Peugeot 106 repair

[JuniorRod88]

Exhaust Secured/Panel beating/Storage Cupboards

last night i got a delivery from my dad's work, they left down these two large steel boxes, which held various electrical equipment...

My dad doesn't want the framed steel boxes they came with so i get them. I hope to make them into a set of shelves or a pair of storage cupboards.

I they should help make the garage more organized, and bright if i paint them vibrant colors.

On a french note, i chained up the mid section of the exhaust. Then sealed up the joint between the Exhaust manifold and the down pipe...

I spent the next few minutes trying to get the bonnet as straight as i can so the bonnet pins will line up once fitted...

I took apart my old exhaust today and sorted out what i'm keeping which is this...

The rest (mid section) i'm either going to weld and keep for spare or scrap it with the astra.

I am in desperate need of new tires, as these are the state of my current ones...

I think the car is over revving at the end of the straight, so i thought about changing the gear ratios, but i don't want to have to take apart the gearbox as it will take forever to be fitted back to the car. I then thought about changing tire sizes. The maximum tire size for my class was, 165/65/13, but they dont care about the profile, as long as the tread is 165 on 13's. I happened to have 6 tires sized 165/70/13 i decided to change to those tires, but before i got them on, the rules had changed allowing up to and including 175/70/13. These are an even bigger profile which should make my second gear longer.

I am now going to purchase six 175/70/13 tires. To be on for Monday. Hopefully. But, there's always a but. Because these tires are a larger profile the car isn't going to handle as well. So i think the car will need more camber on the front offside wheel. I do not want to cut the bottom arm again to ass camber, instead i will the car even further so that the arm will be at it's full extension when cornering.

On the right the 155/70 and on the left 165/70

I am extremely jealous of you workshop!!

It is awesome, i can assure you. I'm glad my dad built the garage that big. We can work at four 106 sized cars at a time in there, with room to breathe. Only fault it has, that it's front wall is timber boarded because the shed was originally used for storing and drying peats.

The car is built for going round short oval tracks so thats a feature not a fault

Ah Ha! Loads of right handlers then!

Somthing like that if it go's to plan

You are correct sir!!! It helps the transfer of weight going into the corners. In another attempt to help right hand cornering, we gave the offside front wheel some negative camber, we did this by lengthening the bottom arm.

The bottom arm looks like this at the moment, with an anti-roll bar clamped to it...

The underside looks like this...

It gives the wheel, this much camber...

All for now, more tomorrow

All comments welcome

Sam

 

[JuniorRod88]

New Front tires Bought/Bonnet Pins Bought/JB Weld Bought

I was Working today sadly ,so not work was done to the car. Dad and i had decided to go and get the parts we needed first thing today, instead of leaving it too late and missing the closing time. First of all, we went to wee rab's. That was the first time i met wee rab. He a great fella for changing tires. Plus he lives two mile away from me.

Where i bought two Kingpin Re-molds for the front of the 106. He only had two so i'll get another two, before the meeting after next...

I'll run 175/70 on the front and 155/70 on the back, until rab rings to say that the new tires are in, come and get.

Today we also went to Motorsport and Spares in Ballymena. Where i got a set of bonnet pins. I also inquired about a rev clock. Which is £120. On the way home we stopped in fyfes to get JB Weld.

So the list at the moment.(In bracket can be done after Monday)..

106

1.Fit Bonnet Pins.
2.Fit new tires to the front.
3.Repair and fit Radiator.
4.Get dad to set the carb.
5.Bleed brakes properly.
6.Change the fan plug.
(paint wing and bumper silver)
(Purchase rear tires)
(New proper -60mm springs)

And that's that, nearly ready for her first race this year.

Can't wait, racing starts at 2pm on monday, so i plan to be there for 12am when the gates open.

Will have to rent a trailer as the car won't fit on my own as i lowered it since the last meeting. So that plan is to build a wee twin axle trailer. For a car similar size to mine or slightly larger.

