that looks great mate

and love the seats :)

Got a few more updates for you guys,

Replaced the breather hose that had cracked over the winter





Straightened the BTB so its sits nicely now



Removed stupied speaker cable & spare wheel cage



Also fitted my 22mm torsion bars, got the height right after the 3rd time of trying Lol



& finaly stocked up with these for the ring trip Lol :D

Fantastic! I'm thinking a comfy lid will be better than ear plugs, but hey, whatever :)

3rd time trying? You amature you!

All looks great! Any problems getting it through the mot with a harness buckle like that?

looks awesome mate, bout time you got that speaker cable out...

i cant wait now wooooooooooop

Mr N - Its only temp as my bro lost the buckle, ones on order dont worry :D

Lol Toad, I still wasnt happy with it when i seen it in the day light yesterday morning so ended up spending my Friday night lowering it another 10mm! Fitted these in the process...



So my cars almost ready for the ring, not bad considering ive only been back a week ;)

Nice mate. Good progress! :y:

I'm in such a rush, every moment I get free in the evenings, I've been off trying to sort bits! :)

mine will be ready! WOOOOOOT can i drive your car jp? you can drive mine :P

looking great :y:

i'd say no to those ear plugs, used to use them when i was younger an shared a room with my snoring sis now i get no end of problems with my ears lol mind you its better than going deaf lol

nice car mate very nice, looks almost identical to what mine will look like strangely? pro-race .1.2s and carbon kevlar buckets seats thouh mine will be staying a 1.4 with a lill help from an xsi and a turbo shouldnt be to far be-hind you lol lovely car though mate real nice :)

Looks very good there :D

Thats like saying it looks the same but its still only got gay 8v's :p Nah, Xsi's rock so i'll let you off

Cheers Mark, Kev - Ill have a think about it!

Toad - Tell me about it, got back from Wales yesterday, Going Ibiza tomorrow & get back Tuesday which gives me today and next weds to get my car 100% ready!!

Cheers for the advice there Craig, i think ill be ok just to wear them to the ring, better than going deaf Lol

Went for a long weekend to wales / Road Trip @ the weekend,

Cleaned her before I went...





And a few other select pics of the trip!









I like this one as well, shows the vibrations / how solid the car is now Lol



Must say this is the first time i've given it some proper beans since the 22mm rear torsion bars went in, and it just handles stupiedly well for a french tin, Love it :D

Video to come....

Looking good mate, im sorry i couldnt make it in the end, my tracking needs doing so no point going on a long trip with how it is atm, plus a feeling my mot has run out lol

Love it like a fat kid loves cake.

You got a money tree in your back garden? lol

Looking proper hardcore now boy!

Glad everything has come together so well :D

How is driving with buckets then?

Becoming nothing short of awesome. Real inspiration!

Heres the video as well lads

IBIZA? You don't like to hang around for long do ya? Ha! have a wicked time...

Video is cool. I bet you're loving those 22mm rear TBs. Are you running the grp A mounts? Funny pic :D

Nice! I need that sound in my life

love it ;)

Sounds naughty in that video and looks great too josh! Good work :)

Yeah the 22mm Bars are awesome mate!! :D Only running the lower group A, I have the 2 top engine Group N mounts that im yet to fit

Lewis - yours will sound naughtier :D!!

Just a couple of other pics

TRS 5th point for the drivers harness





Also my fancy new TRS 3point spare wheel holder



& Carbon Mirror caps



Thats all for now guys, were leaving tonight for the ring :D

very nice mate, does sound well :), finally got mine today xsi 8v power all the way lol i do love this car very nice keep it up :) have a good trip over, need to get an epic ring video to me thinks, bring on the trumpets over the winter i reckon

Few pics from the ring...















