What have you done to your car today?

LizardKing · 11 Jun 2021 at 14:15

Got the ol girl dyno'd, cant complain for a car that is hitting its late thirty's soon.

the AFR is all over the show but i suspect that is the boost controller and how it flutters to maintain a constant boost.

Video of one of the runs, smoke and flames

JRS · 12 Jun 2021 at 11:10

Removed the wiper motor on l'ID19 to fix everything that's ailing it (only fast sweep works, doesn't park when switched off). Wiring was bad anyway, but the motor itself also looks pretty much buggered. Going to run it over to a specialist in the week to see if it's a) repairable and b) actually worth repairing.

Citroën really didn't want people removing them, because even though you can access the motor perfectly well in the engine bay it's bolted in from the other side of the firewall. Hence the workshop instructions beginning with 'first, remove the dashboard...' :eek:

Lashout_UK · 12 Jun 2021 at 15:27

I fitted a set of old era-correct forged three-piece BBS RS 178 wheels, designed specifically for the car, which had taken me about two years to find and import. They need a good clean and polish but they look the part.

I also fitted a set of new Continental ExtremeContact Sport tyres, which had to be imported from the US as well. You can't get decent tyres in the right size over here, so importing is your only choice.

What blew me away is the fact that the wheel and tyre combo is 4.5kg lighter than the original. Not across the car – at each corner! I had hoped for an improvement but didn't imagine it would be that much.

It drives in a noticeably improved fashion, unsurprisingly. Definitely heading in the right direction...

mjt · 12 Jun 2021 at 15:31

Looking good!

badgeruk · 12 Jun 2021 at 18:57

Took the car to porsche center Guildford today to get the missing service log stamps stamped. You can tell there's a shortage of second hand cars, the show room was about 50% empty and a few of the cars in there were god awful coloured Taycans. But they had nothing outside on display and only one sales person on, with me being the only person in there at 10ish.

Half expected them to ask to buy my car off me when I walked in. South London porsche already have.

JRS · 12 Jun 2021 at 19:22

Lashout_UK said:
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Never mind the driving improvements with the drop in unsprung weight, those wheels look right

adam cool dude · 12 Jun 2021 at 20:37

Went to bed new brakes in only to hit a pot hole on a B road and now have a flat tyre to replace

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I only last week replaced a tyre due to a bulge on my other car. Council's are too busy giving me extra bins to do their recycling for them to not bother fixing the roads.

HoneyBadger · 13 Jun 2021 at 08:40

Lashout_UK said:
I fitted a set of old era-correct forged three-piece BBS RS 178 wheels, designed specifically for the car, which had taken me about two years to find and import. They need a good clean and polish but they look the part.

I also fitted a set of new Continental ExtremeContact Sport tyres, which had to be imported from the US as well. You can't get decent tyres in the right size over here, so importing is your only choice.

What blew me away is the fact that the wheel and tyre combo is 4.5kg lighter than the original. Not across the car – at each corner! I had hoped for an improvement but didn't imagine it would be that much.

It drives in a noticeably improved fashion, unsurprisingly. Definitely heading in the right direction...

Looks brilliant

Lashout_UK · 13 Jun 2021 at 10:10

Thanks! I still need to lower the rear and remove the awful UK-spec foglight. Dropping the tail should also reduce the arch gap in the front a bit, too, which should help it look a little more purposeful.

Got a harness bar to go in, too, then I've got to change the seats and steering wheel, then to cut more weight out of it, and then... you get the idea. Lots to be doing.

I was going to take it up to Elvington this month for a top speed event but I'll probably do that next month now, as I'm just stacked with work. I've had it up to ~105mph on track so far, but I need to see what it'll do in a standing mile before more serious modifications begin.

Akagi · 13 Jun 2021 at 20:18

And lower the front. And then lower the rear again.

Lashout_UK · 13 Jun 2021 at 20:36

Acme said:
And lower the front. And then lower the rear again.

Funnily enough, front coilovers are on the potential upgrade list for that very reason. The rear suspension is very easy to adjust and has a wide range of adjustment, but the front doesn't (in stock form).

Akagi · 13 Jun 2021 at 20:37

Lashout_UK said:
Funnily enough, front coilovers are on the potential upgrade list for that very reason. The rear suspension is very easy to adjust and has a wide range of adjustment, but the front doesn't (in stock form).

Mmmm!

Lashout_UK · 13 Jun 2021 at 20:42

That would do nicely.

