Jonny.K
Member
Registered: 26th May 11
Location: Aberdeen City
User status: Offline
|
anyone had any experience with them? as i have recently bought one jus using it as a run about £800 to insure with all points declared etc which is nearly half wht i paid for corsa and am planning on using it for towing? any opinions on thsi nothing to heavy most likely be a bike trailer
and another thing anyone know any way to make them a bit quicker been told you can jus screw th boost right up and hope for the best haha
HELP ME PLEASE as it will be the first non corsa iv had on the road and feeling a bit out of my depth haha
|
AlunJ
Member
Registered: 3rd Apr 07
Location: Newport
User status: Offline
|
Cracking little cars, only problems I've experienced were electrical. You can screw the boost and fuelling up and it will go pretty well, can unplug the EGR as well but makes it a bit smokey!
|
Jonny.K
Member
Registered: 26th May 11
Location: Aberdeen City
User status: Offline
|
ah ok whats this bosch fuel pump thing all about?
and would a front mount benefit it other than itl look cool haha
reckon its be ok for towing?
|
GB123
Premium Member
Registered: 21st Nov 11
Location: Kent
User status: Offline
|
Yeah you can turn up the fuel and boost quite easily, there are loads of guides on 306 forums and youtube if you get stuck. Also a front mount is definitely worthwhile performance wise, my brother rebuilt a lot of his engine last year and added a front mount:
|
Jonny.K
Member
Registered: 26th May 11
Location: Aberdeen City
User status: Offline
|
anyidea where he got his pipework for front mount as i already have an intercooler
|
GB123
Premium Member
Registered: 21st Nov 11
Location: Kent
User status: Offline
|
Not sure tbh, i think it was just ebay, there's quite a lot on there:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=intercooler+pipes
|
Jonny.K
Member
Registered: 26th May 11
Location: Aberdeen City
User status: Offline
|
il go investigate need my porsche wheels sold first so i can go pick the thing up first haha
|
GB123
Premium Member
Registered: 21st Nov 11
Location: Kent
User status: Offline
|
 Yeah they're good cars tbh, wouldn't mind one myself
|
laingyla
Member
Registered: 7th Jan 09
Location: Coedpoeth, Wrexham
User status: Offline
|
My mates Got some half leathers for sale for a 306 if you interested
|
Jonny.K
Member
Registered: 26th May 11
Location: Aberdeen City
User status: Offline
|
been looking at half leather but not spending any money on it ti start with until iv bought a bke new helmet n some other gear
|
GB123
Premium Member
Registered: 21st Nov 11
Location: Kent
User status: Offline
|
Out of interest who was the £800 insurance quote with?
|
nick_sri
Member
Registered: 5th May 09
Location: Crewe , Cheshire
User status: Offline
|
brilliant cars , I've got one and run it on chip fat. Most reliable car I've owned
[Edited on 20-06-2012 by nick_sri]
|
nick_sri
Member
Registered: 5th May 09
Location: Crewe , Cheshire
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by Jonny.K
ah ok whats this bosch fuel pump thing all about?
they came with two pumps bosch or lucas . bosch is better and can run straight veg oil wheras lucas you need to mix it down so you dont fuck it
|
Archie
Organiser: Scotland
Premium Member
Registered: 18th Dec 07
Location: South Ayrshire
User status: Offline
|
There great motors i had one as my 1st car.
My mums got an Estate one and its on 156k with no problems.
|
tonymjem
Member
Registered: 16th Apr 12
Location: skelmersdale
User status: Offline
|
great cars i had 1 for 2 years before i got my corsa just watch out for the rear beam fucking up causing the back wheels to move more the the passenger side an then the drivers wheel rubbing on the inner wheel arch check the gap distance between the drivers wheel an inner body at the top is the same on both sides
|
Matty SRi
Member
Registered: 3rd Dec 08
Location: Stockton-on-Tees Drives: Mk3 Golf GTi
User status: Offline
|
My old 1
Main thing is cambelt. Due every 36k iirc.
Can be tuned fairly easily if it has a bosch pump just by turning up the fuel and boost.
Nippy little cars and good mpg.
Had mine a year and a half and replaced:
Cambelt, water pump, aux belt
Glow plugs
Wheel bearing
Discs and pads
and the exhaust seen as it fell off doing 90 in the outside lane of the M5
|
Jonny.K
Member
Registered: 26th May 11
Location: Aberdeen City
User status: Offline
|
ok so with a bosch fuel pump i can run it on veg oil? anyone able ti find me a link for a frount mount and pipework for one n cheers for the advice
|
Jonny.K
Member
Registered: 26th May 11
Location: Aberdeen City
User status: Offline
|
got the D-turbo home the day bit tatty but few things on it needn changed like a LCR splitter on a Dturbo?=/ thtl be cumn off haha
and can anyone tell me hoe i can check if the fuel and boost as already be turned up?=)
|
Carl
Member
Registered: 9th May 04
Location: Jimmy Bennett's la la land.
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by Jonny.K
got the D-turbo home the day bit tatty but few things on it needn changed like a LCR splitter on a Dturbo?=/ thtl be cumn off haha
and can anyone tell me hoe i can check if the fuel and boost as already be turned up?=)
Is it smokey? Generally when they have been tweeked they are a lot more smokey (dependant on how much they have been turned but as it's not exact if the engine labours smoke usually belows out).
I had one, one of the plus points is there cheap as owt to mod.
I got mine like this;
and got it looking like this;
from collecting bits from scrap yards mainly. Loads of interchangeable parts between the 3 phases.
|
John
Member
Registered: 30th Jun 03
User status: Offline
|
Was OP not buying a couple of year old Disco? how did that end up in a 306dt?
|
Jonny.K
Member
Registered: 26th May 11
Location: Aberdeen City
User status: Offline
|
Does smoke like n it goes fairly well once warmed up bit poop in first n 2nd byt pulls like a train in 3rd haha
Are the bumpers etc interchangable?
|
AlunJ
Member
Registered: 3rd Apr 07
Location: Newport
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by Carl
from collecting bits from scrap yards mainly. Loads of interchangeable parts between the 3 phases.
Oh I know all too well about that after my mate wanting phase 3 front lights on his phase 2
|
MarkM
Member
Registered: 11th Apr 01
Location: Liverpool
User status: Offline
|
I used to have one. Cost me over £1000 in repairs in less than 12 months.
|
Jed D
Member
Registered: 15th Mar 11
Location: Durham
User status: Offline
|
worst car i ever owned my old 306. for all of 4 weeks
|
WATSON
Member
Registered: 16th Jun 05
Location: Fife, Scotland
User status: Offline
|
Owned one few years back, went like shit off a shovel running just under 2bar
|
