Cully's Stage 1 HDI Estate ongoing Project

[cully]

Cully's Stage 1 HDI ongoing Project

Ok heres my car when i went to view it before i bought it back in april 2010
was looking for a car better on fuel and with more room than an astra






two weeks later i was the proud owner of a 2002 hdi, full service history, 12months Mot and 12month

warentee for the cost of £2500

so after driving it for only 1 week i start spending money on the car which hasn't stopped since really.
my first purchase was a KWP2000+ from china so i could have a go at remaping the car

this came quite quickly so off to read the ECU
i copyed the map file
the info from the ECU reads

0281010592 < this number is the same as the ECU number on the TIN !
1037353483
B075WFS
S03C81A0001
81_14G8
31325544



having a friend that owns a garage buisness with a rolling road sometimes has its advantages
at this point we decided to get some standared power runs done for a bench mark
also we decided to give the car a decat

1st today Ive had done a standard power run !

2nd spent time removing the cat by knocking out the matrix then unplugged the EGR valve and air doser
followed by another power run !

3rd spent time messing with maf/filters/intake positions while running power runs





my findings !!

On my car the cat was recently replaced so it weren't blocked so putting up no restriction !
this may point to the standard 2 box system restricts the system more than the cat alone !

air intake
the standard panel filter is more than up to doing the job as no changes to output were noted with or

without or changing the pick up point

the biggest difference was seen after we did a "Dyno Decoke"
holding car on load and spraying water into the intake to clean the inlet tracts (not through the MAF)
this seemed to release a few more Hp over the standard run

i Believe my car is getting the max out of itself
so is in need of a Remap!!!

a big thank you goes out to Mr Whippy for coming through with the stage 1 map tonight,
have been out and flashed my car with the KWP2000+ took around 3 Min's

now just got to wait for the drive to work in the morning

time to drill and tap the inlet so i can fit a boost gauge



got back on the rollers to check the new map




painted the dash plastics to match the car



other catchup items i have done

OEM boostgauge fitment
link here http://306oc.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=142



Fog flash with main beam mod
link here http://306oc.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=156



Alloy referb to Gold

just a short guide on removing paint from alloy wheels

ready for repair and priming



i started off trying to sand the wheels down but that was taking ages so tried a different approach


Things needed

Alloy wheel to be stripped

Nitromors paint stripper

Paint brush

Wire wool

Rubber gloves

suitable place of work NOT THE KITCHEN TABLE

water/hosepipe







place wheel on a flat surface






pour some Nitromors into the can lid and with a paintbrush dab onto the paint that is to be removed







once you have coated the wheel once you should begin to see a reaction, and be able to see the areas you

have missed.
reapply a second coat then work paste in with the paint brush.







leave for around 5 minutes,
grab a handful of wire wool and begin to work the paste with the wool you will

find the paint will come off easy









work your way around the wheel until you have removed all or most of the paint and paste







the 5 minutes is just a guide i found this long enough to strip it down to the original primer


now i took the wheel outside and washed the rim off with water from a hosepipe be careful where the water

is spraying as the last thing you want is paint removed from your car!







the wheel is now ready for repair or priming

Primmed fronts and backs







backs painted matt black







fronts being painted under halogen lights on a turntable stand










four wheels in the house hardening off





wheels fitted



flashed a new map from Pro-steve with rolling road graph







ooooww new springs dampers and bush's for the front




list of new parts fitted
SPAX SSX Springs S027016 -40 springs
Unipart for (2002 HDI 18mmball,power stearing,abs)
UGCGSJ3079 Plastic droplink
UGCGSJ3533 Suspension arm complete
UGCGSJ3534 Suspension arm complete
UGCGSA10118 Front strut
UGCGSA10117 Front strut


also had to have my tracking done as the car was toeing in 7 deg's as a result of the lowering


for my latest addition to the car is a splitter from a renult megane scenic
remember to run the car onto extended ramps or you won't get the car off without riping the splitter off
fit splitter with self tapping screws, drill, double sidded tap and a blowtorch!

