MuZiZZle's VTS Track Toy

[MuZiZZle]

1) Spec




Engine
Lightened fly wheel
Piper 270 cams
Raceland manifold (Heatwrapped)
Raceland induction kit with a green cotton filter
VTS OE Airbox - Feeding from Morette inner light
Piper backbox & decat
Magnex backbox, decat and silenced midpipe
Saxsport with Decat
Kam Racing lambda sleeve
Flo Flex poly zorst hangers
Motul X-Cess 8100 Fully Synthetic Oil
Group N engine mounts
Group A gearbox mount
Spoox top radiator hose
JS Performance Heater Matrix Bypass Hose
Mocal oil cooler
Nissens Radiator
Powervamp PVR25 race battery
Injectortune cleaned injectors
Stock ECU with raised rev limit

Transmission
Satchshift
Quickshift - OBP Motorsport
Quaife nylon knob
Sachs clutch - Jul 2012
Kam adjustable linkages
Motul MOTYLGEAR 75W80 Gearbox oil

Brakes
266mm 206GTi brakes on the front
Ferodo DS2500 Pads on the front
MTEC grooved & drilled discs on the front
OEM Mintex discs and pads on the rear
Exact braided brakelines front & rear
AP Racing Formula DOT 5.1 Road/Competition Brake Fluid

Suspension
OMP upper strut brace
OMP lower strut Brace
Spoox group N solid alu rear wishbone mounts
Powerflex competition front wishbone mounts
BakerBM solid rear beam bushes
New rear beam nuts/bolts/washers
Swandog front struts with Gaz GAI adjustable inserts
Uprated front springs of some description - 50mm?
Gaz adjustable rear shocks
J&R Driveshafts - Sep 2014
Newish rear axle
Avo GTX coilovers -


Wheels & Tyres

Saxo Vts OEM Wheels
Michellin Pilots on the rear, Chensang Sportcats on the front - WTF!!!!!


Speedline Turinis
Toyo Proxes GG 888s on the front - 195/50/15
Toyo Proxes GG 888s on the rear - 195/50/15

Interior
6 Point Safety Devices Cage, with Door X's and Additional B pillar brace
Lightened 106 Rallye Dash
Flocked fiberglass dash from a Saxo TimeAttack car
Heating removed
OMP Eco seats
Benwh555 super low drivers frame with slider
OMP standard passenger subframe
OMP seat slider x 1
OMP WRC Steering suede wheel
OMP Boss
Willans 4 point 2" push button harness
Weight reduction (almost everything)
Jazzy door pulls
Rust in the boot
Polycarb front windows
Polycarb sunroof glass, rails stripped out
Doors gutted

Exterior
Morettes
Dimma stye grille on road bonnet
Black GRP track bonnet with some sort of open mouth carbon grille, and RS500 vents (honestly!)
Aerial bung
Rear dewipere'd , no bung, Pedobear sticker over hole
OE fog light blanks
Front bumper aerocatched on


Todo / Done
Fit polycarb rear screen
Fit GRP boot hatch
Fit odyssey battery in the correct place
Fit Flo-Flex ARB Bushes
Fit catch can
Spray the inside


Fit oil cooler - Done
Fit New discs and pads Rear - Done
Fit Rear Exact Braided Lines - Done
Replace rear NS caliper- Done
Fit new rear discs and pads - Done
Fit OS front ABS sensor - Done
Modify & fit Moretes - Done
Underseal underneath boot floor- Done
Polybush rear beam - Done-ish
Remove rear beam and tidy it up - Done
Replace rear NS caliper - Done
Refit rear OS window - Done
Replace gearbox oil - Done
Flush PAS - Done
Additional harness points / spreader plates - Done
Change Fluids: Engine oil and filter - Done
Heatwrap manifold - Done
Fit new manifold nuts and pins - Done
Remove rear arch tar - Done
Remove footwell tar - Done
Refurb front calipers - Done
Refurb rear calipers - Done
Polybush spare wishbones
Fit Spoox Group N'd Wishbones - Done
Fit OMP lower Brace - Done
Fit group A lower mount - Done
Fit top group N engine mounts - Done
Fit New discs and pads Front - Done
Fit Front Exact Braided Lines - Done
Fit new alternator - Done
Fit new aclutch - Done
Fit new thermostat - Done
Fit new thermostat housing - Done
New coolant - Done
Get cage fitting kit welded in - Done
Fit Cage - Done
Fit new driveshafts - Done
Fit new droplinks - Done


Things I dont have / need to do


Dyno Jibblets

[MuZiZZle]

2) Strippage

Okay, so give an idiot a car & a socket set & what happens?


I did find a little bit of rust creeping through from the center of the drivers rear arch! gah!


Bye Bye 106 GTi half leather!


Hello 106 1.5D Niagara drivers seat (don't ask!)


So long center console, ah f*ck, you house the window switches!


Roof lining is for the weak!



Thanks to tardis the horrid glue on the inside of the arches is gone, yey!



Passenger airbag, airbag module, wiring & random nuts and bolts out, another 4.9kg, and a nifty zip tied window switch setup!

