Carl and Jonny's XUD Hillclimber

[306racecar]

"Carl and Jonny" is C.gerrard and Jonny81191

This was supposed to be unveiled at PPCITP without anyone knowing, but we've decided to put up a project thread and let you all know what we're up to!

The reason for the new account is so that we can both update the project thread.

We started with a standard blaze 3dr MOT failure, picked up for £300 from blackburn. It was on 180,000 miles, standard lucas and k14, not too bad condition really, but there were a few issues. Such as after being ragged up and down Carl's drive, it would run without the key and all the dashboard lights on!


DSC_0243 by 306racecar, on Flickr


DSC_0244 by 306racecar, on Flickr

So we stalled it and ripped all the interior out

Then the engine in Carl's sigma packed up, so we simply replaced his with the one in the blaze, fitted his bosch and T2 and put the "spare" engine in the shed ready to rebuild.


DSC_0403 by 306racecar, on Flickr

We then built a massive shed to prep and spray the shell in, the colour will be revealed later on


DSC_0457 by 306racecar, on Flickr

Once under cover, we removed the doors, all the glass, the fuel tank and.. Well everything really! We haven't seen a 306 this stripped out


DSC_0626 by 306racecar, on Flickr


DSC_0630 by 306racecar, on Flickr

Then we rolled it onto it's side to strip the underside and repair the couple of rusty bits on the chassis rails.


DSC_0637 by 306racecar, on Flickr

As it stands, that's where we're up to at the moment.

The plans are to fully prep it for track use, with the emphasis on hillclimbing. We also want to keep it as light as possible, preferably sub 900kgs.

Engine wise, we're going to need to look into the rules and regs, as fun as it would be to bolt on a huge blower and make silly power, we don't want to end up competing against cars which would make us very uncompetitive. But we do have a TD04, and a GT2052, just in case

[ozonehostile]

ooh this is an exciting looking project, love finding ways to make cars stupidly light, look forward to see what you guys come up with

[samass]

Siiiiick. You stripping off all the underseal and shit?

[Jonny81191]

Yeah mate all the underseal is going, weighs too much

[samass]

Correct answer! Pugfest?

[rocker8742]

Looks like it could be awesome mate love the shed

[Scott]

I was wondering whose account this was

Awesome project mate, I'll be keeping an eye on this. I love that you've just built a shed around the car. Quality.

[c.gerrard]

Hopefully, we'd like it to be done for April.

Actually, a select few may be able to come view it when you lot come up for the meet

But, yeah the underseal is an absolute b*tch. I reckon I've spent near enough a day scrapping away!

[Jake]

That's Amazing !

[Jonny81191]

Underseal. I will forever hate it. I tried a 9" angle grinder with a BFO wire brush today, still a PITA

[Niall]

oooh exciting stuff! love the makeshift shed lol

[ozonehostile]

get a variety of drill wire brush sizes, gets the worst of it off then switch to a flap disc on the grinder to get the remains off. best way ive ever found of stripping underseal and seamsealer off a car.
my mate had an ex cituning demo car, good inspiration for just how much stuff you can drill holes in to shave off a few grams haha

[c.gerrard]

Yeah, we've got pretty much every size under the sun, but just a bit of hard work and we'll get there. Using a blow torch and a chisel was mega effective as well.

The damn shed is getting more attention than the car. To be fair, that thing was worthy of its own project thread. As you can see my house is quite exposed, so we are on the second roof now! One problem is that when it properly pisses it down, water collects in places and makes the material sag.

[samass]

Hammer drill with chisel attachment. Should be cold enough up there in the arctic circle or it to just chip off!

[Poodle]

Absolute heroes, the pair of you. Itching to see what you've got planned.

[Jonny81191]

Hammer drill with chisel attachment. Should be cold enough up there in the arctic circle or it to just chip off!

Mate we're gonna try and get it all done this saturday, 2x anglegrinders with wire cup brushes, start early and don't stop 'till it's finished!

Absolute heroes, the pair of you. Itching to see what you've got planned.

Cheers mate! The plans will unfold fairly quickly if this thing's gonna be ready for PPCITP (realistically 5 months.. shiiiit)

[Sambarker]

Would be interesting to see how you get on hill climbing. Fancy doing it with the 309

[Niall]

Yeah, we've got pretty much every size under the sun, but just a bit of hard work and we'll get there. Using a blow torch and a chisel was mega effective as well.

The damn shed is getting more attention than the car. To be fair, that thing was worthy of its own project thread. As you can see my house is quite exposed, so we are on the second roof now! One problem is that when it properly pisses it down, water collects in places and makes the material sag.

go to wickes and get some sheet wood of some sort then just put the plastic sheeting over it. Or, that corrugated clear roofing plastic is quite cheap

[Jonny81191]

go to wickes and get some sheet wood of some sort then just put the plastic sheeting over it. Or, that corrugated clear roofing plastic is quite cheap

not when the shed is 3.6x5.5 metres would be getting expensive, and as it's only a temporary thing, it's not such an issue.

[4WayDiablo]

Time to get the hole saw whirring too lol
Looks like a decent project though! Best of luck! Would love too see it do a hill climb

I do hope it won't be staying morning piss colour?

[Eeyore]

epic plan

[Matt]

Looks to be good guys pair of

[Niall]

so unless ive missed the answer, will this be road legal? Do hill climb cars have to be road legal? (i know pugfest isn't exactly a proper race)

[Jonny81191]

so unless ive missed the answer, will this be road legal? Do hill climb cars have to be road legal? (i know pugfest isn't exactly a proper race)

No it won't initially, but we're not gonna shoot ourselves in the *feet?* by doing stuff that will make life hard for us if we wanted to make it road legal in the future.

Hillclimbers don't have to be road legal, it's just that a fair number of them are as they're also weekend toys.

[Niall]

so unless ive missed the answer, will this be road legal? Do hill climb cars have to be road legal? (i know pugfest isn't exactly a proper race)

No it won't initially, but we're not gonna shoot ourselves in the *feet?* by doing stuff that will make life hard for us if we wanted to make it road legal in the future.

Hillclimbers don't have to be road legal, it's just that a fair number of them are as they're also weekend toys.

cool. well in that case, strip the bollocks out of it to the point it can barely stand under its own weight lol

[ginge191]

excellent project here! will keep an eye on this!

[Kezzieboy]

Surely you have to be ridiculously careful about what you attack with the hole-saw, or else you'll end up with a wobbly chassis

[c.gerrard]

I do hope it won't be staying morning piss colour?

Of course not, all we can assure you is that no 306 has been the colour we have in mind

Yeah, as nice as it would be to have it road legal, it would be too much effort!

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cool. well in that case, strip the bollocks out of it to the point it can barely stand under its own weight lol

Shall we just drop an enigine in, in its current state and see what happens?

[Jonny81191]

Of course not, all we can assure you is that no 306 has been the colour we have in mind

Erm, there has been one similar if not the same..

[cwspellowe]

Yellow?