[trackday_prep] White E Reg 1.6 Gti, Track Prep!

[Spiky 37]

for the sake of a coupkle of quid, i'd get anther 205 one dude

 

if you do decied to remove it all get a MINI one as it's self contained, but tthen you will need to run heater pipes from it,

 

as the 205 heater is clever and runs through the dash

[Craigo 0]

for the sake of a coupkle of quid, i'd get anther 205 one dude

 

if you do decied to remove it all get a MINI one as it's self contained, but tthen you will need to run heater pipes from it,

 

as the 205 heater is clever and runs through the dash

 

 

will have my head under the dash this afty, it may just need the resistor, it may be shagged, who knows!!

[Craigo 0]

ok so we are now ready for this friday at oulton!!

 

after (more) brake problems, we cured them by rebleeding and changing discs! brakes now spot on!

 

indicator temp fixed, its a bodge but it will do for friday!

 

heater still not sorted, but gonna pick up a couple of portable ones from maplins as they are on sale, and just hope they do something, also gonna clean windows thouroughly and have a little trick in mind to hopefully stop the windows steaming up if it rains!

 

polished the bonnet to remove the sticker marks, only when we removed the big SHELL sticker on the front of the bonnet, one of the L's took of some paint with it, so thats what the cream 1 is on the bonnet! will hopefully matt black the car next year anyway!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

will follow with a couple of cleaning pics...

[jimistdt 1]

Watch yourself with them Maplin ceramic heaters, apparantly the cig lighter is live all the time, and if you leave the bugger plugged in it will kill your battery in no time.

[Craigo 0]

Watch yourself with them Maplin ceramic heaters, apparantly the cig lighter is live all the time, and if you leave the bugger plugged in it will kill your battery in no time.

 

 

ahhh

 

that might have just scuppered my plan, as i was gonna chop the cig lighter bit of and tap into another live on the loom!

[jimistdt 1]

Take a switched live from somewhere else you'll be alright.

[Spiky 37]

do you have a master kill switch?

 

either take it from that or as above a good (thick) wire which is switched with ignition

 

or

 

if you cant find a big wire to connect to, get a small switched live and run a relay and have the switched live turn the relay on/off and run thick wire from the mater switch to the heater

[jackherer 543]

Don't waste your money, any heater that runs off a cigarette lighter isn't going to do anything, the power available at the cigarette lighter isn't enough. At 12V the wires would need to be very thick to deliver enough current for a reasonable amount of heat.

[Spiky 37]

very much argeed

 

fix the std heater

[Craigo 0]

very much argeed

 

fix the std heater

 

 

have tried and failed so far #

checked all live and earths, fannied it about, tried everything i kno! got another resistor coming tomoz which may cure it!

 

will try the soap on the windows trick and see if that works! lol

 

as for me, ill just wear a jumper!

[Craigo 0]

anyway, after we did some bits to it, it was time for my favorite part, cleaning it!! it didnt get a 'full' detail, just because the paint isnt in good condition scratches/rust wise!

 

when we took the stickers off, it left the residue so this was removed with Tardis, and then the marks left behind on the bonnet and front wings were machine polished off!

 

from this:

 

 

to this 50/50:

 

 

this level of correction was carried out on the bonnet and front wings, the other areas will get it at some stage, just ran out of time!

 

also we got some michelin tyres to go on, so had to clean the alloys first!

 

from this:

 

 

 

 

to this:

 

 

 

 

trim got some feed on it, didnt bring it up great as i think its too far past it!

 

everything got a good clean, and hoovered out etc etc looked a lot better in the end!!

 

hope we like

[Craigo 0]

ok so we have completed the first track day!! Oulton park open pit lane on friday 19th dec!

 

it went really really well, car stood up fantastically, brakes were very good, got a lot of laps in, it was brilliant!

 

there was 3 of us driving it on the day, i was probably the slowest, soooo much i need to learn about track driving! there was lots and lots of nice cars there as well! including 2 other 205's, couple of 306's, two JUN racing cars, two clio cup cars amongst lots of caterhams and elises/vx220's etc etc!

 

couple of our pics, and a couple of pro pics from the day:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

thanks

 

craig

[Craigo 0]

ok.... christmas has come and gone, so i thought it was time to sort the car out in the garage as it just got dumped after the first track day we did in december!

 

so i pulled it out (the car;)_) and it started first time, which was nice

 

left it to run for a while and noticed a small water leak! which came from the water pump! so will need to replace that! will do the cambelt and tensionerr etc at the same time!

 

fixed the speedo quickly, the plug had come out from the back, bit fiddly but got there in the end!

 

also removed the sunroof ready to put a piece of 2mm aluminium bolted in instead! reason for doing this, i require more head room as im 6 foot 4 and previously, my helmet (ooooer) was bashing on the sunroof surround when cornering hard!!!

 

also received new rear bearings, so will be whipping the hubs off and getting the new bearings pressed into place,

 

no pics as yet, but i will take some next time im out!!

[Craigo 0]

does noone like our car then?

[EdCherry 34 1 Cars]

I like it, wish my cars were that easy to get out on the track!

[Craigo 0]

thanks mate!!

 

painted the bonnet satin black this evening along with the ALU panel ive made up to replace the sunroof!

 

[Spiky 37]

we need more pictures dude

 

good to see ou still enjoying it cant wait to having a battle on track

[Arahan 4]

Coming along very nicely! Still need to have a gander! ha! And I think ive got a new water pump and gasket kicking around if you havnt ordered one already!

[Craigo 0]

Coming along very nicely! Still need to have a gander! ha! And I think ive got a new water pump and gasket kicking around if you havnt ordered one already!

 

 

thanks!!! ill get back to you if we need it, think my friend who works for pug has got a genuine spanker for about £20 i think, ill let you kno tho!!

[Craigo 0]

right after doing this to one of the alloys on my day car yesterday sliding on ice:

 

 

 

i had a day off work! so dragged the car out of the garage to take some piccies!

 

heres the bonnet before:

 

 

and here it is after, with a metal panel in place of the sunroof as well!

 

 

 

 

also got a nice set of these to fit to the speedline italy wheels we have:

 

 

 

bring on the 18th feb at oulton park!!

 

craig

[Spiky 37]

ouch

 

 

the bonnet, half me likes the other half is thinking taxi..lol

 

sunroof looks great dude

[Craigo 0]

ouch

 

 

the bonnet, half me likes the other half is thinking taxi..lol

 

sunroof looks great dude

 

 

haha, i hadnt thought of taxi before actually!! only painted it black because of the paint that had lifted when we removed the stickers!

 

the whole thing may end up black soon though...

[Craigo 0]

car has gone to peugeot today to have a new water pump, cambelt, tensioner and aux belt fitted, and its a good job too, as the water pump is leaking, and also the cambelt tensioner was loose and not running true, so this could have failed big time!!!