andyt81's 98 vts now for sale

[andyt81]

i have had the saxo a few months now so have decided to do a progress thread

i came across the car when test driving another which was a pile of shit

knocked about 400 off what he wanted for the car as i didnt want any of the stereo he had in the car

i didnt have any pics of when i first got the car but it came with a scorpion exhaust (which was blowing) hi spec 285mm brakes, 16inch oz superleggas decat, induction kit and a strut brace

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s99/andyt1981/saxo/100_2695.jpg
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s99/andyt1981/saxo/100_2710.jpg

first of all i got the timing belt done and a full service

then got the exhaust sorted, full janspeed system

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s99/andyt1981/saxo/100_2708.jpg

then got some bonnet raisers, but when fitted i thought looked pretty shit


then of a set morrettes which i had a go at spraying but it looked really bad so off to the sprayer it went

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s99/andyt1981/saxo/100_2580.jpg

then got a cold air feed pipe for the morrette

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s99/andyt1981/saxo/100_2705.jpg

stripping then started

moved the electric window switches

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s99/andyt1981/saxo/100_2704.jpg

then came the buckets and harnesses, a set of sparco rev's and 4 point ricco harnesses

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s99/andyt1981/saxo/100_2701.jpg
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s99/andyt1981/saxo/100_2699.jpg

now i have got the grill back from the sprayer

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s99/andyt1981/saxo/100_2698.jpg

next mission is to find out how much power the saxo putting out

[Saxomatic]

Nice project you've got going on there :y:

[LiLSam]

Your little slag! is a beast!

[wardesaxoboy]

nice thread mate good progress so far :D

[johnnyg_vts]

nice looking saxo mate, looks great all slagged out.
is the caf not a bit overly convoluted?

[andyt81]

is the caf not a bit overly convoluted? :wacko:

what does that mean?

[beermonstah]

cold air feed???? better if you took some off it so its just directly fitted into the headlamp housing, instead of all that snaking around ya got goin on there !!!

[johnnyg_vts]

is the caf not a bit overly convoluted? :wacko:

what does that mean?

sorry dude, could the cold air feed be more direct, it looks a bit overly long and bendy?

[andyt81]

i was being lazy when i bought it and couldnt be arsed cutting it down,
this morning i cut it down and used the spare on the 182 :D

[johnnyg_vts]

ha good one mate, i love the harder look of the mk1's.
did you make the electric window switch panel your self?
i think it looks really good.

[andyt81]

ha good one mate, i love the harder look of the mk1's.
did you make the electric window switch panel your self?
i think it looks really good.

yeah its not perfect but looks ok

[saxokid100]

yeah its not perfect but looks ok

looks nice so far mate!!:y:

[andyt81]

todays pics from the rolling road day

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s99/andyt1981/saxo/sax4.jpg
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s99/andyt1981/saxo/sax3.jpg
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s99/andyt1981/saxo/sax2.jpg
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s99/andyt1981/saxo/sax1.jpg

results were

140.24 bhp @ fly
127.23 bhp @ wheels
118.14 lb torque

[moxy89]

that decent results mate

[andyt81]

im happy with them as its only breathing mods that are on the car, also thanks to sams_vtr for the great pics

[Pidge]

looks sweet mate

[Jay_]

looks sweet mate! looks well clean!

[MIITCH]

looks good mate... need a spoiler

[adamskiTNR]

That must either be a false dyno reading. (e.g. wrong gear. not 1:1) or more has been done to the engine. around 30 hp on breathing mods?? maybe 10 at most. I guess it could be at the bottom of the factory tolerances i guess

[andyt81]

went to santa pod yesterday

an on board run against some american muscle clicky (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZFnOPnDj6g)
who says french is crap

best run for the day was my first but the reaction time was poor
1/4 15.1754 @ 89.96 mph
reaction time of 1.24 secs lol :oops:

[Saxo-Gaz]

Loving that! :y:

[VTSTomE]

Could of broke the 14s with a better reaction time then good result for a breathed valver. Get a shorter box and some smaller wheels and it will transform it imo.

