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May 27, 2014 22:38:30 GMT
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hi in the next few days i will be collecting my new ride any body modded one of these its turbo diesel can i tweek it also can i lower it easly.
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May 27, 2014 23:01:28 GMT
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I didn't even know they made a ZX estate, funky looking thing it is too.
I'd expect lowering the front will be easy as you can likely just use the regular hatchback stuff but lowering the rear may be more awkward, someone with better experience will be able to advise on this.
The TD engines are pretty good things, if it's the same lump as found in Peugeots (probably is) then you should be able to crank it up a bit. Don't forget the pictures when you do collect it.
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May 27, 2014 23:24:24 GMT
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It's based on the 306
Share engines aswell
So should be easy to modify
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May 27, 2014 23:48:57 GMT
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will pug wheels fit
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Yes, Peugeot wheels will fit. As said, it's the sister car to the 306, pretty much identical under the skin. Stud pattern is 4x108 so oodles of after-market wheels available for them. Be aware that although they share the stud pattern with Ford the centre bore is smaller so Ford wheels will not fit. This is mine (evidently not an estate but you get the gist):    Set of £100 really '90s alloys that looked heinous on everything else but spot-on on this, two coils taken out of the front springs, not lowered at the back (yet) as you can probably see here...   ...And some really pink stickers to further its '90s appeal. If you cut the springs to lower it, note that you have to take a whole number of coils out, i.e. I took out 2 instead of 1.5, because of the way the spring sits on the spring perch at the bottom of the strut. I also found on refitting the spring that it was possible for it to slip off the spring perch as I released the compressors. So I (well, Mystery Machine did pretty much all of it for me...) had to weld a tab onto the edge of the spring perch to retain it in place. It's been fine since then, nearly a year since I did it, got through the MOT fine and rides just as well as before. The suspension is quite French and oingy-boingy enough that minus two coils makes basically no difference to comfort. I can't really tell if the handling is much better because my 1.9 non-TD doesn't really have the power to bother it but I can hustle it along at a fair old pace without fearing for my life. Unless I have to slow down quickly... Rear is theorectically "easy" to lower too; it's a torssion beam at the rear so it's a case of removing the rear suspension arms and putting them back on a spline further around. It's much the same setup as similar Peugeots and Citroens, 205, 106/Saxo, AX, 306 etc, so there's probably a wealth of information out there on how to do it properly. I haven't done it yet so I can't say if it's actually easy, be on the look out of course for rusty/seized fixings and rear arms making the job difficult, and also make sure it doesn't already have mega negative camber on the back, indicating an already-shagged rear beam. The XUD9TE engine is reputedly tweakable, it's possible to turn up the boost and fueling, someone like Rich or serial ZX fancier welshpug will probably know a bit more than I do. It's also possible to run them on veg oil IF it has a Bosch injector pump, although it will kill the Lucas one in pretty short order. I really like mine. It's slow, the brakes are wibblepoo, the rake on the suspension means I basically can't see when I'm reversing, the electrics are a bit "interesting" and the rear windows don't open, but it owes me about £600 in all and it's been a lot of fun so far. And I think it looks pretty damn good for what it is  |
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Last Edit: May 28, 2014 2:02:16 GMT by Rich606
1989 Peugeot 205. You know, the one that was parked in a ditch on the campsite at RRG'17... the glass is always full. but the ratio of air to water may vary. |
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Ford wheels will fit as they'll need spacers anyway to make up for the difference in offset (Peugeot usually ET24ish whereas Ford is ET35+) so the centerbore wont matter.
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skrapz
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The Bosch pumped diesels love veg. You'll know if its Bosch straight away as it has it stamped where you can see it easily when you open the bonnet. I ran mine up till last november on neat veg, just runs lumpy as till it warms up. These do come with an inline diesel heater that runs off the cooling system and that helps.
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I'd rather loose by a mile cause I built my own car than win by an inch because someone else built it for me. Your car is your story, so don't let anyone else write the book.
Clio mk2
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Whatever happens I have a feeling this is going to be a project to watch...
Please do get a thread going on the 'Readers Rides' section as soon as you possibly can!
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***GARAGE CURRENTLY EMPTY***
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May 28, 2014 10:13:52 GMT
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rich606 i do like your car thats the sort of way i want mine to look
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May 28, 2014 10:15:43 GMT
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mines a bit scruffy atm but hope to srt that
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May 28, 2014 11:37:48 GMT
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Hi! Rich pretty much nailed it, though you try not to pull the arms off when lowering the rear, pulling the torsion bars out properly will allow a far finer degree of adjustment, also if on a budget and you can't shell out on some new bearings and seals it saves disturbing the bearings, however even the newest xsara which shared a nigh on identical platform needs a total refub of the rear beam by now. it actually doesn't cost that much to rebuild a beam if you catch them early enough, you can buy a kit of bearings seals and two trailing arm shafts on ebay from poland for £100 delivered, well worth doing if you plan to keep it and can sort it yourself. the ZX actually came 2-3 years before the 306, so the 306 is more based on the ZX rather than tother way round  the front bumper has a MASSIVE space for front mounted intercoolers... |
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May 28, 2014 11:38:10 GMT
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p.s, its C i t r o ë n |
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Last Edit: May 28, 2014 11:42:15 GMT by welshpug
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skrapz
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May 28, 2014 18:17:32 GMT
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Hi! Rich pretty much nailed it, though you try not to pull the arms off when lowering the rear, pulling the torsion bars out properly will allow a far finer degree of adjustment, also if on a budget and you can't shell out on some new bearings and seals it saves disturbing the bearings, however even the newest xsara which shared a nigh on identical platform needs a total refub of the rear beam by now. it actually doesn't cost that much to rebuild a beam if you catch them early enough, you can buy a kit of bearings seals and two trailing arm shafts on ebay from poland for £100 delivered, well worth doing if you plan to keep it and can sort it yourself. the ZX actually came 2-3 years before the 306, so the 306 is more based on the ZX rather than tother way round the front bumper has a MASSIVE space for front mounted intercoolers... The Intercooler to use is the one from a Focus TDCI according to the forum. Cheap from ebay secondhand and do the pump and boost tweak. but the intercooled xud is quite sprightly i was surprised how refined it was for an older diesel when i first got mine. |
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Last Edit: May 28, 2014 18:17:56 GMT by skrapz
I'd rather loose by a mile cause I built my own car than win by an inch because someone else built it for me. Your car is your story, so don't let anyone else write the book.
Clio mk2
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May 28, 2014 20:29:28 GMT
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Yes.  |
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" East bound and down, loaded up and truckin' "
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May 29, 2014 10:49:14 GMT
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just found another zx estate sitting in a front garden 5 min from where i live I'm also thinking now of fitting pug 306 half leather seats
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