How is your shitbox today, /o/
comfy
The steering is loose, it's pulling slightly to the left, and I'm getting a weird squealing/scraping sound from the front of the car occasionally No clue what it is but I hope it's cheap
>massive vacuum leak>tranny is busted and missing exhaust>bottomless pit, there's no floor due to rust>Clutch cable snappedAll in all pretty good
Got a trailer to transport it. Will soon be fitting a new cylinder head with better flowing ports, larger valves and a more aggressive cam, along with supporting mods.
>>28884464Genuine VTS? Is it a ported head or aftermarket? I don't know about Citroëns, but one would think the VTS head was the best flowing stock head.
Not too shabby, just ignore the oil leak.
>>28884393Oh I bet.
>>28884640thats stock ride height and smaller wheels. they made these things like monster trucks.
Creaky, falling apart, the usual.Needs plugs, timing set, new torque converter, valve body rebuild, and a complete suspension rebuild.And the silly part is it's actually economical for me to put 6 thou into it than spend 6 thou on a different used piece of shit. Definitely more economical than dropping 6 thou + papers + tax + a snip of the tip for a loan.
>>28884644imagine being this fucking seething mad at me and i'm over here like this
>>28884693Needs hover hands, otherwise accurate with your delusions.
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>>28884467It's a 1.4 liter 8 valve. The VTS being a 1.6l 16v was just a UK market thing. Few years ago I swapped on a 1.6l 8v head along with intake runners, injectors and what not. Bumped power up from 80 to 105hp. Recently acquired a 1.3l 8v head and intake manifold. Should put me in the 120hp range. The 16v TU5J4 and TU5JP4 heads are the best flowing heads but being DOHC the cam belt setup is different from the 8v blocks. So whilst you can get the heads to fit you run into issues driving the cam gears.From the 8v heads the Peugeot 106 1.3l 8v rallye head and intake manifold is by far the best. They reved to like 8k rpm from factory. Not that many were sold though so parts are a bit scarse and pricey.
Running pretty well, have only had it 3 months, still "restoring" it. Got a P0402 recently (EGR high flow detected) and it's idling slightly rough. Guess I've gotta dick around under the upper intake manifold.One of the pulleys squeals on occasion when driving I have to clutch in, let revs drop all the way, then bring the clutch back out and it goes away. I'm guessing alternator pulley.Gonna give it a new fuel filter and trans / diff oil changes soon because they probably haven't been changed since '98.
>>28884390Battery's still flat and it gets dirtier by the day. I feel bad about it but I don't really have a good excuse to go drive somewhere.
Great. Got new, wider tires which rubbed when cornering or hitting bumps, so I rolled all the fenders. Tested it out on the toe gay and no more rubbing
>>28884669>always lower a carI used to think that way, then realized Soft is king.My track car was crazy low, around 3in of ground clearance.A few experienced race bros convinced me to soften the suspension by 30% and raise the ride heights.It worked, much faster around the track.
>>28884669Other way around anon, you want to set the suspension according to the wheels on it not what the future entails. Otherwise you get fitment issues, rubbing, all sorts of funky shit.
>>28884803You speed increase was from softening the suspension not the ride height.
>>28884809you have to increase ride height in order to soften your suspension retard
>>28884809Softer means more ride height changes.So you have to run higher to avoid bottoming out.Exit is turn 7 is a downhill braking zone You will bottom the fuck out if you try to run too low.Larger wheel gaps is completely fine.
>>28884390Another weekend with my shitbox not getting fucked. It's frustrating.Oh, you mean my car? Still rusting away but it starts every time
>>28885039Anon, are you retarded? Load transfer causes the front end to dive under braking.If you run a low static ride height, you will absolutely bottom out at turn 7.Run a higher static ride height and you won't bottom out.If you run stuff enough to avoid bottoming out, the suspension will not be compliant enough to take curbs.No curbs means the lap will be slow.Simple as.
>>28885056A braking zone where that Porsche would bottom the fuck out.The 911 bros always avoid being aggressive with curbs and that braking zone.They lose a lot of time because of it.Anyways, hit the track anon.It's fun.But $1,500 a weekend.
>>28885081stop engaging with this retard that just posts the same force memes in every thread for years on end
>>28885081His pos wouldn't last a lap.
>>28885087what's inane is making literal thousands of identical posts
>>28885093lmao goofed it
>>28884390paints fuckedlifes fuckedshit suckswhatever i haven't been here in years.
>>28885133>ban evading
>>28885095The guy is literally mentally ill. https://neurolaunch.com/mental-illness-repeating-phrases/
>>28885139yeah no shit lmao
>>28884693
>>28885137youve commented and then deleted this post 3 times. are you mentally challenged?
i just fixed the brake light switch so i wont piss everyone off on the road now
>>28885177you should delete the air from your lungs.
Exhaust manifold gasket leak, front left axle unusable so can't put it in 4x4, only changed the oil last service and not the filter so that's no good for the turbo, and the gearbox probably needs the oil changed because that's never been done. Other than that she's good, reliable.
Pretty good, got a random compliment in traffic today.
>>28885145at least post the real one homo
>>28885242lmao
>>28884809Drag increases beyond some point of lowering because too low interferes with the aero. If a factory car has 5 inches clearance, and you add plastic plating to smooth up the underside, you'll get better average perf from 4.5 inches clearance and it gets significantly worse the lower it goes.This is aside from the work and custom parts needed to correct the suspension geometry when going far outside of stock height.Lowering a car has Zero magic benefit. None.
>>28885246It'll need an alignment who caresOne of the easiest ways to make a car faster is lowering it
>>28885264Is it faster because it's lower or is it faster because you put better struts and springs on it?
>>28885266You can easily see the differemce with good COILOVERS (like KW V3s) by adjusting them and trying multiple heightsI implore you to try it you are self
>>28885272why did you put the word coilovers in all caps wheelgap schizo?
>>28885273It behooves you to try it you are self. You do have COILOVERS and double swiss bonez, right, "anon?" You can probably see the difference wifh some V1s even!
>>28884390It's the squeakiest thing in the world, and it gets unhappy if I drive it for more than 40 miles at a time.>>28884631niceI want one of those.
Good. Filled up gas and having the shop install a new windshield tomorrow. This one has a small crack in it.
>>28884390Same fuckin old. Still no electricity.Someone was supposed to come over last week but nothing. Its been whole fuckin year for fucks sake.On other note, took few more parts to be welded and painted so something is happening.>>28884464For a momemt i thought you are that mutt anon who asked about importing one few weeks back
>>28884809Wrenchlet, stancericer