[rapid86]

went to santa pod yesterday

an on board run against some american muscle clicky (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZFnOPnDj6g)
who says french is crap

best run for the day was my first but the reaction time was poor
1/4 15.1754 @ 89.96 mph
reaction time of 1.24 secs lol :oops:

Nice vid and great time for the mods that you have. Gives me hope for my little adventure up there!

[andyt81]

ignor the dates on these pics, stupid bloody camera

next update is brake cooling

first i started with 4 of these
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s99/andyt1981/saxo/100_2914.jpg

and some of this

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s99/andyt1981/saxo/100_2916.jpg


then removed my fog lights and smashed the glass out to leave this

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s99/andyt1981/saxo/100_2912.jpg

then used a spare bit of the car that i have stripped out, i found that the old gear lever surround would fit for the size of plastic i was after
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s99/andyt1981/saxo/100_2917.jpg

then cut out the plastic for for my cold air feed
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s99/andyt1981/saxo/100_2920.jpg

attached the plastic to the fog light rear
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s99/andyt1981/saxo/100_2922.jpg
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s99/andyt1981/saxo/100_2921.jpg

then fitted it to where the fog light used to be
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s99/andyt1981/saxo/100_2924.jpg

next was to cut out the inner arch
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s99/andyt1981/saxo/100_2929.jpg

then put some flexible hose between the ducts
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s99/andyt1981/saxo/100_2930.jpg

[andyt81]

compbrake quickshift now fitted
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s99/andyt1981/saxo/100_2949.jpg

plus gone over all the wiring with cable tidy looks a lot neater now

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s99/andyt1981/saxo/100_2943.jpg

painted the floor with screwfixes version of 'black' hammerite, they must of mixed it wrong but i love the colour
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s99/andyt1981/saxo/100_2941.jpg

[vts-luke]

looking good andy, will have to let me know what trackdays your going to when summer comes as i will be looking to get to afew atleast once the saxos half decent

[andyt81]

a few updates of what i have done to the car recently

painted the inside black
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s99/andyt1981/saxo/IMG_0019.jpg

fitted grip tape to the footwells
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s99/andyt1981/saxo/IMG_0031.jpg
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s99/andyt1981/saxo/IMG_0032.jpg

sparco steering wheel
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s99/andyt1981/saxo/IMG_0027.jpg

bonnet pins now added
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s99/andyt1981/saxo/IMG_0021.jpg

[timmythechef]

looks a nice car

only two things i would change

morrettes in the rear (i think i seen in a pic)
and would use a black grill in the front (see raunchz to see what i mean), i think it compliments the morretes better

[shannon-ob]

great project mate :y:
Any other plans?

[andyt81]

oh yeah it has rear morrettes forgot to add that bit

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s99/andyt1981/saxo/IMG_0016.jpg

[andyt81]

great project mate :y:
Any other plans?

might be selling up as i have been looking at XR2's on ebay
there is something that i really like about them

not sure what to do

[andyt81]

a couple of pics from when i did santa pod that i never got round to adding
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s99/andyt1981/saxo/scan0002-1.jpg
http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s99/andyt1981/saxo/scan0001.jpg

[johnnyg_vts]

the brake cooling ducts are awesome, i will attempt my own version of these soon.
have you/ are you still selling the saxo?

[andyt81]

i havent got it advertised anywhere but yeah it is for sale as i dont have any use for it

i will get an add put up for it when i get round to it

[sn3ddon]

I love the brake ducts quality

[andyt81]

This will be going up for sale once I get my v5 back from taking the plate off
Is £1500 about right?
Plently of history
94k miles
10 month mot
4 month tax

[johnnyg_vts]

nah keep it!
get it dewipered while you are at it!

[andyt81]

now in the for sale section