23-11-2014, 03:29 PM
(22-11-2014, 03:08 PM)tenwierdufos Wrote: All the big Citroens still use hydroelastic, but its an active system, so no external pump top up business.
They have hydraulic power brakes too, no brake servo, lush!
Does it go through a few wishbones/ball joints with the extra power?
nope not at all, as its the same tech as the mgf/ elise. The car just behaves like a normal metro, The vvc block is the same size physically as the 1.4 16v unit that's in yours. just the head is a little bit wider ( not much mind)
The early metros( mk1s) didn't have servo assisted brakes, but still had brake discs at the front.
(23-11-2014, 10:29 AM)blaze_the_6 Wrote:(22-11-2014, 03:08 PM)tenwierdufos Wrote: All the big Citroens still use hydroelastic, but its an active system, so no external pump top up business.
They have hydraulic power brakes too, no brake servo, lush!
Does it go through a few wishbones/ball joints with the extra power?
Funny how they added that kind of setup to a supermini. I remember the old Citroen BX's having such a setup.
How is it going with the welding Procta. If I ever bump in to the guy with the Austin, I will ask him if he is on the owners club.
What gearbox do you use for all that power?
We are no further forward tbh with the welding, id have to buy a new welder to sort the floors out, i am going to just get the car welded tbh, saves me the hassle at the min.
The gearbox is an mgf none vvc unit, as its got better ratios, so i can ride the power, ( basically the same as a metro gti unit ratio wise)
some say the standard metro box can take the power of a vvc unit, others say it will chew it right up. The metro cup lads run the standard units anyway and they don't have a bother at all.
But for this conversion you run a miss match of parts if i used the metro box, so i have decided to keep it all from the same car practically, less of a f*ck on for parts sourcing and trouble shooting.