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5th October 2014, 10:51
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#61
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L-plater
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Woking
Posts: 42
Car(s): VTS Track Car
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Right then....
Over the past 3 years (since my last post), the car has gone from being my daily drive, to a shared (dedicated) track car with my dad and brother.
I'll go through all the bits I've done whilst running it, then get onto the most recent parts when it was taken off the road about 6 months ago.
So, the fibreglass bonnet was mocked up...
and painted...
I was having a few issues with my sunroof blank...
So I decided to do it right with a proper carbon blank...
Bonded it in using some black tiger seal.
Next was a small aesthetic change, Osram Diadem indicator bulbs to de-tango the front...
My J4 cam covers were leaking from the oil filler, so I fitted the JP4 covers off of a spare engine I had in the garage...
This is by far the best mod I've done, satchshift gear linkage...
Then another little trip to the Nurburgring...
Up at Adenau Forst with my mums GT86...
No lapping that year, was too wet and too risky.
That'll do for now, I'll post up some more in a bit.
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11th October 2014, 17:21
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#62
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L-plater
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Woking
Posts: 42
Car(s): VTS Track Car
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Right then, this is how it became a shared track car with my dad and brother...
I was still using the car everyday and getting a little bored of strapping myself into the buckets, not having a proper boot, not having a radio, the solid ride and the unbearable noise of the supersprint on the motorway.
I was thinking about selling the car and after a chat with my dad and brother, I decided to go in with them on the track car that they had, a 16v S1 Rallye...
It was basically the same spec as the saxo, but with HiSpec 4-pots, Quaife LSD and a Safety Devices cage.
The first trackday we booked together was Spa.
We got the car all prepped...
...and after about 8 laps...
My brother hit some coolant put down by a lambo race car at Blanchimont, put them into the wall at about 80. Luckily both of them were fine, the cage seemed to do its job as the car stopped crumpling where the cage started.
After many many many beers, we got the car home and got it stripped...
Off to the scrap yard with what we didnt want...
At first, the plan was to buy a cheap donor car, and put all the parts from the Rallye onto it. But after buying a 106 GTi that turned out to be full of rust, and me not having much luck selling the VTS, we decided to scrap the 106, and my dad and brother bought two thirds of the saxo off me.
So the Saxo went to its new home...
...and I picked up my new daily run about....
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11th October 2014, 19:23
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#63
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Newbie
Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 23
Car(s): Peugeot 106 Quicksilver, Citroen Saxo VTS MK2
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Gutted about the rallye, unlucky.
Where did you get the carbon sunroof blank?
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12th October 2014, 12:52
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#64
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L-plater
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Woking
Posts: 42
Car(s): VTS Track Car
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Quote:
Originally Posted by P-I-Staker
Gutted about the rallye, unlucky.
Where did you get the carbon sunroof blank?
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Cant remember the name of the company, pretty sure they went bust though.
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12th October 2014, 13:40
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#65
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L-plater
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Woking
Posts: 42
Car(s): VTS Track Car
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Now that the saxo was off the road and in the garage, we needed to get it stripped and decide what parts we were using (form the rallye or saxo) and sell the parts that weren't required.
As they were both of a similar spec, we were left with quite a lot of similar parts (seat, harnesses, suspension, etc).
So we got the saxo up on some axle stands....
...and got it stripped...
All the parts were inspected and we sellected the best from both cars, all the other stuff was sold.
We've also been collecting some new parts for the car over the past few months.
Compbrake bias valve...
Genuine OMP Corsica wheel...
Some heat protection...
Flocked the dash...
...and a used procomp intake which I don't have picture of.
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8th January 2015, 19:22
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#66
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L-plater
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Woking
Posts: 42
Car(s): VTS Track Car
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Right then, made loads of progress on the car over the past couple of months, I'll post up as much as possible over the next few days.
So after stripping all the suspension off the Saxo/Rallye, we picked the best set, loaded all the parts into the S2000, and I took it all to work for a refresh.
The plan was to strip, clean, inspect, paint and then rebuild the front struts with new wheel bearings and top mounts.
Started with the springs...
Spring top caps...
Damper retainers...
New seals...
Top mount caps..
Struts and hubs...
Damper tops repaired...
Removed the broken bolt from one of the caliper adaptor brackets...
New wheel bearings and bolts...
