DJ_Bucho
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Yes believe it or not it is me, DJ Búchó is back on the Forum.
I'll be the first to admit you lot have heard very little from me over the past month or so (some say that’s not necessarily a bad thing) but its all about to change, (no need to sigh, its not all bad news. . . . honest).
I know what many of you are thinking. Where on earth have I been and what have I been up to?
Well I’ve had loads of University work to do and I mean loads, including my dissertation as well as about three other large assignments, (but you don’t want to hear about that), you want to know what I’ve done to my car, don’t you? Oh course you do.
Well if you’re sitting comfortably then let me begin.
Both my dad (Julio Scorchio) and myself took the first week in Easter off work, so that we could have a full week working on my car and get what I wanted to do done.
It all began taking off the rear wheels and then dismantling the rear brakes.
My old rear brakes looking a little worse for wear in this pic, and not very attractive at all.
Once the rear drum was off and the shoes out, the rear shock was taken off, the spring removed, as well as the bump stop and the hand brake cable disconnected and taken off. Pictures of this stage can be seen below.
The brake pipe was then disconnected and the fluid drained out of the system. The bolts that hold on the radius arms were then disconnected and the radius arm was removed. Picture shown below.
The radius arms were then completely stripped of all their parts, the old bushes were then burnt out and the metal inserts cut out of the arm with a hacksaw. These were then taken to our local powder coating place (Stella Blast - the young lad Dave is a great fella) and he powder coated both of them gloss black for the grand sum of £40 (Bargain).
While this was being done, new EBC shoes and drums were purchased as well as new back plates, cylinders, springs and clips. These were assembled off the radius arms. Pictures shown below.
At the same time as ordering the new rear drums and shoes some Powerflex suspension bushes were purchased. I ordered the full set of Powerflex, four for the rear and two sets of two for the front. The rear bushes can be seen below.
At the same time as dropping off the rear radius arms for powder coating, my dad and I went to RRE (Red Rose Engineering in Gateshead) and got them to make up some custom made rear springs 20% stiffer than the PI springs I did have on. (this extra stiffness should mean my arches wouldn’t rub anymore, as they did when the standard PI springs were in place). The springs that were made can be seen below.
Having got the springs and radius arms back the springs were sprayed gloss black just like the radius arms so that everything should look nice underneath the car (what can I say I’m a perfectionist). Picture shown below.
The bushes were then pressed into the rear radius arms and the assembled back plates were then bolted on. Copper brake pipe was then used to construct new piping to the flexy hoses, which were thrown away and replaced with Goodridge Stainless Steel braided ones. Pictures can be found below.
Once all of this was done they were bolted back onto the car and the brake hoses connected back up. As can be seen below.
Once in place the bump stop was replaced, the new springs were put in and the new Bilstein shock was bolted out. The finished rear end can be seen below.
The new rear drums were then taken to a friend who took 3.5mm off the outside face of the drum so that my wheel would sit slightly further inside my arch and should give me slightly more clearance between the tyre and the arch. Finally the last thing to do was to paint the rear drums red. The finished article can be seen below, with and without the alloy on.
Ok so that’s the rear done, but unfortunately while we were doing to front we didn’t take many pictures at all. But this is what we did anyway.
Basically, the front strut was removed and dismantled, and then reassembled with the new Bilstein shock. The front discs were removed along with the callipers and flexible brake hoses.
The front wishbone was removed and the bushes burnt out, just like they were with the rear radius arms. These were cleaned up and the Powerflex bushes were then put in place.
The Goodridge Stainless Steel braided brake hoses were then connected. The EBC Punto GT grooved and spotted discs were then bolted on, along with Punto GT callipers running EBC Green stuff pads. The callipers like the rear drums were painted red, and where then bolted on, and connected up to the new brake hoses. The strut was then bolted back in and the brakes were bled. Pictures of the discs can be seen below.
The wheels were bolted back on and the jobs a good un.
Pictures of the front discs behind the alloys can be seen below.
You will have to excuse the dirty-ness of my alloys but I didn’t have time to clean them as it was very dark when we finally got finished.
All in all it took a full weeks work, although we did have to wait for springs to be made, and radius arms to be powder coated.
I hope I haven’t bored to many people with my MASSIVE post. But I thought I’d let you lot know what has been going on.
Let me know what you think.
Look forward to hearing from you lot.
Brian
Ask any racer, any real racer, it don't matter if you win by an inch or a mile, winning's winning!