Tomorrow i have a half day at work then i'm hope to get some much needed time out at the 106.

Will be on tomorrow with updates

All comments welcome

Sam

 

[JuniorRod88]

Bonnet Pins On/Radiator Repaired and Fitted/Front Tires On

Getting close now, but surprisingly i'm calm. Not running around the garage like a mad heure, waving my hands in the air shouting " ahhahheyyyallllllllllleyygx ha!". No, I walked to the garage and entered calmly.

As the title says i fitted bonnet pins and the front tires. then repaired the radiator...

in the middle 155/70, on the left 165/70 and on the right 175/70, the new tires are much bigger...

I'll leave the Jb Weld for a few hours then test the rad to see if it's water tight, which it should be.

She's ready for tomorrow folks

Gonnna get dad to take a run out on the track after she's warmed up a little, to she what he things of it.

All comments welcome

Sam

 

[Epicyclic]

Good luck Sam, don't spoil that shiney paint, and have a great day...

 

[JuniorRod88]

Hello Hello friends, i come bearing tea, digestives and racing tales. I arrived late at the track at 1:50 due to dad being late getting the trailer. The car drove onto the trailer fine thankfully.

I got the car off the trailer and over to the scrutineering point as fast as i could. Thankfully she passed the test, it's like the feeling you get when your cars just went through mot and passed.

There were 15 races to take place today as well as a demolition derby. I was due to take part in 3 of them numbers 2, 7 and 12. I got onto the track feeling great. lined up beside my competitors. 2 corsa, 2 micras and an anglina!!

There was a corsa and micra in the 1st row. The anglina and me in the second row. and the other to competitors, the last corsa and micra where 30 feet behind us in the yellow roof grade. We did a rolling start and about a quarter of a lap later we were underway!! The micra shot ahead leaving me to scuffle with the corsa while the anglia dragged it's heels behind us.

The micra was quick and din't spare anytime. The corsa fell back to give me 2nd. The anglia had no chance. The corsa and micra at the back soon caught us up half way through the race. They both me like i was no competition. the micra who had held 1st has then spun, giving me 3rd place.

To be honest that micra driver was actually a really bad driver, the only reason he held 1st until then was because his car was built by a previous British stock rod champion. He can't keep the car straight in the dry never mind the wet. he has went through three cars in the last year and a half alone.(not mentioning any names)

So i ended the 1st race in 3rd with a grin on my face I came in and checked the tire pressure and checked the wear rate the front passenger was the only tire i cared about. I was running 35 psi on that tire and slightly less on the others. Because i had the tire at a higher pressure, that wheel with the camber was running on it's inside edge so that when i corner, the tire will roll onto all of it's treads.

So, the front passenger tire was actually warmer on the outside than on the inside. This basically means i haven't enough camber. So i will be taking the bottom arm from the other shell, and extending it. I extended the last one about 30mm so i recon about 50mm would suit my needs. The only problem with that is my drive shaft which i extended also because it kept popping the inner joint. So i will have to get a new drive shaft and lengthen it as well as the spare bottom arm.

That done i decided to lower my tire pressures a bit. from 35 to 28psi i lowered the others slightly lower. I took this advise from a competitor in a corsa, he's been more than good to me so i don't see why I should trust him.

I got onto the track for the second heat. Different starting positions this time. I was on the front row beside the rubbish micra driver. Behind me was a corsa. Okay, rolling start Green go go go!!

First lap went well i held second to the micra for 10 laps, then we got caught up by the faster boys. They went straight by us up the straight, i was left in 4th scuffing with that micra, who had slowed sown cause he got scared. I passed him with no trouble. The car started to slide because of the lower tire pressures because they hadn't heated up yet causing the rear tire to go onto their sidewall and sliding. She tried to slide once or twice but i held her straight to keep me on the black stuff!

I also lapped then anglia twice which i fun, cause i know what it's like to be lapped again and again. I came in 4th in front of the micra and the anglia. I wasn't happy with the car performance sliding and tailing around due to the tire pressures. I decided that once they had heated up they would grip fine, so i decided just to leave them for the final.

