Carl and Jonny's XUD Hillclimber

[c.gerrard]

Why would someone spray a 306 that colour?

[cwspellowe]

Becauseracecar

[306racecar]

I am pretty sure this has been covered before, but here are our findings on weight whilst we were stripping the car.

Item Weight (Kg's)
Drivers Seat: 19.3
Passenger Seat: 16.8
Front Carpet: 6.6
Lower Rear Seats: 7.5
Upper Rear Seats: 10.1
Front Door Cards: 5.8
Rear door cards: 5.7
Roof Lining: 1.5
Rear Carpet: 7.0
Boot Carpet/
Sound Proofing: 5.2
Parcel Shelf: 4.4
Wheel Trim X4: 1.9
Plastic Trim: 6.9

There were some other parts that were weighed, according to my notes, which i can't quite figure out . However, the end result was a saving of 111.2 kg's from stripping the interior. We haven't included the dash in this, I'm assuming that had a fair bit of weight in it, seeming as it took two of us to handle. That has been stripped of all its wires and won't be going back in, so if anyone has an idea of how much it weighs, that would be great!

So, based on the fact that the 3 door model weighs in at 1135 kg's, that will bring us down to 1023.8 kg's. There is are still areas where we believe we can save some more weight, so once those have been figured out , we'll update you.

[Matt]

That roof looks rather weighty

[Jonny81191]

It has to be said that some of the bits were a bit damp

We're gonna get it weighed anyway.

[Tallguy_2]

I thought this was secret!?

[c.gerrard]

People change

We've decided that there's too much knowledge on here to go it alone!

[306racecar]

Bit of an update and some more pictures

We've spent most of the day with angle grinders, stripping off underseal. It's a pain in the arse, and slow progress. But we're getting there!


PICT1617 by 306racecar, on Flickr


PICT1620 by 306racecar, on Flickr


PICT1622 by 306racecar, on Flickr

And a big hole in the rear arch...


PICT1629 by 306racecar, on Flickr

All the other pictures are on flickr..

[Toms306]

Are there any phase 2's without a big hole in the rear arch?

Looks like a good project though guys.

[ozonehostile]

have you weighed all the underseal you stripped off?

[Blandy]

wow what a project look forward to seeing it progress

[Jonny81191]

have you weighed all the underseal you stripped off?

No, but you're welcome to come and pick it all up

Actually, might weigh all the sweepings off the floor when we clear up. But that won't be accurate as the drive "moults" gravel..

[samass]

well, you should of thought of that before, you useless bastard.

[4WayDiablo]

Are there any phase 2's without a big hole in the rear arch?

Looks like a good project though guys.

Yes, and I own one

[Ben]

Are there any phase 2's without a big hole in the rear arch?

Looks like a good project though guys.

Yes, and I own one

And I own another.

Wish I had the space to do something like this!

[Toms306]

Lol.....have you actually checked? Or just hoping its still good?

[4WayDiablo]

Yeah. Stripped mine out not so long ago so I'm quite sure :-P

[Ben]

Yeah I checked before I bought the car, Dan kept the guy busy at the front of the car and I prised the plastic out to have a look!

[David]

Are there any phase 2's without a big hole in the rear arch?

Looks like a good project though guys.

Yes, and I own one

And I own another.

Wish I had the space to do something like this!

I own another

[306racecar]

Right, Long time without an update.

Firstly, this is still happening!!

However, it looks like the timescale will have to be changed. Both Carl and myself are just too busy to get the work in on top of our own cars and occasionally going mountain biking I think it's also fair to say that we don't want to rush, this will take time and also money, both of which are in short supply

But the days are getting longer and drier, so soon enough we'll be able to crack on and get on with it.

A more interesting update will follow soon!

[Pompey306mark]

I have a dash in the garage will weigh it tomorrow.

[Piggy]

this looks a great project...great stats for losing weight too...

We did the removal of underseal and soundproofing on the rally car with an acetylene torch...basically set fire to the stuff and it dripped off!!

But not so sure that would have been a good idea with that plastic shed!

epic effort boys...keep going

[JamesG]

Will be keeping an eye on this looks like it will be epic!

[Pompey306mark]

13kgs without upper and lower glovebox, centre fascia, and vents.

[Jonny81191]

That'll include the loom though mark?

[Pompey306mark]

Yea there is the loom on my dash.

[Jonny81191]

Yea there is the loom on my dash.

Cheers mate

[ginge191]

I want this progress to hurry up!!!!!

[Jonny81191]

You and me both mate, Just wish I had a working car so I could get to Carl's.

[c.gerrard]

Loving the hype!

I think once the ball is rolling properly we will get this done fairly quick, as we have quite a lot of parts ready to go on!