Alanapone's Red VTS. Caged, stripped, track toy. - Page 18 - Saxperience

Alanapone^p · 9th December 2011, 13:51

Well, that's if I can find £100 down the back of the sofa!

The small print says I need all the money in cash as they don't take cards!

Bank balance will allow me to get the money for the rest of the cost of hire but not the deposit!

Properly fucked off today!

I just want to ring and cancel it as everything is starting to go tits up!

Need some good luck and some motivation!

Paul^p · 9th December 2011, 14:45

Keep at it mate, remember how good it was at start of the year?

Tomorrow we'll be sat in a pub having a beer, day after tomorrow we'll be throwing our saxos around anglesey.

I've done nothing for the last two days, you're much more a head than me.

lol

What licence have you got then? Can you drive lorries?

Alanapone^p · 9th December 2011, 15:41

Got one of the "old" licences mate

These ones can be driven on any licence though as their limited to a load of 1.5T.

Got the buggers sorted now so I just need to go pick it up

Just hope the electricity stay in the car long enough to get a few laps done at a time

I'm bloody freezing and not in the mood to do any more so I'll bleed the brakes tomorrow!

Alanapone^p · 9th December 2011, 21:04

Transporter is here... Only a 4 hour round trip to Bradfordistan to get it! knackered now!

Time for a beer and some DVDs.

Tomorrow, I will arise with renewed vigour and bleed the brakes! Then it's pack up, load up and nip out for a test drive.

Alanapone^p · 10th December 2011, 11:59

Day of chaos!!!

Had to go help my Nan this morning. Picked up the cats on the way home. Missus is cleaning all the dust out of the house so the cats can go downstairs. My Nan needs more help (yet the rest of the family are "busy"!) and I've got brakes to bleed and an interior to hoover out. I don't even know if the tracking's okay!!!

Rich84 · 10th December 2011, 13:51

Hoover! You disgust me with the notion of hoovering a track car

Alanapone^p · 10th December 2011, 14:53

It looks like a lawn in the back that's all

Must be at least a kilo of vegetation and dust in it. it's all weight!! hehehe

Just got to adjust the brake balance bar, put it on the van then fill it up with fuel

You'd think I'd be happy... Now I'm just worrying about what I've forgot to tighten up or bolt back on or will the engine last!!!!!

The worrying never ends... Until about dinner time tomorrow I hope.

Get a few laps in slowly to get used to it, Give it some beans before dinner then if it does blow up, I can have some lunch and head home.

Ever the optimist me

Paul^p · 10th December 2011, 15:47

I've still done nothing apart from change one sensor.

Just woke up.

4pm...

Think i'm just gunna swap alloys over, strip seats out, and then set off to hotel...fuck hooving it or anything! (

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Alanapone^p · 10th December 2011, 16:20

Lol. I'll be getting there for around 10ish. Got a family Christmas do first so I might have a few beers with me and some food

I'll PM you my number now. Gimme a text when you get to the hotel mate

Paul^p · 10th December 2011, 16:22

Already got your number mate lol.

I'll be there around 11ish i think.

I'll bring some beers and some munch too!

Rich84 · 10th December 2011, 21:34

Good luck boys!

Drop a 40 for a missin homie

Alanapone^p · 10th December 2011, 23:41

Right chaps... I'm in the travelodge. Got a beer and the laptop running.

Going to get my head down early got an early start tomorrow. I'm racking my brain trying to think of any bit's I might have missed.

Tomorrow is crunch day though... Have I succeeded in making a track car in a month and for a grand, OR, Have I made a car that blew up on a track!

Pics will be coming tomorrow

J222JRA · 11th December 2011, 00:18

All the best for tomorrow dude.

Alanapone^p · 11th December 2011, 00:49

Cheers James. I'm hoping for the best.

Alanapone^p · 11th December 2011, 06:51

Well, i'm up... D-day is here and it's pissing down in bangor!!! Hopefully the weather will be better on Anglesey. Reports last night said it would clear up quickly so I hope the Met office haven't got it wrong!

Darkslider · 11th December 2011, 19:23

How'd it go today? Gutted I missed it but my car's still in bits only just got the gearbox back in! Hoping there'll be another cheap one next year in January maybe!

rorz_vts · 11th December 2011, 21:07

Any fires

hope you had fun mate and got at least 1 good video since Paul's are all looking at the floor

Alanapone^p · 11th December 2011, 22:36

Got a few videos today. I need to edit them and i'll put them up tomorrow.

The day was a long one but well worth it!!!

Started off in the pissing rain at the Travelodge in Bangor. Got the van warmed up and headed off, leaving Paul still snoozing! lol

Half an hour later I got to the track and unloaded the car, Got signed on and got a brew.

We had the breifing and headed out to do the sighting laps. It was so wet the car in front of me kept going round corners sideways!

We all came in after the sighters and the rain stopped! then the fun began!

The car was a fair bit quicker than the VTR and thanks to the Bilies a damn sight better in the corners!

I REALLY enjoyed myself today and today was the end of the challenge to build a track car in a month and for £1k. I will add up all the bills tomorrow and see if I made the target! as far as building a track car... I deffo made that! not only that BUT I have made a car with Bilstein suspension, a carbonfibre bucket seat, momo team 280 steering wheel, supersprint centresection, piper backbox, BMC air filter and OMP strut braces. Not a bad spec considering the budget for the mods was only £600!

Mission accomplished I think?

Pics and vids to come tomorrow.

rorz_vts · 11th December 2011, 22:47

Get in mate glad you hit it man and youve had fun, the specs awesome for the price. Take it the billies got a good work out

I loved them when they were on mine, miles better than the spax kit I had

Alanapone^p · 11th December 2011, 22:57

Yes mate, that tracks a good workout for the suspension and load bearing parts hence the failed wheel bearing after lunch. I was hoping it would have done a few laps then something break on it but it managed to get thrashed all morning and only a bearing went ... i was truly impressed.

As I said, the feel and sound of the car on the track today is so good and is really addictive! I NEED to get another day booked asap!