Steff's Indigo GTi,

[Steffrallye]

Here it begins again...

Thought id show people over here what im up to as i find my self on here alot anyway lol

Names Steffen Hansen and im from Bodelwyddan in North Wales, < A great place to be

Right, after selling Black Betty my 16v S1 Rallye i was after a 306 rallye, but after ages of looking i couldnt find one that was descent sadly.

The old Rallye,




I then spotted this for sale, and went for it




Travelled down south to pick her up, and was very happy with the car and the price. Was told and expected scratchs / dents but it was spotless apart from a key and dent at the end of it.

soo next came the fiddling, just trying to remember what ive done lol

So already, on the way home in a petrol station i de-badged the rear. Then as i got it on the drive i de-wipered the rear window,

Next was a set of Compomotive Flatspoke MO's




Then was a Supersprint full race system, love the sound of these, so much more raw and anti social then a pansy fake pugsport.



Next desided i wanted to be different, soo
i fitted a second cooling fan and wired it in, and they went orange !!!



and so the madness carried on,



its just done for the minute until i can afford to do what i want, theres orange cam covers, ecu cover, fuse cover, dip stick, toe rings
oh and fitted a strut brace and that went orange too

soo then i had to spread it abit further



yep the mo's went orange too....
but i was never happy with it, it just wasnt bright enough, so i had some cans of ford electric / ST orange made up and gave them another coat




also after some fiddley maskin up





oh and some black side repeaters went on there too.

Then next was a set of 266mm brakes, was dead chuffed as they was only £30 from a scrappy and they had brand new discs and pads awell

Not got a great pic tho, i also sprayed them black when i fitted them, just had to grind a chuck out so they fitted, simple enough and the brakes are a much better now, but they seem to go straight on to the abs under hard braking, which does my head in lol, think they just need bleeding again as they dont seem as good as the ones on my last rallye..



then its time to get lower and harder



billstein dampers on the front followed by



60mm lowering springs... and a pair of new strut top rubbers, also i replaced one of the droplinks, thats why this strut is still on the car, didnt want to touch the link incase it fooked up lol

also now had the back has been lowered to match, and ill fit the rear billies on the weekend along with some braided brake lines

also 4-2-1 manifold + heat wrap, but ive now damaged the wrap abit so could do with being redone if i wana be picky lol



also theres a pipercross filter on there until i sort a good one out, and had to move it forward after it shorted the battery out and the negitive cable burnt out !!! so yes!! its abit bodged for the min, =P

Erm what else?? ooo ive fitted a pair of fogs in the bumper for the moment until i find some rallye vents, just tidy it up really, but it does help with the night driving, ive fitted new pressed plates to again tidy her up.

Sorry to the car detailing people but....



yes i know lol, im having the buffer put over it in a few days so one auto car wash wont kill her lol

oh a new cd player too this one doesnt freeze on me and had a usb so does me lol much better plus ORANGE magic tree lol, with extra face >.<



Then finally, yesterday it was about time i got this done.. NEW CLUTCH AND GEARBOX

Thanks liam for giving us a hand and use of the garage much better having a lift and not been on the drive in the rain lol

The clutch was fooked, was slipping so badly i could barly get anywhere, the evo triangle doesnt do my cars much good lol, also the gearbox was knackered, u could move the shaft about 1cm alround lol and there was a right noise when turnin it

pics below

everything off and gearbox already to drop



new and old box



gearbox off and a very smooth clutch :O




new box code S1 1.3 rallye close ratio gearbox popped all the way down to dan rallye in south wales for this, top lad, cheers



also put a bolt through the gear selector arm, so theres no play now and the gear stick is solid : ) just had to drill it out abit..




Then today >, well 3am in the morning lol, prob due to the stress of doing the gearbox yesterday the top engine mount snapped : ( it did look rather knackered anyway, and could have done with replacing anyway, along with the bottom mount too, so ill get a poly one for the bottom when the funds appear lol



lucky i had top mount about anyway so was a quick repair : )

Also she has a name, Hayley XD She has a hell of a voice, orange touchs that suit her well and is a looker (paramore)

[Sneakydevil89]

smart looking motor. like it.

quick lip, you wanna use the [ IMG] tags, then your pics will display. theres a sticky on here about it to help.

[Wayne]

Glad you sorted the photo's out, looks good bud look forward to seeing more progress

[Steffrallye]

Sad news today, and a lesson was learnt, DONT LEAVE JOBS THAT NEED DOING!!!



