[trackday_prep] 205gti-6 Track Ready !

[SurGie 54]

I love carbs also, i have a set a few years ago and now im looking at fitting some throttle bodies.

 

Great work there Ben, your black 205 did not look that bad from the picture, was the chassis bent or something ?

[ben25 0]

Yes there is chassis damage and lots of rust. I have prefer to start a new project from a clean shell without any rust and welded. I've sandblasted all the undernearth and after I've treated it for rust.

 

Now the car is running, I've made 4 wheels alignement ! The car run fine but I need to adjust the advance and carbs synchronisation.

 

Few pics :

[DRTDVL 4 1 Cars]

Nice car man....

 

 

 

 

Here i was thinking my car was the only one with an e30 lip on it.

 

 

[ben25 0]

Thanks, maybe your 205 is the one in UK lol ; Me I'm sure that I'm the one in France.

[DRTDVL 4 1 Cars]

Haha i know i'm the only one in New Zealand although i've given a spare lip to a friend to make one for his car...

 

Love the green / white combo.

 

 

[ben25 0]

Some pics of my first return on track with the car, after 10 months of rebuilding, it was this weekend at Dijon-Prenois (FR) :

 

 

 

Everything was ok with the car, on a straigh lane, i follow an exige 190hp so I'm happy with my engine summer tune.

I'm not so far from the clio 2 et 3 cup so it's good news for chassis/engine on track.

 

Total specs of the car :

 

General :

205 Gti ph1 year 89

110000miles black RHD convert to White LHD now

 

Shell :

Crash on january 2011, shell swap during this summer

New shell buy without any rust : shell completely sandblasted, welded, alla undernearth treated against rust, suspension straightening plate welded

Roll Cage Ø50mm

 

Châssis :

Front :

Coilovers Bilstein grA 1600

Compbrake excentric top mount

OEM front hub bored to Ø54mm (to match grA coilovers)

Subframe welded

Combrake rose jointed wishbones

gti16 front ARB

Short GrA front drop link (mounted between hub and ARB)

 

Rear :

309 gti16 rear axle

Complete Steel bush

PTS asphalte rear suspension

 

Brake :

Full stainless pipe with limiter

23.8mm master cylinder , mounted without servo

brembo 406 calipers

RC6 pads

Xantia disks 288mm

OEM rear caliper with EBC yellow pads

 

Engine :

XU10J4RS : 80 000 km

new rod bearing , compression tested : 10.4 , 10.3 , 10.3, 10.5 (in bar)

Cams Newman PH2

Race Oil pump

Twin Dellorto 45 DHLA carbs

Ventury : 38

idle jet : 55

main jet : 152

emulsion : 7772.5

air corrector : 200

new sealsl kit

News 205gti ignition, new sparks

Suppresion of thermostat and oil cooler

 

Gearbox :

1.6 GTi

Quaife diff with new diff bearing

 

Interior :

Light !

Shortshift Compbrake

Batery relocation on boot

3 gagues : P oil, T water, T water

knock Sensor

Alfano race chrono

 

Exterior :

Original look

Automatic fiber front bonnet with carbon sticker

Perspex windows (except front)

BMW e30 ph1 front lip

 

Tune :

Carbs synchronisation with carbtune

Advance tune with my knock sensor

Colortune for "AFR" verification

Laser alignement :

-3° camber

-0,22° toe in

2,25° caster

 

The cas is now out the road for winter and will go back on track next year.

 

Winter modification :

I plan to increase the rear camber by mounting 207 rear hubs with clio cup camber shims. (nice upgrade found on a french forum)

[Anthony 1,003]

Winter modification :

I plan to increase the rear camber by mounting 207 rear hubs with clio cup camber shims. (nice upgrade found on a french forum)

Do you have any more information or a link to this?

[welshpug 1,661]

The stub axle is attached to a plate that bolts on rather than being pressed into the trailing arm as the 207 torsion beam is made from plate steel, 207 hubs are similar to later 307 ones and are integral to the disc, though the bearing is replaceable.

[ben25 0]

I have make a new thread for rear camber : http://forum.205gtidrivers.com/index.php?showtopic=134462

[cybernck 402 1 Cars]

You've done an outstanding job with the rebuild.

 

Good luck with it .

[Fernando Martins 2]

hi, can you report to us how the Cams Newman PH2 work in trackday?

[chipstick 382 1 Cars]

Any updates on this?

[ben25 0]

So I need to speek about my experience with newmans ph2, I mount it, and after that, I'm going on RR to see what figure it produce.

I was suprised by the score : 154hp at flywheel (I don't know how much hp I have before the ph2). So since I've tried to tune my carbs but without any change, so I choose the Megajolt (electronic ignition) solution to tune my ignition, but I have problem with the megajolt and finaly the car don''t start and I don't know why.

 

So now, I'm a bit fed'up with my carbs setup so I'm tempted to buy bodies and standalone ECU for my setup or buy an other completely standard XU10j4RS with loom and ecu to have a reliable 165hp with an ECU.

 

I spend lot of my time and money on the car and now I'm a bit disgusted cause It don't work as it should, and my motivation go down day after day...

[SurGie 54]

These things are there to test us Ben, try not to let it get to you.

 

If you did go the throttle bodies route, you could get it tuned up the next time you come to the UK, there are quite a few around.

[welshpug 1,661]

did you set the lift @ TDC figures for the PH2's? I haven't had my engine on a Dyno or RR but it is quicker than with the original camshafts.