frankie: SW VTS tractor......green and blue stuff.

[frankie]

The start

was for sale about october time on her, pageybaby was the user selling it he said it had problems but didnt know what, after agreeing i would by it for £700 (minus the £5.57 we found), i got a PM from japman saying it was his old saxo, which had been one of my favourites at the time.

me and my mate went and saw the saxo not knowing what was wrong with it, when we got there we found a "gurt" hole in the bottom end:panic: , well i bit the bullet and bought it.

well i thought id start a progress thread seeing as tomorow it will be the first time in 4 months its been off jack stands (bricks :P)

when gav had it:afro:
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j103/frankie640/saxovts.jpg

when i got it home me and my mate started stripping it out:
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j103/frankie640/vts3.jpg
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j103/frankie640/vts2.jpg

i then started to look round for a new bottom, was lucky enuff to blag one lol, so we prepared the saxo for engine removal:
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j103/frankie640/vts1.jpg
(if you look hard enuff just to the top right of the fuel filter is the hole)
the fact that my mate works for a tool hire company mean........free tools :P

engine crane FTW, engine and box going in.

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j103/frankie640/100_0042.jpg
at 2am lack of sleep took its toll on fen :panic:
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j103/frankie640/100_0041.jpg

early morning:
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j103/frankie640/100_0045.jpg

we had a few problems along the way, like a snapped fuel line, snapped headbolts, and shed loads of rounded nuts and bolts.
we had it running which was mint, but for some reason the imobiliser decidied to cut in, very helpful indeed.

plans:
full sparco cage
buckets + harnesses.
willwood 4 pots
speedline chronos
cams, tb's, megasquirt ecu (from RCD hopefully, as fen is always going on about megasquirt), wossner pistons, hopefully building a beast of an engine ;) .
billies.
and many fibreglass panels;)

i would like to see it finished for trax minus, tb's bit pricey lol

more pics tomorow.

[frankie]

possibly the latest progress thread :P

[TypeRhys]

good luck with all those plans,

hope you have deep pockets.

looking good so far though....

[SaxoJamie]

Good work so far mate:y: Plans sound mint :)

[Hopcraft]

plans sound mint, good to see the sax has stayed in the club.

[frankie]

First time out of the garage for 4 months.

Thanks for the comment people.

it is going to be pricey i know, but hopefully starting a new jobs soon which will give me extra monies :afro:

all is complete now (engine + suspension)

just need headlights, then it will be taken to the local garage for check-over, MOT.

Thanks to willsy for the cit sport badges there ace :y:
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j103/frankie640/100_0174.jpg
and standard air filter arrived, just need hoseing.

engine bay (glow in the dark)
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j103/frankie640/100_0172.jpg

http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j103/frankie640/100_0176.jpg
nice clean garage, used to have a pit, but dad filled it in :(

back to sleep for a while :(
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j103/frankie640/100_0177.jpg

[Japman]

awwwwwwwwwww my baby :( :( :(

ooooooooooo i miss her :(


Glad shes in good hands though

The plan sound good frankie,will be watching this without a dought

[frankie]

it will make an apperance at a s.wales meet soon mate.

[Japman]

then you'll let me drive it :)

and buy it back

[frankie]

hahaha course you can drive it.

buying it back.....:ponder:

gav how much did you have it lowered?

[Japman]

40mm spax springs on front,and 50mm on rear iirc

[jeeves_101]

looking and sounding good mate.

can't wait for more progress.

[frankie]

40mm spax springs on front,and 50mm on rear iirc

cheers mate.

cheers jeeves, will be at a sw meet soon i hope

[grantley1988]

looks good sean. looking foward to seeing it in the flesh! plans sound good m8

[frankie]

cheers grantley :y:

[Wayne]

Excellent progress so far mate:y: plans sound perfect, can't wait to see this at a south wales meet or fcs or trax:)

[MaRiO89]

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!

