Haha retro y0!

Love how Danny "Liked" this comment hehe!


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Got some more done tonight...

It's not all that interesting but essential in my quest to take my time and do everything properly

First thing was to get the tap & die out





Finished the Satshifter off



Next was time to go and collect my powdercoated bits...

Lower strut brace


We had a slight problem with the satshift / wishbone bracing making the lower bar of the satshift foul. We solved that by cutting the lower bracing like so...





I'm much happier with the result, the satshift now sits flush up against the bulkhead





Hopefully more pics of shiny powdercoated bits tomorrow if the weathers kind to us :)

looks spot on mate! and built on the drive - its how we do it in dudley yo!

The satchshift looks like a quality bit of kit! Never seen the engine bay side of one...should help the acceleration though not having to find the gears with sloppy gear rods!

You going to get some mango or a seal of some sort in the hole through the bulkhead before the rust gets to it and spoils marks epic work?


Keep up the top work, one of my favourite cars on sax-p!



James

Double post :wall:

i think what you need to do josh... just cos your a flash git. brush a bit off paint on where you chipped it off to stop rust then ask colin to send you a sqauew same as on the inside without the tube welded on then sandwich it on bulk head side. if you follow me?

Haha, I'm building it on the drive, storing it in a garage. Sounds wrong doesn't it lol

Hi James,

I thought someone eagle eyed might spot that, after I took the picture I realised that as well, firstly tried some mango 2 pack paint that we used to spray the engine bay - that had dried up. Then tried the mango spray can - that was empty! So I settled on some yellow Hammerite for now & I'll order another mango spray can today :) once it arrives I'll go over the top of the yellow with a bit of mango :)

The shifter should definitely help keep it going through the gears nice and quick, the main thing for me is the gear stick is up close to the steering wheel, so more time with both hands on the steering wheel :)

Looks good, coming together nicely.

coming on well JP. Whats the latest on the engine??

Cheers Matt. Sandys very busy at the moment, I know it's still on going and Sandys just got his head down and cracking on with it, hopefully I will have it in a couple of weeks as its only 6 weeks until FCS now :)

Got some more done over the past couple of days.

Last night Shay (mrs) gave me a hand with a few bits...

Before fitting the carpet Shay & I removed the electric window switches from the loom so i can re-route it to there new location



Secondly was to cut the carpet so it fits around the satshifter gearstick;-





and the inside of the bulkhead;-







Obviously that meant the carpet was back in and fitted



Next up was to tackle the brake servo which was in a shocking state so i decided to give it the full works... So i set about sanding it all down by hand which took over 3 hours and i finished at 11:30 last night!! Left it looking like this...





2 coats of gloss black paint



Then came to fitting it... Along with the bracket which I had powdercoated



and the brake bar powdercoated as well



Sam aka the Mule helped me fit it all and cleaned all the nuts and bolts we fitted, exhibit A;-



Fitting the brake servo etc



Sam also helped me fit the drivers side wing after we gave the inner wing a layer of gloss black over the primer that Mark had put on it





and sealed the wing back on



Finally the engine bay as it currently stands...



Coming on quite quickly now :D

Looking saaaweet. just for a heads up, those nuts that you've cleaned up by sanding them will rust to buggery within months

Yeah I realise that thanks mate :) the car will be dry stored so hopefully they won't rust too quickly lol, at least if they are 'right' when I put them in that keeps me happy lol

A4 marine grade stainless is where it's at mate to replace those nuts and bolts :-)

Where do you get them from mate? :)

love it josh this build look awesome its on a whole new level from the last engine that was in there. well done mate keep at it and you will be ready for fcs yo woo woo

Any fixing supplier should do them. I spent about £80 replacing all mine. Its the non metric threads that you will struggle with, i just bought new genuine ones as the coating on them will last a few years :D

Thanks Matt :)

Am I right in thinking I need A4 stainless bolts?

Not really. Both A2 and A4 are corrosion resistant and come in the same strengths. You will pay more for A4 when its not really needed.

Thanks Matt :)

Got a bit more done today...

Firstly me & dad started fitting the brake lines through the whole car, to do that I had to put the rear end up on axel stands so we could get underneath which made my wheel pile even higher lol



After that we started fitting the lines to the back end first



Then we ran out of clips that were either broken or damaged, I'll get some ordered from Citroen on Tuesday. So we popped them up into place on the master cylinder



The eagle eyed of you will notice that there are only 3 there, that's because 1 was broken :O



Seeing as our main job was over until I can get another brake line & some new clips from Citroen I carried on with other bits and bobs

Firstly bonded the black plastic part onto the bottom of the window screen to help it stay in place



And lastly I modified the steering column bracing to stop it fouling the satshift while retaining ridigity of the steering column





And lastly 1 of my hispec nipple covers had gone missing so Tom aka unreal donated his nipples to me ;)





Lol :D

things are looking really good here jp :)

Hahahahaha got to love a bit of animation in letters


Looks fantastic josh really coming on now good luck with the next big stages

Just had a read through this. I used to be on SSC years ago as Andy_16v and remember the car from then.

