Gandi699's Amazon Mk1 VTR 16v - Page 4 - Saxperience

Lewis · 26th November 2011, 22:38

Unlucky with the brakes dude, love the car though, really has that aggressive track look and a functional ride height! You certainly know how to build a car

Gandi699 · 27th November 2011, 00:16

Cheers mate, just a bit pissed off with that pipe and the fact no one had one in stock round here as I could have swapped it out and have it bled up and back on 4 wheels by now!

Gandi699 · 28th November 2011, 20:55

Got a new flexi for £12.99 for a local motor factor today, so that was fitted and the brakes bled up in 45 mins, so I've got brakes back just need to bed them in now but they feel decent! Car is back outside in its usual spot now

stevo1600 · 29th November 2011, 01:37

Awesome stuff so far buddy

least you got the brakes sorted.

Sounds evil on the vid, I bet it does come alive at 3k up

Thought about fitting an s1 inlet? They sound awesome, no real gain but do look good and sound good. If you ever spot one cheap I advise you grab it

Gandi699 · 29th November 2011, 12:46

Thanks mate, it was nice to get it out of the garage so I could put the 182 away out of the rain.
Ive had a bid on ebay a while back but I dont fancy paying over £100 for a non converted one! Going to try some more test drives of it soon but the brakes do feel sharp now and it really hauls up well even on the standard 247mm brakes. It only took me 15 mins to bleed them up with the Gunson Easy Bleed, i'd recommend one of those things to anyone

Gandi699 · 1st December 2011, 00:17

Going to adjust the rear bias valve tomorrow, got a little bit of lockup from the rear brakes upon hard braking. It probably wouldn't do it if it was dry but as it is wet ouside its shown it up more, was going to adjust it tonight but then it started hammering it down and I couldnt be bothered moving the cars!

Gandi699 · 6th December 2011, 11:21

Thought I'd adjust the rear brake bias spring as I was getting a bit of a crazy lockup issue albeit in the wet - I found the spring had a lot of play in it as the bolt securing it to the beam wasnt tight enough. Thought I'd wind the bolt out and unseize the spring... but the bolt snapped on me leaving me with nothing to hold the large end of the spring! So what I've done is drill the bolt out and make my own spring securing setup from a bolt and a few washers I had kicking about. Luckily the car was in the garage with the heater on as I hadn't anticipated having to drill a bolt out for about 30 minutes! Pics to follow tonight

Drilled out bracket that held the end of the broken off bolt - also removed the abs sensor bracket

Made up a bolt and washer combo to hold it:

Gandi699 · 16th December 2011, 00:33

I purchased some new flex brake pipe clips that hold the hard lines into the brackets. Boshed them on this evening and rebled the brakes as you have to split the lines:

Gandi699 · 18th December 2011, 23:47

Had a bit of spare time today so I changed the oil in the clio then remembered that the indicator stalk on the VTR was playing up so I pulled the stalk from the housing and took it all apart. A while later as its quite fiddly I put it back together and now the indicators work perfectly without you having to hold the stalk in a certain position!

Liam_ · 19th December 2011, 00:28

Nice work man. I think my sax is on its third replacement indicator stalk lol.

Many track days planned for next year?

Gandi699 · 19th December 2011, 00:40

It was a bugger to get it back correctly upon opening the stalk up, with all the contacts and springs etc. Works nicely again though now after a little cleaning up.
Hopefully some open pit lane days money permitting and when the weather isn't so icy and cold. Might also enroll in a local car club so I can attend some hill climbs, going to have to research into that though.

Gandi699 · 21st December 2011, 00:39

Decided I wanted a better ratio box to put in the car when the weathers better, so looked on ebay and won one so I popped over to Derby this evening and came away with a 106 xsi box.

Ollierockk · 21st December 2011, 13:54

Loving the progress mate

Just out of interest... what happened to your VTR wheels that you painted grey?

Gandi699 · 21st December 2011, 15:01

Cheers mate - the VTR wheels got sold to a guy on here who was local to me

Gandi699 · 22nd December 2011, 11:10

Fitted some flat wipers I bought last night as the original driver side one wasnt much good any more. £3 each from ASDA so cant moan at that.

Gandi699 · 24th December 2011, 19:52

When I got back from finalising the Xmas shopping I had some free time so I changed the gearbox driveshaft oil seals. I was told the seals from an AX were better as they have a tooth protector over the seal itself so on they went. I also paited the end cover as it was a bit crusty. Can anyone tell from the code what box this is? Ive been told its from a 106 xsi but I dont know if it was from the 1.4 or 1.6 if there is any difference? If anyone knows that Final Drive that'd help me too

Gandi699 · 24th December 2011, 20:23

Oh and Ive secured the speedo sensor now as I thought I'd lost the bolt but found it!

However, this appears to be a 1.5 Diesel box or atleast its casing. Will have to get back in touch with the seller and see if he wants to swap or it give me my money back!

Liam_ · 24th December 2011, 22:13

1.4 XSI final drive should be a 14 tooth pinion shaft and 60 tooth crownwheel (4.29) whereas the 1.6 XSI box is the same as S2 Rallye - 16 tooth pinion shaft and 65 tooth crownwheel (4.06).

If you still have the 6250 rev limit, I'd say a VTS/ S2 Rallye box should be ideal.

Sophia_Bush · 24th December 2011, 23:07

how was this running after you played with the fprs?

Gandi699 · 24th December 2011, 23:11

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Originally Posted by Sophia_Bush

how was this running after you played with the fprs?

After a little blast up a local farm track the fuelling seems, its still a touch rich as its decatted but after that run its not kicking out loads of steam/unburnt fuel