saxo time attack/ race car

[paddymc]

Well, this is a car ive been "building" for about 3 years or maybe more now but its looking like ill have it out this year. Ill give you the edited version becase if i put up 3 years of up dates id be here all day! lol


this is how i bought the car, as a 96 1.1 which was naturally a beast!







next i got the cage




Then i bought this donar car (even though as it is now ive used **** all from it)


bit of welding in the engine bay



then the cage went in




started stripping the donar car



then painted up the inside, this was 2 years ago and needs to be done again lol!!



it started taking shape then



then things got interesting with some new lovely parts





modified turrets



then things changed plan again, i was going to be using a standar vts engine but i got a good deal on this car





with this engine

[paddymc]

stared to swop the engine's over





but then, yet ANOTHER change!!

myself and chris decided it would be better to join forces so we could both get a season. i put my engine into the 106. he done itcc and i done time attack (where i won the 1600cc class!)





then it was chris's time for ITCC, unfortunatly it didnt go totally to plan,

after hitting a really high kerb it pulled the front suspension off the 106, so i offered up my gaz suspension for the rest of the season











then i broke the engine at round 4 of time attack, the cam pulley came off the cam, it was torqued by the last person who done the head on it.





i scored enough points to get the 1600cc title in club which was nice


sent the head off to dan daly to get it sorted, one of the valves came right up through the head making shite of one of the solid lifters, they done a great job down there, all it needed was a bit of machining to smooth down where the valve came up through it, 4 valves and one solid lifter. not the worst


then we discovered why it didnt make a whole lot of power, the head gasket that was in it was a standard Gti gasket and it sould have been a lot smaller, should have been 0.6mm rather that the 1.6mm it was. there would have been very little compression on the engine. I still havnt had the engine mapped yet and its not back in the saxo yet either but when it is im hoping it will make the power it used to make (197bhp) with the emerald ecu.


so anyway, back to the saxo, I started back working on the saxo recently, first job was to spray the engine bay, and nice clean area to work with which was nice


next was to rebuild the rear beam, I wasnt looking forward to this job, no idea what condition it would be in, as it turned out it wasnt the worst, bearings were good and stub axel was good to, no scoreing. so i put in my new massive torsion bars and gave it a good lick of paint and put it together.

old V new torsion bars









next was to tackle the windows, again not the worst job, although murray motorsport pissed me off when i was buying the window slider kit, another story





engine bay painted


decided to make the front bumper quick relase



engine back in



new brake lines going in





This is the car as it stands now. its basicly ready to go, copper brake lines in, all i need now is fuel lines for the car to start then get it mapped.

this is the engine bay now




I have other pictures of the other small things i have done on the car and ill put them up when i have them uploaded

[paddymc]

am i not able to edit my own posts to sort the picture issues?

[paddymc]

and here is a video of the 106 in that spec in time attack qualifying with me driving

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Deh7P0chMNM

[PJN]

That 106 looks well in the video. Drivings not too shabby either

Always fancied trying Time Attack, one of these days I'll build a car and enter myself into a round of it :-)

[saxo-parts]

liking it lots!!!

[Colin]

Recognize this car from SSC.

Awesome!

[Jay_]

Looking good man!

[couttsyboy]

ill keep an eye on this

[unreal106]

wow nice build and well done on the class win more details needed!

[mlawlan69]

looks fucking rapid!!!!

[tommy_g666]

nice!

[kristovey]

Nice job of modifying the turrets for adj top mounts,

[ashw106rallye]

looking good dude

[benJee_VTR]

Nice build! Must have been a fucking high kerb!

[paddymc]

here is a video of the crash, it was the start of the kerb so like hitting a wall!

if you look at 30 sec's in you will see the 106
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyUtTL3QMS0


ill be putting up a full spec of the car shortly

[GolfJay]

Looks like you were sideways when you hit it? Or is that just because its so far away?

Liking the car!

[paddymc]

quick engine spec for you's

jp4 engine
wossner high comp pistons
catcam springs, retainers and pullys
catcam 822 cams
citroen sport solid lifters
DTH throttle bodies
piper manifold
emerald k3 ecu with custom loom
impreza coil pack and leads


should be making around 190bhp with that spec.

suspension is

GAZ gold coilovers with 350lb springs (relativly soft)
GAZ rear dampers
compbrake adjustable top mounts (shite)
powerflex wishbone bushes and solid rear mounts
big torsion bar and big ARB (cant remember the actual size but the biggest i could get on with out machining the rear beam)
peugeot sport solid rear beam mounts

brakes
home made copper brake lines
AP racing 4 pots and 280mm discs
ferodo ds300 pads

and the wheels which are my favorite but

speedline sl434

[KamRacing]

nice wheels but not light for a race car
What exhaust system do you use?

[paddymc]

Originally Posted by KamRacing

nice wheels but not light for a race car
What exhaust system do you use?

no they arent the lightest of wheels but i really like them!! ill be needing a second set of something anyway so ill probley get a set of pro race 1.2's or something, nice and light wheel

I was using a supersprint race system which is just a straight pipe from the manifold to the back box but due to a misshap im using a mix and match system at the moment, magnex decat, piper middle section with silencer and supersprint back box