Legal Track Project Author: Mr_Cellexe, Location: HertfordshirePosted: Mon Sep 26, 2011 2:52 pm ---- Yep standard ecu and funny enough exactly that with the brakes! Just minus the hydraulic handbrake (keeping the costs down as a normal
Handbrake will be sufficient ATM).
I'm yet to believe the 'fun' part of the loom (even if I am
An electrician by trade! Lol). We shall see what goes
On but I'm sure it'll have plenty cut out as alot of other stuff is out too, like abs and aircon
cant wait for this to be on the road coming along nicely fella
yea, neither can i! lol. btw, LOWER your damn car! hehe
WOOP!! pipe clips arrived this morning, so we can get to work on the brakelines. still need some braided hoses for the rears tho.
To waste time whilst the funds recover, we're gonna get the loom/electrics sorted. chop out the unwanted crap and rewrap it, bind it all in.
More pics as it happens.
thats my next plan.. getting the car lowered
#17: Re: Mr Cellexe's GTi Road Legal Track Project Author: shell-vt, Location: durhamPosted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 3:31 am ---- some good progress but as we know its not easy...
hasnt been that bad really. I would have been stupid to expect 12yr old parts to be perfectly reusable! lol. thing is tho, doing it this way, im pretty much sorted for another 12yrs hehe.
#19: Re: Mr Cellexe's GTi Road Legal Track Project Author: macj, Location: EssexPosted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 6:23 am ---- A weekend of good weather..... you must be nearly finished now
#20: Re: Mr Cellexe's GTi Road Legal Track Project Author: Mr_Cellexe, Location: HertfordshirePosted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 7:34 am ----
macj wrote:
A weekend of good weather..... you must be nearly finished now
unfortunatly my other two 'creations' took my time up yest and today BUT....
i will have an update later tonight, packed up @12ish last night and was too late to add pics. Nothing major but its progress
#21: Re: Mr Cellexe's GTi Road Legal Track Project Author: sicskate, Location: Margate, KentPosted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 2:58 pm ---- What alloys are you putting on?
A set of 16" pro race 1.2 would be spot on due to their light weight.
Otherwise I'd keep the current over vortex as the vortex, Atlantis alloys are silly heavy.
Also, how about an electric power steering pump to save a few kg too?
#22: Re: Mr Cellexe's GTi Road Legal Track Project Author: Mr_Cellexe, Location: HertfordshirePosted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 3:56 pm ----
sicskate wrote:
What alloys are you putting on?
A set of 16" pro race 1.2 would be spot on due to their light weight.
Otherwise I'd keep the current over vortex as the vortex, Atlantis alloys are silly heavy.
Also, how about an electric power steering pump to save a few kg too?
going for a set of compomotive MO1681 (yep thats 8J)
thought about the PAS but tbh until i finish, get it all back together and running, im not even looking to mess about under the hood. only real things gone are aircon and ABS.
#23: Re: Mr Cellexe's GTi Road Legal Track Project Author: Mr_Cellexe, Location: HertfordshirePosted: Sun Oct 02, 2011 4:05 pm ---- ok, so here is this weekends evening works...
brake lines the fronts were in saturday night (midnight finish)
and the rears have been done tonight.
next up is the wiring looms, think we're gonna start with the internals
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coming along nicely fella
