video looking good mate, liking the shift light will have to get one soon i think.

Cheers Chris. Need to buy a Flip camera now as I was using a colleagues for testing.

And you've reminded me that I need to alter the shift light too because according to the dyno the bet place to shift is 7,700rpm.

Waiting for some stuff to uninstall so I'll pas on my boredom with a mundane non-update.

Going back to Mallory in 2 weekends time.

But going to Pug1Off next weekend to get an oil temp sensor adapter put in to the sump. Although I don't think the oil temp will be an issue, I'd rather be safe than sorry.

I was going to get the sump baffled at the same time. Either with a Constella baffle kit or a Peugeot Sport kit. The Peugeot Sport one is better as it includes a windage tray but it's quite expensive. At the moment a baffled sump probably isn't required. It's unlikely I'll get oil starvation. Fingers crossed anyway...

Any info on the Mallory day?

Sump baffle sounds ideal for a track car. Engine safety first and all

8th October via Circuit Days. When I looked earlier there were 5 places left. Nice mix of machinery.

Baffled sump and windage tray will have to wait. Don't have enough time to organise it. One Pug Sport sump kit on the Xmas list

Really nice Dave! Look forward to being a track with you!

just hope you don't regret saying the baffle kit will have to wait. cud turn out expensive

Its not an XU, The TU's dont suffer from oil starvation, I've had no issues in 4 years with my engines.

Thanks Dean. When do you think the Rallye will be on track again? Early 2012 or is progress quite good at the moment?

I spoke to Matt at Pug1Off about oil starvation and he said they've only ever had a few issues with the 2ltr engines. But I will get it baffled in the future.

Gonna go for April, My new engine would possibly be built by then. going for 200 ATW's 9000rpm lol.

I'm looking forward to driving it with its new suspension set up, BE Box Coversion and Gripper Diff!!.

Yea the 2.0 and 1.9 mi's seem to be problems.

Dean

I'm assuming you're using the services of Mr Sandy Brown?

According to the dyno paperwork I have, mine made 167 ATWs @ 7605rpm. Your 200 ATWs will be very nice. Are you expecting it to be a bitch to drive under 3-4k?

Since my engine work I've noticed that at high RPM it can sometimes be difficult to find 3rd. Not sure if it's just something that I'm doing wrong, the SatchShift somehow or if it's something more expensive like synchros in my box.

You've got a Gripper diff now haven't you? I was tempted by one but was swayed by the Quaife as it's an "install and forget" diff.

Ha, I heard that a Gripper will rip your arms off

I'll mention the gear problem to Matt at Pug1Off on Saturday. Not had the box that long but maybe the synchros are shagged. That's a bit of a pain in the arse.

Mine is a pretty good all rounder. They mapped it knowing that it was also my daily driver. So it's not totally lifeless at low revs. But it's obviously not quite as responsive as my old cammed engine so I have to remember not to pull out late on roundabouts, unless I've got the revs up.

Cheers.

So mate you going to come with us to the ring next year, be about june-july time i would think.

Just read through all of this.

Good effort mate, cracking car Hope to see it on track in 2012!

alright mate how is the car going? got anymore plans for the car?

Nice little project this, good job

Going to give some cash to someone on Sunday. In return for this cage:



Including fitting.

That will look ace mate! I love roll cages!

It's a Geronimo bolt in cage.

- It's already in red!
- It'll fit in a 106 with a sunroof.
- It doesn't penetrate the dash.
- It's local.
- The guy said he'll fit it for me whilst I wait.

nice looking cage mate

It's not quite finished (need to bolt rear feet in). Bad pictures as it was about 9pm last night using my iPhone:







The other problem is that the seats don't fit with the door bars. So I've got one door bar off at the moment with the seat in and no passenger seat.

It's probably an excuse to buy new lightweight seats with big head restraints

...and replace with belts with 3" straps that attach to the cage.

Best buy a lottery ticket.

Also got a GrpA lower mount chucked in with the cage to replace the random Powerflex mount that I've currently got.

Looks awesome Dave, and certainly should do the job if the worst happened!!

Looks good mate. will be good to see it on track.

Looks awesome Dave!

Finished it off today. Undersealed where I'd drilled through the chassis and plenty of copper grease on the bolts.

Also replaced the fuel line with a new one to remove the temporary bodge that was in place.

Put the carpet back properly. Even made the mats fit around the cage. Cage + carpet + mats ftw!

So I'll whore out some more crappy photos thanks to the iPhone and lack of daylight:









May even clean it next weekend!

Love it

Very nice.

don't buy head restreant buckets, will do your nut in, feel like a shire horse. i sold mine because of this

Woah missed this! Looks Ace Dave

As Ash says, drove a 205 with Corbeau Revolutions (iirc) and it's aweful!!

Cheers lads

Thanks for the seat advice! I'll stay away from head restraints in that case. Probably be cheaper not to get them too. For the time being I'll just remove the door bars.

I gave in. It's been cleaned. And slapped on some polish too. The wheels are utterly f*cked. They need to be shot blasted and powder coated again. Can't shift the crap stuck to them and I think the colour is starting to fade where I've used many different cleaning products.

It really needs a professional clean.

Whore time:

Wheels look fine in the pics lol. Good weather to be car cleaning

looking good mate, nice and clean. You doing any of the shows this year as for french car show we are getting a hotel and will need to book it soon i know matt said about your car being on the stand for that.

Cheers mate. I'd be up for FCS this year. Do you do any track time?

i am not at FCS, but will be doing the hill a lot a Pugfest you should come along to that as well good day out and get some rides up the hill in some peoples cars.