My Pov Spec XUD Citroen ZX

[clarkey2010]

Well thought i would do a project thread on here as all i seem to do is lurk and ask stupid questions

so to all the people who have replied to my stupid questions in threads, thank you! lol

Anyway it isn't going to be anything special and to be fair i wasn't going spend a awful lot on it as it cost me peanuts (literally!) and was more of a cheap run around. But having a small soft spot for all things French, the 'green mean machine' has grown on me

But anyway behold!





quick wash time!



its diesel
it has a turbo
taxed and tested
79k miles

first on the list of things to do was get a cambelt, water pump and AUX belt on it (previous owner couldn't remember when it was done) followed by a full service including the glow plugs for peace of mind.

at this point i started collecting parts from members on here to go all TD04 and 11mm Bosch and FMIC but later gave up on the idea and kinda defeated the whole point of a cheap run around (will probably change at some point lol).

after about 1000+ miles i started to come into brake problems, which later was a fudged calliper and was binding like hell.
started looking for a replacement caliper (2nd hand) but couldn't find anything at the time for the ZX so thought sod it i will upgrade to something bigger, and with thanks to a member on here i managed to get a cheap set of 266mm.


Pulled apart and a quick rub down with a wire brush
sliders greased
and some high temp red paint for added BHP
along with new pads and discs



after the above was fitted i thought 'great' should brake like a dream now....but it just didn't feel right to me and felt as if it was missing that 'offft!' and was no better then my binding standard brakes that were on before lol

at this point it was MOT time and thankfully the 'Green mean machine' passed but all was short lived when the master cylinder died

so out with the old...






and in with the upgrade my ebay bargain



now can see why my ebay bargain gti6 master cylinder was so cheap, the bloody bolt that holds the reservoir on was rusted solid :x so in the end i had cut the ends off and used a big f**k off cable tie to hold it down instead, gave up drilling it out as i had go work the same night.

so as all bad things end it 3's i came to bleed the brakes and found 2 splits in the reservoir (great) number one pictured here and the second one down the back which i can only assume it was there before or i did it...trip down to scrap yard and out i come with a second hand reservoir for a small fee of £1



after all of the above it still didn't feel as sharp as i thought they should be and started to investigate more!

right that's it for the time being and i will post more later or when i can be bothered or anyone actually cares LOL