Breaking 30-31 August. Citroen ZX Volcane DT

[Anton]

I thought it was about time i started a project thread

Some of you may remember my P1 Sigma from a few years ago, sadly a HGV pulled out on me and wrote it off. However bits and pieces lived on in other peoples cars .
I then didnt have a car for a few months whilst i finished Uni but was missing the XUD and boost.

I began searching for another nice P1, looked for around 3 months and still nothing that i liked. I eventually started looking at other XUD engined cars and came across the ZX.
At the time i literally knew nothing about them, not that many about and not as popular as the 306. It weighs 990kg so a fair bit of weight saving over a 306 too.

So about the car, i bought it from a guy in Yeovil of which it had been passed through the family. Its an early 1994 3 door Volcane DT in an unknown green. I got in October 2011 on 119k miles. Came with a Bosch and T2 as standard.
There are only around 200 of these left on the road compared to over 6000 306 DT's.



I'm not one for taking many pictures, that is how the car stands.

Since i have had it i have replaced so many parts, almost every consumable.
The current spec is as follows:

Brakes

GTI6 front brakes fully rebuilt and painted black
Ferodo DS2500 pads
Brembo Discs
Braided hoses

Rebuilt rear calipers
Brembo Discs
Mintex pads
Braided hoses

Suspension

GTI6 Shocks with 40mm springs (lowers around 100mm )
Standard height rear beam, although they are different to 306's.
They have 20mm TB's and calipers as standard, different toe specs.

Engine

D8a Xud9te
Reconditoned head
GT2052s Turbo
9mm Bosch (Gov mod)


Cosmetics

Omp subframes with Grey and Black leather buckets
Rear bench removed
Xsara alloys with spec 2's all round
Omp deep dish steering wheel
Boost gauge with a Gareth vent




Car is now on 175k miles, so in 20 months i have put 56,000 miles. Mainly on veg during that time!

Future plans are to fit my GAZ coilovers that ive had a while, along with rebuilding the rear beam and lowering 20mm or so.

The HG was replaced in November but has blown again although not as severe, so looking to fit my ARP studs which will hopefully cure that!

Thanks for reading!