Badgersport 106 XSI 16v (Cams, Polycarbs and bits #383) - Page 4 - Saxperience

Badgersport · 19th August 2008, 21:16

Well got the tyres that i nabbed from work swopped over today. So chucked the steelies on when i got home. Had to use the standard bolts until i get the tappered version to hold the centre caps on:

Then my mate showed up in his Clio 197 Cup to show up the xsi!!

Got a few snaps of the interior. Not sure if much has changed since my last pics but hey ho:

Ste

AlexB^p · 19th August 2008, 22:10

looking good ste!

nice on the steelies i quite like it
are they s1 or s2 steelies??

Badgersport · 19th August 2008, 22:44

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Originally Posted by edwardsvtr

thats looking pretty cool, wish i had the time for a little project, do you not plan for any performance mods?

Cheers Edwardsvtr. I usually get bored at home so this occupies my time. I plan in the future on a 4-2-1 manifold, race section and a backbox which is hidden like standard. Wouldn't mind a vtr block to have a play with and bolt on with a 1.6 xsi ecu but those mods are for in the future. This is a cheap project and so far cost well below £1000 to get to this point.

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Originally Posted by Alex-VTS

looking good ste!

nice on the steelies i quite like it
are they s1 or s2 steelies??

Thanks Alex. Looking better than i imagined tbh. Im quite pleased. They are S1 steelies which are 5.5" wide. But running them with 175/65/r14 tyres as i can get an unlimited supply from work for free

Ste

AlexB^p · 19th August 2008, 22:50

thats why i askes
s2 are 6 inch iirc

didnt know which you had

you running road tyres on the track car then
any plans for track tyres in the future?

Badgersport · 19th August 2008, 23:19

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Originally Posted by Alex-VTS

thats why i askes
s2 are 6 inch iirc

didnt know which you had

you running road tyres on the track car then
any plans for track tyres in the future?

Yea the S2 are 6" wide. Would of ideally liked those but the S1's came up at a nice price so had 2 have them.

Will be looking at track tyres once i've got a few track days under my belt. So much stuff i want to buy for it but trying to keep costs down for now until it actually goes on track.

Payney · 21st August 2008, 22:49

Starting to actually look like it's getting there now pal! Will give you a hand sometime when i sort the\a car.

AlexB^p · 21st August 2008, 22:54

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Originally Posted by vts_swedge

Yea the S2 are 6" wide. Would of ideally liked those but the S1's came up at a nice price so had 2 have them.

Will be looking at track tyres once i've got a few track days under my belt. So much stuff i want to buy for it but trying to keep costs down for now until it actually goes on track.

sounds like a good plan
personally after being in joshs with r888s i wouldnt run normal tyres on track again

but they do the job for the first outing or so
and if you shop about in the right places you can pick em up reasonably cheap

Liam-westcoast · 22nd August 2008, 13:55

looking good

jpsaxo · 22nd August 2008, 16:52

Looks great mate, will be interesting how this goes against my brothers xsi!!

Badgersport · 27th September 2008, 16:27

Small update really tbh.

After having the car sat on alloy bolts for a while i managed to source some rallye steelie bolts so could get the centre caps on:

The car hasn't had any brakes since i removed the rear beam. Moving the car around the drive was becoming quite difficault only being able to stop the car with the handbrake so i decided today was the day i bled the brakes. After snapping both bleed nipples at the front and having to bleed the fluid through the flexihoses this is the stuff that came out:

Hmmm tasty

Ste

Yates · 27th September 2008, 17:15

nice that mate, made me want to strip mine earlier than i was going to lol

need to get mine put back together first really, then decide what im doing with the engine

Badgersport · 27th September 2008, 22:59

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Originally Posted by Yates

nice that mate, made me want to strip mine earlier than i was going to lol

need to get mine put back together first really, then decide what im doing with the engine

Cheers Yates, stripping does become addictive. Think it would be a different story if this was my everyday car.

Think your car looks spanking as it is but a nice bit of strippage and a cage =

Ste

Andy_K · 28th September 2008, 12:51

Looks really well. Must admit that I have a little soft spot for these.

Jackman · 28th September 2008, 13:01

Looks a intresting project mate!

Looks much better with the center caps!

Badgersport · 28th September 2008, 20:34

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Originally Posted by Andy_K

Looks really well. Must admit that I have a little soft spot for these.

Cheers Andy. Yea same ever since i saw one as a kid when they first came out i knew i had to have one when i was older.

The good old days by vts_swedge now available in all good book stores!

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Originally Posted by Jackman

Looks a intresting project mate!

Looks much better with the center caps!

Thanks Jackman. I agree i thought it looked good without the caps but now there on makes it look much better!

Might put the car in for an MOT soon see what they find up with it. Should keep my busy over the winter like.

Ste

Jackman · 28th September 2008, 20:37

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Originally Posted by vts_swedge

Thanks Jackman. I agree i thought it looked good without the caps but now there on makes it look much better!

Might put the car in for an MOT soon see what they find up with it. Should keep my busy over the winter like.

Ste

Caps defiantly look much, much better mate!

You might not be to shocked with the MOT mate.

I expected my Rallye to come back with shed loads wrong.

Needed new discs and pads on the front and a CV boot.

Which i was chuffed to bits with!

Crooksey · 28th September 2008, 21:24

Why go to all the trouble of stipping all that weight out, then fix bucket seat with sliding subframes?

Just adds to much weight.

Tim_W · 28th September 2008, 21:39

Nice one mate, its really coming together now. The more i see this the more i want to do something similar myself.

Tim

Saxotim · 28th September 2008, 22:19

looks good that dude.

if i could afford it id like to do something similar.
im just too skint though

Badgersport · 28th September 2008, 23:00

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Originally Posted by Crooksey

Why go to all the trouble of stipping all that weight out, then fix bucket seat with sliding subframes?

Just adds to much weight.

Thanks for your comments Crooksey. I understand what your saying but tbh i will be allowing other people to drive my car and fixed wouldn't really be all that suitable for that. If it means allowing others to drive my car etc over losing a bit of weight i know which i am going to choose.

Ste

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Originally Posted by Tim_W

Nice one mate, its really coming together now. The more i see this the more i want to do something similar myself.

Tim

Cheers Tim! You need to sort yourself out a project........can compete who can get there car up and running first haha

Ste

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Originally Posted by Jackman

Caps defiantly look much, much better mate!

You might not be to shocked with the MOT mate.

I expected my Rallye to come back with shed loads wrong.

Needed new discs and pads on the front and a CV boot.

Which i was chuffed to bits with!

I am expecting a few little bits and bobs wrong but tbh its a 15 yr old car and anything that is wrong i will just sort out.

Hope i am as lucky to have a few things wrong......means more money can be spent getting bits i want/need

Ste

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Originally Posted by Saxotim

looks good that dude.

if i could afford it id like to do something similar.
im just too skint though

Thanks Saxotim. Well to date including the car i have spent just under £750. This wasn't meant to be chuck as much money at it as i possibly can. Was just a cheap thills car. Which so far is working out good!!

Ste