s555dan's silver MK1 VTR track / fast road toy *insert vts lump here* UPDATE 07/02/2010

[s555dan]

Hello

I have found the time to make a progress thread for my saxo.

Its had a rough 115k life from what i can tell, i bought it when i joined this forum and used it as a daily until the electrics died following a clutch job. Since then it has been off the road for about 6 months.

Pics when i bought it





I started work early this year, here is what i have done;

Simota enclosed intake
4-2-1 manifold
Powerflow oval tip bacbox and cat back (for road)
Powerflow backbox with straight through centre section for track
Spax PSX adjustable -40mm dampers and springs
Mintex standard pads and disks
Cobra buckets
OMP 4 Point harnesses
OMP steering wheel
OMP lower strut brace
pug 205 oil cooler
My private plate
Removed all interior
Pop rivet sunroof blank
custom oil catch tank

Also put some of things back to standard such as front and rear headlights, grill, rocker cover.

Here are some pics of the works and how it stands

welded arches




sunroof panel




Lowering









Exhaust mani





buckets and wheel




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[s555dan]

Fixed the starter motor issue

I had wired it up wrong

for the first time in 6 months it is running right



Have also booked two track days to celebrate

If you want to comment i dont mind.

[MartinDines]

Nice progress so far man.

Liking what you done with the sunroom - looks badass

Also I'm jealous of your wheel

[VTSjames]

looks a nice little project you got on your hands..

some nice progress, liking the sunroof blank and the ride height looks loads better...nice wheel aswell lol

where abouts you booked trackdays?

[pepsimax]

Very nice mate keep up with the progress...

[s555dan]

Originally Posted by VTSjames

looks a nice little project you got on your hands..

some nice progress, liking the sunroof blank and the ride height looks loads better...nice wheel aswell lol

where abouts you booked trackdays?

Thanks bud

Got two track days a Castle Combe booked - 5th May and 26th August. Was part of a special offer, buy a track day at £170 get another for £50. Saved £120!

I'll be looking at one more track day mid-year at one of the local aifields

Originally Posted by pepsimax

Very nice mate keep up with the progress...

thanking you

[Jay_]

i want to do this to my sunroof.... Looks good mate! coming on nicely!

[s555dan]

Originally Posted by MartinDines

Nice progress so far man.

Liking what you done with the sunroom - looks badass

Also I'm jealous of your wheel

Cheers bud, sunroof was easy to do and defo worth it for weight saving.

The main reason why i got rid of it was that it leaked and had no handle! lol

Originally Posted by jayyoung

i want to do this to my sunroof.... Looks good mate! coming on nicely!

Only cost £20 for a bit of steel, spray paint £5 and a few pop rivents and sealant,



Still to do

Oil Cooler
Tappets
Timing belt and water pump
Carpeted door cards
Steering rack gaiter

[s555dan]

Gave it a wash

[couttsyboy]

looks tidy mate, looking forward to the progress

[s555dan]

Fitted a steering rack gaiter kit today

this means i "should" be MOT pass ready

But you never know with MOTs lol

I also fitted a wicked home made gearstick/extension which works sweet with the quickshift, having the gearstick level with the steering wheel gives the a sort of sequential feel. Pics to follow.



Still to do Oil cooler and door cards before track time May 5th.

Peace

[s555dan]

Pics of new gear stick





And some general whoring

[harry289]

Nice little project you have. Should be some good fun out on track. Looking good!

[s555dan]

Just bought some insurance, wallet is £600 lighter

MOT is booked for tomorrow

Wish me luck lol.

Bring on Castle coombe 5th May!

[mangojace]

Looking awesome dude

[maxpower_ireland]

Well did it pass MOT?

[s555dan]

Originally Posted by mangojace

Looking awesome dude

Cheers

Originally Posted by maxpower_ireland

Well did it pass MOT?

YES! First time too, no advisorys Im very please and havent stopped driving it since.

Hence why no updates haha

[s555dan]

With my track day coming up on this thursday I thought it was time to put the decat pipe on.

While i was there i cut out the back bumper track style as it was melted around the tail pipe plastic - from the stupidly large powerflow.

I also cut the nasty oval off the backbox.

before



after





The decat does make a difference, revs are much more free.

Also the temperatures seemed a little more controled under the bonnet

the exhuast is much quieter without the oval which im happy about as i have to meet the 98db limit at castle coombe

Opinions welcome

[moxy89]

rear bumper looks awful..

[s555dan]

Last year spec:

Simota enclosed intake
4-2-1 manifold
Powerflow backbox with straight through centre section
Spax PSX adjustable -40mm dampers and springs
Mintex standard pads and disks
Cobra bucket seats
OMP 4 Point harnesses
OMP steering wheel
OMP lower strut brace
My private plate
Removed all interior
Pop rivet sunroof blank
custom oil catch tank
2 Maxsport RB5 semi slick front tyres

Results:

Castle Combe May 2011

pics to follow

Hullavington Airfield June 2011

Rear left just lifting-


keeping with a porsche through the bends-


accelerating-


others




Castle Combe August 2011