Mr Bobs 406 and 306, this will be a long post!

[MrBob]

Some pics of my Peugeots

my love of Peugeots started at a young age, and I got my 1st 406 when I was just a teen.. it was a 1/10 RC car of the German 406 super touring car but still...



loved it still got it too!

i've thumbnailed the pics, just click on them to make bigger!

when I turned 21 (as a guage of how long this has been going on i'm 28 now ) and insurance was cheap enough I bought my 306 cabriolet



that was it when i bought it in 2006

I'll try not bore you its a very very long story but over time i've stripped it to a bare shell and rebuilt it, here is some high lights

1st mod was a hard top


then tan leather interior



some tan bits added to it (gear/hand brake gatior, dash board and hood cover)



twin exit exhaust (standard quite though)



lowered (a long with thicker anti roll bars fitted), hard top painted, 306 hatchback side skirts fitted and 17inch OZ wheels painted white and fitted:



406 coupe brembos with braided brake lines



i bought a MOT failure fit for scrap 306 S16 doner car



306 S16 engine fitted



gti6 exhuast manifold fitted



mirror polished gti6 inlet manifold fitted





5 speed gearbox swapped for 6 speed box



black fabric roof swapped for a green fabric roof



and all was well till i crashed it in 2011





the body took a beating, the timing belt snapped and the rear beam was bent



i swapped the beam with one with thicker torsion bars than the standard cabriolet ones



got the car jigged strait again replacement bumper was smoothed off



got the front bumper smoothed as well, sides are removed but not smoothed yet



then on to the engine

striped to a bare block


painted



swapped the standard crank for a longer throw one



got the standard cam shaft reprofiled with a longer duraton and higher lift



rebuilt the oil pump using all new parts, gti6 oil sump and replaced the gti6 inlet with throttle bodys



painted the gearbox then refitted



1st test drive (the rattling is the exhaust really it needs a new exhaust)



just after the crash i bought another of my childhood dream cars as a replacemnt while the 306 was off the road

my 406 coupe



V6 of course



i love the coupe as it is but i just cant leave things alone, so 1st mod was a D9 center console with cup holders



then swapped the black leather for red



retro fitted cruise control to it

D9 silver handbrake button and heater vents





electric rear windows



i found an official peugeot spoiler in a scrap yard in the smme colour as my 406 so i just had to



bought highlanders hoggers



redyed the glovebox, centre console, underside of the dash board on the drivers side red the same colour as the seats, at the same time i fitted the ash wood dash trim, black saloon vents/dial surrounds and some silver door handles



i then replaced the hoggers with nautilus wheels



and thats all i've done mod wise, done a ton of maintenance like replaced all the rubber parts, rebuilt the brembos, braided brake lines etc etc

not owned a saloon yet but i really want an SRI or executive turbo... and who knows what may might happen

I also have my heart set on a 505 gti, a v6 or 2.2hdi 607, another 406 coupe for a track car and i wouldnt say no to a face lifted RCZ....

i was however given a genuine 406 touring car team jacket (green/gold) from a friend of mine who worked for peugeot during the 80's/90's and early 2000's as a thanks for sorting him out with a free gti6 rear beam for this 306

[Doggy]

Fascinating post there, Mr Bob.

What do you do in your spare time?

[MrChips]

I admire your passion...

How did you find the retro fitting of the cruise control?

[MrBob]

Fascinating post there, Mr Bob.

What do you do in your spare time?

track days





well done a few would like to do more, thus would like another 406 for a track car

I admire your passion...

How did you find the retro fitting of the cruise control?

very easy, the loom is already there, so you just need the bits and its plug and play

i done a how to guide on the coupe club if you want it?

[MrChips]

There's a little discrepancy between what kit you need...

I think just the stalk and some one with pp2000 to activate?

any advice you can give can only expand my knowledge

[Doggy]

To retrofit cruise to a HDi, you need a late 2000-on engine ecu, make sure you have clutch and second, "redundant", brake pedal switches, the stalk and PP2000 to enable it.

There is a possibilty of further problems with a Siemens equipped HDi 90.

[MrChips]

To retrofit cruise to a HDi, you need a late 2000-on engine ecu, make sure you have clutch and second, "redundant", brake pedal switches, the stalk and PP2000 to enable it.

There is a possibilty of further problems with a Siemens equipped HDi 90.

What further issues are we talking here then? I'll have to double check that mine is a siemens... But probably will be.

[mjb]

There's a little discrepancy between what kit you need...

I think just the stalk and some one with pp2000 to activate?

That's the bare minimum for D9s (diesels, and petrols with electronic throttle bodies). On other models you'll likely need the extra pedal switches, and with mechanical throttle bodies you'll also need the vacuum pump, actuator, valve and tubing as well as the ecu

[Ares]

very good post,dont mind reading a longer story.

505 that was a good car.

[Welly]

Wow! you certainly don't do things by halves

If I may be so bold; the 306 sounded a bit 'missy' in the Video and the blue smoke I assume is from the assembly work around the valves/pistons etc. when you were building it? great work though, I bet it has a nice throttle response