Its underway!! :d:d:d

[Nick_T]

looks mint sean :)
just needs a few finishing touches, like seats, bonnet, lights etc no biggy lol

good progress :y:

[AdamWhy]

thats looking mint...fair play mate :y:

[frankie]

cheers lads.

james-thought id make a progress thread like the cool kids lol

nick-sod the bonnet colder air into the engine faster, dont need lights cos eats me carrots, didnt you not see the light wieght alloys seat lol

[MaRiO89]

lol

:y:

[Japman]

any updates

[frankie]

UPDATE....ish

well sorted the timing out, lucikly i didnt bend the valves.

just a strange problem:

i have petrol going in
i have a spark
the cams turn
everything seems to be going fine, except it just doesnt seem to ignite the petrol :panic:

the sensor of what?
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j103/frankie640/100_0189.jpg
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j103/frankie640/100_0190.jpg
(the white one)
going to pick a 3.5" magnex back box tomorow.
standard filter arrived today.


and paint for wheels arrive soon....199 metcallic merc black :afro:
primer
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j103/frankie640/100_0191.jpg
the mountain of bog roll.......
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j103/frankie640/100_0193.jpg

[grantley1988]

progress is good m8.

bogroll????????????

[frankie]

cheers grantley

he runs a cleaning company aswell as his building one

[JessopVTS]

the bog roll is fairly iconic as i just clicked this thread literally 2 minutes after i had the most epic steamin' shit ive had for a while.. just thought i'd share that LOL..

Good to see a fellow slaggy saxo about like =]

will be good to see the progress with the management etc

[Vinny_VSX]

Mate this is brilliant. Now when can I come round and have a butchers? ;)

P.s

I really need your help on something buddy. I will msn you :)

[frankie]

vinny come round whenever lol

just txt me you got me number

[raunchz]

The white sensor plugs in ontop of the gearbox iirc - I'm not sure if it'll stop your car running though

[vtrlogan]

i think in the 1st picture isnt that the one that goes onto the throttle body>?

Car is look very nice, i like the glow in the dark :P

[frankie]

will try both of those places, and vtrlogans suggestion sounds about right, although im sure i plugged it in :panic:

cheers for the comments, more glow in the dark coming soon, will get some night pics. :y:

[Vinny_VSX]

vinny come round whenever lol

just txt me you got me number

Awesomeo.

I don't have your number anymore buddy. I got a new phone and lost all my numbers. Wooooops

[Wayne]

Top progress mate:y: looking forward to seeing more pictures of the wheels on the saxo:)

[frankie]

went to the scrap yard today and retrived a low mileage vts engine

Donor car, was a right ole dog to remove engine
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j103/frankie640/Phonephotos0014.jpg

int back of the saxo
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j103/frankie640/Phonephotos0017.jpg

should be fitting it midweek hopefully, the sump is mashed to buggery, but got a spare one :afro:

sorry for the shite pictures

[Japman]

So how many VTS engines do you have now

Thought you had a new one

[Saxy1]

Good progress. :y:

[Raz]

i dont know whether to do a vts conversion....

Car looks good....Gav must want it back lol

[frankie]

So how many VTS engines do you have now

Thought you had a new one

got 2 now lol

we did but the head fucked up so was going to look for a new head seen the whole engine so had it away.

guna rebuild the broken engine

[grantley1988]

why 24v dude?

[frankie]

why 24v dude?

engine in the back of the blue sax, so thats 8 upfront, 16 in the back lol:p

[Hopcraft]

engine in the back of the blue sax, so thats 8 upfront, 16 in the back lol:p

if you get that going mate, then BIG RESPECT.

seen one like that in a lupo !

