Alex's race prepped saxo ! raced after 4 years of building - Saxperience

AlexFocusST · 22nd February 2013, 00:24

Right so here is the current status of my vts

She lives again!!! and her name is ANNIE V1.2

Engine : High compression forged TU5JP4 engine , newman ph3's , ported and polished inlet and exhaust ports on head and port matched to manifolds , Ford coilpack and Satchel suzuki gsxr k3-4 throttle bodie kit with 350cc fuel injectors , Sandy Brown engine loom with DTA S40 ecu , mated with a s2 rallye interior loom with all relays and fuses transfered in the center console , mapped by greyjasper51
gearbox : BE conversion , xsara picasso box on 4.93 fd and GRT plated diff , HELIX 4 paddle clutch , custom shortened/lenghtened driveshafts picasso/berlingo
brakes : front 406 brembo 4 pot set up , hydraulic handbrake with Wilwood bias valve , rear standard brake set up without handbrake cables moved callipers to front of trailing arm , full braided brake line from MC to calipers , 23.8mm master cylinder
suspension : Revalved Bilstein group n , with eibach 350 lb coilovers , custom 35mm wider per side wishbones using peugeot 307 hubs, rear axle: baker BM solid rear beam mounts.
interior : welded in custom rollcage reinfocing front struts , OMP wrc vtr seat , 6 point sparco harness , deep dish 3 spoke OMP steering wheel and boss
wheels :2 sets of 15' team dynamics pro race 1's one with toyo R888s

AlexFocusST · 22nd February 2013, 00:24

Well story of my saxo vts so far

Was bought back in 2007 with the intention of being built as an N2 rallye car
So found a clean early model vts with no aircondition for less fuss with locking extra holes. The engine was past its lifetime with 220K Kms on it and very badly serviced that a hydraulic lifter had shattered in the head

So managed to drive the car to my place and swapped the engine with an other
After 4 days of ownership i took part in a sort o gymkhana race in my local Kart track and first place it was for its first outing

also first ever photo of it

Next day and the bad boy headlight covers , awfull 15' pantera?!?! wheels and a load of chavy stuff from the interior where binned.

Nearly a week later took part in tuner GP race in Athens , managed to get 9th place in my category of 29 1,6 lt cars , but also managed to blow the engine as all piston rings where fried causing oil fumes to fill the whole engine bay

resulting in a small fire on the exhaust manifold

Engine was taken apart and fair bit of money to a medium-bad mechanic

new set of piston rings , cleaned standard bore ,skimmed head , a pair of standard cam shafts ( as the "mechanic" managed to break the inlet one ) and a metal head gasket and engine was up and running

so 3 years of taking part in any sort of super lap , gtcc in Patras or in Athens, or just practicing at my local kart track went by

Not many things where done to the car apart from a Quaife lsd , coilover 350 lb springs , vibratechniks engine and gearbox mounts and fully stripped interior

Reaching up to about November 2011 my brother and i decided to dismantle the vts to give it a respray in white and a bit off a fine tuning .....

Off course not everything comes as planned and the vts got left behind as our transport company had to come in first .

In the past 1,5 year we have been resourcing different parts:
full jp4 engine for back up ,
set of low mileage brembo 4 pots ,
had the bilstein suspesion fabricated to race spec !
got a set of compomotive 15' that clear the brembos
full weld in roll cage

So with the vts fully stripped

finally being loaded last Monday to go have its roll cage!!!!!

Roll cage being fitted

And this is where the vts stands

Any comments are more than welcome!

mlawlan69 · 22nd February 2013, 00:57

Looks very promising, you Greek boys always go crazy with cars so should be interesting.

AlexB^p · 22nd February 2013, 10:12

I hate how you guys get non sunroof as standard
We have to change the roofskin in the uk

Steph_at_constella · 22nd February 2013, 10:31

I love a good greek build

AlexFocusST · 22nd February 2013, 10:40

No sunroof as it cost 1250 Euro about 1k pounds as an extra... !!!
Also you lot get the non aircondition so saves you the welding up the holes!

Saxjoe · 22nd February 2013, 11:02

Traxo?

wadoryu · 22nd February 2013, 11:16

Looks schweeeet.

AlexFocusST · 25th February 2013, 09:50

Small update

Roll cage is slowly coming to the front arches , just waiting for my reinforcing plates for the strut tops.

Bucket seat on old Sparco base , clearly being ditched for weld in seat bars as now i only have 2-3 cm from top X on the roll cage

Seem welding the engine bay:

As always comments and ideas are most welcome!

AlexFocusST · 6th March 2013, 10:38

Small update got the reinforcing plates for the struts today , also triangle inserts on rear X has been installed .
Side Xs will be welded shortly and hopefully we will be done by the end of the week!

AlexFocusST · 8th March 2013, 10:22

Side X triangles with flared hole

Left side X finished

Rear X finished

Upper side reinforcement bar

As always opinions and ideas are welcome.

wadoryu · 8th March 2013, 11:23

Very nice keep it up, looking sweet.

AlexFocusST · 11th March 2013, 16:04

Small update

front strut reinforcement plates

dashboard brace fitting

Test fitting dashboard with heater matrix just incase it ever needs fitting

AlexFocusST · 13th March 2013, 16:41

Went and got the saxo today ,

all weighed in the whole rollcage went for 60kg give or take a little as it was weighed with the truck

some photos of it back at my premises

AlexFocusST · 20th March 2013, 10:10

weekly update.

Roll cage has been filled in , sanded down and primed.

dashboard has been modified extensively for an original fitment look , got a spare steering wheel mechanism and took the key stalk out

Also went ahead and trial fitted my engine with an empty gearbox so as to see how to modify my gear lever as i am changing to one from a C3...

Sorry for crappy iphone night photos

as always opinions and suggestion most welcome

K567 · 20th March 2013, 10:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlexFocusST

Also went ahead and trial fitted my engine with an empty gearbox so as to see how to modify my gear lever as i am changing to one from a C3...

Sorry for crappy iphone night photos

as always opinions and suggestion most welcome

Now this bit looks interesting......

AlexFocusST · 27th March 2013, 16:24

Not a lot has been done to the saxo the past week

Some pics of trial fitment of the gear lever 10cm back and 10cm higher

Excuse the wood it will be changed with teflon when i am satisfied with the positioning

for the lever!

Also trial fitment of the battery box at the rear right side :

Also some pics of the 23mm torsion bars , and Pug1off track bush kit!

Ross^p · 27th March 2013, 16:26

Nice Alex!

Do you mind if I make a suggestion? It's better to have the battery as low down and as central as possible in the car - behind a seat is a good place. If you've not run the cables yet, then perhaps there is a better option unless you cannot for other reasons?

AlexFocusST · 27th March 2013, 16:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ross

Nice Alex!

Do you mind if I make a suggestion? It's better to have the battery as low down and as central as possible in the car - behind a seat is a good place. If you've not run the cables yet, then perhaps there is a better option unless you cannot for other reasons?

Nothing is definite yet , i thought it would be better at the back for corner weights, also there is no room behind the drivers seat as i am 1.9m tall and 88kg so the seat is going to be really back, wait till you see the steering wheel

also it the battery has to be in a insulated box via regulations

thanks for the idea though

Ross^p · 27th March 2013, 16:38

Ah Ok! I am 1.85m (and 105kgs) so familiar with needing a lot of room lol

The roll cage looks awesome man