Was good meeting you mate, even if we did lose you for abit,

Jus read the progress, work you've done on the car is spot on, looked the part

Cheers Tom was good meeting you too man, always nice seeing another venetian red sax ;)

when you went up that sliproad and shrugged whilst i just looked at you completely confused and thinking "where the f*ck am i going?" will stay in my mind bud, epic moment :clapping:

Your R looks spot on in everyway, just been reading your progress :y:

Cheers mate, took out my front tints today, just to be saved gettin pulled over, got a black bee sting on the way(instead of the chrome one) and found some flat wipers they are ordered too so should be updating soon,

You coming to the meet on 6th may?

nice choice of filter ;)

vt kit or staying flat arch?

was about 55mm on my car but was heavily stripped and sat about 30

it looked nice and flat in the corners at the weekend

Staying flat arch, ideally that'll aid the sleeper look in future :y: been dicussing tonight whether to go all out for 16 valves or just enjoy an R lump. (this is still a long way off though, or at least till I can afford it)

I'd love to but I have work wednesday from 3pm till 7.30pm :n: I only work two days a week, wednesday and sunday, got last sunday swapped with a bloke from work right at the last minute but ended up working a bit extra... worth it though :p

Does feel alot more stable and the bodyroll has significantly reduced, much more fun to drive :y: Can really notice the difference, I wish I could say the same about the 1.0 106 ;) have you made a thread for it?

imo if your serious about a vtr engine i would go 16v but thats just me personally

depends what your after really as some people prefer the 8v

I did the 4 stud purely so that option was there for the future, shedloads of cars have inspired me (greensaxo's, snewham's, suki, to name a few) , this car is going to rust away with me in all fairness.

I've been speaking to a few people recently and as one stated it "depends on what the car will do in the future?"

To which I thought long and hard, and in reality the car won't always be a daily run round/fun road car... it'll be my toy for the weekend/track. And the conclusion of the S engine made more sense.

That said the car should *touch wood* see a smooth tarmac'd track this year, but this leave more ideas to roam around inside my head, hard to focus the direction of the car at present.

But if I want the power more recently *say next year june-ish* I could look at a R engine. Lots to think about.

Nackered exhaust, out with the old.
 

Opinions?
Well the exhaust that magically covered approx 80k has finally corroded, A hole has appeared by the backbox, now do I spend all out and buy a supersprint cat back system (£199) and keep the "derestricted cat" currently on the car or do I buy a piper bb (£137) and fit my welded stainless standard system (new cat welded to centre pipe).

Open to any thoughts here.

Please not I love the supersprint systems noise, always have done.. I realise its slightly different to piper lol! But I really like both systems and cant decide which system I'd prefer. :err:

The only thing that puts me off supersprint is how the backbox looks. :n:


Also a mini update:
For over a week I've had a 22mm front arb and brand new VTS wishbones and droplinks. :cool:

good call on the wishbones man
nice wider track than the flat ones lol

i personally would keep a box if you get a piper
but the supersprint is good

hmmm

I'd go for the supersprint mate, always been a fan of them, saving up for one atm

Just need to get them fitted, far too many assessments due! Did sam tell you how much I picked the arb up for ;)

I think I'll go for the rasp, even my mum thinks its more feasable to buy the entire system then get the backbox and fit the stainless centre that I've got spare.

Havent bought FCS tickets yet, got the time off just need to fork out :n:, I want track time aswell though :err:

probably cheap lol

get your ticket sorted boyo!!

Supersprint fitted
 

After a load of mess last week my supersprint got fitted (my cat needed to be cut down and I'm now wishing I had a decat) the exhaust has slightly melted the bumper but I've sanded it down a tad and it should be sorted by FCS.

Anywho I went to lower my mates clio with him in stourbridge, he's got some immense shots on his proper camera but here are some of mine:







My FCS tickets have now arrived, and some last bits I'm trying to get done before then are:

New sax-p stickers to tidy the car up.
Mirror caps,
Respray strut brace,
smoked side repeaters,
shorter aerial.

Just to tidy the car up slightly. :y:

Looks good dude, glad you found your way to stourbridge in the end lol

Not much in terms of updates really been busy all over the shot with mates cars etc. And I've had a large holiday to organise. Anywho here's some pics since the start of june :)

Met with my mate for a small photoshoot and a small drive to "bed in" his new exhaust:





And some at FCS:



A little comparison between the last two years.






And got a set of mirror caps just in time for cornwall.




And I may be visiting a certain track at the end of the month so have some protection lined up ;)




Plans for the summer in time for trax to tidy the car up are as follows:

Pressed plates,
smoked side repeaters,
shorter ariel


and I'm a bit undecided on the following:



I'd like a black roof (roof needs a respray) and I've always been a fan of the "meaner" mk1 grille debadged I quite like it and I've been quoted £130 for all the work :y:

im not really a fan of the "meaner" MK1 grill, but it strangly suits your car there.
add in the mirror caps in that pic and i think your onto a winner.

Love your car mate :)

That red has really grown on me ;)
Really good thread mate, inspired me alot..

Bobby :D

Large update
 

I have a slightly large update, I'll post some pics + vids after a meet with those in the west mids. Only a select few know whats happened :y:

looking forward to it..!