[Saxotim]

like the plans for it mate :y:

the thread title suggested to me a V6 conversion :oops:

[frankie]

like the plans for it mate :y:

the thread title suggested to me a V6 conversion :oops:

it could be done, just take the v6 out of me dads peugeot, dont think he'd be to happy mind

[Japman]

sounds like a good plan lad :)

[andyb80]

what lump did you put in mate

[Dan]

Should be good once finished mate

[frankie]

cheer peeps.

slight update (no pics sorry)

been busy helping with my mate 2l golf (4 inch arches :panic:)

the new lump is in, not tested it yet as we broke a T-piece on the cooling system.

just got some 205 rims, dont know what colour to re-furb them in so suggestions welcome.

videos up tomorow i hope :).

[plimmer-xsi]

white ftw m8, thats wot im avin me vts wheels dun in

[grantley1988]

black mate its the only way... or red..... i want black wheels again!

[Japman]

just managed to nip on the net

hows it going frankie,

any update mate

[frankie]

the new engine is in, not running yet, waiting on braided hoses.......

that should see the engine running to get it going needs

both driveshafts.
and new cambelt cover.

havent done alot because ive been busy getting my everyday car upto scratch failing mot 3 times lol

took the other engine apart and the head was knackered lol, with get some pics soon.

that going to be rebuilt, thinking low compression ;) lol

[frankie]

It now runs :cool:

had it going with just the manifold on, was loud as also shed loads of smoke coming from it (all the man handleing of the manifold)...

trying to get a video up but taking forever....

got a set of driveshafts today cheers sam

and a set of x-sport linkages from jeeves....

also thanks to f3n for running i about to macdonalds lol

link to video:http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=37712017

photobucket is being gay.....

[frankie]

video link added....

[mattg]

Lol its getting there mate, some great work your doing:y:

[frankie]

Update....

little bit of an update.

got myself a bucket seat for £75 did'nt come with any subframes, so bodged me own, will make some better ones when i have some more time.
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j103/frankie640/100_0638.jpg
also stripped the dash out, going to sort the window switches out and get some 106 gti door handles with the window switches in.
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j103/frankie640/100_0637.jpg
managed to get the last VTS wheel off, been trying for agessssss.....some serious jiggleing to place.
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j103/frankie640/100_0636.jpg
went through a load of drill bits and easy outs (one broke :homme:)

spot of paint inal.
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j103/frankie640/100_0639.jpg
this will be the colour of the cage aswell. awaits saxo180 comments lol

im going to collect a piper 3" outward rolled system tomorow got it for £73 bargin.

[Anders0n]

Looking good mate, my piper system cost me £280 :(

Think I'm guna have to put a VTS lump in mine, can't be dealing with this 8v shit.

[frankie]

lol, ive got go to your neck of the woods to collect it aswell, just to rub salt in the wound.

is the piper system loud or very loud? lol

same, mite vts my everyday saxo lol.....seeing as i have everything i need.

[Anders0n]

The piper is loud, but definitely not very loud.

Got a vid of mine a few weeks back: http://s211.photobucket.com/albums/bb32/Ander50n/?action=view&current=Exhaust.flv

Would my current driveshafts fit the s box or would they have to be changed too?

[frankie]

cant wait to get mine fitted :cool:

yea your vtr shafts will fit no probs mate.

[Mr_suv]

frankie i didnt even know you owned a progress thread for the black mumba!! looks good !!! were gunna put my engine in next week decided we will take the whole front end off and do it with a jack as getting hold of a crane is proving to be a nightmare i may need a hand and a few spare bits but you will get them all back and i will pay you like a handsome prince i think im getting a cage for my bad boy too, was going to do it red!ftw contrasts with blue nicely we are gonna be the sw vts crew!! you love it! mine will be done before trax yay!!

[frankie]

suvvy you have my number, so if you need a hand or to pairs of hands give me a shout ill round up my le mans pitcrew and we'll be over in no time lol.

think ima get some stickers mad up saying "black mamba" hahah.....