I went out on the final, hoping for a 3rd and coming in with a dnf! not because i had come into contact with the concrete, but because that micra had spun me in the first corner and i burst my brand new passenger front tire! Aww well. at least she was all on one piece and anything that needed fixed was a bolt on and nothing needs welded into her.

I parked her in at the lay by and left her there, while i went to the middle of the track and plunked my **** on the tractor tires and watched the end of the race. Luckily the car drove into the pits and onto the trailer.

So.. i also had a problem during the racing. The distributor started making a funny noise. we are using a standard distributor which an injected distibutor shaft, so something is moving. I have sourced a new distributor from a 1.4 xn engine which should fit??

SOOOOO

What i need for the next race which is the 12th of march.

-3 New tires plus spares.
-Distributor
-Silver Paint
-New extended bottom arm.
-Lengthen the drive shaft.
-Set of new front spring to sort the handling(-60mm)
-Lower the back even further


That's about it, now PICTURES!!!!!!

only two...

I'm pleased none the less, now to the garage!!!

All comment welcome.

Sam

 

[zx9]

Good write up Sam, congratualions on the third sounds like you are learning the development and set up side of racing, looking forward to the next update.

 

[Cris B]

Fair play Sam, looks great and a good write up. Do you get these pretty sideways when you're on track or is it all about keeping it tidy and neat?

 

[JuniorRod88]

Good write up Sam, congratualions on the third sounds like you are learning the development and set up side of racing, looking forward to the next update.

Fair play Sam, looks great and a good write up. Do you get these pretty sideways when you're on track or is it all about keeping it tidy and neat?

Well, it's a trial and error system which takes time to perfect. Basically figuring out how much camber/caster you need on each wheel, and what tire pressures you'll need once the tires heat up and the pressure Increases. Guessing basically haha.

Ahhha, well Cris, you know as well as i that these french car get sideways by themselves. On that last meeting in the second heat, once i had dropped the rear tire pressures, she tried to slide a few times but that's half the fun.

But on a wet day, she's clean opposite lock!!! So it depends on the weather. Dry, keep her straight like touring car. Or as you say tidy and neat.. Or wet, slide through corners like a rally car.

Okay, now that you know me and what i do. I should show you the man behind the wheel.. .. of the service van. My Dad.

This man is my world. He was the one who got me into racing in the first place. He's the man who does the really important critical things like extending my bottom arm. He is the most practical and intelligent man i have come across in all of my, errmm 15 years(My birthday is today haha) on this planet.

He used to race Vauxhall novas, with 1.4 16v tigra engine. This car was my idol, until he sold it. He would build the car from scratch. Race Modify it, race it, improve it, and work to all hour of the night at it.

In 1999 when i was 18 months old, he took me and my mum to Scotland to watch him compete in the Philips Tour of Mull Rally. He competed in that event in 1993, 1998 and in 1999. That year he finished 33rd overall. He could steer that nova like no other.

When i was four he built my brother and i a Go-kart from scratch, using scrap roll cage material. He made a fibre glass bucket seat for it, using a baby's car seat as a mold. That was our first racing experience which always got us intrigued at the smell of petrol!!

When i was ten i Asked for his approval to buy a 250cc twin cylinder buggy. His response was go for something bigger! i.e the stock car.

He's the man who taught me how to drive, two days before my first race!!!

I honest am glad i have him for a dad.

Anyways, At that last race meeting i got a Fixture list for 2013. There are a total of 18 race meetings left between now and October. Hopefully thus will be a better year than the last two.

Well today i basically changed the flat tire and cleaned out and dirt which had got caught up behind the wheel during the accident.

That dent in the wing popped out like new. The scuffs on the bumper came from give another car a push in and, the larger scuff came from the micra turning in on me.

Remember those rally nice red calipers i painted and was so proud of...

