The Never Ending Champion Project

[BazW]

Re: bartrums 16v

Had some new number plates made up as well

[Tony K]

Re: bartrums 16v

Just checked old the freshly buffed pics m8. looking reeeeeaaaallll good!
I'm totally loving the bordeux red. Shiny!

[Steve Heley]

Re: bartrums 16v

You know, seeing that number plate, makes me glad i started the site with meady!..

It's a good idea tho!

[Tony K]

Re: bartrums 16v

Used a scotchbrite pad to rub down all the bumpstrips and skirts and gave them a coat of bumper gel to keep them dark and replace the front towing eye cover

Scotchbrite pad? is that like fine sandpaper?

[BazW]

Re: bartrums 16v

Scotchbrite pad? is that like fine sandpaper?

its what you use in bodyshops to key the paint up, same as the rough bit on the back of sponges.

[Tony K]

Re: bartrums 16v

its what you use in bodyshops to key the paint up, same as the rough bit on the back of sponges.

Got loads of green back sponges, will they be ok?

[BazW]

Re: bartrums 16v

try it, wont do it any harm, dont think it'll work as well tho

i'll bring one with me on sunday

[BazW]

Re: bartrums 16v

didn't get to fit the front brakes instead got the rear strutbrace fitted and got rid of the silicone round the sunroof where its been leaking, just hope it doesn't rain anytime soon

gave the outside a clean and a polish, done the best I can for the time being. its gonna be a few weeks before I can get the paint sorted properly as there are a few rust spots that need sorting



here's the convoy that'll be tear arsing down the M1 tomorrow morning

[Tony K]

Re: bartrums 16v



Zetec turbo I spy?

[BazW]

Re: bartrums 16v

won this on ebay and they arrived yesterday. needed to do something about the suspension after seeing everyone else's car at Retrocars, mine looked like a landrover compared to all the others going to fit them at the weekend along with the V6 brakes i've been threatening to fit for ages

[cielo20]

Re: bartrums 16v

nice kit!! you would just buy one shock with that price not a full kit!!!111111

[BazW]

Re: bartrums 16v

fitted the spax suspension, first time i'd ever done it after afew teething problems it was easier than I thought. the shockers that were aleady fitted were spax sportline ones, the same as the ones that replaced them but they were on standards springs they've been on a while judging by the state of the back shocks and one of the front shocks wouldn't come back out when it was pushed in

on the way home it felt loads better, sharper turn in and more stable especialy in the bends can't wait to get a dry road to test em properly

[BazW]

Re: bartrums 16v

Took it out tonight for a road test. still a bit damp up north but stuck to the road well. Even when the grip did let go it was a easy to get back

The back feels a lot better behaved as well, with hardly any body roll definatly feel more confident through corners.

Only noticably downside is the cd player skips a bit more than usual better than the koni adjustables I had on a 205 gti tho, after hitting a bump in the road in that you needed new fillings

now the handlings sorted and as soon as the brakes are fitted I can start playing with the engine, so far i've removed the resonator, fitted a K&N panel filter and a full stainless exhaust from the manifold back.

Wanting to get to a reasonable power level without fitting tb's or turboing as its my daily driver. I can get cams reprofiled to fast road for a decent price through my mates company still unsure about chipping, is it worth it on n/a engines?

Any other suggestions are more than welcome

[richie00boy]

Re: bartrums 16v

Glad you're being intelligent and sorting the handling first

If you're gonna cam it then a suitable chip is the sensible thing to do to sort out the changes in fuelling. However Superchips etc I'm doubtfull will be any real match.

Watch out for the cam reprofiling, better to get a virgin cam if you can. Reprofiled cams have higher lifter velocity.

[BazW]

Re: bartrums 16v

Glad you're being intelligent and sorting the handling first

put my last 16v in ditch (via a pug 405), so not taking any chances this time