Wheel bearings pressed in...
Hubs pressed in...
Adaptor brackets fitted..
Dampers installed...
Caliper studs made up...
Fitted...
Finally, spring and top mount installed...
Thats it for now, I'll try and post some more pics up over the weekend.
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11th January 2015, 16:18
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#67
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L-plater
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Woking
Posts: 42
Car(s): VTS Track Car
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22nd February 2015, 14:54
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#68
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L-plater
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Woking
Posts: 42
Car(s): VTS Track Car
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VTS Track Project - Pic Heavy!
Right then,
Next up was to give the non PAS steering rack from the Rallye a quick rebuild.
This is how it started...
Stripped, cleaned and blasted ready for paint....
Ready to reassemble, all the internals were cleaned and inspected...
The finished product...
All new inner and outer track rods were fitted too.
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23rd February 2015, 11:27
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#69
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Saxperience Forum Bum
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Lincoln/Newark
Posts: 2,673
Car(s): Mercedes C220, Scooby, Saxo VTS
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Wow, you have been busy.
Awesome build so far, great attention to detail
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23rd February 2015, 12:20
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#70
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Frequent Poster
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Bridgend, South Wales
Posts: 948
Car(s): Mk1 VTS, FF BG 182
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Awesome work!
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23rd February 2015, 12:56
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#71
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L-plater
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Peterborough
Posts: 79
Car(s): 99' Audi Static A3
02' VTR Turbo Saxo
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Chris245, what is the gear stick your using??
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23rd February 2015, 17:29
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#72
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L-plater
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Woking
Posts: 42
Car(s): VTS Track Car
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Quote:
Originally Posted by VTR_Craig
Wow, you have been busy.
Awesome build so far, great attention to detail
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SimpleJoee
Awesome work!
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Cheers boys.
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Originally Posted by Codey_H
Chris245, what is the gear stick your using??
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We're using a Sachell Engineering Gearlever...
http://www.kamracing.co.uk/car-tunin...lever-kit.html
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8th March 2015, 15:22
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#73
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L-plater
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Woking
Posts: 42
Car(s): VTS Track Car
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Small update...
Got the wishbones painted and put some new ball joints in them.
Before...
Sandblasted + new ball joints ready for paint...
All done with all new high tensile bolts and k-nuts...
Next up will be the JP4 engine build progress.
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8th March 2015, 15:34
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#74
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Established Member
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Newcastle
Posts: 1,698
Car(s): Range Rover Sport
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Sweet build, attention to detail is impressive
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20th March 2015, 02:52
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#75
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Saxperience Addict
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Wirral
Posts: 13,584
Car(s): Wickerd red VTS MK2,
Two tone VTS MK2,vvc Metro..
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Very nice build..
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20th March 2015, 08:32
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#76
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Saxperience Post Whore
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Stourbridge
Posts: 7,338
Car(s): Nissan 200sx S14a
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Easily one of the best Saxos on the forum, definitely the best written progress thread.
Top work.
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22nd March 2015, 12:17
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#77
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L-plater
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Woking
Posts: 42
Car(s): VTS Track Car
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Quote:
Originally Posted by deano_123
Sweet build, attention to detail is impressive
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Quote:
Originally Posted by saxokid100
Very nice build..
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Quote:
Originally Posted by holdawayt
Easily one of the best Saxos on the forum, definitely the best written progress thread.
Top work.
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Cheers boys.
Here are a few pics of the progress made the last time I worked on the car.
Here's how it started...
Flocked dash, non pas column, battery + cut-off + Anderson wiring, cage, plus a few other bits...
The rear end got some attention too.
My Dad wire-brushed all the loose paint and underseal off, then gave it a degrease...
Then undersealed it all...
I'll try and get some engine pics up later.
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22nd March 2015, 14:28
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#78
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Regular Poster
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Rayleigh
Posts: 328
Car(s): Saxo vts x2
Vauxhall Astra
Ford mondeo workhorse
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Very nice motor this. Doing a great job between you
Can't wait to see finished product
Last edited by Ross; 23rd March 2015 at 07:40.
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7th June 2015, 13:27
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#79
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L-plater
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Woking
Posts: 42
Car(s): VTS Track Car
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7th June 2015, 13:36
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#80
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L-plater
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Woking
Posts: 42
Car(s): VTS Track Car
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