After fitting my 266mm i noticed they needed bleeding again, but due to time it got put off over and over again.

so when braking hard on a lane the pedel went to the floor on the abs and this ended up in corner, no brakes, fence, WACK

new bumper needed and a good buff of the bonnet,

ive gave it a quick T-cut to get most the marks off, but hopefully andyjos can get the some of the rest out tomoz when he pops down with his polisher,

but it needs a bumper, so is a good time for a de-badge possibley

some pics, but u cant really see them, looks worse in person





so i learn my lesson the bad way, and will re-bleed the brakes tomoz, lucky this was 5am in the mornin and there was nobody else about.

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Quick little up date

First up is a new couple of stickers, think tht will be it now as i want to keep the outside pretty clean and tidy...

had this made up as well as a set of new compomotive stickers for the alloys, so will put them on too when i give them a proper clean, they was done by Steve Hughes Signs in ruthin (jbzs) on here, and they came out perfect and great price too.



also, as i seem to always be there lol,



Then a prezzi arrived today, so straight after work i got it fitted, took a bit of time to do it tidy, ended up taking the passenger seat out and half the rear bench,
was just a bit fiddlely, but nothin bad,

battery un boot ,



and made sure the wiring was nice and tidy



so now i have some room under there to play with


Also a few pic's by andy after a very quick polish.






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Today came a very nice Simota oil catch tank

so with in minutes i had it pumped up, just quick until i sort the air filter out and so on, but very pleased with it, great price and got some nice pipe work with it lol






oh and also had a lovely blow out, right in my face while blowing it up, had been runnin on the motorway on a very low tyre so must have done some damage.



dont you just love the windy jacks XD



so put the spare on and attacked it with spray, i didnt care and done it for a laugh lol, the wheel was wet too, its beautiful



erm so whats happened then???

well ive got a BMC air filter and silcone bend on there now, but theres dim pics sorry

well i got a pair of kuhmo's for the rear as u see below, due to the blow out.



then a wine from the 1.3 box began, then while on the drive i did back in august i lost fifth a few times, there was a lot of wierd noises and rattles lol, then after a week or so with only 4 gears this happened!!


something wanted out lol, and all the oil was lost in a cloud of smoke
so a few days later i thought i better fix it, got he parts from a spare box, and swopped the bits about, turns out the circlip broke and the gear came forward bending a plate over so it couldnt engage the gear,
we'll heres some pics...






then i had a spare bonnet laying about after breaking a quiky, so went abit mad again , also took it york dragway on the national day so everyone could have fun lol





and sadly for somereason the clutch has gone again!!!! in the same way, so when the tax ran out at the end of september i Sorned her , so now i have the winter to sort the clutch and whatever is causing it, rebuild the gearbox as losing the oil fooked the bearings up so she wines. and sort the weird idel that started just before she came of the road.

still i dont have a clue what blew out of the gear box, cos there was nothing missing apart from the little circlip????

and this is the BEAST thats replacing her for the winter XD



its a 1.4 Diesel LMAO, ive already bent the lower engine mount, snapped the exhaust off at the manifold and ive only had her bout 6hours lol, i love rag about cars

well today, i fitted some nice digi clocks i had in the garage for awhile , just followed the guide on here and was spotted on, but the fog i had to move to from green 8 to green 10, not 6 and dont follow the bit where he says connect some together, he's said the wrong plugs, just follow the list as that is right and connect the same ones in there,





just need to sort the fuel gauge out now, it was on red in the old clocks and is now on 1/4,

oh and the little diesel is doin ok, ish lol, sheared the bolts for the top mount, and got my feet wet on the beach lol,

heres the lower mount XD


right so now

front struts are off, driveshafts out, wishbones off, gearbox off, clutch off, flywheel off.
found that this time the clutch was slipping due to a massive oil leak, so ive decided, if its coming apart, its coming apart for a good reason, and im gona put some planing into action

struts will be rebuilt with new bearings ect, gearbox is gona be rebuilt due to the wineing, need a pass side driveshaft, and the rest you will see as it happens, and as i get some money lol.

oh and there's braided brake lines on there too, forgot about tht.

few pics,
struts off etc





gearbox off etc



THE BEAST

ONE WEEK LATER
oh and the derv is dead LMAO, thought id show her the rallye stages in Clocaenog forest, and well, skinny tyres and mud tracks dont mix XD... Twas fun tho back end slid out, then when i brought it back it tank slapped me the other way in to a bank,


fair does tho, after fixing her for about an hour she started, drove out the forest and down the lanes until i found some fence posts to lift the car to change the wheel, forgot ma jack lol, and drove most the way home, well until some wires burn out and we ended up on a AA truck lol,

erm i guess ill add some more as ive had a bit of time to work on her

changed my mind again and now the engine is coming out, its ready to drop but i should be getting a engine crane tomoz so i thought id save my back lol