Yea, the really dirty. I basically cleaned up around the engine bay and wheel arch. I think there was too much oil in the car before the racing as, when i opened the bonnet, the was oil everywhere. I thought this to be a blocked breather, but it was fine, so there was indeed too much oil. So with no jack, i drove the car up onto ramps and changed the oil..

Once that was done i gave the bay a once over to keep dad happy. Pity i burst one pity i burst one of the new tires. I don't think it burst during the accident. I recon it burst when i was coming out onto the track again from the infield. You see there has been many a demolition derby and banger race at this track and any debris from these have simply been brushed onto the infield. I.e Glass, small pieces of tin and other sharp materials. which i was not aware.

We where on the way out of the corner when the micra turned in on me. so i ended up sliding across the rumble strips onto the infield. Where the car came to a stop. I figured the fastest way to get back onto the track was left lock, foot down. I did so and doing so punctured the tire. So lesson for another day, never drive on the infield if it can be avoided.

So, What's left...

I am planning on purchasing a 1.4 xn Peugeot 106 Which is carbed. I have viewed the car recently. It is missing front struts and had a bent bonnet and smashed windscreen. She's no looker but she would be good for spares.

The young bot who ownes tha car used to rally a 106 at the local rally event. He Has offered my a price of £100. Because she isn't on her wheels i tried to talk him down to £50. That didn't work so we have settled on £80. I put the option to day and he said to give him a day or two, so he can think about it.

This is a rather good but as it give me a 1.4 engine which i can take a distributor from, a rocker cover and other other gasket and parts which will be useful.

I listened to the distributor today through a screwdriver haha, it's not health. So i think the distributor from the 1.4 should fit as it looks the same as mine, but we won't know until the car is in the yard. Plus the car has some mint panels. Why am i describing it to you, when i have photos.

Be warned she's no looker...

But this would give me a good standing as far a spares are concerned.

A great event took place today, am now one of the three founding members of Meerkat Motorsport...

The story behind it. There is a man in my class at school who, basicallly looks like a meerkat. My friend who races a 125 motorbike and i are the founding members it, including the road-ant who is one of my best friends.

So again the list...

-Buy new tire including spares.
-Source new distributor(if not from the 1.4)
-Extend the bottom arm from the other s2 shell by +50mm
-Extend the shorter drive shaft to compensated for the camber modification.
-Refurbish a set of steel rims for spares.
-Source an air filter to suit the needs of my carburetor.
-Paint the wing and bumper silver

So most of this must be done by the 12th of April.

Thanks for the replies, always welcome

Sam

 

[JuniorRod88]

Practicing patches on the S2...

Good evening folks, we are well i trust. Yesterday i was working from 8-4 and afterwards i was clean done. I couldn't move a finger. My mother asked me to go to the shop with her for the usual bread milk etc. So we wandered out to the car and to the shop we went. This was the usual saturday night which was any saturday night i wasn't racing. Where i would get a £1 bag of doritos , a £1 bag of jelly babies and a bottle of bpm.

On the way home my phone rung. to my surprise it was big david( one of the three founding members of Meerkat Motorsport TM) He asked me i want wanted a lift down to Tullyroan Oval. which for those of you who don't know is a 1/4 mile oval track whoch was built last year.

I said yes and he arrived less than 30 seconds later, as i was home when he hung up. and he lives 2 mile away. So i had just enough time to scold my throat with a pot noodle.

Because i was only home from work before i went to the shop i had no time to change so i was still in my work clothes. I thought, **** it I'll go in what i have on. So 50 miles later and an hour and a half later we arrived at Tullyroan.

We watched all 15 races which included the New Superstoxs, Junior Productions, Ninja Karts, Stock Rods and 2L Hot Rods.

24# Mark Graham and i used to race together.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgocB5uRiY8

So i only got home at 11 so i was too tired and sore to go to the garage. Today i woke at 11 and decided to get some practice in on fabrication/Patching/welding. I decided to do this on the s2 106 which had been bitten hard by the rust bug. i started a the drivers side wheel arch.

I didn't want this...

