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 :)