Could always remove the vt bodykit function over form and all that :)

No joe that would just be stupid lets be honest.

Stripping of the bay continues...

Brake servo, oil cooiler and wiper motor etc removed





And removed the interior and standard gear shift system so it's ready for satshifter fitting





Then it started snowing so I put her to back to bed...

Bit of progress with the head. Starting with a bare JP4 head, bit grubby at the moment and desperately needing improvement!


First thing I do, is attach a bare manifold flange and machine it into the ports, to get it matched perfectly and make starter marks for the hand porting, which helps with the precision. This is one really handy feature of making our own inlet manifolds, it can be made with the head, to get exactly the tract shape and size I want.


At the valve end, I start shaping and sizing upwards from the inside of the valve seat:


One of the most important things to master with porting, is repeating what you've done accurately across all the cylinders! When you get frustrated by the differing core shift of the casting, you know you're getting it! One of my frustrations with this casting can be seen here, the slight dip in the long side left by the factory throat blending machining. They go deeper than they need to and you need to balance losing it with getting the size and shape you want. Compromises have to be made with most head castings, how you manage them matters to the engine you create.


And having got the basic size and shape of the whole tract done using cutting tools, I tend to leave it for another day, so that I can come back with a fresh and critical eye, before commiting to the smoothing and finishing with abrasives.

Love it :D

ive made a mess here over sandys engine porn work.

:D

Sounds good JP.

sandy when can i send you my engine lol :P
i want that kind of workmanship on my car

very very nice work sandy your work ethic is fantastic

now thats a proper port/polish :y: nice one

Thanks guys :)

Love this :)

Another piece of the jig saw arrived today... A proper 'spal' fan, not the cheap shitty eBay ones

Another quick update;

I've booked the 180min track session @ FCS Donnington 2012 :)

The car has now been dropped off at marks...





And marks found the first hole already lol

Successful days trailering today mate :-) we got lucky with the weather, glad the rain held off

Definitely a good day Matt, now all I need to do is work out how to get it home lol.

I'm glad it's all going to be sorted now anyway so I have a good chassis to work with from now on :)

You need a S1 :D

mines lighter than your predicted figures as it stands now :p

Ash

Lol ash I know I know. It's going to be more than quick enough for my capabilities anyway :D

Interestingly my brothers s1 106 xsi weights in at 810kgs, that's stripped with carbon buckets as well. So without my cage our cars would weight roughly the same

right my first update of the thread.

only managed to get 2/3 hours on the saxo as i have a fiesta booked in all week for new arches good old rust. must say the citreons are very clean compared to fords rust wise.

anyways got the front end totali stripped down. started prepering the left hand wing for seam welding and rust repairs and strenthening. only have couple picture.

front end stripped down


first few seams.


1st rust patch will be ground down and smoothed over befor paint.


can just see where the rust has gone though on this pic.


Mark

Looks great!
brian james trailer for the win!

Looking great already Mark :D

fast work :D

Looks good work mate :)

most bay down to bare metal now,

pretty soild bay really few patches needed, started seam welding and preping for my strenthing kit and also for sandys bodies, couple pics anyways.



neali ready for smoothing over when ready for paint prep stage.

no messing about I see! Always good to see people get jobs in and get cracking with it, hated taking the car into the garage and they wait like 2 days before they start anything!

Good work thus far :)

When the bays finished and that engines in this will probably be the best saxo on SaxP.

Fucking lol at the "racing seat" Mark! Can't believe it's still going!

Looking epic mark :D

cheers for the posertive words so far, been abit slow really on this so far as been working on another big job this week, and still have some matts ax bits to finish off.


haha yer mate still got it use it all time saves my knees totali dying lol

Coming along nicely!

Exhaust ports done as far as I can before the valve seats are cut. The scariest part of the porting.

Beautiful :)

More pics from mark...

Scuttle

what spec/size valves are going in? or is that top secret?

I very much doubt sandy will / can say, but you never know your luck Matt :D

That patch size reminds me of my AX ;) progress is coming along nicely all round then mate

I'm not sure that's even possible mate :p lol

Yep very exciting times, its all coming together nicely so far... I picked up a new set of wheels on Tuesday night as well

Rods have just arrived. This is my latest design, massively lighter than the lightest off the shelf "kit car" style aftermarket rods I've seen and beautifully made, with proper bolts.

great pictures and attention to detail,i do love new parts :)

yet another awsom build :)

awesome!!!

I'll look forward to hearing this barking around Cadwell this summer then ;)

Ash

It's all starting to fall into place which is pleasing, still a long way to go though mind you :)

Fingers crossed Ash, I've already got a fair bit planned tbh, Hopefully I can squeeze a track day in between fcs and the ring trip, then after the ring trip I'm heading back out to oz for a bit :)

Most of the weight seems to have come off the cap sandy. almost as thin as the bearing lol