So out it came. After reading the guide on patching on here, i took a pizza box and made a template...

Before Converting it into metal i was roped into polishing my granny's audi a3 which is a 1.6 diesel.After polishing it a hadf her flat to the tin throught= 1st and 2nd on the way out of the garage. She makes no powere as do all diesels.

So cardboard to tin....

Then got the miggy miggy round to my garage and started zappy zappy...

i Had problems with blowing through at first but i soon got into the swing of things. Welding done i ground down the welds...

It was then i realizes that i still had the jellt babies from last night

Now for the worst bit...

The other side was even worse. Not to worry the dorritos saved me! I did the same again.

Template...

Tin...

Tack and grind. It was getting drak by this point so excuse the photo...

So the wheel arches are done. this is just practice. But the next bits to do are the rear wheel arches.

At the moment i have sore eyes due to crap getting in. and i managed to take a chunk of skin of my left index finger when grinding the passenger wheel arch down. Have to be careful.

The next meeting is on the 12th of april.

All for now more later comment always welcome
Sam.

 

[Cris B]

Car's coming along nicely! Good work - all the common rust traps!

You only have one pair of eyes. Don't screw them for the sake of the cost of a few beers. Get some decent goggles and wear them!

 

[JuniorRod88]

Car's coming along nicely! Good work - all the common rust traps!

You only have one pair of eyes. Don't screw them for the sake of the cost of a few beers. Get some decent goggles and wear them!

When replicating the grooves in the wheel arches, i applied your technique of squashing the tin between a pipe and a wooden block. Was a rather simple exercise. Very cunning cris.

I know all to well, the dangers of flying metal. When i was younger i went with my dad to A&E to get a shard of steel out of his eye. I definitely don't want any one playing around my eye with a needle in the near future.

This car will never see the track in my possession, unless i have an unfortunate accident in my current car and we decide to re-shell. Though i am carrying out repairs to this shell, i do not intend to race it. The plan is to use this car for practicing welding and fabrication.

If the shell becomes stiff enough and i get dads approval, I will either sell this car on as a rolling shell requiring further work to be made race worthy for i.e. a junior stock car or a stock rod. Or i will continue to build the car for the track and build the car for my younger brother for him to race in the juniors.

I have a pair of goggles in the garage somewhere. I will definitely be finding them before any further work is carried out.

As you have said the cost of goggles wouldn't cover the price of diesel on the way to A&E.

I will make a point of wearing them.

I apologize for any rash mistakes in my grammar in the last post, i didn't want to spent too long on the laptop as the light was rather sore on my eyes. I have a feeling i flashed myself with the mig.

Now, the stock car needs

-A new Distributor.
-Three new Tires(plus spares).


That would get her ready for Friday night. If i have any spare time i would like to...

-Paint bumper and wing silver.
-Buy and Fit a Rev Clock.
-Replace the seat rails with half decent ones.

That hopefully will happen soon after the next race.

We always used our Ivor Williams trailer to transport the car to and from the track. The trailer is three foot of the ground and the car only fitts on backward as shown...

I always hated loading the car on and off the trailer as i had to reverse it on and it always hit the sills on the way. I intended on building a trailer at work because Big John had recently bought a new three meter press brake. Though that idea has went out the window because of a law which is coming into effect in August, stating that all car trailers must be plated(not home-made). Now I will have to buy a factory made trailer. Which is price anywhere from £1400-£1800.

Once this Big red astra van goes to scrap, which is full to the lid of scrap, This should help fund the trailer. There is so much metal in the back of her the rear end has sunk and the front end has risen up. I plan to take her to scrap on Saturday morning.

If we do buy a trailer, it will be officially mine. When my dad bought our current trailer, every sinner in the country wanted the lend of it. When the new trailer arrives it will be officially mine. If anyone rings dad and asks to borrow it, His reply will be, It belongs to the cub and he doesn't lend it to nobody.

