My 2003 Icelandic Grey VTR Progress Thread - MANI FITTED AND ENGINE BAY CLEANED PAGE 6! - Page 7 - Saxperience

raunchz · 17th January 2010, 16:11

Manifold looks very nice !!!

Car looks mint !! Refreshing not to see an induction kit on it !!

Ashleyp · 17th January 2010, 16:22

car looks minty fresh

chris_ph2 · 7th February 2010, 17:00

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Originally Posted by carlosfilippsen

Very tidy car indeed mate. Keep up the good work

thanks mate!

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mark_saxp get a video mate, would love to hear how this setup sounds !

mark

sounds awesome mate! had loads of good comments. nice and rumbly low down, boomy higher up, roars near the top then rasps and pops when you lift off! really loud too. gets so many looks. especially off chavs and and grannies haha

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raunchz Manifold looks very nice !!!

Car looks mint !! Refreshing not to see an induction kit on it !!

lol thanks mate i would probably have an open induction kit on it if it didn't reduce performance. panel filter is near enough best thing you can fit though plus it's loud enough with the exhaust etc. maybe get an enclosed kit at some point though

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Ashleyp car looks minty fresh

thanks mate. bad weather makes things difficult but still trying to keep up with the regular cleaning haha

cheers, chris

stevosvts · 7th February 2010, 19:52

It is a very nice car mate and even better in the flesh Ill look foward to seeing it hopefully on staurday

chris_ph2 · 14th February 2010, 12:31

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Originally Posted by stevosvts

It is a very nice car mate and even better in the flesh Ill look foward to seeing it hopefully on staurday

thanks mate yours looked top as always. goes well too!

Pearson · 14th February 2010, 12:42

That engine bay looks immaculate matey, keep up the good work and i hope to see your Sax @ F.C.S if you are going

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joe333 · 14th February 2010, 13:09

looks very clean

chris_ph2 · 19th February 2010, 13:12

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Originally Posted by Pearson

That engine bay looks immaculate matey, keep up the good work and i hope to see your Sax @ F.C.S if you are going

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thanks mate yeah definitely going fcs!

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14th February 2010 13:09
joe333 looks very clean

thanks mate!

it was the saxperience north west rolling road day at awesome gti in manchester on saturday

mine made 118.9bhp at the fly, 107.54bhp at the wheels and 112.79 ft/lbs torque

= 20.9bhp over the standard 98 and best vtr of the day so i'm happy!

was mostly saxos plus my mate in his gti-6, a vts'd ax, a clio 182, williams and s2 escort rs turbo

plus a completely standard looking mk5 golf gti turned up at the end and got 315bhp haha. there was a 370bhp older shape focus rs sat there aswell but it didn't go on the rollers

tempting to cam and remap mine but think i'd rather 16v it. drove my mate's tuned vts most the way back, was a good laugh! pretty much neck and neck with my mate's 172bhp gti-6 on the motorway. still really fancy a clio cup though

few pics from the day

and a vid

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4al74-BiRs0

cheers, chris

olie1988 · 19th February 2010, 14:38

top thread this and very nice car! am off to buy 1 tonight, exactly same colour but 02 plate completely standard, this thread has given me some good ideas!

scotty_04 · 19th February 2010, 14:49

looks awsome matey same wheels and colour as mine

ive been lookinf for the citroen sport badges for ages where did you get them from??

mark_saxp · 2nd March 2010, 20:14

Deffo get some drive by vids of your exhaust setup please ;D

SaxoIOW · 2nd March 2010, 20:22

Awsome rr result, i want to get mine on the rollers when i have got a manifold fitted. Looking foreward to seeing your car at fcs, been folowing it since i joined sax-p!

chris_ph2 · 11th June 2010, 23:11

sorry for the late reply!

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top thread this and very nice car! am off to buy 1 tonight, exactly same colour but 02 plate completely standard, this thread has given me some good ideas!

glad to be of help mate and glad you like! sounds a nice buy

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19th February 2010 14:49
scotty_04 looks awsome matey same wheels and colour as mine ive been lookinf for the citroen sport badges for ages where did you get them from??

got them off a lad on here mate when i first got the car over two years ago! think it might've been willsy? sure him or someone else on here still does them

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2nd March 2010 20:14
mark_saxp Deffo get some drive by vids of your exhaust setup please ;D

will do mate, really need to pull my finger out and get some! it sounds top! pops more now too with a nice rasp on liftoff. summer now aswell so no excuses. will try and get some on the way back from fcs while the car is looking its best

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2nd March 2010 20:22
SaxoIOW Awsome rr result, i want to get mine on the rollers when i have got a manifold fitted. Looking foreward to seeing your car at fcs, been folowing it since i joined sax-p!

good stuff mate cheers! yeah i was glad to have to manifold on before it went on the rollers. happy with the result aswell. fcs ticket arrived this morning, i'll be on the sax-p stand!

thanks for the posts

MartinCT · 28th July 2010, 15:46

Beautifull car.
How much do you have it lowered front/rear?
What size alloys and tires do you have? ET value's, spacers etc.
Does it rub any?

Thanks.

chris_ph2 · 28th July 2010, 18:52

thanks mate it's got 50mm eibach sportline springs on the front with the rear adjusted to match so i'd say about 50/55mm at the rear?

the alloys are 15" oz superturismos et 25 with 195/45 tyres, no spacers. did have 195/50 tyres but the tread rubbed the back of the rear arches on bad bumps and the front wheels rubbed on full lock. no rubbing at all now though ever. the inside of the rear tyres was rubbing the handbrake cables at the back but i've cable tied them out the way now and they don't touch

also got the standard 14" vtr wheels with 185/55 tyres and they don't rub either

cheers, chris

couttsyboy · 28th July 2010, 19:38

epic

saxomad197 · 28th July 2010, 20:40

like the car my fav colour. look good. not a fan really of aftermarket wheels. my friend got 172 had lot of electric faults and eat front tyres. got a vts it ok. it you get one get one reg b4 march 31 2001 wise road tax 245quid. id keep youre vtr. or transplant a 16v lump abs expensive to repair one abs sensor 140quid inc labour i had one. year ago abs light on again. wouldnt buy another vts have a vtr next time. good mpg get 40mpg that 97 octance fuel or shell v power apart from the abs it a good car. wouldnt part with it.

chris_ph2 · 28th July 2010, 22:57

best just remove the abs haha don't like it anyway!

would like some vts wheels as a spare set alongside the supert's but they're just too expensive and i'm pretty much set on a 172 cup now. got my eye on a minter aswell...

still tempted to 16v this but i'd end up spending loads on the engine, might as well spend loads on a 2.0 16v and have myself nigh on 200bhp!

buying a clio saves all the messing about with engine swaps aswell which i haven't really got time for at the minute!

mickymoe · 29th July 2010, 00:21

looking real good mate

Philly1983 · 29th July 2010, 18:35

Very nice mate.