After recently selling my 182 to free up some money it wasn't long before I missed being able to actually drive a car!
I have always wanted to compete in a race series and it seemed that maybe I had an oppertunity to give it ago. The idea being, buy a car, prepare for track / race, get Racing licence, race. Simple. But expensive, so I will be doing this over a number of years.
My only experience of driving a saxo was that of Sir_Dave's, and that was only round a car park for 5 mins too! Safe to say I was sold on the idea of a Saxo VTS. A mate had one which he was going to turn into a track car but decided to instead keep his Cup and fund that. Couple that with another mate buying Sir_Dave's Saxo Rolling Shell and needing an interior, I'm left with a VTS with no interior for a very reasonable price!
Wanting to emulate and improve on what I had experienced in Dave's you may be familiar with some of the modifications. Please bear in mind though that at the moment I am heading for a track setup, and when I can changing parts for more race orientated.
I have booked myself onto a track day at Snetteron at the begining of August which has become my deadline for the initial work. I would also like to add that I have never done anything like this before so its all an education! The wiring has all been removed with the help of a good friend and a Haynes Manual and I wouldn't have got anywhere on the suspension side of things without another friends help.
I also tend to be rubbish at documenting things, so my first pictures are quite a way through the initial stages.
What I have done:
Removed all interior except dash
Removed all sound deadening
Removed Alarm
Removed Central Locking
Removed Rear Wash Wipe + Motor
Removed Air Bags
Replaced Electric Windows for Manual
Peplaced Electric Mirrors for Manual
Removed all wiring not needed for MOT, eg, interior lighting, rear heated screen, wiring for ablove electric items
Installed Supersprint Manifold Centre Section and Backbox. No Cat, No Center Silencer
Installed Bilstein B8 Dampers Front and Rear
Faulkner Springs on Front
New Drop Links
New Ball Joints
New Front Bearings
New Nearside Outer CV Joint
New Driveshaft Seals
Gearbox Oil Change
OMP Upper Strut Brace
OMP Lower Brace
Griffiths Engineering Quickshift - X-Sport Gear linkages already installed
BMC CDA Induction Kit
Tow Eye
What I have still to do before Snetterton:
Drivers Door Card
Bucket Seat
Seat Frame
Harness
Steering Wheel & Boss
Lower Rear Torsion Bar
15" Lightweight Alloys - R888's Already pruchased
If anyone has any of the above, please let me know!
Here are a few pictures taken yesterday eveing:
My Saxo VTS Track Car
Linear Mode