RIP my front airdam.

Akagi · 13 Jun 2021 at 20:45

Yes I think IRL it would be in the gravel.

Michael Myers · 14 Jun 2021 at 11:15

had a full alignment done and corner weighting on my mk2 golf, total car weight was 1060kg. which is pretty good as the 20vt engine is a bit heavier than the old 8v unit.

i dont drive it too much and always forget how raw it is to drive compared to my daily estate.

Meaker · 14 Jun 2021 at 19:00

Clean again

savagesam117 · 14 Jun 2021 at 19:07

Painted some stuff.

And then put some interior in. Paint isn't perfect but who cares when it's covered in carpet.

CaptainRAVE · 15 Jun 2021 at 18:04

Sat at the lights and watched a decent crash in front of me in the flowing traffic. Most sensible people stay out of the blind spot of a huge lorry that inevitably can’t stay in lane around a roundabout. Might have cut lanes, couldn’t really tell. Instead of moving slightly to the right, the jeep driver panics, stops and holds the horn. Lorry pulls off most of the front body work. It was actually quite impressive to behold, super slow motion and so easily avoided. Probably wrote off the jeep, so much damage for what just seemed to be the front arch that caught the lorries rear impact protection.

Akagi · 15 Jun 2021 at 21:34

Its an acme spam post! Haven't shared ****box pictures for a while...

How to properly conduct an inner arch rust repair:

First, reverse your car into a gate...

Then remove the frazzle:

First (again) jack up your car, then put it on axle steeeeeaands...

Remove your arch trim and side skirt, then attack with a wire brush...

Liberally apply rust converter (or strawberry milkshake if preferred)

Rev the engine with a pound coin balanced on it...

A huge smear of expired tiger seal...

Hey look, one door is from an old GS300 Sport!

20 layers of useless cheap stonechip in a can (seriously, its just slightly thick black paint, don't buy Granville "stonechip" paint)

Copy paste...

'Fixed.'

Now onto the less sheddy car... How to fix a spoiler, featuring lots of missing pictures because my Dad did it for me without being asked because he gets bored easily now he's retired...

The spoiler was rattling horribly at speed so I had to investigate... There are supposed to be 5 fixings. Three of them were snapped clean off, one was fine, one was missing completely, and one was so rusted it was unrecognisable and the surrounding metal on the boot lid had cracked because someone had clearly tried to brute force it off. That is all that was holding it on, two fixings.

The rusty fixing which I couldn't grip onto (even if I snapped it that would have been fine)

The old man dremmelling it off because he "didnt want me to break his dremel"

He then drilled out the snapped fixings, put in metal inserts, tapped them, put studs in 4 of them, and affixed with big washers and lock nuts...

On the one where the metal was cracked, he made a plate and used a hex bolt, and that pulled the metal flush...

Rubber gaskets under it too.

Also attacked the headlights with some cheap car polish... But only one so far.

Before...

After...

Also pieced together an induction kit out of a K&N Typhoon pipe for a 1ZZ Celica, hacksawed the end off, used a RamAir filter from eBay, a rubber joiner from a Chinese knock-off BMC CDA kit, a random assortment of hose clamps and cable ties... It sounds excellent.

The BMW still mostly sits around. It has developed a coolant leak, needs a water pump. So going to replace the whole lot... Not sure when I last posted an update, but it let a load of water in through the firewall, took the interior out, got rid of the resulting surface rust under the carpet, treated and re-painted, re-seam-sealed the offending join on the corner of the battery tray, took the rear coilovers out, fronts to do next... Fitted new tail light seals as well. Its now totally dry inside for a change!

Then I need to get a hole fixed (not rust amazingly, but where the AC lines pass through on an AC car, the metal blank which is seam sealed in fell out, so just going to weld it up), put the interior back in, get a new front exhaust section, MOT it so its drivable again, and then see about finding a shop to re-do the dodgy welding for me.

Or maybe say sod it and paint the whole thing with graffiti paint and just enjoy it... The restoration plan is basically a failure at this point, but its still a fun car in tatty cosmetic condition. Plus I can also carry on tidying it up further down the line, I'd just like it to be one colour!

Drivers seat works surprisingly well, just dont lean back.

This was its first start after sitting outside for 6 months (the concerning rattling noise is just the bottom of the front wing which isnt bolted on)

FlapR · 16 Jun 2021 at 08:33

Had it towed after it suddenly decided to do a wee and throw up various warning lights all within about 30 seconds.