saving the red rallye

[chiefton]

Hi just joined but am 306gti6.com member love this car glad I saved it!!!

It came to me in a very sorry state bought for 350 from ebay with a seized engine,due to water damage (6 bent valves and bent rod lol good effort!!)

I already owned a onyx black six which I loved and rebuilt the engine on last February after the hg started to fail and had beem sweet ever since. Pics of the onyx 6....




was nice I loved it but I broke it for parts and used the engine forthe rallye...this is how the rallye arrived and how it looked after a couple of hours!!









then stripping it....



the water sat in the inlet...


made me laugh that did






Also engine mount cradle was absolutely shot too



Then I spent hours taking back to clean steel and using de-ox gel etc etc..






Few pics of that I redid the whole engine bay and inner archs on the front in stone chip shield,cherry red then lacquer then a clear wax coat few more pics. .










Refitted engine a put back together this is how she stands now.....

[306Dan]

glad to see a rallye saved, if this the one off ebay around mid to late last year? Do you have any plans for her?

[chiefton]

Yeah thats the one, not sure really its my daily but looking to get 21mm torsion bars and thicker arb on the beam,got some roller bearing wishbone bushes coming soon and some other goodies keep ya posted!!
going back to standard cyclones now as have 17" pro race 1.2 on atm which im selling looking to gwt some cams and goodies with the money,have a machined throttle body coming too so nothing major atm!

[Dum-Dum]

Good to see you saving it, my rallye is going to be getting a similar treatment but I'm hoping to go even further with stripping the bay nad painting it back up.

[7057sam]

Glad see you saving it

I have some pro race 1.2 16 inch and 21 torsion bars forsale if your interested?

[chiefton]

Im already debating your torsion bars lol

yeah iv still to give the boot floor the full works the whole front and engine bay is as new now much better!!

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Got a mangnex up for sale to as have another exhaust lined up,going bit more suttle more standard look!

[chiefton]

Update my gearbox decided ti s**t itself and p**s out all of its oil just after fitting my coilies too!!

Luckily I had a spare which I refreshed with new sesls and fork bushes before it went in.
Piccy of it leaking

And the damage...


Good effort lol
Done it once and was not right so had to move box back again and realign clutch fork!! Defo two man job to get it in with the clutch would of made it alot easier lol
Decided to go back to my bilstien b4 (brand new) and eibach pro springs,as the coilies are far to stiff for the roads where I live but handled brilliantly!!!!
So they wil be up for sale now to recoup some money!!

also back rollin on standard clones,which i refurbed myself as sold my 7" 1.2's.
also got a new alloy catch tank fitted as fed up with my ram air getting soppy with oil lol and fitted my polished inlet,looks awsome!!

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Also fitted my machined throttle body,seems to have better throttle response so winner,also the resonator and been welded up,not sure why tho??
More to follow.....

[chiefton]

Been ages since iv updated this thread lol, fair bits been done ...just changed the cambelt/waterpump and put a new aux belt on,running lovely!!

Also purchased a recently rebuilt xsara vts beam,which is lowered...a fair bit lol

Just picked up some freshly powder coated cyclones and fitted them,and gave it all a polish so shes looking sweeeet atm!!!

Also had some welding done today on the box sections in front of the front jacking points, been repaired before but no drain hole was drilled.....muppets lol started to get really soft,so thought id get on top of it before gets bad.

So all good now and protected once more so im happy again. Lots of other stuff been done new berlingo p bushes (although had to buy more as the local roads love destroying them!!). New set of braided brake lines all round aswell,gotta get pads soon for the front now tho.


Had a new nissens rad and the little securing fingers that hold it secure a d new slimline fans as cheap nasty ones ruined my old (5 months old mind you!!) rad as the blade started to protrude...grrrr!!!
Other than that hunky dory!

Few pics.....
Before beam change..


after....


new and old.....


and on,had new shocks fitted since also ....


Got rid of rear brake compensator as was rusted up






Rad damage and fan....




Mullered p bush lol





How she stands after fresh clones and good polish....







and welding...




ahh that is all for now.....