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Rear wiper, motor & rear seat clasps and whatnot, bye bye!

I'm now at the point where other than the electric window motors & glass, which I need until I get my polycarb ones, I have pretty much nothing left to strip!

The stereo, speakers etc are gone, all trim apart from the A pillars etc, it's a bit loud inside!

[vtrchad]

nice mate, will be keeping an eye on this

[adam_vts]

awsome, lightweight is best way to go, what other plans you got?

[MuZiZZle]

Well I have seats and whatnot in, just need to get the pics on the thread.

cage, polycarb windows, possible 266 - 283mm brakes, toyo R1Rs, FRP bonnet & tailgate, some sort of gearbox.......................oh and FRP doors

[MuZiZZle]

3) Seatness

Well, so long to the 106 1.5D Niagara drivers seat! & hello to a pair of OMP Eco seats, OMP subframes, an OMP sliper & 2 * Willans 4 point harnessesssesssesss!


Just need to get my spreader plates into the center tunnel and it's safety city!

[Daniel09]

looking good so far,

[Jonny52002]

Good work so far mate, keep it up.

[Paulp]

Originally Posted by MuZiZZle

I have pretty much nothing left to strip!

Ohhhh how wrong you are..

For a start i can see dashboard sound deadening.

Another look, pointless wires that could be removed.

[MuZiZZle]

Originally Posted by Paul

Ohhhh how wrong you are..

For a start i can see dashboard sound deadening.

Another look, pointless wires that could be removed.

hahahah, tell me about this deadening! is it that fluffy jazz?

And the order of photos is a bit mixed so the orange seat / airbag wiring is gone

the wires you can see through the airbag hole scare me!

[Gandi699]

Arent the switches an arse to operate there? Ive done pretty much the same with my interior though - its good fun when you dont care if it breaks!

[MuZiZZle]

Originally Posted by Gandi699

Arent the switches an arse to operate there? Ive done pretty much the same with my interior though - its good fun when you dont care if it breaks!

I can reach the drivers side, the passenger side however

No matter once my polycarbs with burger slots are in!

[Paulp]

Haha, its fun stripping saxos.

The wires, you've removed the speakers, so you dont need any of the wiring for them. Also removed you've removed the back interior light, you dont need wiring for them.

If i was you i'd buy an interior loom, identicle to the one already in, and have a play about with it, stripping down any wires you dont need and removing them.. Leaving you with a very basic loom that just has the main wires you need for actually driving your car.

If you remove your dashboard you'll see all the sound deadening. It weighs loads. Once you've removed that it will be loud inside

You could also do with a dashboard-diet, trim any pieces of plastic away from behind it that aren't actually needed You could rid of the glove box. You dont need the plastic trim around the interior light, you could remove that and the light. If you want to still keep the interior light and sunroof winder, you can take the trim off around it and just have the light and the winder there.

Underneath the car there are heatshields around the exhaust that could remove. Also in the sideskirts, if you put you're hand up behind them you'll notice they collect alot of dirt/soil. Same with in the arches, especially the drivers side front arch. When stripping a saxo last month i filled a box full of dirt, must of weighed about 10kg lol.

Then theres things like the scuttlepanel plastics, the bonnet sound deadening, ecu cover, rear window wiper and motor and wiring, heater matrix, spare wheel and cage, etc

Items to look into: Polycarb windows, lightweight exhaust, lightweight alloys (unsprung weight), fibreglass/cf panels, smaller fuel tank, lightweight battery etc.

Might be worth relocating some of your items to the boot, such as the battery and washer bottle, just to try and balance your corner weights out.

Hope i've given you some ideas

[MuZiZZle]

Paul, have you been reading my diary!!?!?!?!?!

Dash out is almost top of my list

I did the arches at the weekend, so much dirt!!!

battery relocation sounds like a plan & a smaller battery methinks

I did the rear wiper already, and to save on weight, did I use a heavy rubber bung for the hole in the rear screen?!?!?! HELLS NO!

[Paulp]

Haha love it, keep it up fella

[MuZiZZle]

Paul, do you think running the existing washer bottle relocated to the rear with a jazzy bracket is a good idea? or are there any aftermarket ones you know of?

all I could find is a guy that makes bespoke alu ones for TVR's!!!!

oh and I may have just shaved another 18.4kg off by binning the VTS alloys and swithching to C5 steelies

[Paulp]

Yeah should be easy enough to do.

Or just use a plastic box and put the standard bottle inside that? With lid on it will look alright

[MuZiZZle]

I like the box idea!

Battery box on each side!

One with the battery, one with the washer bottle & pump!!!

[P311ATT]

car looks good man. how did you get the glue and fluff off the arches? thanks!

[MuZiZZle]

I used a solvent called Tardis mate, you use it to remove tar spots when you detail your car.

I wet the left over fluff and left it for a minute or two then rubbed it off with a cloth, I also almost ruined my lungs so watch out!

It's good for the tape residue on the front doors if you take your doorcards off!

I think you can get it on ebay cheap, if you get stuck give me a shout as I bought 5L!!!