Badgersport 106 XSI 16v (Cams, Polycarbs and bits #383) - Page 11 - Saxperience

Tim_W · 22nd March 2009, 20:05

Ste, I think all your hard work has finally paid off mate. I can't beleive how well your car performs, the torque is amazing. I can't wait to see what you come up with next, but like I told you the other day I think you should stick with the 1.4 8v lump. I recon you should cam it next and see what happens

Tim

qrty · 10th April 2009, 23:38

Ever need a hand with anything drop me a PM mate, will gladly help out on this beast!

Badgersport · 11th April 2009, 10:37

Woaaah sorry guys! Bit of a late reply. Been a mad few weeks. Been quite ill/started my new job and got a new car.

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Originally Posted by jpsaxo

Ste, you and Sam should go for a photoshoot mate! Looking mint, and xsi's are fast as fook im told as well!

Yea we should definatly meet up sometime and get some snaps. Yea they are pretty nippy. Certainly suprised me.

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Originally Posted by piggy123

ste will need to help me whore my car up more as after 3 washes it was still dirty

monday is a day to continue whoring

Haha im no car cleaning whore. usually 2 buckets 1 sponge. Sometimes don't even bother drying!

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Originally Posted by Alex-VTS

hopefully ill be in a similar situation (later april i think) so i may see you on a few days

Now i have got a job i will soon have a bit of money to spend on the xsi to sort a few niggles i have.

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Originally Posted by Tim_W

Ste, I think all your hard work has finally paid off mate. I can't beleive how well your car performs, the torque is amazing. I can't wait to see what you come up with next, but like I told you the other day I think you should stick with the 1.4 8v lump. I recon you should cam it next and see what happens

Tim

Cheers Tim! The car isn't shy. I am really impressed for a 1.4 8v engine. Well the car is going to my grandads for a bit so i will see what happens whilst it is there. Still need to pop round and show you my new car.

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Originally Posted by qrty

Ever need a hand with anything drop me a PM mate, will gladly help out on this beast!

Cheers Mate. Really not sure what to sort next on the xsi but when i've got some money im sure i will find something to spend it on.

Badgersport · 23rd July 2009, 19:52

Thought i would update this thread! So people know the cars still alive!

I haven't done all that much to the car as i have been kicking about in my 180bhp Ibiza TDI but i have decided i need to get the car ready so i can take it near a track!

Firstly i have removed the spring off the rear bias valve as before the car came off the road it was locking up really bad at the rear!

I have painted my OMP lower strut brace blue and fitted back onto the car.

Replaced a starter motor - But think it was a dirty earth.

And this is what i have been upto this week. I removed my bubbling B-pillars on the doors a while back to find that someone had tried to break in and done a bodged job of repairing it so i was going to need to replace the stickers but at £14 for them to bubble again. I decided to use the matt black paint in the garage which resulted in this:

And also a few weeks back my mate gave me a set of vtr wheels with 6mm of tread if i lower his Astra for him.

The plan is to swop the 185/55/r14 tyres onto the steelies and get rid of the 175/65/r14 balloon tyres.

And finally a random picture........yes the car is dirty........no i won't be cleaning it. I have cleaned it twice since i have owned the car (April 2008)

Hopefully i will start working on the car again and get some decent updates.

Ste

AlexB^p · 23rd July 2009, 22:43

nice man

glad to see its still going!
will be sweet when its finished

jpsaxo · 24th July 2009, 08:29

Good stuff Ste - Come to the Wales meet?!

Badgersport · 13th August 2009, 22:01

Reeeet

I have been working on the xsi again this week........a simple task turned into a big task!

I decided to adjust the way my front bumper was sat as it sagged on the drivers side really bad! So i removed the bumper and then found out why it was sagging.

And more rust

So i set about making a new bumper bracket and sorted the rust under the ecu

This is the plate i have made, i have chopped the rust. I will finish this off tomorrow hopefully.

And this is how the bumper is sitting now. Looks much better than before.

Also this week i have removed the cable driven xsi clocks and have fitted a set of vts clocks:

Thats all for now!

Ste

Badgersport · 14th August 2009, 17:28

Today i have fitted and sprayed the plate up. Its not perfect but is a damn sight better than before. I am now planning to purchase some Spax shocks and springs as i am currently on Jamex springs and standard shocks.

Ste

Badgersport · 17th August 2009, 21:29

Today when i got home from work the weather was pretty good. So i broke out the Blue hammerite (Slightly different shade but it'll do!)

I am on a mission at the moment to protect the underneath and hunt out anymore rust.

Before:

After:

Forgot to take a before pic for the OSR but heres the after:

I am waiting until i get new shocks before i hammerite the front so i don't have a strut in the way.

Ste

Ben · 17th August 2009, 21:34

Looks loads better mate =) Keep it coming.

Rob-6 · 17th August 2009, 22:09

good progress!

AlexB^p · 17th August 2009, 22:13

looking good man

piggy123 · 17th August 2009, 23:26

looks awesome now buddy

very similar to mine
P.S. quite big update to mine on tha way as we speak!

jpsaxo · 18th August 2009, 12:07

Looking good matey, very similar to Sams - and that rocks

Badgersport · 18th August 2009, 18:11

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Originally Posted by Ben

Looks loads better mate =) Keep it coming.

Thanks Ben! Small steps at the moment but in the long run will help the car.

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Originally Posted by robvts20

good progress!

Cheers Rob. Small update but i need to get my wallet out to spend some dosh on it.

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Originally Posted by AlexB

looking good man

Thanks Alex, not bad for a car thats cost less than £1000 to do so far.

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Originally Posted by piggy123

looks awesome now buddy

very similar to mine
P.S. quite big update to mine on tha way as we speak!

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Originally Posted by jpsaxo

Looking good matey, very similar to Sams - and that rocks

Cheers Sam/Josh. Really do hope i can get my xsi upto the standard of Sams one day. So much stuff i wish to steal off it!

Ste

Badgersport · 15th October 2009, 20:30

Its me again

Well progress is slow on the xsi at the moment.

I haven't seen the car for around a month now as its in my grandads spare garage where i will be doing all the work on the car until it comes out to play March - April time.

After buying the 2nd hand spax shocks and finding the lower bush damaged i decided to buy some new stuff.

I know there is much better suspension on the market but i have used spax on all my cars and i like the ride and quality of the stuff.

I have quite alot planned for the xsi this winter. Depends how far the money can stretch really.

Ste

shooorn94 · 16th October 2009, 09:23

Price wise spax is very good for the money I find, running the same setup on the sax atm. I can't fault it. Quite uncomfortable but that's to be expected

Good update fella.

Badgersport · 16th October 2009, 22:33

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Originally Posted by shooorn94

Price wise spax is very good for the money I find, running the same setup on the sax atm. I can't fault it. Quite uncomfortable but that's to be expected

Good update fella.

Thanks shooorn. I have used another makes of suspension (lower budget stuff) and always come back to the Spax.

Will get down my grandads sunday and start to tidy my working area and get some more updates!

Ste

jpsaxo · 18th October 2009, 09:37

Looking good as ever, few more bits and bobs and she'll be nicely ready for next year! Coming ring trip with us?!

Anthony · 18th October 2009, 12:22

Looks good mate. same suspension as me good stuff.