You reconned the a rear beam for my VTS that's still on the car... Hasnt been on the road since 2010 :(

Lol that's awesome, cant beat old school ssc days! SSC seems a long time ago now! What's the current state of your Saxo then?

What bodies are you going to be using matey?

I'm assuming something from sandy? 90mm trumpets? Are you having to cut the scuttle? Or bulkhead?

this has to be one of the best progress threads going, and the amount of time and care going into this is unreal! cant wait to see this all done and running! 10 out of 10 from me lad! keep posting updates :)

i like this thread. a very good build!! however may i ask why the black bonnet???


edit-i mean boot

Have a look at the pictures mate, I asked Mark to extend the scuttle while retaining the standard ish look :) yeah Sandy bodies, I can't reveal the extract length otherwise I'd be giving away hours/weeks/months/years of R&D that Sandy has done to optimise his engines

Thanks for the kind words Jay, I'll try and keep this up to date, I'm off to Monaco for the f1 for a week soon then when I get back I'll be very busy fitting the engine :D

Thanks :) what do you mean Black boot?

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Thanks for the kind words Jay, I'll try and keep this up to date, I'm off to Monaco for the f1 for a week soon then when I get back I'll be very busy fitting the engine :D

no problem matey, and ohhh how very jealous i am of you right now!!!! LOL hope you have a good time at the f1 :)

I think he means your carbon boot josh :y:

I think this car is perfect mate, can't wait to see it at the ring mate :D :y:

You mean his carbon Boot? That matches his carbon roof? And soon to be bonnet?

Love the progress josh!

You going to be running a box with the new lump? or leaving them free with a filter? 90mm?

Looking good Josh(JP):D;) can't wait to see this at FCS in the pits/on track:y:

[quote=jayline;5944891]Haha, I can't wait to be chilling in monaco with a few beers watching the f1 cars scream past in the beaut sunshine :D

Cheers Lee :) ah - yeah he must mean the carbon boot :p

Sandy will be using a Sausage type filter on the end of the bodies. We will try various trumpet lengths until we hit the sweet spot but Sandy has a good idea of the ideal length from his last engine build, which made a 'huge' gain when he hit the sweet spot :)

Same for you Wayne, it will be interesting to see how much quicker yours is boosted than mine. What power are you expecting from yours?

[quote=jpsaxo;5946192]280@wheels, but turned down to 200-210 @wheels on first setting on boost controller to start with just to get used to that sort of power first. Will be interesting i'm sure, i don't know the track so will take it steady for a few laps;)

What's that at the fly roughly?

280@wheels is about 310-320 at fly, 200-210@wheels is about 230/240 at fly give or take depending on transmission losses.

Ah nice! That's the same filter I ran on mine! Really looking forward to seeing/hearing this!

awesome stuff man who tanned (a bit)

just got back into the saxo scene and i remeber this from pfc top motor mate and inspirational

That's cool, will be interesting to see your lower boost setting vs my engine and see what the difference is like on track :)

Yeah I can't wait now either Rich, I've got another weeks work to do roughly then I'm in Monaco for the F1 for a week and when I come back it's engine fitting time, bring it on :D

Haha cheers Gav! You at fcs mate?

Hey mate, yeah that seems a long time ago now, the cars changed a fair bit since then, it had another PFC mag feature last summer as well :)

Nothing THAT interesting... the last week or so I've been doing LOTS of bits and bobs to tidy the car up and while I'm waiting for the engine

I ordered loads of clips, rubber bungs, fixings etc as these were all brittle & broken when we took them out to sand blast the underside of the chassis



A few of the clips, bungs etc arrived... still waiting on loads more!



New air-fans filter foam



New front inner wheel arches



Also finished the fuel system off and popped 5 litres of fuel in the tank as it was empty



In the mean time dads been carrying on with the gearbox build. We've changed a few things this time to try and build in even more reliability to the gearbox, if it break again its BE time for me lol







My FCS track time & tickets also arrived... whether the engine will be ready in time I really don't know, fingers crossed :D





Main jobs left are to finish the brake lines when the replacement drivers side front line arrives from Citroen. I also need to move the fuse box in behind the dash and hopefully get the carbon bonnet back from Mark this weekend. Apart from that the cars ready for the engine now :)