not sure its been asked, but what was the crack with the btb and the first section? was it just because of the fact you cant fit lower brace without bending?

lol love the mini thread josh

gotta say after the convo last night (well yesterday morning for you) itll be a minted soon

be very intrsting to see how the ring time is improved
and the cooler should help out quite a lot too

got to agree with everyones good comments here...

its one of the most rounded sax's ive ever seen, lots of effort to change it from a everyday economical 1.4 to a boddied beast.

thanks to you aswell jp for all the pax laps and indeed for letting me drive your car through germany and on the nurburgring itself..... it really did make my trip worthwhile. hopefully the next trip will just as good if not better.

even though ive read your thread lots of times, i still read through this one and enjoyed it. top job fella.


oh and the next steps will take the car to the next level ;)

Thanks for all the nice comments people, im well under way with sorting out a few trick bits so expect a nice update towards the end of Jan :D

you whore josh

plans sound good from what ive heard :P

awesome as usual mate.

What springs did you go for height wise? and what did you put the rear at?
What do you rate best out of the toyos and the yokos
and do the 50 profiles rub at all.

Think that is all of my questions for now.

really enjoyed reading all that, i cant beleive i didnt have a look around the car at the big 106owners meet. you'd think as i organised it i'd have paid more attention lol. great car and proof that good things dont have to start off as a top model. pretty inspiring and some nice touches

Think im down roughly 40mm, rear has been matched to the front... Yeah 50 profile, no issues at all apart from full lock and you wont be using full lock on track very often if at all!

Toyo's and yoko's very hard to judge, yoko's lasted for ages but i was only just getting to grips with the car learning how to get the best out of it etc, where as by the time i got the toyo's i was used to the car so they have worn down alot quicker, although when i used them at Donny it was a very very hot english summer day!

Hopefully that helps matey. Thanks for the comments infamousaidy - i had a great day out going to that meet even if it was a treck from Leicester :D

Such a nice saxo fine example off a car.. Just shows abit of money, hours, time goes along way! Really enjoyed readin this thread inspires me for when i get the next saxo. Good work pal :D

Just come across this Josh, the car is truely a machine

sweet car bud! love the throttle bodies! I want some!

awesome car mate really impressed with the work i want to get some R888's for mine what size fit standard rims is it 195 50 15's? and what the cheapest price place to get them please??

Cheers Richy, smith and Lippy!

jzink - yeah your right mate 195/50/15 mate :D Should fit, just get a tad of rubbing on full lock. I wouldnt use them for every day but they are awesome for track work pal!

looks good :y: sounds like ace weekend too :y:

Great Build mate.

that car is lovely. immaculately done, really impressed. and its a westcoast!

can i ask, where did you get the 'westcoast' silver badge on the rear quarter?

cheers
tom

thread ho bag master 60000 i need more power and im not low enough blah blah blah

Your Car Is Amense!!!! I Love It!

sexiest guide, and truly a massive commitment to your sax, good job, its quite clearly had a good life.

Loving car! Tons of effort + moneyyy

Tom - They are off a Citroen Zara iirc

Wow thanks for all the comments on this guys, i cant wait to jump back in the drivers seat once im back in August from my year away and give it a good blast round the back lanes :D

when your back give me a shout I want a passenger ride in this :D

niceee

Must say mate really nice build.

Love how clean and tidy the engine bay is.

Thanks lads!

Just had a full read through this, didnt realise it had changed so much since the feature (got it in my wardarobe somewhere). Looks really smart mate. The only thing i would say looks naff is the rear lights, some smoked jewels or standard would look so much better!

Also, i was at this meet haha. Just noticed, although i cant spot my car!

I've tidied this thread up quite a bit lads, also added the 2009 progress onto PAGE 2! :D

nice little car that matey

excellent read :) im glad you shortened it though :) alot has happened from when you first had it to now.

looks the doggys danglies :)

Great read mate, soooooo much on the car has changed since you first got it, its a credit to you ;)

great thread mate one of the best ive seen on the site. the car is mint and plans sound mint too. sounds like u have put some hours and effort into it

welll nice mate iv got a mango westy exactly same as urs just obv not same spec lol loks well nice thow :P

mate this car is killer! love it! nice work mate!

car looks amazing come a long way hope to have mine looking something like yours 1 day :)

Cheers for all the above comments lads, I haven't seen the car for the last 4months but I'm on my way from Oz as we speak so will hopefully get a few pictures up while back over Xmas/new year

Had to revive this thread :D such an awesome car and the best bit is looks so simmilar to my exterior =]

Loved your car since I first saw it on an article on the internet!
Now that I see it here I congratulate you.
And hope mine could be so well cared and prepared in 1 or 2 years :)
cheers

good stuff josh :)

Holy crap. I've been wanting to read this thread for a while, and for some reason I've only just got down to doing so. I must say this has to be my favourite progress threads ever. Mango is my favourite colour for a start, and what you've done to it is completely amazing.

Very much a great inspiration for when I finally find a mango. :y:

Such an amazing car, some serious respect for the amount of track use it's had. Would love to see this in real life.

great job :y: