paulgtt

Went on a rolling road day at the weekend so heres the graph and a video

http://vid492.photobucket.com/albums/rr283/paulgtt/Evo%204/Noble%20Rolling%20Road_zpszgorp6zx.mp4

Cool, would just be false economy to rebuild a 4 engine imho

I would see if you can get a later engine to go in if its going to be swapped.

Looks smart in white mate.

I've had mine just over a year now and love it.

bay looks wel mate :)

hows the running cost of her ???

Not too bad really but then I don't use it daily. I usually see around 18mpg on mixed driving, if I give it the full beans it goes into single figures lol

Trackday worked out at around 4mpg.

Oil change every few months and AYC fluid 6-12 months, it would cost a fortune to use it every day.

Got round to fitting a front strut brace....finally

Best get some elbow grease on the rest of the 'bay now!

Very nice, similar power to my Evo. 400bhp is great for road use

Just the battery in mine

K11 Micra 1.0 Si

EP82 GT Turbo

Rev1 SW20 MR2 Turbo

ST205 GT-Four (TSS car)

ST205 GT-Four (road car)

Evo 6 GSR

Impreza WRX STi Type RA V5 Ltd

Evo 4 GSR - current car (400bhp)

Peugeot 306 GTi-6 - track car, own 1/4 of it!

I've got a tracker on the Evo.

Even if I jack the car up without the key in the ignition they're straight on the phone to me.

It was already fitted when I got the car and costs £150 a year for subscription but it did save over £200 on insurance plus its good peace of mind to have.

As some of you may know myself,father inlaw and both brother inlaw's were looking for a car that we could go in on for some track action.

We having been looking at alot of different things that would fit the bill, and was quite set on a Prelude 2.2 VTEC but trying to find a half decent one in budget and not a million miles away was proving tricky.

And then, after trawling through ebay we found a car that we'd all forgot about but it seemed perfect for what we want, in budget and best of all it was literally 2 streets away!!

So we went round this evening and bagged ourselves a Peugeot 306 GTi 6!

The guy we got it off already has a Rallye and took this in part ex a few months ago for an Astra he was selling, its not perfect but for £550 can't really argue, we haven't had a chance to give it a proper going over yet as it was dark and chucking it down of rain when we went to view/buy it but heres what we do know,

MOT'd till January but has some advisories of:

Front brake discs

Both front brake pipes

Both front lower arm rear bushes

Also could do with a cambelt change as its done nearly 30k since last one and apparently the belt needs doing around this mileage.

Probably going to need a battery too but stuck the current one on charge as its been stood for a while.

Anyway heres some pics from the advert:

Il keep updating as we go as this is "trackbuild on a budget" lol!

Car should be going in for MOT next Saturday all being well.

Renewed insurance but not with Greenlight, Pace Ward can do an identical policy with an extra 1000 mile limit for £200 less so gone with them this time.

Boring stuff out the way! Now onto a new mod!
I sent a replacement arm rest lid of to a chap on the Celica Club to be flocked as my old one had snapped the hinge and the replacement was abit grubby so thought "flock it" lol!

Original lid:

After Ant had worked his magic on the other lid:

And all fitted (10/10 to Mitsubishi for the hinge design on these,a right git to get to the small screws on the lid support arm!)

I went for the caviar flock and the colour match to the seats is almost exact, very pleased with it.

An Evo 4 would be in budget,infact there was one on the MLR for £3800 I think it was with a 6 engine in it, weak point on the 4 is the original engine.

Massively practical and quick, just make sure you keep a few pennies spare, servicing and fuel bills are high.

Although my old standard 6 could do 25mpg with mixed driving, the 4 I have now struggles to do 18mpg.....even if I don't tickle the throttle

I was going to suggest an Evo but your age and budget will probably be against you.

If your taking passengers out in the car regulary then why not look for something like an Impreza?

Alot more practical for rear seat passengers.

All SOLD

You'd want an AFF extinguisher (foam) I got mine from JJC Rallying on ebay

Evo 9 rims are wide too, you'll probably have to do some arch work.

Early Evo's (1-3) are 4 stud

215's sold, 205's awaiting pickup.

If it falls through il let you know but I won't do £60 posted.

I would recommend going into the Toyota Sprint Series if you get chance, I did a few rounds last year and it was great fun!

Cheers and yeah they certainly know their stuff with these cars!

Small update:

Got a set of Toyo T1R's fitted the other week to replace the Yokohama's,still need to scrub them in a bit more as a little bit slidey when 2bar of boost hits them

Car is off to MG Auto's tomorrow for 45,000mile service, underseal refresh and should have the banging on the back end sorted. Had a look whilst putting the new tyres on and pretty certain the moustache bar bushes have had it.

Also I've been on the look out for some spare wheels for track use and after missing out on a few sets I managed to bag a bargain!

A set of 5 standard Evo 5 rims for £50 Tyres are useless but probably going to go for some R888's or similar on these, just need to decide on a colour, was thinking Kawasaki green or Cadbury purple.

Open to close offers on these

Car shouldn't have pulled across, either through not seeing the bike or miss judging its speed, however...

....a bike doing near on 100mph on a 60mph road is asking for trouble, how people can say the bike isn't at fault as well is beyond me.

He was obviously an experienced rider and whilst doing that sort of speed should be looking as far up the road as possible but he showed no signs of backing off coming up to that junction.

It is a terribly sad story and hopefully lots of people can learn from it, both drivers and riders.

Tommy Kaira ZZII