lh_4827's HDi project

[lh_4827]

been on here a while, and had 2 306's in that time.

initially, i had a Ph2 silver DTurbo '98



it started out life totally standard and was tuned within a few weeks, upto 99.1bhp at the wheels, 116 at the fly

it went it for its first MOT under my ownership, and failed on a bit of cancer/rot/holiness..




the car was set to be used as a course closing car, on a road rally in church stretton in february this year and got a bit of TLC to get it cleaned up a bit..



this was all in vain however, as the car ended up looking like this when it finished:













so it needed a replacement

in comes the HDi..

black 5 door HDi, picked up from Taunton, Bristol, for the nice sum of £645. there was no MOT on the car, and had 2 months tax.
its first MOT it passed, with only a few advisories, like the rear wiper arm missing, and tyre wear getting close to the limit.







First up.. cyclones (courtesy of silverZX)



followed rapidly by a remap from Pro-Steve for 120bhp, then an FMIC conversion:









mostly stainless steel tubing, apart from the 406 bottom pipe.

also replaced the centre section of the exhaust for one with no boxes, which came from my old 306. waiting for On-line autosport of lichfield to get the HDI decats in, as i know the owner, so can get a real good deal on it..

then came a change of headlights, to a set of angels:







finally got around to fitting my MBC and the car is now boosting to 24psi, and the clutch is beginning to slip a bit.

also fitted a seriously cheap sub and amp setup. i dont like hearing stupid levels of bass from other peoples cars, and i think it distorts the sound way too much when bass levels are high, but on the same bat, my alpine speakers and HU were struggling with Bass at higher volumes..
so i acquired a home cinema Sub that was going to be used in the house to start with, and acquired a Mutant NW280SP amplifier for £15 inc postage. wiring kit was another £10 and thats all of the associated costs involved lol. as the amp is relatively low power, the sub isnt driven hard, and picks up the slack that the speakers now have after i turned down the bass that they are fed.. sounds the tits, and isnt too offensive to others around me.. i'll put up a photo when i can be arsed to go to the car..

current thoughts and future ideas:

new clutch - Done
De-DPF - Done
GE shortshift - Done
uprated gear linkages: [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320731035585&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT - Done
Braided brake lines - unsure on this one.. might do hydro handbrake for autotesting if this becomes a competition car..
'6 brakes -Done
stage 2 remap from Pro_steve - Done
De-Wiper - Done
Tablet install - Done
leather interior - Done