[Mr_suv]

suvvy you have my number, so if you need a hand or to pairs of hands give me a shout ill round up my le mans pitcrew and we'll be over in no time lol.

think ima get some stickers mad up saming "black mamba" hahah.....

do it, will be ledgendary can u pm me your number as i had to get a new phone as some charvy nicked it i think atm the main thing im worried about is the loom and where everything goes did you use a diagram for yours?

[Anders0n]

cant wait to get mine fitted :cool:

yea your vtr shafts will fit no probs mate.

Cheers mate. Sounds alot deeper than that irl, just the camera aint pickin it up.

[frankie]

no.....

i just did it somehow its colour coded anyway....

[frankie]

Cheers mate. Sounds alot deeper than that irl, just the camera aint pickin it up.

cant be as bad as manifold only...

also looks really smart aswell

[F3n]

frank ive still got the engine crane if you end up needing it will make things a damn sight easier if your helpin matey out JUST DONT BRAKE IT whatever you do lol

[Anders0n]

cant be as bad as manifold only...

also looks really smart aswell

Haha manifold only is loud, curiousity got the better of me when fitting it lol

Yeah it sits well, shame it's because of the cable ties, tighter mounts are on the ever growing list.

[frankie]

fen...how would i break it? lol

just dont undo the water filler cap when the engines hot.....lols

[frankie]

Haha manifold only is loud, curiousity got the better of me when fitting it lol

Yeah it sits well, shame it's because of the cable ties, tighter mounts are on the ever growing list.

i mite order some of those "uprated" ones on ebay, the orange ones, duno if there much cop though....

[Mr_suv]

that would be handy frankie!!

[F3n]

hahah how was i to know id never seen it done before an tbh was imppressive...like a geezer haha

[frankie]

PM'D you suvvy.

Fen-yea, mega lolage

[Mr_suv]

frankee i love you!!

[Anders0n]

i mite order some of those "uprated" ones on ebay, the orange ones, duno if there much cop though....

These? (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MOTORSPORT-EXHAUST-MOUNTS-CITROEN-SAXO-1-4-1-6-VTR-VTS_W0QQitemZ160267937970QQihZ006QQcategoryZ10376Q QtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262)

Get em bought, means I won't make the mistake of buying them if there shit :cool:

I read something about the S being slightly slower off the line than the R, complete bull or not?

[frankie]

frankee i love you!!

cheers suvvy;)

if you need want mine and fens assistance, it can only be this weekend, as were going to wales next week

[frankie]

These? (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MOTORSPORT-EXHAUST-MOUNTS-CITROEN-SAXO-1-4-1-6-VTR-VTS_W0QQitemZ160267937970QQihZ006QQcategoryZ10376Q QtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262)

Get em bought, means I won't make the mistake of buying them if there shit :cool:

I read something about the S being slightly slower off the line than the R, complete bull or not?

yes those ones.

i duno, ive not reallt "driven" my vts so cant really say lol, does sound a bit odd though :s

[Mr_suv]

ok what date you going frankee? would i be able to borrow the crane if i gave him a deposit so that he knows it wont be nicked???

[frankie]

where going on the 22nd of august....

tbh mate i spet we could come over one week night, lift engine out, and get the new engine in aswell as box.....in one night.

[Mr_suv]

thats col then were starting on the 18th so should be fine

[frankie]

well give us a shout and what not.........



but now.......stop spamming my thread lol

[Mr_suv]

ok lol will stop with the spam very nice car! love it! and il give you a buzz! much love to you frankster!

[F3n]

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[Tom_latchford]

nice car mate any progress

[Japman]

is this for sale,i want it if so

[Karl]

Just read this, colors are interesting.
What do you reckon to your piper 3" outwardly rolled backbox? Awesome noise they make mate.

[Jordysport]

FRANKIE.. Pics plse :boxing::boxing: going up to bridgewater soon.

[-Richard-]

keep up the good work :y:

[Mr_suv]

is this for sale,i want it if so

i believe that she is up for sale mate