[Steffrallye]

erm what have i done then,
sprayed up some new boot lifters for the bonnet, orange of course,
got the loom off, tidyed that up, tape, cable cover, looks much better now,
new stainless bolts for the engine bay, eg wings etc
Edge trim to tidy bits up
brought some paint,
blue leds for the digi clocks
slam panel off for paint,
headlights off
wiring, power steering, fuse box etc removed for paint
Oh and got some private plates, there for my 21st

heres how she sits at the mo, hopefully things will get a move on soon





its bloodly freezing and chucking it down

soo.. mums not here, lets attack the Kitchen
oven on, lights in

Headlights apart, Spots apart,
washed all the lenses,
sprayed and back together, simplies

pics below









right what a day, the diesel died completly lol ( in N.wales section ), then lim turned up with a engine crane, then mike (welshspiky) turned up,

so i got him to give me a hand, first wipped the GTi out, god a crane makes life so much easyer






great work next was to move the gti, so i could now change the quiky engine so i can get back on the road
so parked the quiky on the grass, use the crane to move the gti back and then got the quiky in front of the garage,
sounds easy doesnt it, GOD NO it was hard lol, up hill on a bumpy drive,



then we was off to Tweeks for mike's new strut brace, and then to the scrappy for me, as well as some bargin's, one of which is now for sale, i came home with the new power plant
Got my self a JP4 out of a 307 with very low milage, less than 20k.





so now i can do some more bits and bobs.

[Steffrallye]

was just in the middle of going thro them all putting the IMG in lol, but thanks for the tip

plus the quiksilver is now living so i can get back on with the GTi, whoop!

[VTR_Andy]

sounds a bit mad mate haha orange suits the blue well though, gutted about the gearbox though bad times!

[saxokid100]

Looks good bud!! when you getting your ban lifted bud!! and back on the road dude.........

[Steffrallye]

Originally Posted by saxokid100

Looks good bud!! when you getting your ban lifted bud!! and back on the road dude.........

wait ? what? what ban????? im not banned?

[Steffrallye]

had abit more fun today XD

been out with the grinder and attacking the rust, and covering up with zinc primer, nothing much but takes time, still got a few little bits to do but the sun as gone

also ive cut two nice big holes out on each inner wing, i hate rust

[raunchz]

good progress !! The 5th gear on that S1 looks buggered !!

[Steffrallye]

it was, havent a clue what blew out the hole tho, when i took it apart the only thing missin was the tiny cir-clip.

but its all repaired now thanks to a friend down the road with a lathe,

[Anthony]

very nice progress mate. Keep up the good work

[raunchz]

Originally Posted by Steffrallye

it was, havent a clue what blew out the hole tho, when i took it apart the only thing missin was the tiny cir-clip.

but its all repaired now thanks to a friend down the road with a lathe,

lol

hows the jp5 conversion coming along? You putting the jp4 head on the j4 engine?

[Steffrallye]

no no, using the complete JP4 engine, then 708's will be fitted, but ill have to modify the pistons as bent valves wouldnt be the best thing lol, so having a friend pocket them some people use thicker gaskets etc to give the clearance, but then u lose compression, so why waste them domed pistons, so pocketing will be fine for me as i cant afford forged pistons just yet, plus they should be a special inlet on there too

ive stripped most of the crap of the jp4 ready, just awaiting money for the cams and other bits.

its just all about money at the moment, currently out of work so progess is slow

[raunchz]

Originally Posted by Steffrallye

no no, using the complete JP4 engine, then 708's will be fitted, but ill have to modify the pistons as bent valves wouldnt be the best thing lol, so having a friend pocket them plus other bits too

ive stripped most of the crap of the jp4 ready, just awaiting money for the cams and other bits.

its just all about money at the moment, currently out of work so progess is slow

nice, good to see it being done properly!! Don't know if this helps you re: clearances

http://www.106rallyeforum.com/forum2...ad.php?t=68985

Should be nippy when done!! Especially with the S1 box !!

[raunchz]

Also, this front page is far too long ! Whoever quoted a load of photo's is a noob

[Steffrallye]

was just reading over that this morning lol,

but thank you anyway

Edit - think he did it as when i first posted as the pics didnt work and he beat me to correcting it,

[Wayne]

Originally Posted by raunchz

Also, this front page is far too long ! Whoever quoted a load of photo's is a noob

Now edited my post just thought i'd help Steff, so quoted every pictures as a guide on how to do it, he's done it now so edited my post

[Steffrallye]

done some more today, stripped the Jp4 down and im not happy >, the head has had a chunk broke off where the mount fits, between the cams, its broke throu to the oil ways so will have to have it alloy welded or stick some metal weld paste in it. ill get some pics tomorrow.