Bianca phase 1 Dturbo

[Curt]

Before I start, I should point out this will be pic heavy, standard for me.

I needed a cheap runaround, so I picked this up a few weeks ago:





It's Emma's (Fozzy's partner) old car, which I've always liked. Picked it up with a few nice additions and unfortunately a blown head gasket. However, John did give me a spare known good head along with an unknown Bosch, lines and injectors.

First thing to do was to put all my audio kit in.

I did drive it a while, to confirm mine and John's suspicions. So the next thing I tackled was the cheese-wedge stance. This turned out to be an absolute bitch of a job, with the beam being seized solid:





Even with heat this proved ineffective. Until such point that it broke.

So after that, I lost patience and smashed the arms off. One side free'd completely (N/S, naturally), but the O/S remained a bitch. So I took the arm off and got it pressed out:





So with that finally done out, I set about cleaning everything up. Which was all very nice and corroded:





















New bits:

[Curt]

With the car now sitting nice and level:



I set about doing the head gasket.



First problem straight away is the EGR won't come off to get the manifolds off. So I decided to just take the whole lot off.

Lovely fuel filter housing:





Head off:







This is the replacement head:



...and this is the one that came off:



Lovely!

Head stripped to change stem seals:







Made an EGR blank as that bastard wasn't going back on:





When it was running I noticed there was a grumbling which was getting worse, so I needed a replacement aux tensioner:



That's where the photos stop really. After putting it all back together, went for the first start and it started straight away. Result, I thought, just needs some tweaking. After a frustrating day, it was discovered that the pump wasn't very well. So I had to source another pump, which is all I needed. Once that finally arrived, as there was a fair amount of confusion with the courier, I stuck it on and it was pretty sweet from the start. Although I still need to fine tune the fueling, as it smokes like a bitch. There's definitely too much fuel still, and I want to keep things sensible and reliable. So that's what I need to do next really, along with fitting a boost gauge to see what it's running. Then I need to sort the mess of an engine bay out, a phase 1 rad as at the moment I have an expansion tank with nowhere to mount it. Oh and I need a rear light, as I got annoyed... Thanks to Matt for helping me finish putting it back together and Samass for helping diagnose the pump.

[Curt]

So, this is how it sits now. It'll be getting the full bodywork treatment like the Audi when I can be bothered. Other than that, I'm just going to use it.

[Matt]

This is all I've seen for the last week. So glad it's finally running sounds awesome and the ride is incredible! Not jealous atall.....


Seriously though, I'm glad this has gone to plan (ish) so far now sort mine

[Eeyore]

This looks amazing. Great work!

[Grant]

Nice work Curt. Car looks sweet! Lots of work going on


Where did you get the rear beam seals and gubbins from?

[laurence_13]

That's gorgeous! Love Bianca ph1's

[7057sam]

Wow awesome work curt

can't decided what wheels I prefer,the clones in that colour look ace.

[padge]

Looks awesome.

[Niall]

Looks great Curt. Do love a Bianca 306!
Must say, i do prefer it on the blue clones though :p

[Curt]

Cheers guys .

Where did you get the rear beam seals and gubbins from?

I got them from a specialist for slightly more than Peugeot, as you know, they want you to buy 5,000 of everything. I'll find the website if you need? They have a parts list from last year you can check against. Only thing they didn't have was the black ARB bushes, but they can be bought individually anyway. Ordered in the afternoon, arrived next day.


I like the green 'clones (yeah, they're green) in the sun... But when it's overcast they didn't look too good IMO. I was going to do them bright green, but I much prefer the XXRs anyway. I don't really want it to be "another 306 on Cyclones", yawn.

[Grant]

If you could please mate, that would be cracking

[Matt]

I love the xxrs, and tbh leave them long enough they will on mine

[Niall]

Cheers guys .

Where did you get the rear beam seals and gubbins from?

I got them from a specialist for slightly more than Peugeot, as you know, they want you to buy 5,000 of everything. I'll find the website if you need? They have a parts list from last year you can check against. Only thing they didn't have was the black ARB bushes, but they can be bought individually anyway. Ordered in the afternoon, arrived next day.


I like the green 'clones (yeah, they're green) in the sun... But when it's overcast they didn't look too good IMO. I was going to do them bright green, but I much prefer the XXRs anyway. I don't really want it to be "another 306 on Cyclones", yawn.

but...but...40mm on clones

[Curt]

If you could please mate, that would be cracking

PM'd

I love the xxrs, and tbh leave them long enough they will on mine

Nevaaaaar

but...but...40mm on clones

Sorry, I've let the side down!

[ozonehostile]

Ohmahgawd that's gorgeous!


(if you could also Pm me a link for the rear beam refurb bits? Would be much appreciated :-))

[Poodle]

Oh you bastard, i wanted this!

You've clearly done a much better job of making it pretty than i would have, so i've decided to let you finish before i steal it.

[karl1989]

Porn. So much want

[RetroPug]

Ohmahgawd that's gorgeous!


(if you could also Pm me a link for the rear beam refurb bits? Would be much appreciated :-))

Me too please if you wouldn't mind?
Loving the phase win!

[Midnightclub]

Very nice

[Curt]

Thanks for the comments guys.

I'm going to save some time and just post the link here : http://www.peugeotparts.co.uk/

Oh you bastard, i wanted this!

You've clearly done a much better job of making it pretty than i would have, so i've decided to let you finish before i steal it.

Haha, well I started trying to buy it before it was for sale . That is mighty generous of you, kind sir...

[Tom]

Yesyesyes epic! Cannot wait to see what it looks like once you've cleaned it up! Love your pictures too, always great quality

[mr_fish]

Defo phase WIN....

Looking awesome, great work

[Curt]

Yesyesyes epic! Cannot wait to see what it looks like once you've cleaned it up! Love your pictures too, always great quality

Cheers Tom hopefully she'll look sweet. I do try, always think it's better to have decent ones. I despise having to use my phone...

Defo phase WIN....

Looking awesome, great work

Thanks

[Poodle]

Haha, well I started trying to buy it before it was for sale . That is mighty generous of you, kind sir...

Bah, cheat! Ikr, i'm all heart me. Well you know where to bring it once you're bored lol.

[Curt]

Bah, cheat! Ikr, i'm all heart me. Well you know where to bring it once you're bored lol.

Yep . Haha, this is true. I do really like it though, drives better than any of my previous 306s by a long shot.



Rolled the rear arches today as I found it didn't really like passengers too much . I tried to do it a small amount to start with, unfortunately it needs doing some more.

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[Curt]

I completely forgot I even took any photos when I did my audio, so here those are:

Destroyed:





As there was already a hole in the top glove box for a USB I decided to stick the crossovers there:



Then made some spacers for the Focals:











But for some reason I didn't take a picture once I'd sprayed them black... Oh well.

Also have to aplogise that most of the pictures were taken with my potato.

[c.gerrard]

Looks properly f*ckin sweet!

[7057sam]

Top work curt

Soo jealous of them focals

[Niall]

Ooh I love the spacers. I've only used basic plasti rings but never thought of shaping something up to make it looks slightly more oem