+- 306oc - Peugeot 306 Owners Club & Forum (https://www.306oc.co.uk/forum)
+-- Forum: General (https://www.306oc.co.uk/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=6)
+--- Forum: Newbies (https://www.306oc.co.uk/forum/forumdisplay.php?fid=24)
+--- Thread: Hi from a Renault geek (/showthread.php?tid=30410)
Hi from a Renault geek - LiamR14 - 10-05-2015
Hi all.. recently got an old heap of a 306 XSI, it's got a GTI6 engine. Bodywork is very rough and it had no carpet when I got it.
I've stripped the interior leaving the front seats and dash, put a new droplink on it and I've bought a GTI6 manifold off eBay today.
The boy told me it had the GTI rear brake setup and it needs handbrake cables so I went and bought the cables for a gti. However looking at it quickly I don't think it's the correct cables.
Is there another upgrade for an xsi?
I've got idea about these cars as I'm into my renaults so ill be needing a bit of help along the way, but the plan is to get it tidied up, through an MOT then get a set of buckets etc and use it as a toy through summer.
Thanks.
RE: Hi from a Renault geek - Eeyore - 10-05-2015
all the rear brakes should be the same. Its either cables or drums. There are no different callipers or disc sizes for the rear.
RE: Hi from a Renault geek - Niall - 10-05-2015
Cables are different between drums and discs though so it may be you've been given the wrong cables.
RE: Hi from a Renault geek - LiamR14 - 10-05-2015
Its got discs on the rear..wasn't sure if the xsi had drums as standard or if they were all the same setup. Should be right with the cables i have then?
Cheers
RE: Hi from a Renault geek - kee616 - 10-05-2015
Welcome BTW
RE: Hi from a Renault geek - LiamR14 - 10-05-2015
Haha thanks
I'm liam and I live in Inverness in the north of Scotland.
RE: Hi from a Renault geek - adam b - 10-05-2015
You might recognise the rear calipers
RE: Hi from a Renault geek - Herby7 - 11-05-2015
Welcome
RE: Hi from a Renault geek - LiamR14 - 11-05-2015
Clio calipers are they? :o
RE: Hi from a Renault geek - LiamR14 - 11-05-2015
Here's some old cars if you fancy a look, first car was a silver 1.2 clio. Lowered it and stuck a set of black multiespokes and drove that for a year before buying my silver 172. No photos of the 1.2 on my phone sorry :p
Silver 172
https://www.flickr.com/gp/125404061@N06/A6784p
Sundance yellow 106 gti (rotten)
https://flic.kr/p/rKeMnn
https://flic.kr/p/rKeN5K
https://flic.kr/p/sDHSGf
Megane R26 F1 Lux pack.
https://flic.kr/p/sFRx4W
https://flic.kr/p/sFRx4W
https://flic.kr/p/rKevwK
https://flic.kr/p/spzRmx
ITBd 172 cup (my favourite!)
https://flic.kr/p/oNQ45u
https://flic.kr/p/p64HvB
https://flic.kr/p/oayaTm
https://flic.kr/p/orLiQr
https://flic.kr/p/o6eu2D
Silver clio was good fun, was pretty rough when I got it but sorted it out, thrashed it for a year then bought my megane. Had the 106 for 2 weeks just before I got the megane but it was rotten so had the welding done then punted it.
Megane was a really good car, but I always felt the clio was faster and more fun on the back roads, I missed the revs etc so Pxd it for the ITBd 172 cup, it was a properly sorted car, and very fast. Alot faster than the megane. On par with my brothers 312bhp imprezza and quicker than a mk2 FRS up until about 125mph. So much fun! Ended up selling it when I got a 6 month ban last year. It got broken for parts and is now in a scrapyard somewhere.
So, I'm into my 6th french car with the XSI/6. Hopefully get it all sorted out and on the road for nipping about in summer
RE: Hi from a Renault geek - Moonwalker - 18-05-2015
Welcome bud.
Be good to see a Project Thread on your new car.
RE: Hi from a Renault geek - LiamR14 - 18-05-2015
Thanks
Still waiting for this manifold to arrive!!
RE: Hi from a Renault geek - 7057sam - 18-05-2015
bet the clio sounded insane
RE: Hi from a Renault geek - hanny74 - 21-05-2015
(10-05-2015, 07:55 PM)LiamR14 Wrote: Hi all.. recently got an old heap of a 306 XSI, it's got a GTI6 engine. Bodywork is very rough and it had no carpet when I got it.
I've stripped the interior leaving the front seats and dash, put a new droplink on it and I've bought a GTI6 manifold off eBay today.
The boy told me it had the GTI rear brake setup and it needs handbrake cables so I went and bought the cables for a gti. However looking at it quickly I don't think it's the correct cables.
Is there another upgrade for an xsi?
I've got idea about these cars as I'm into my renaults so ill be needing a bit of help along the way, but the plan is to get it tidied up, through an MOT then get a set of buckets etc and use it as a toy through summer.
Thanks.
hi there, nice to meet you
Have u got ur advice ?
(11-05-2015, 11:15 AM)LiamR14 Wrote: Here's some old cars if you fancy a look, first car was a silver 1.2 clio. Lowered it and stuck a set of black multiespokes and drove that for a year before buying my silver 172. No photos of the 1.2 on my phone sorry :p
Silver 172
https://www.flickr.com/gp/125404061@N06/A6784p
Sundance yellow 106 gti (rotten)
https://flic.kr/p/rKeMnn
https://flic.kr/p/rKeN5K
https://flic.kr/p/sDHSGf
Megane R26 F1 Lux pack.
https://flic.kr/p/sFRx4W
https://flic.kr/p/sFRx4W
https://flic.kr/p/rKevwK
https://flic.kr/p/spzRmx
ITBd 172 cup (my favourite!)
https://flic.kr/p/oNQ45u
https://flic.kr/p/p64HvB
https://flic.kr/p/oayaTm
https://flic.kr/p/orLiQr
https://flic.kr/p/o6eu2D
Silver clio was good fun, was pretty rough when I got it but sorted it out, thrashed it for a year then bought my megane. Had the 106 for 2 weeks just before I got the megane but it was rotten so had the welding done then punted it.
Megane was a really good car, but I always felt the clio was faster and more fun on the back roads, I missed the revs etc so Pxd it for the ITBd 172 cup, it was a properly sorted car, and very fast. Alot faster than the megane. On par with my brothers 312bhp imprezza and quicker than a mk2 FRS up until about 125mph. So much fun! Ended up selling it when I got a 6 month ban last year. It got broken for parts and is now in a scrapyard somewhere.
So, I'm into my 6th french car with the XSI/6. Hopefully get it all sorted out and on the road for nipping about in summer
beautiful photo cars
RE: Hi from a Renault geek - LiamR14 - 21-05-2015
Thanks hanny74. I haven't had a chance to get a look at the handbrake cables again.
Are the GTI and XSI cables different?
My manifold arrived last night so I'm going to get that fitted tonight!
RE: Hi from a Renault geek - Matt-Rallye - 21-05-2015
Not a renault geek untill you have shoehorned an F4R into an R5
I jest, hello and welcome!
Im also in the RenaultSport Megane (dci175) & 306 (various) owners club 