Skip to main content ↑ ↓

Show Posts

This section allows you to view all Show Posts made by this member. Note that you can only see Show Posts made in areas you currently have access to.

Messages - brookie353

3
Members' Cars / Re: 1.3CL 86' to 2.8 24v V6
Another day at Blyton in the bag.

My first dry track day highlighted an issue. My brakes last no longer than 15-20minutes before they get a bit warm and stop working  ::) So need to figure something out with that.



5
Members' Cars / Re: 1.3CL 86' to 2.8 24v V6
After the national meet I chucked it in the garage for a couple of weeks. I pulled it out of the garage to move it about and it had sprung a coolant leak coming out where the water pump meets the block.

Crap... I was booked in for mapping in 2 weeks. I didn't know if it was possible to swap the water pump on a VR6 without taking the engine out the chassis leg is right in the way. After a few words of advice I decided I was going to jack one side of the engine up and hopefully it will pivot on the gearbox mount.



PSA the power steering hard line won't clear the cross member....

On to mapping day... I took the plunge and took it to Stealth. Vince put it on the roller and reckoned after the first pull that it had been mapped before. I never knew but it revs to 7k. First run it put out 229bhp.



Ended up with 239bhp and more importantly the driveability is vastly improved and the engine is much happier.

Finally after all the days excitement we popped into Caffeine and Machine on the way home.


6
Your Non Mk2 Cars or Bikes / Re: 1997 Seat Ibiza SXE 1.4 8V
Quote from: Eddypeck on
Hi, was good to see it, sorry we didn't get to chat.

The Saturday weather killed the community spirit a bit for me, once the driving is done it's usually a time to hang out around the camp fire but instead we ended up hiding in an awning. And Sunday we headed off early due to some family stuff.

Sorry to see your breakdown, I was actually watching when I saw you struggle on the track. But glad it was a relatively easy fix and all sorted now. It's a great little car.

Yes I agree about the Saturday, I ended up tucked up in bed at 10pm because there was nothing to do haha!

I was having so much fun in the Ibiza! Hope I put on a good show for the people watching.
7
Your Non Mk2 Cars or Bikes / Re: 1997 Seat Ibiza SXE 1.4 8V
Some of you might have seen the Ibiza at the national meet. Unfortunately it's track debut was cut short by the distributor imploding. The bearing in the distributor went making the shaft that the rotor arm pushes onto wobble, smashing the rotor arm into the dizzy cap. It limped to the pits spluttering and backfiring and then in true comedy fashion completely cut out as I pulled up and wouldn't start again.

Unfortunately I couldn't get recovery for a reasonable price on the Sunday so the Golf had to drag it away. We stashed it and went back the next day to pick it up with a trailer. New distributor on and everything is running well again  :D



9
Members' Cars / Re: 1.3CL 86' to 2.8 24v V6
Wanted some kind of spoiler for aaaages, as I always felt the back end was missing something. Managed to find a Hella double. Paid more than I wanted to but hey I think with that the exterior is finished.




10
Members' Cars / Re: 1.3CL 86' to 2.8 24v V6
Quote from: Eddypeck on
Bummer about the rim. I bashed mine again the other day, easily done. But for me it was just a reminder to get on and fix them anyway.

Great result with the polishing, red really does come up well. I've been going over mine a bit at a time, you don't get the same kind of pop with white but the shine really does come out.

I actually wished it had hit the chrome around the outside as I might have stood a chance at fixing that better. Hey ho! What it has told me is that I could never be one of the stancy people with wheels worth stupid money because I'd destroy them in no time ☠️

Thanks! I have a love hate relationship with detailing but it is worth is when you get results like this. I think little and often is the key to things like that!
11
Members' Cars / Re: 1.3CL 86' to 2.8 24v V6
I've managed to wallop the wheel again reversing into the garage. Still pretty sick about it tbh. Ordered some gold touch up paint in the hope I can get it looking semi decent.

Spent the rest of the weekend feeling sad and cleaning. Jetwashed all the arches out and all the underside. Got fed up of pink Matt paint so got the machine polisher out. Going to have a crack at Ceramic Coating it hopefully to stop the paint oxidising.



12
Members' Cars / Re: 1.3CL 86' to 2.8 24v V6
Apologies for the slow reply, I really should check back here more often.

Quote from: Eddypeck on
8864]
Bummer, but at least it's just the lip and not the painted body that protrudes.
If you look at the end of my post here I fixed my wheel that was worse than that with a cheap DA I got from Amazon. So far I've only done one wheel as a trial and didn't got so far as to a finished polish. Your damage is minimal so you'd be able to sand that back and polish no trouble.

I took the wheel to the local tyre place and he told me exactly the same as you, have a go at sanding it slowly working down the grades. He could do it but would have  to relaquer the whole wheel and couldn't guarantee it would stay the same colour.  Absolutely astounded how well it has come out!




I think I could improve it further spending a bit more time with the DA but I'm at the point where I struggle to find where I've sanded it. Very relieved haha

Quote from: Monkey on
Can you get away with wider tyres?
Might stop it happening again in the future and give you a little more grip on the track.

I could I'm sure if I got rid of the spacers on the back, but I'm super happy with how it sits at the moment. I'll just have to be much more careful around left hand bends  O:)  ;D
15
Your Non Mk2 Cars or Bikes / Re: 1997 Seat Ibiza SXE 1.4 8V
Left off with me struggling to get the central locking system working. I never did get it working on the original system. I ended up ordering a fob and receiver from ebay and making a adapter between the Chinese aftermarket box and the original central locking car wiring. Working perfect now  ;D


I'm getting a bit nerdy with this thing now. Taking it to the Festival of the Unexceptional in July. I decided I would wash all the wheel arches out to see how good condition they were in. As with most things I start I got a bit carried away and 3hrs later you could eat your dinner off them  ;)



Last boring thing I did was fix a massive coolant leak that suddenly appeared. Running the engine for more than a few minutes would mean it would dump a nice puddle on the floor. For those that are familiar with the small block engines from this era the coolant pipe that comes out of the water pump and goes across to the thermostat housing was the culprit. Looks like when I replaced the thermostat housing it upset the o-ring on this pipe. Unfortunately the only way to get this pipe out is to take the intake manifold off. Of course as usual that means a full strip, down and clean.




Oh nearly forgot! Replaced the speed sensor on the gearbox because the revs were sometimes increasing rolling into a junction and hanging on whilst stood still. Speedo seemed laggy so went for a drive with it unplugged and it behaved perfect. Ordered a new one, the old one came apart when I was trying to change it over, it was all corroded inside. Seems to have done the trick!


Currently its having a proper shake down on daily duties as my Leon has a smashed windscreen  8)  :'(