[chiefton]

all going well atm gonna get a service kit for it as due soon,had a rattle from the front and also pulled hard to the right when i broke hard....not so good lol
got the front up in the air and discovered it was the brake pad rattling about :/ hmm i thought so unbolt caliper and low and behold sliders seized up!!!

unseized slider, cleaned aswell and the carrier and re-greased and hey presto amazing brakes once more and better....no more rattle,did the other side for good measure!1

just bought a set a coilovers from jaymes306 bianca as with my new beam the front,although on brand new b4's and -30 eibach pro's, is fairly high compared to rear so these should settle that nicely,not going stupid tho just needs to be about 10-20mm lower on the front. should feel more balanced hopefully aswell as the front feels abit soft for the rear now if you know what i mean.

also got the bmc cda filter and mounting bracket he had for sale aswell,been after one for ages heard good thing about thems and can get good cold air feed to it now.
that will b e replacing my ramair open filter i have on atm which also is very good i think.

more to follow.....

[7057sam]

Clones look lovely mate with look even better when you get the coilovers on,how's the new beam feel?

[chiefton]

Clones look lovely mate with look even better when you get the coilovers on,how's the new beam feel?

Cheers dude they do look awesome!
 The beam probably best thing iv done so far,complete changed the look and feel,handles amazing now defo confidence inspiring lol really has had a huge improvement.

[chiefton]

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[chiefton]

Coilovers on looks much better albeit lil bit low lol ah well just have to be more careful hey!!!

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[7057sam]

That pretty low mate

Can't wait to see some clean pictures of it.

[chiefton]

Yeah i think i may raise the front a tad or put my standard splitter back on as the laguna one is fairly deep. I know she needs a wash,seems everytime i do it it rains on my drive home lol csnt wait for summer going to give a bloody good mop n polish as just bought a new mop and some fancy g3 products!!

[chiefton]

Right got on it tonight and raised the front by a 1" 1/2 so much better shouldnt be mullering my splitter now!!

[7057sam]

Yeah the g3 stuff is on 2 for 3 atm at halfords

After a day or so the coilovers should settle aswell.

[chiefton]

Yeah iv been using g3 for years good stuff it is,i get it cheap from the motor factors anyway being in the trade

[chiefton]

Small update just ordered a service kit will do thst tonight,as its about due and i always give a it a full service everytime,have done with all my cars lol

Got some new wheels coming soon so need to sell my new cyclones,but csnt seem to post in for ssle yet (still) bit annoying as got a few bits i need rid of!!

[Bridget]

You are great mechanic!

[7057sam]

Think you need a 100 post to post in the forsale section

Tryed Facebook pages??

[Dum-Dum]

She looks gorgeous mate, especially those wheels.

[chiefton]

Thank you for comments people,i try im not amazing by along way but know a fair bit lol

100 posts.....thats a fair few ay better get posting lol

[chiefton]

nice and clean,im debatimg getting some gti6 leather as my seats are pretty poor,drivers outter bolster seems as the frame part is bent lol

So if anyone has some in good nick fairly local let me know please!!


Gonna save up for some b8's for the front,really can'tdo coilovers with roads round here. Potholes galore.

[Niall]

Looks a beaut mate Is this the one that was for sale around Farnborough on eBay? If so, you outbid me in the last seconds! lol
Glad to see its been saved and its looking great.
You will love the B8s. Id recommend Eibach springs but some use H&R and say they are just as good. Personally, I'm not a coilover fan and i found that my car actually handled substantially better on the B8s over my old D2 coilovers.

[chiefton]

Was for sale on ebay but in cranleigh almost a year ago now,its come along way since then lol
Yeah gotta say im not a hooge fan of the coilovers,and it did handle nice on the b4's and eibach springs, just sat to high on the front with them on

[Matt-Rallye]

That rallye is beautiful! hopefully i can get mine to this sort of standard keep up the top job!

[chiefton]

Thanks bud there still alot to be done,think Shes defo a keeper tho!!!

[chiefton]

well got a pair of new b4's and just some mediocre -60mm springs on as was sick of the coilovers.

handles nice again and not so crash on the ol' country roads lol

also freshly cleaned again bit think I'm gunna be spending some cash on my e30 touring I picked up so poss project rallye on hold.........

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[Eeyore]

Looks fantastic!