Car ran faultlessly all weekend, apart from the brake vacume pipe coming off one lap which left me with bugger all brakes, oh well :D

Im now back out in Australia so updates will be far and few between, but the car will be at Trax on the Shedmotorsport stand so be sure to pop by and say hi to my dad/Bro

some good pics mate, i really wana go next year :)

looks good m8

As said on Shed, great pics, and I especially like the last one. :y:

Come back and see us all sooon! :D

Thanks guys, i will be back at christmas & new year Toad briefly :D

I've written out a full spec in my bored / Jet lagged state

Engine:-
1.6 16v J4 VTS Engine
Cat Cam 708 cams
High compression Wossner Pistons
Jenvey SF throttle boddies with custom curved trumpets & Airbox
Pro Comp carbon fiber air feed for airbox
Larger injectors
Pug Sport Baffled sump
BTB 4-1 Manifold
BTB 2.5 inch exhaust system
16row Mocal oil cooler with thermostatic sandwich plate
KMS ECU standalone management system with wideband Lambda & display
Fully rebuilt VTS Gearbox with Quaife LSD
Group N engine mounts

Chassis:-
Front AST Coilover conversion with Pug Sport Tarmac front dampers & 250lb Faulkner springs
Caster & Camber adjustable AST solid top mounts with top mount strengthening plates
Front Group N rear wishbone bushes
Front Powerflex ARB bushes
Front Polyrace wishbone bushes
Custom front upper strut brace
OMP Lower strut brace
Hi-Spec 4 pot front brakes with Mintex 1155 pads, grooved disks & braided lines
VTS Rear Disk beam conversion with braided rear lines
Tarmac Pugsport Bilstein rear dampers
Rear beam Polyrace bushes
24mm Rear ARB
22mm Pugsport Rear Torsion Bars

Interior:-
Kevlar Cobra Suzuka bucket seats with custom seat rails & sidemounts
TRS 5 point 3 inch Driver Harness, TRS 4 point 3 inch passenger harness
OMP dished Corsica steering wheel
S1 106 Black Carpet
Stripped out
Carbon Door cards & S2 106 door bins
Pro Race 1.2 Spare wheel wrapped with an R888 and secured with a 3 point TRS spare wheel strap

Exterior:-
Team Dynamic 15inch Pro Race 1.2’s wrapped in R888s
Standard bodywork
Carbon Mirror caps
Smoked indicator repeaters
Smoked Rear lights

What a spec! love this car mate it looks right at home at the ring

Amazing spec that, must be such a toy!

one of my fav cars on the site. what gearbox are you running?

Love your car Josh.

Glad the car made it back from the Ring in one piece though.

real nice spec mate :)

u forgot to mention oil catch tank and lowers omp brace i think :)

Edited spec to add those couple of bits i've missed.

Thanks lads, I must say it really did feel imense this year at the ring, I always have something to moan about, but this year I cant say I have anything, theres a few bits and bobs i'll do to improve it again, but over all I am very pleased where the car is at the moment.

I should have a video soon'ish of a full lap, BTG of 9:04 im reliably informed, i'll get it up as soon as i get it :D

This car really looks at home at the Ring ever time I see it.

Looks like that little girl in the pink shat her pants in the pic above lol.

Tidy spec that... Early next year, i aspire to come close to it!

How do you find the VTS box on the bodies, I have a quaife'd s box, Hoping its going to be ok!

Oh nice, looking forward to seeing the vid! :D

What a sexy looking beast of a car! love the mango saxos nice work matey :y:

wicked colour mate wish mine was that colour

Yeah its fine matey, perfect for the ring, if maybe just a tad too long. Im going to go for a 1.4xsi FD in my box for next year and thats going to be close to hitting the 7,800rpm limit in 5th on a couple parts of the track, but i'll up the limit to 8,500rpm once i get solid grind cams, so will have more power but a higher limit so im hoping the 1.4xsi FD will be just about OK for the ring. It will be perfect for all tracks in the UK thats for sure.

Mangos do rock its official ;)

Toad - ill get it up as soon as i get it pal!

Rush - Cheers mate, it felt very good round there this summer, im pretty sure the people that passengered with me will agree, im very happy with the feel of the car at the moment :)