I'll be the first to admit you lot have heard very little from me over the past month or so (some say that’s not necessarily a bad thing) but its all about to change, (no need to sigh, its not all bad news. . . . honest).
I know what many of you are thinking. Where on earth have I been and what have I been up to?
Well I’ve had loads of University work to do and I mean loads, including my dissertation as well as about three other large assignments, (but you don’t want to hear about that), you want to know what I’ve done to my car, don’t you? Oh course you do.
Well if you’re sitting comfortably then let me begin.
Both my dad (Julio Scorchio) and myself took the first week in Easter off work, so that we could have a full week working on my car and get what I wanted to do done.
It all began taking off the rear wheels and then dismantling the rear brakes.
My old rear brakes looking a little worse for wear in this pic, and not very attractive at all.
Once the rear drum was off and the shoes out, the rear shock was taken off, the spring removed, as well as the bump stop and the hand brake cable disconnected and taken off. Pictures of this stage can be seen below.
The brake pipe was then disconnected and the fluid drained out of the system. The bolts that hold on the radius arms were then disconnected and the radius arm was removed. Picture shown below.
The radius arms were then completely stripped of all their parts, the old bushes were then burnt out and the metal inserts cut out of the arm with a hacksaw. These were then taken to our local powder coating place (Stella Blast - the young lad Dave is a great fella) and he powder coated both of them gloss black for the grand sum of £40 (Bargain).
While this was being done, new EBC shoes and drums were purchased as well as new back plates, cylinders, springs and clips. These were assembled off the radius arms. Pictures shown below.
At the same time as ordering the new rear drums and shoes some Powerflex suspension bushes were purchased. I ordered the full set of Powerflex, four for the rear and two sets of two for the front. The rear bushes can be seen below.
At the same time as dropping off the rear radius arms for powder coating, my dad and I went to RRE (Red Rose Engineering in Gateshead) and got them to make up some custom made rear springs 20% stiffer than the PI springs I did have on. (this extra stiffness should mean my arches wouldn’t rub anymore, as they did when the standard PI springs were in place). The springs that were made can be seen below.
Having got the springs and radius arms back the springs were sprayed gloss black just like the radius arms so that everything should look nice underneath the car (what can I say I’m a perfectionist). Picture shown below.
The bushes were then pressed into the rear radius arms and the assembled back plates were then bolted on. Copper brake pipe was then used to construct new piping to the flexy hoses, which were thrown away and replaced with Goodridge Stainless Steel braided ones. Pictures can be found below.
Once all of this was done they were bolted back onto the car and the brake hoses connected back up. As can be seen below.
Once in place the bump stop was replaced, the new springs were put in and the new Bilstein shock was bolted out. The finished rear end can be seen below.
The new rear drums were then taken to a friend who took 3.5mm off the outside face of the drum so that my wheel would sit slightly further inside my arch and should give me slightly more clearance between the tyre and the arch. Finally the last thing to do was to paint the rear drums red. The finished article can be seen below, with and without the alloy on.
Ok so that’s the rear done, but unfortunately while we were doing to front we didn’t take many pictures at all. But this is what we did anyway.
Basically, the front strut was removed and dismantled, and then reassembled with the new Bilstein shock. The front discs were removed along with the callipers and flexible brake hoses.
The front wishbone was removed and the bushes burnt out, just like they were with the rear radius arms. These were cleaned up and the Powerflex bushes were then put in place.
The Goodridge Stainless Steel braided brake hoses were then connected. The EBC Punto GT grooved and spotted discs were then bolted on, along with Punto GT callipers running EBC Green stuff pads. The callipers like the rear drums were painted red, and where then bolted on, and connected up to the new brake hoses. The strut was then bolted back in and the brakes were bled. Pictures of the discs can be seen below.
The wheels were bolted back on and the jobs a good un.
Pictures of the front discs behind the alloys can be seen below.
You will have to excuse the dirty-ness of my alloys but I didn’t have time to clean them as it was very dark when we finally got finished.
All in all it took a full weeks work, although we did have to wait for springs to be made, and radius arms to be powder coated.
I hope I haven’t bored to many people with my MASSIVE post. But I thought I’d let you lot know what has been going on.
Let me know what you think.
Look forward to hearing from you lot.
Brian
Ask any racer, any real racer, it don't matter if you win by an inch or a mile, winning's winning!