Al for now

Comments and complaints welcome

Sam

 

[bricol]

A 106 will fit, just, on a Brian James Micro - I bought mine for 600 quid second hand a few years ago. Easier to drive on and off too. I use mine for a Dutton trials car - jacked up for ground clearance off-road, lots of rear ballast for traction, so it too has to be reversed on.

With a bit of a run up, it will load without the ramps - you do have to be confident you have it lined up of course ;-) Unloads a lot easier without ramps tho :-)

Bri

 

[JuniorRod88]

A 106 will fit, just, on a Brian James Micro - I bought mine for 600 quid second hand a few years ago. Easier to drive on and off too. I use mine for a Dutton trials car - jacked up for ground clearance off-road, lots of rear ballast for traction, so it too has to be reversed on.

With a bit of a run up, it will load without the ramps - you do have to be confident you have it lined up of course ;-) Unloads a lot easier without ramps tho :-)

Bri

All i really need a trailer for, is to run my car or similar sized car, at most 60 miles and back. That's the distance to the furthest track

The trailer needs to be..

-Made professionally.
-Twin axle.
-Braked.
-Some matter of suspension.
-Painted or galvanized.
-Low to the ground
-Easy to tow.
-LEGAL and CHEAP!

For some reason in my local area. People are buying Brian James trailers, for i.e. 1600 dolla, the sell the on for 1800 dolla.

Tonight i.. ..Did not go racing. Instead i took up the position of spectating. Making the overall crowd number 12. There where only 3 juniors on track, all corsa's. In every race it was, 17#,23# followed by 77#. It was frankly boring racing due to numbers being low.

I then proceeded to chat up a pair of blondes while sipping back a bpm, double O seven style with young graham, who was racing a 2L Honda in the Euro Stocks.

Tomorrow, i plan to go back to track, not to watch the stock cars but to watch and possibly co-drive The local "alltrack" event which is basically rallying. Then tomorrow night, i might go with young Graham down to Tullyroan Oval to watch him race his Ford Escort Mk2 in their Junior rods.

Not much to report i'm afraid. It doesn't exactly feel great out watching the racing while the car is in the shed, not participating.

All for the time being.

Sam

 

[jpmillermatic]

nice job on the welding for those engine bay panels.....Ive got similar issues with thin metal in my trailer project...Im slowly sorting them out as you are....

JP

 

[ytre]

your dads welding is excellent sam

 

[JuniorRod88]

your dads welding is excellent sam

I don't believe i shown any decent picture of his welding, though it is very good, better than mine any way.





Can i ask whereabouts you are from in Northern Ireland?

 

[JuniorRod88]

Refurbishing Steels Wheels/Painting panels

Not much to report i'm afraid.I have been rather busy as last few weeks, catching up on school work and helping a friend rebuild, and maintenance his Mini moto.

I was meant to go a Saturday or two ago to go to another 106 shell, which i would source my distributor from. I had made plans later that day to go watch the racing so never got around to it. I'll hopefully go this week to see it and hopefully bring it home.

I haven't done much on the car recently, I have been patching up the other shell, in previous posts, but i only realized yesterday, that i only have until Saturday to get the car race worthy.

So the list....

106

-Lengthen the new bottom arm, swapping rear mount at the same time.
-Measure for drive shaft length.
-Extend drive shaft, if needed.
-Buy new tires 175/70/13
-Replace distributor, re-timing engine.
-Test car.

This needs to be done for the 27th of April, which is the next meeting.

On Saturday i ventured to garage. I started clearing rubbish up, i.e. grinding dust, old newspapers and reorganizing crates. I moved the 4 crates full of peats over towards the corner so i could move the other shell in next the wall. Doing this allows me to have the 106's over to one side of the shed, so if we ever need room for the van or a friends car we have space to work in.





French cars. Easy to park.

Afterward i started rubbing down a set of my best looking steels. for a refurb. All the ones i chose had scrap tires so i didn't bother masking them up...



I primed them with Red Oxide, as advise buy a respected, Motorsports company. Putting rust on help keep it off . I primed them on Sunday night after rubbing them down on Saturday.





