87 CS, Mk3 facelift (new picks)! vts-turbo!
 

Small bit of history.. i baught the 180 back in october with the plan to go to the nurburgring wich i did quite a few hicups on the way, but non the less really enjoyed driving the turbo'd vts estimated power was about 170-180 bhp.

Now just befor i went to the ring i had the car fully checked over and also a full service, this showed up some small problems to be sorted but also that under the imaculate paint work there was quite alot of rust.. enough to fail an MOT with and this was after i had the large patch on the rear delt with.

so as my other thread on weather to reshell it with my other vts shell that is what i will be doing with some added parts allong the way.. :p

over the last few weeks i been buying up some parts ready for the reshell ill let the picks do the talking as i do like to type away..

current spec of the saxo 180

Spec List
Bodywork

Non sunroof roofskin
Fibreglass bonnet with meshed grille and aerocatch locking pins
Front bumber with top half smoothed
Fully colour coded with the side badges flushed
Delocked doors
Fibreglass tailgate with polycarb rear screen
Rear bumper smoothed

Interior

Totally stripped!
OMP Buckets and matching harnesses
Modified OMP 10 point cage in orange
Stereo removed and carbon blanking plate
Carbon dial surround
MOMO "race" steering wheel
All airbags and wiring removed
Carbon composite front and rear door cards
All internal wiring wrapped in black insulating tape

Engine, Chassis & Brakes

16 inch OZ Super T powder coated in orange with 195/40r16 Continental Sport tyres
Hi Spec 4 pot calipers with 285mm discs and EBC pads
Bilstein GMC Group N dampers and Faulkner -40mm springs.
Two new drop links
Rear lowered 50mm
Fully polybushed including engine mounts
Sparco Strut brace
LAD gas flowed head
Ported and polished throttle body
GT17 Turbo
Miltek manifold + Downpipe
Universal front mount intercooler
Custom made 2 1/4 inch stainless steel exhaust with 4inch back box
Predator Standalone ECU and Lc1 wideband
491cc PICO injectors
Brand new coil pack and NGK BCR8ES spark plugs
Rev limiter raised to 7850rpm
Green open filter

the shell..





few of the 180






and my little film which i love

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v6...nt=Germany.mp4

and the new parts that i have bought all photo's are from other lads for sale threads as there all in storage till i have space to get to work on the shell.

C2 metal inlet manifold a one off custom made manifold to hold 8 injectors comes with custom made fuel rails with fittings
Pico IWP069 Weber fuel injectors x4
C2 big vavle head ported and polished with cat cams 830 solid lifters
Complete bottom end with wossner low comp piston and rods, with new ACl main and big end bearings with crome sump
GMC Intercooler + Rad (Modified to a single pass intercooler with slimline fan)











sooo after all that the new spec is


Bodywork

Carbon fibre roof roofskin
Fibreglass bonnet with meshed grille and aerocatch locking pins
Front bumber with top half smoothed
Fully colour coded with the side badges flushed
Delocked doors
Fibreglass tailgate with polycarb rear screen
Rear bumper smoothed
Morrete Head Lights

Interior

Totally stripped!
OMP Buckets and matching harnesses
Modified OMP 10 point cage in orange
MOMO "race" steering wheel
All airbags and wiring removed
Carbon composite front and rear door cards
All internal wiring wrapped in black insulating tape

Engine, Chassis & Brakes

16 inch OZ Super T powder coated in orange with 195/40r16 Continental Sport tyres
Hi Spec 4 pot calipers with 285mm discs and EBC pads
Full braided brake lines
23mm master cylinder
Non PAS stearing rack
OMP welded in cage
Bilstein GMC Group N dampers and Faulkner -40mm springs.
Two new drop links
Rear lowered 50mm
Fully polybushed
group N engine mounts
Sparco Strut brace
OPM lower brace
fuelab high pressure pump and filter, pro-alloy swirl pot, all braided hoses
LAD gas flowed head
Ported and polished throttle body
GT17 Turbo (GT28r to fitted when manifold and down pipe sourced)
Miltek manifold + Downpipe
C2 metal inlet manifold 8 injectors & custom made fuel rails
GMC single pass intercooler and Rad combo remote header tank
Custom made 2 1/4 inch stainless steel exhaust with 4inch back box
Predator Standalone ECU and Lc1 wideband
491cc PICO injectors
Pico IWP069 Weber fuel injectors
C2 big vavle head ported and polished with cat cams 830 solid lifters
wossner low comp piston, rods,ACl main and big end bearings
crome sump
Brand new coil pack and NGK BCR8ES spark plugs
Rev limiter raised to 7850rpm
Green open filter

Thats about it for now till i get on and start the work which should be the next few weeks.

Subscribed:y: the mk1 looks great it's due some morrettes:homme:

Glad to see this car is loved still :)

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This will be another epic thread
Are u going for a mk2 front end a full conversion

Which is the rusty shell then mate?

Looking good anyhow.

nice plans, glad your going ahead.... full steam ahead by the looks of it, but change the title mate, re-shell means no more saxo 180, maybe re incarnation of saxo 180, but very little of the oringinal remains as it stands

sunderz's forged vts turbo.... (add your project title here) :y:

yeah will be changing it when work actually starts :) i'e this week hopefully..

not sure on Mk1 or Mk2..dependant on a very 1 off mod i'm planning but that will all be revealed when i start tinkering this week.

the orange wheeled 180 fella thats why i'm taking all the original bits off it and using them on my caged one..

i know mate, but this is the time you can put your stamp on it, its no longer 180, its a vts turbo built by sunderz :y:

go for mk2 mate, front end is so much better, NEVER liked mk1s till i bought one lol, but it has to be in the right colour and black doesnt go IMO, black mk2 FTW :D

Black mk2 with smoked headlights would set the from off really well then a sneaky inter cooler in the bigmouth

Ooooooh I can't wait lol

than inlet looks minted

started on the new shell today little bit of work some small surface rust removal just to clean it all up and cutting to fit parts..



spot the diference...





Regards

Chris

great updates here chris,

just to let you know, with those cams/headwork solid lifter etc and the gt17 turbo wont be the best match in the world, that turbo wont be able to hold power much more than 6k where the cams/headwork etc will shift power up the revs and will more than likey work well over 7k... if i were you, whilst you are changing a lot of things id get the manifold modified and a better suited turbo on order :)

oh, and make sure the ecu you are using supports 8 injectors

sorry mate, just noticed you are going to source a gt28r later on... what are you going to be using the car for? only reason i ask is there maybe a couple of turbos that will complement your spec if its a track car.

Glad to see you're making use of bits if both cars. Sorry to hear about the rust issues but this shell is the perfect base for YOUR new project

Please change your name to sunderz250 ;)

got one :D

yeah just figuring out best combination/way round to do stuff...drop the 180 angine in to get through an mot etc then sell that engine as a package with manifold turbo etc... and use that money to get a DP manifold and downpipe... but got alot to do first plumb in fuel lines and brakelines etc..etc.. but started the work. will probs swap the suspention over tomoz and drop fuel tank and rear beam off tomoz and start measuring up the braided lines etc..

Ah I see, weird how a mk2 can be so much rustier than the older mk1 :wacko:

May sound like a noobish question, but what does the 180 mean?

The fuelling setup is carporn

the origional owner was saxo180 and so thats what the orange wheel'd car got known as so easiest to name it that... but as been said as work progresses it will have a new name and will be named when i get my private plate on it :D

Ahh think I've actually got a pic of it on my PC of it at a show with sax 180 on the plate or something....yeh I do...can post it up if you want it but I got it off this site anyway.

Will be interesting to see how you do this one :y: