The Astor Platinum Onyx

[devils_fuel]

Just a slight difference

[7057sam]

Yeah my mate I got to off it maybe abit of tight fit!!


got the cooler for a good price so nothing losted there.Really inpressed with the company I got the fitting kit from,only oder the bits on sunday night.

Now got lods of length so can get the cooler in the best possible place

[7057sam]

Shit just got real!!

9 sleeps till I'm officially back on track in a 306 very excited and keen to do combe justice as has time did nt end to well.

[Matt]

Looks shit.




Did you sort the icv? I've got two day here lol

[7057sam]

Looks shit.




Did you sort the icv? I've got two day here lol

Got one sorted for friday cheers also sorted a second hand speedo sensor as that's getting worst.

[7057sam]

Right did nt get much done today (more tommorw)

This mother fucker was the thorn in my side for 2 hours.So had the back and front jacked used a 2 tonne on the rear and this piece of sht on the front.Yes in hindsight should of used the trolly on the front but because of lows it wouldn't fit,well lesson learn.never again.



track tyre's vs road tyre's


Oh found that the last person removed my spare and painted the boot floor,looks to be a good job and done most of the underside of the car,so another thing which I don't need to do

[7057sam]

Today things we needed to do was:test the track tyres,fit the cooler and do the rallye blanks

As see by the photos done a super awesome bodge fitting my cooler then relised the cooler was the wrong size for the pipes.FAIL,still only got 2 sessions at combe so should be ok I do have the fans wired to the aircon button so can have them going to cool it.

Then fitted the 1.2 's.well looking at the tryes they where mad in 2007 but no sign of perishing so see how they hold up.

Also they have to have tapered bolts got a good 6 turns on the wheels and torqued up fine?driving them was abit odd though they scrubbed on the front so headed back the gargae to raise the front up.which actually looks better now as the cars not nose heavy now.

[7057sam]

Took the 6 out for a kane today.kinda massive fail

I was driving and sunnenly the magnex got a lot lounder than it usually gets

Turns out my home brew decat had failed spectacully.sheering striaght of.me and rac man managed to wire tire it up good enough to get home.

so got to get this sorted this week or no combe on Friday

[rocker8742]

That's a shame mate but at least it's an easy fix

[eddy_gti6]

Come one Sam what is that? Why have you not got a magnex decat on there?

[7057sam]

That's a shame mate but at least it's an easy fix

Yeah should be easy enough for most places helpful can find a place before friday so I can get to combe.

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Come one Sam what is that? Why have you not got a magnex decat on there?

Don't worry is already ordered

[7057sam]

Original intention of selling these and keeping the tryes for the speedlines but I dunno quite like them,somthing different

[Eeyore]

Looks epic. Astor and orange looks amazing!

[powerandtorque]

I normally dislike brightly coloured wheels but I've got to say that they actually look pretty damned good!

[eddy_gti6]

Get them on with an orange tow hook FTW B)

[willJspears]

yeee, plus one for orange wheels, looks sweet

[7057sam]

Thanks for all the comments guys


Was very impressed this weekend car did 400 mile round trip and 2 track sessions,did brilliantly in booth.

Has really put things into perspective of what I need to do to it next


I've now decided to keep the to sets of 1.2's and sell my turinis as this will fund my 310mm brake conversion which i really really need

[7057sam]

Found this kicking around

Car when very well all day now different need better brakes and lsd

[Eeyore]

Yes great fun on track! It didnt cook itself or anything!

[7057sam]

Yes great fun on track! It didnt cook itself or anything!

I know !!

Still very surpised booth car did 400 plus miles last weekend and track time and nothing went wrong

Once get the cooler the oil will sit at 90 constantly

[eddy_gti6]

My oil temp sits at 80oC with the cooler on, take a good kicking to get up near 90oC too

[7057sam]

My oil temp sits at 80oC with the cooler on, take a good kicking to get up near 90oC too

Yeah sorry must of been thinking of the wrong gauge

Well got today and tomorrow off so do some bits on the car and wrap your wheels I guess

[j_carter]

Awesome thread, awesome car, i like it alot. fair play.

[7057sam]

Awesome thread, awesome car, i like it alot. fair play.

Cheers mate everything is pretty awesome atm currently have 2 cars booth working very well but it means the 306 is nt my daily

But should save a considerable amount in my fuel bill.Also should free up money to souly spend on mods instead of fueling it all the time

Plan was today was paint some bits black: calipers engine block etc and find where the condensation is getting in my lighs but the weather is closing in on me to resigned to looking on ebay for car parts

Parts for the next few weeks(up to fcs/pugfest)

Adjustable rear shocks
Fit the recaros
Get a 350mm flat wheel (omp suede probably)
Get the engine bay looking respectable maybe relocate the battery to the boot so I can do my fancy induction setup again
Fit catcams
Maybe either get some ds2500 pads or find a rotors bells and calipers


Lots to do but have every friday off to work on it and with me and my mate at is garage can do the majority of the things quite quick.

Oh and most of all try not to break anything,here's hoping all my bad luck is gone now

[Eeyore]

Good luck mate

[7057sam]

So invested in a half decent digital compact camera today(Panasonic g3) and gave the car a well deserved clean,hopefully change the wheels over if it stops raining

[Midnightclub]

Very nice! Sitting just right too

[7057sam]

Cheers mate we raised the front up slightly to stop the ado48 rubbing at the front but also got rid of the nose heavy look.

differently feels very planted on track, need to sort out the condensation in the drivers side black mask now.

[Midnightclub]

Nice

What suspension have you got on this then, cba scrolling through 7 pages lol, I want to say AVO's? but may be thinking of someone else

[7057sam]

kw v1 guess they essentially a basic coilover but seems to still be pretty pricey I got them second hand would of never brought them new.

I'm impressed though seems good on track needed more time to give them a good run in but defentely respond well.