PERKY'S 205 Gti Rally car

[PERKY]

Re: PERKY'S 205 Gti Rally car

Nursing a hangover and lack of sleep after getting in at 3am and my kids waking me up at 8 i went up the barn to do abit on the pug. Finished off fitting the rear beam (brakelines etc), stripped afew bits off the other 205. Heres a pic of my new exhaust system and 4 branch.

[PERKY]

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Spent afew hours on it today, took ages to get the old manifold and down pipe off due to rounded off nuts, but eentually got it off and binned it.
Then tried fitting the 4 branch manifold, just would not fit .
In the end i had to get the top engine mount off and pull the engine forward afew inches so i could slide the manifold down behind the engine. Replaced the knackerd engine mount at the same time.


Got the manifold fitted but ran out of time to do anymore, had to take the kids to the Circus.



Will fit the rest of the system during the week.

[Gravel Mad]

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Dont want to be a damp squid but the standard manifold and down pipe will give you more power than the 4 branch,
if its the one with the vain of steel in it. thats what give these cars all the torque.
Have rallied a few of these and you wont rally a better or cheaper car
can I see a set of bilstien fixed platforms on the floor?
if so you can use the inserts and convert to coilovers comp brake do all the bits cheap! and keep it at standard ride height!
Tank guard is a must and you can get a cheap steel one from autoquip, rose joint or tie wire the gear linkages as they always go, pagid blue blue pads on standard brakes and you will have a road rally winning car mate!
keep it up youll soon be out!

[PERKY]

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can I see a set of bilstien fixed platforms on the floor?

No unfortunately, its a set of spax adjustables.

[PERKY]

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Not had chance to do alot on the car lately, but have managed to fit the rest of the exhaust and the spax adjustables on the front. Also got hold of some tarox front discs that i pinched off a car i got in to sell on.

[alladdin]

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if you need some rose joints drop me a line with sizes and i can have a rummage i think most of mine will be too big but who knows what i shoveled up before they went all polish

[PERKY]

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if you need some rose joints drop me a line with sizes and i can have a rummage i think most of mine will be too big but who knows what i shoveled up before they went all polish

Wouldnt mind rose jointing the gear linkage, as its as sloppy as an Essex girl, but loads more important bits to sort like the split fuel line thats spraying petrol over the exhaust . You popping down for Trigs trackday?

[alladdin]

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well since you and rob WERNT ALLOWED to take me to cf
i do really fancy a day out. its my daughters bd on the 13th but i think i can swing the 12th unless someones booked it in work

[PERKY]

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Nice one im up early 6ish leaving mine. (the mrs is coming down later on with the Megane, just incase i break the pug )
The mrs asked Rob if he'd go but never got an answer out of him really. Couldnt afford CF show aswell sorry mate. I'll give you the £ for them calipers then aswell

[alladdin]

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shall i bring the diff no one seems to want it in the car

if i get there i will have the discs in the boot tho for sure

[PERKY]

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Sling that smelly diff off a bridge somewhere
Give us a shout if you want a lift up, if not talk Rob into coming up with you at a sensible hour.

[PERKY]

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Done afew more things this week, too busy to take pics though. Hopefully found the cause of the irratic handling, n/s hub carrier was worn where the bottom arm ball joint goes in. Thats been swapped with a good hub off my other 205, also did the driveshaft seal in the box at the same time as it was literally pissing out oil,
Took it down my mates for tracking and four wheel alighment to be done.
So fingers crossed its ready for trigs trackday.

[PERKY]

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Had a cracking day on Trigs trackday. After rushing round til 10pm the night before trying to sort spares, oil, wheels/tyres etc the car was finnally loaded up ready to leave in the morning.
Up at 5:30am quick coffee and waited for my mate to turn up, then off to Combe. Arrived about 7:15am, another coffee and cooked breakfast and it was time for the noise check and drivers briefing.
I was one of the first out on the track and took it steadyish on the first lap as both the track and the car were new to me. I had only driven the car afew miles before the trackday and had very very little confidence in it due to the handling issues. But as said in my last post i'd sorted that and the car was totally different and my confidence grew fast, maybe to fast as on the third lap i spun on one of the chicaines
After a chat with the ex ford driver who was there he pointed out what i did wrong.
The next time i went out i took my mate out with me, and afew laps in i was going well until we saw smoke ahead of us on the start straight, at 100mph braking into Quarry i hit the oil left on the track by the car in front. Lost it, then got it back, then lost it again, managed not to hit anything and trickled around to the pits while they cleaned the track up.



Got in the que to get back on the track, was waiting for about 15mins so put my electric fans on and as it was quite hot inside the car i put my blower on to. This wasnt a good idea as it seemed the extra load on the electrics burnt out the aftermarket ignition switch. This happend as they waved me to go on the track
So back to the pits to see what could be done, luckily Merlin motorsports shop is on site so got a new switch and fitted it.



So back out for a blast and all was going well for the rest of the afternoon, one more spin (abit to cocky ) The wife turned up in the Megane R26 F1 so i took that out for afew laps to see how it went, abit quicker than the 205 but didnt seem it and wasnt half as much fun to drive either.



Towards the end of the day the steering rack starting knocking and then the clutch slipping and brake pedal went so that was that.
So theres afew jobs to get done and improvements to make before i take it out again.

[the slip]

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sounds like u had a blast man, blew my diff up on mine again sat night watchin a road rally ha ha so going for a slip maybe

[the slip]

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any up dates on the old pug of love or wha?