This isn't fun anymore..

Hello,

car!
Nice idea. Possibly nice 'cause I don't have to pay the bill

Of course, that's the most critical stuff to check, IMO.

You should mean "pushing far beyond the limits", I don't think a 305 could
cope with the 160HP of the fast-revving XU (6000+RPM).

I've heard of such a thing, even if I can't remember wher I've heard it...
Good choice Jean, as the 4WD & central engine & turbo engine was the way to
go. The RWD + N/A engine + front engine was outdated (watch out the Lancia
037 "Stratos", you'll see what I mean).

Same thing with my friend, he reaches the 190KPH mark with his 1.9 engine,
like he did with the 1.6 *but* now, reaches it like a bullet.
A common thing to do when you consider running a car in hillclimb races is

 

Hi Chris,

Sorry. I missed the post.

Not the problem. The problem is, the brakes shoes are now stuck with some
kind of glue on the shoe "frame" (metallic kind of "U" part). In ancient
times, they were nailed to them...
This involves the following behavior : when the brakes don't heat up (i.e,
cars not running a lot, or "engine braking" specialists, or fluid motorway
traffic runners), moisture comes in the drums and it puts the shoes off -
about the same way you remove a post stamp (using vapor) if you collect
them.
The problem is (that's the way I felt it with my car) the brake pedal is
much softer and moves more than usual - here you'll have to keep in mind
that on cars like 205s, the rear brakes aren't *that* used, so you don't
feel a significant brake power loss, excepted the pedal course.
*** THE WORST CONSEQUENCE OF THIS PROBLEM*** occurs if, by some miracle, the
"free" shoe comes with wheels revving, to place itself between the "valid"
shoe and the drum, this causing an immediate wheel blocking. Sometimes it
happens when you're in reverse gear, so it's just annoying (I imagine you
reverse at 3MPH or so), but it could happen on the road at 60MPH. So it
could well be "bye Cascade blue 305" and perhaps also "bye Chris" - I have
to agree it could have been "bye metallic Quartz grey 205" and "bye GT"
too...

BTW, most important point : my brake shoes where 18 months & 20,000km old
(replaced before I bought the car, as I bought it from a Pug agent which saw
the shoe fell off when he controlled the car before selling it).

Oh, sorry... I have to say that, although I never feel nor sick nor scary in
a car, that the BX is the only car where I don't feel that good (once I was
going to puck, eh). Bloody hydraulics !

We had, I answered one of your posts on Jan, 01 2003, subject "306 Bendix
Brake shoes 'auto' adjust problem". I told you the same

brakes.
I don't think the adjusters are faulty. Indeed, you only feel they have to
be set up when the handbrake course is a bit too long, AFAIK.