Building a 900 for hillclimbs
Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2010 3:46 pm
I just posted this in the introductions forum, but figured Id move it over here. Ill update it as I make progress and Im sure Ill have some questions along the way. Any ideas on things I should think about are also appreciated.
(One of my two brothers who bought the car with me.)
I dont have a lot of pictures yet, but Im planning on using my winter break to actually get a real start on this thing. As far as future plans, I had hopped to spend this upcoming weekend going over the car and making a good list of its needs, so I could compare that with my wants and come up with a doable list for the near future. Unfortunately, I broke my Aero at the Ascutney hillclimb a couple weeks ago, so Ill be fixing that instead.
Things I know need fixing include the wiring throughout the car, I just don't like how the PO hacked some of it together. In a way its a good excuse to go through all the wiring and make it reliable and easier to work on during events. I was also planning on doing a T5 swap. The engine and tranny will have to come out to replace a noisy pinion bearing. While thats out Ill look to replace wear items and any seals as needed on the engine. Once the transmission is apart Ill decide how much I want to do with that. It has a phantom grip that Im going to leave, and Ill be adding one of Luke's steel diff covers. It currently has a T3/T4, 3in exhaust and FMIC.
For suspension it has Koni adjustable shocks and SD springs. Does anyone know what the swedish dynamics springs actually are? Just new bushings where needed and I might just leave it at that for now. It does have the vented front disks, so down the road I would like to go for the wilwood calipers, but the stock brakes should be adequate for hillclimbs until that happens.
One nice thing is that the shell is very solid, and is in need of no real rust repair. While the thought of doing a cage myself did cross my mind, I just don't have the equipment and skills do be comfortable doing it. Someday.... For this car though I think Im going to bring it to Dentsport garage, who use Chris Howard for their cage building.
Im hoping to eventually end up with a class competitive car. Regulars in this class include a volvo 240 and a Peugeot 505 that Im looking forward to competing with.
(One of my two brothers who bought the car with me.)
I dont have a lot of pictures yet, but Im planning on using my winter break to actually get a real start on this thing. As far as future plans, I had hopped to spend this upcoming weekend going over the car and making a good list of its needs, so I could compare that with my wants and come up with a doable list for the near future. Unfortunately, I broke my Aero at the Ascutney hillclimb a couple weeks ago, so Ill be fixing that instead.
Things I know need fixing include the wiring throughout the car, I just don't like how the PO hacked some of it together. In a way its a good excuse to go through all the wiring and make it reliable and easier to work on during events. I was also planning on doing a T5 swap. The engine and tranny will have to come out to replace a noisy pinion bearing. While thats out Ill look to replace wear items and any seals as needed on the engine. Once the transmission is apart Ill decide how much I want to do with that. It has a phantom grip that Im going to leave, and Ill be adding one of Luke's steel diff covers. It currently has a T3/T4, 3in exhaust and FMIC.
For suspension it has Koni adjustable shocks and SD springs. Does anyone know what the swedish dynamics springs actually are? Just new bushings where needed and I might just leave it at that for now. It does have the vented front disks, so down the road I would like to go for the wilwood calipers, but the stock brakes should be adequate for hillclimbs until that happens.
One nice thing is that the shell is very solid, and is in need of no real rust repair. While the thought of doing a cage myself did cross my mind, I just don't have the equipment and skills do be comfortable doing it. Someday.... For this car though I think Im going to bring it to Dentsport garage, who use Chris Howard for their cage building.
Im hoping to eventually end up with a class competitive car. Regulars in this class include a volvo 240 and a Peugeot 505 that Im looking forward to competing with.