I came home this evening, still deciding what color to paint them. I don't like black as them make them look like steels, and i know they are steels but anyway. White would suit so SILVER was the way to go. I decided that while the paint was in the gun i would paint the bumper and wing too.













The paint dried, surprisingly quickly. so i took the masking tape off. It felt like christmas morning







Then after supper i fitted the bumper and wing back on...

















I touched in the bumper with blue afterwards.

All for now

More soon

Off topic a minute, has anyone seen the new escort for are making for the Asian market. It is horrific!!!!!LONG LIVE THE MK2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment and complaints welcome

Sam

 

[JuniorRod88]

27/04/13 Meeting Report

Hello folks, I'm typing in my race suit at the moment, just so you know.

Well to i woke at 6am, with the sun shining in my eyes. I woke with a cold, and a blocked nose. Nonetheless i was up and ready to race.

I had a few other thing to sort before i started work on the car. First i made some more progress on the boarded wall of my garage. I started staining the wood on Thursday night. I did about 1/3 of the shed with one jar so it's not to bad...



So once i was finished on that jar, i finished the tidying up i was doing last night...



The car meanwhile was sitting out basking in the sun...



I then decided to beat the rear arches int a bit so the tires would not rub once fitted...





Dad said this morning he'd be home around 2-3pm, so there would be plenty of time to get the distributor replaced and the new tires on. He got home around 5pm. This wouldn't be a problem on a normal race meeting, but tonight the racing was scheduled to start an hour earlier.

He arrived home with three new Scop remoulds, which are the best remoulded tires around, lucky me. Dad went in for something to eat, while i changed the tires. These new tires are rotational.

Now then to fight with this distributor. Dad reckoned he could fix it. Were as i thought he was wasting his time. So while dad tinkered it, my mum drove me to a friends where i could get a spare. I arrived home to find the car running perfectly. So 1 nil to dad. He says there was just a dry bearing. So problem solved.

I then reversed the car onto the trailer and rushed to get all my spares into the car. Once done, we went to the track at 6:10pm. The racing started at 6:15pm..

The last meeting which i missed....



So at the track, I got the car to scrutineering while the practice runs were still on-going. I then got suited and booted for the first heat. Four cars on track, I started 2nd. Sat behind a corsa for about 15 laps then I was overtaken by a micra. Then the micra made a brave move overtaking the corsa. They both dove into the corner, and the micra went sideways, his back end managed to clip the corsa's back end and sent them both into a slide. The micra who was on the inside of the corner managed to get ahead. The fourth car on the track was another 106!


So, The car went onto track with 30psi in all tires. The slide a couple of time in the first few bends, but after that they griped really really well, compared to road tires. I do need more camber on the passenger front, while i'm at it i'll move the wheel forward.

So I managed 3rd in heat one, cruising about half a lap in front of the other 106, and 10 feet behind a corsa. Was the best race of the night.

Before the next race another corsa arrived. which meant there were 5 car racing. 2 corsa's, 2 106's and a micra.

After that race i droped my tires to 25psi to see how it went.

In heat 2, The start didn't go down so well. On the way onto the first bend the corsa who starts beside me decided to turn in on me as we entered the first corner. I saw that he was turning in and braked slightly so he wouldn't clip my bumper and spin himself. Then he decided to turn in even further. He went into a spin but held it and just slide run the corner. So while he was messing around, I flew up the inside straight by him. He didn't like this one bit so hit my passenger door. It didn't bother me. The dent popped right out but left some red on my door.

That heat i held first for 10 laps, during which time i cooked my tires. They didn't seem to grip as well as they did in the first heat. I managed fourth in that race again ahead of the other 106.

At the end of that race the start marshal pulled me over and asked what happening in that corner. I told him what i told you folks. He turned in on me. So i got the benefit of the doubt.

So i thought i better take it easy in the final. Nothing exciting happened in the final, i got a fourth again and the car still didn't handle as well as the first heat. Plenty of points won the night anyway.

Some damage photos, none of which worry me...