[SonnyRoby]

Like your car mate! Love the splitter.

[cully]

other things that i have done to the car since owning it

i had a misfire which turned out to be a dodgy injector so after doing some testing which included a home made leak off test



i bought a set of recon injectors from Diesel Bob this fixed my misfire
old removed injectors




i also had the mandatory bottom pulley break up !
the original and two pattern factor pulleys before i bought a nice new Lynx engineering pulley




fitted a rear usb 5v and 12v power outlet in the rear console

[cully]

have also changed the door switch light colours by fitting new colour Led's
thread here
http://306oc.co.uk/forum/thread-134.html



have had to fix the Airbag warning light which turned out to be the plugs under the passenger seat

link here http://306oc.co.uk/forum/thread-447.html read the whole thread not just the first post !

[sam]

Like it chap nice work

[Eeyore]

Really love the originality of the mods on this! Always been a big help and Ill be following your guides again for my estate!

[cully]

nice one sam
thanks

[Tom]

What Sam said, love all the mods, all the OEM style! When i get fogs i will be doing the fogs and main beam mod

[puglove]

Nicly detailed thread cully. Some real nice subtle mods

[David]

Can't get any of the links to work mate

[cully]

OEM boostgauge fitment
link here http://306oc.co.uk/forum/thread-129.html

Fog flash with main beam mod
link here http://306oc.co.uk/forum/thread-143.html

[ozonehostile]

I love your boost gauge fitment, cars looking nice too

[Aaron _d95]

Are the wheels white or is that just the base coat then you stripped the paint

[DaveW]

Its the base coat.

[kentiiboii]

It's the orignal base coat.

[Aaron _d95]

Thanks guys. Looks good white with a red inner dish

[cully]

been a long time since ive posted in here
with all my other stuff going on but unfortunatly the estate is crying out for some attention seems pugs dont like being neglected and used as a daily

the rear windows in the estate have been misting up so i went looking tonight for the dreaded rust on the Nearside inner arch...
which i duely found

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and after poking it made the hole bigger

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so tomorrow im going to have a go at welding this up!
wait for the thread ive set my car on fire

[Niall]

I always thought the PH3s had a rear arch liner which stopped this?

[Toms306]

The phase 3 estates still don't... They still have a half arsed quarter liner, until some of the very latest ones.

[cully]

no arch liners that side in mine, and it was the last of 306 estates, i guess the parts bins were empty when mine was assembled

[Dum-Dum]

Ah shit, really dont want to look at mine

[cully]

Todays workshop looked a bit like a wet one so i backed the estate up to the garage doors and cracked on



so the trim was stripped out yesterday so today was attack with the wire brush and Disc cutter back to good metal so the hole got bigger




now to fill the hole! make cardboard templet then cut out some steal and bend



get handy with the welder
not Pritty but its not falling out



coat of paint or two



just like no one was there!




ive still got to take the wheel off clean the arch out and underseal the arch but ist started raining now so thats a job for another day now

[Ricky]

Wish I could weld Mines a bit worse than that.

[Grant]

Nice work cully.

First bit of love for the estate for a while?

[cully]

Nice work cully.

First bit of love for the estate for a while?

yes it is, ive got a fealing it needs more lovin for the MOT

[Eeyore]

Good job fixing it. Mine is worse than that :/

[ozonehostile]

I really ought to check mine for the dreaded rust.

You say you only noticed because the rear windows were misting up?

[Poodle]

Was wondering when this would resurface, she's clearly got jealous of the 6.

Wish I could weld Mines a bit worse than that.

A blind monkey with chronic arthritis could mig weld, just takes a bit of practice to make it pretty.

[kentiiboii]

Yeah welding isn't too hard, I was taught a little back in college. But I was never pro!

[cully]

had to do some work on the estate tonight

had to make a new centre replacment back box as i left the old one in the fast lane on the M5

decided to go the stelth side exit route this time

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