MOT fail
 

Right as I expected my car failed it's MOT. Oddly it broke the emissions machine. Quite annoyed i got my report sheet back and there was only one fail and it was "emissions failure"

Due to a leak at the inlet the car is idling all over the shot and the car is pushing in more fuel that it needs.. although I am getting very good mpg.

So what does this mean for my car? The garage currently have my car and are working on the inlet to find the leak, myself and rickyP couldn't find it however but we'll soon see if the garage sort it and get it through the emissions. I left the car at 1pm I will check on at them at 4:30pm.

Hopefully it won't set me back too much and I'll be having a few more days happy driving

Fingers crossed for you.

Its well annoying being in these kind of situations. Best hope the garage dont bill you stupid amounts for simple work too!

Cheers Rush, I rang them a moment ago but the tester said he'd give me a call back when he gets a moment free.

Despite how nice it is having such a poppy exhaust it's not good on the head to get so much petrol being pushed in. I just want the engine running as sweetly as possible as it's not exactly standard atm :y:

Out of interest were you on the m6 on saturday heading northbound near birmingham? I saw a caged black 106 so immediately thought of you. It was around 6pm.

What exhaust is it on there at the moment? Its hard to get the perfect balance right but Im sure you could try something else if need be?
That inlet definatly needs sorting either way!

This saturday just gone I dont think it was me. But I am regularly up and down the M6 of late. Have been really lazy and taking the 106 to work.

It's a supersprint cat back system. I can live without popping for a good solid engine. At the end of the day an inlet's not the most expensive bit of kit and thats certainly whats causing the issues. Tbh I should have just bought lee's s1 rallye inlet off him when I thought about it.. ;)

Certainly looked like the rushmobile didn't check wheels though, it was near the 50mph section, hence why I managed to grab a glimpse of the other side of the road :y:

As long as the inlet issue gets resolved. Is the S1 inlet proven to be worth while?

That definatly sounds like it could have been me. Who knows lol!

Did he actually call you back mate?

Hope you manage to get it sorted, I can't wait to see the update too.

As for the S1 inlet in theory it should provide a decent gain on the engine but I will put it off whilst the inlet issue gets sorted.

Car must drive itself nowadays rushy ;)


He didn't annoyingly... I'll ring him at 9am I told him to ring me before they started work so I knew costs etc. the last thing I want is them going "oh we finished the work that'll be £300" my immediate response would be... ":fcuk: for what exactly?"

It's a shame you didn't see the update when i was with ricky on sat :y: Tom/viper saw the car before work began and I had a nice ride in the new car smelling fiesta. I'm sure you'll see the car soon :A:

That may actually be the case, my cars closely related to Kit. ;)

Awaiting inectors.
 

Actually installed the Red lights behind the grille then rush? ;)

Little update.

Orderred new injectors... Injectors?... Plural?.. For an SPI? hmmm...
And eurocarparts are taking a decade in deliverring. So I'm still car less at the moment but once the new injectors are in it'll solve my fueling/emissions issue :y: Bascially the metal clip at the bottom of the injector was snapped/all the o-rings had fallen into the cylinder so new injectors were required.. tbh I was a bit foolish buying brand new injectors, but I do my best to buy the best stuff.

Should have the car back via the weekend with a fresh MOT and a year ahead of *touch wood* trouble free motoring.

Oh and a random pic to keep you entertained ;)

Grill looks great with red chevrons. :)

looks a nice motor. good luck in mot

looks good mate love the progress !

Big update!
 

Okay thought I'd update the progress thread as the majority of the west mids now know what has happened to the car.

Back in August my renewal papers had come through for my insurance, I began to ring around asking how much an engine conversion would set me back for either the S or R. With nine times out of ten the S being double my insurance as it was before I realised the running costs were too high for me, but I was aching for more power. After conferring with a few close mates I bought an silvertop singleplug vtr engine on 58k.

The engine was a minter, I got everything else sorted out (shafts, fuel pump fuel lines etc.) and headed up to Ricky P for the work, met up with Viper and had a good day out ;)

The car was totally different when I picked it up, ran a bit lumpy but the jump in power was worth it... on the drive to Birmingham from barnsley it ran really well, if just a bit rich! The fuel filter jumped off in brum spilling fuel everywhere... but that has been the only hiccup! The car failed it's MOT due to the injectors being nackered, new injectors orderred and it went through fine.

Yesterday I had the car on the rollers with the west mids.. the engine made:

85.9bhp at the wheels
96.6lbft at the wheels

102.4bhp at the fly
107.6lbft at the fly.

So with just an S1 downpipe, supersprint cat back (with cat) and green panel filter I was quite impressed, the graph was pretty good too, the engine does seem very strong and I'm quite happy!

Anywho since then, I've been tidying the bay up and sprayed the rocker peugeot Steel grey and the same for the mani cover and thats about that ;)

The engine's running a bit lean but I reckon that's down to the FPR. We'll see though, either way it's running very well, and I've already done around 4k miles! :A:

Some pics couretsy of Penn:













VIDEO!

good times dude!

i wondered what had gone on when those figures sprung up yesterday lol

Good video !! Looks good !

looks like a great project

sounds good mate!
how much the conversionset you back?
get some pics of the engine in up!

nice work matey