Remember the nice red drums i painted, well for some reason the passenger side has peeled.





I'm surprised the calipers didn't peel as i thought they would be warmer. Maybe the opposite drums isn't braking correctly and therefore not heating.

I'll re paint the drum as because it should stay red because i have race before ant the paint hasn't given me problems.

The 106 is all in one piece Thankfully. She should be ready for the next meeting in no time. A few things to sort before then...

-Extend new bottom arm for more caster/camber angles.
-Wire up the fan correctly(temporary fix at the moment).
-Re-paint Passenger drum.
-Extend drive shaft of need be

That's about it for now. I'm pleased with how the car is going and how the handling is. I also hope to buy a set of competition springs for the front as the front corner isn't hard enough.

All for now, I'll upload pics if receive them.

Comments welcome.

Sam

 

[JuniorRod88]

Passenger drum Re-Painted/Rear Wheel Clearance

To I struggled to get out of bed, I am suffering from a bug at the moment so I didn't do a lot today. i'm wondering why the left drum peeled but the other one and the calipers did not. Obviously the calipers would get warmer than the drums. So something must be wring with that brake drum assembly? I will investigate in the near future, this may require adjustment of the shoes or new slave cylinders. Who knows??

The peeled drum...



Off the trailing arm and sanded back...



Masked and primed...



Empty bottles are great for quick jobs like this, means you don't have to clean the can out every time...



While the primer was curing i decided to fill the time and put some exhaust putty on the gaskets between the head and the ex manifold, because dad noticed a slight blowing last night. I will order new gaskets in the future, along with a new rocker cover seal.





So the primer has had 4 hours to cure in front of the heater...



So i got the red out. First coat...



Second coat...



Third coat and masking off...



Three more hours in front of the heater and it was fitted to the car....



Now when i heard my class was changing tires sizes i thought, noodles, there will be clearance issues. There were just not on the arches. There is about 1mm clearance between the rear tire and the ARB plate. Like so...



In fact the rear tire has rubbed at some point and doing so polished up the plate...



So to solve the problem I skimmed about 0.5-0.75mm off the plate to aid clearance...



It's not much but is makes a difference. Plus i never even noticed it racing last night.

The new tires seem to be griping really well compared to the old 155/70's. The two main suppliers of re-moulds are KingPin and Scop...





These two are favored the most in the stock car world. Kingpin isn't as nice a compound compared to Scop. The Scop tires are Rotational were as the Kingpins are universal. Last night i ran three Scop and one Kingpin, the kingpin was on the drivers front wheel. I noticed the inside wheel spinning constantly when corning.

The kingpin on the right and the scop on the left...





The man who put the tires on was rather rough with my steel...



As i said the scop seem to be a better compound. The passenger rear tire after three races...



Scop tires are the tires sought after by stock car men. They are the best as far as they are concerned. They are sold out every where but in one place, Which no one knows about other than Dad . So we have our own private tire supplier haha!!

The Scop seemed to grip very well int the first heat, at 30 psi. In the second and third heats,(After i lowered the tire pressures to 25 psi) i think i cooked them as they didn't seem to catch just as well as they did before. I have decided to move the Kingpin wheel to the drivers rear wheel as i think the Scop would be better suited for the front.

Not a lot to report, I know but i'm bored at the moment and have nothing better to be at.

Oh and last night I was offered another 106 for free!!! The man was chatting to dad and me and he remember he had an mot failure 106 which he wants rid of. This man is a mechanic who takes away mot failures and insurance write offs. I didn't ask too many questions. She's an S1 3 door 106. Petrol. He can't remember the engine size and she is sitting complete.

Dad knows the man well, and says not to hold my breath as this man tends to talk a fair amount of ****e, as dad put it.

So if this shell does arrive I will give the distributor i picked up yesterday back to the man and tell him we're not interested.

Comments welcome

Sam

 

[JuniorRod88]

[/IMG]

Turns out I actually got two thirds and a fourth!! My best results yet!!!