I've had an OEM replacement more than once and i don't particularly care about NVH, having a car that tries to shake off it's fixings at idle just adds to the fun of driving it for me lol. And half the plan for this is for it to be an effective track weapon. Regardless of all that, the bracket rubbing on the lower strut brace is more the issue that's prompting me to look at alternatives, i reckon there'd be enough movement in a new OEM bush for the thing to still rub under load. Fair comment though, i haven't driven one with a solid mount and couldn't find anyone who had, so appreciate the input. Looks like i'm going for vibratechnics kit all round when i've got the money then...
Yeah i know i'm going to struggle with doubling everything, certainly all at once, i'm fairly sure that's not possible on my budget. And as you say, the handling bit is definitely going to be the most challenging, i should have started with an old merc or something, would have been a lot easier to "double" handling ability lol. I know you've done a lot of data-logging and testing in the past, i don't suppose you've got any info saved on how a standard 306 handles on track, the kind of forces it can generate etc..?
The aero package is what i'm going to be focussing on over the next few months, spoiler, air dam and basic undertray to begin with. Also have some ideas for a blown diffuser that should considerably reduce drag. As luck would have it, PPC did an article on a similar project of their own last issue, so i've got some more ideas from that.
UPDATE:
I've got tired of chasing the various "last thing"s on this car now, every time i fix one another pops up in it's place. This time the osr abs sensor is causing problems, so i've decided to just give it to the garage and let them sort it and do the MOT at the same time. Booked for 10am Friday morning, fingers crossed!
Yeah i know i'm going to struggle with doubling everything, certainly all at once, i'm fairly sure that's not possible on my budget. And as you say, the handling bit is definitely going to be the most challenging, i should have started with an old merc or something, would have been a lot easier to "double" handling ability lol. I know you've done a lot of data-logging and testing in the past, i don't suppose you've got any info saved on how a standard 306 handles on track, the kind of forces it can generate etc..?
The aero package is what i'm going to be focussing on over the next few months, spoiler, air dam and basic undertray to begin with. Also have some ideas for a blown diffuser that should considerably reduce drag. As luck would have it, PPC did an article on a similar project of their own last issue, so i've got some more ideas from that.
UPDATE:
I've got tired of chasing the various "last thing"s on this car now, every time i fix one another pops up in it's place. This time the osr abs sensor is causing problems, so i've decided to just give it to the garage and let them sort it and do the MOT at the same time. Booked for 10am Friday morning, fingers crossed!