my b230fk into a 360 build thread, winter refresh!

Post by **wiganer31** » 15 Jun 2012 02:50 am

spent the weekend at buxton drifting and car didnt miss a fucking beat jusst needs more cooling, was over the moon, nipped shop today and that fucking oil pipe fucked up again

Post by **wiganer31** » 17 Jun 2012 11:55 pm

bit of an update that needed putting up about a month ago but not had time,
stripped out the sound deading

pretty clean and only found 1 small hole.

then fitted a cheap set of buckets as the standard volvo ones offered no support at all!

cars still on standard suspension till i can afford some proper adjustbles, and was obvs very soft and bouncy, stumbled across these sierra 4x4 springs and got thinking they seem much thicker and stiffer than the volvo ones, so took one of my springs off to see if they fitted and they did

couple of coils off so they matched the front and it was all good and alot stiffer

volvo ones on left (sure the owner before me had put 340 springs on, so soft and thin),

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i got a set of landi shocks for the back till i have the cash for proper ones, and i know there not ideal but its only on track and stiffened it up abit, deffo need changeing asap but compared to my first drift day it was miles better and lead to things like this:

then this

and abit of this

.

all in all a good two days drifting, next up is to get my hydro fitted, an extra fan to aid with my cooling problem, o and sort that fucking oil pipe out after it decided to pop out again, luckly it waited till i was at home and not drifting

cheers

Post by **Speedy88** » 18 Jun 2012 01:33 am

Looking good

Suspension sorted and this will be a real goodun. I'll be honest, I've got front adjustables which are lovely but I never ever use them! Just get the 3" lowering springs and perhaps standard new shocks. If the front was any stiffer on mine I reckon I'd end up in the wall.

Rear adjustables are very useful though

Post by **wiganer31** » 21 Jun 2012 11:52 pm

yea id hate to buy adjustables and not use them, something to think about now lol, yea deffo getting rears soon, gonna do some more drifting on the current setup while i save up for some but keep spending my money on other things,

got hydro fitted and should be plumbed in on sat

Post by **charlieog1243** » 22 Jun 2012 12:37 am

wiganer31 wrote:got hydro fitted and should be plumbed in on sat

grab some pics dude

Post by **Chris_C** » 22 Jun 2012 10:45 am

Depends on your definition of never using them guys! I would put money on the setting that Speedy has set is "more damping" than a standard off the shelf set of 300 dampers. Just because he never varies from that setting, doesn't mean he's not using the adjustable, just that he has got his "perfect" setting that wouldn't be available with normal dampers.

I hardly ever adjust my adjustables, because I set them up as I like them when I first got them and now they are correct for me. The only time I do is when going from tarmac to grass/gravel.

Post by **Speedy88** » 22 Jun 2012 06:35 pm

Yes exactly - my perfect setting is actually 0 on the front adjustables. It has dampening at 0 unlike the rear ones. I'm willing to play with that a bit more when it's back on the road

Post by **wiganer31** » 22 Jun 2012 09:06 pm

will get pics up asap mate, might get sunday when its plumbed in now but its fitted ready

hmmmmm got me thinking now lol, think im still going to send them off to gaz so ive got the option of adjusting them as and when i need, and they do loo pretty sexy

Post by **wiganer31** » 23 Jun 2012 01:26 am

pis of hydro mounted, cars a mess

Post by **wiganer31** » 26 Jun 2012 09:45 pm

got round to getting the hydro plumbed in today, sadly it isnt finished and bleed yet as one of the fittings was wrong

will be finished tomorrow,

got a couple of cheap fans that should sort out my cooling problem then ready for its next drift day on sat and sun

Post by **Speedy88** » 27 Jun 2012 01:17 am

Isn't it Buxton, Pod or something this weekend? I forget. Get some video

Post by **wiganer31** » 27 Jun 2012 08:12 pm

yea its buxton, im going to try and get someone to take me afew vids next time

hydro is plumbed in and bleed up now

just need to buy some clips for the brake lines and tidy them up abit but shes in! going to hopefully sort out my cooling issue and pat a new drop link tomorrow

cheers

Post by **wiganer31** » 02 Jul 2012 05:53 pm

ok so was buxton this weekend, didnt go too well really, ive snapped my subframe

so im on the hunt for a a new onenow(well not exactly new lol) anyone help?

cheers

Post by **classicswede** » 02 Jul 2012 10:22 pm

subframe????? What do you mean by that?

Post by **Speedy88** » 02 Jul 2012 10:28 pm

I'm guessing he means the bit under the engine that the wishbones/steering rack is bolted to.

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