The Track Shed!!!!

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Cut and pasted from another site so CBA editing if some info is a bit out!! Mods feel free to move if this is the wrong section.




As some of you know I am getting rid of the 197 that was meant to be my track toy, a crippling finance payment, ****e fuel economy and other issues have meant it has to go.

Got a couple of good petrol head mates who fancied a track toy so we set about looking. We knew we wanted a ph1 172 as its a quick little car that, with some minor tweaks, can be quite capable on track.

After some searching we discovered this sorry looking example....









Looking past the battle scars it seemed ideal for what we wanted. Damag is only cosmetic and for track use all we really need is a bumper. Bonnet will be pinned (as its the rare ally one) and we have plans for the passenger side light.



All this for the tidy sum of £520!!!



Car arrives tomorrow and striping starts Thursday.

 

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Progress today



Got the old girl off the trailer to take off the mashed bits







Looking better not much damage at all TBH!







Then we started tinkering







Rear stripped



Front stripped







Tons of sound deadening.... out it came







The junk...





Thats all for now, just a pic of the new off road stance to finish lol!

 

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One of the lads cracked on some more.

Started on the dash stripping but was halted by the mother of all star bolts

 

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Base model dash top bought so we can ditch the airbag.

 

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Me old mate and car partner has been busy today too!!

Whipped the rest of the dash out, and all of the sound deadning, then the heater matrix and clutter out.

Just need a U bend to blank off the heater rad thing then we're set for re-assemblage. Plenty of wiring to sort through and lighten!!

 

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Me and Ali got the new coilovers on this afternoon, Was a bit of a pain gettin some of the 10yr old bolts off

The leaking old back shock



New shock and spring fitted



Tired looking front suspension



All new off roader stance, Obviously needs adjusting yet, but the main aim was to get it fitted and then fine tune the ideal ride height.

 

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Ali has been busy again while I am suffering with man flu!!

Finished off lightening and tidying the loom and then fitted the dash so pics of that
















And the amount of wiring removed





Then tidyed the inside,mine and ashs turn bext at the sound deadning because its a bugger to clean.










And front bumper fitted Just need a grill and some headlights now







a test fit!

 

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started stripping and pinning the boot, Then we made a start on fitting the matched inlets, Also fitted new pads, and ajusted the coilovers to improve the stance.

Next job is,
Finish off inlets (had to get some new gaskets),
Fit braided brake lines,
Airocatches for the bonnet,
Move battery and ecu

Then wait for parcels to arrive with headlights, grill and seat rails.

Pics















Top inlet removed




Dash pretty much finished




Better stance




Group picture

 

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Inlets (Angelworks matched jobbies) fitted... Need a couple of bolts as the ten yr old ones snapped!!







Heater matrix gone







We will sort some lighter 12v blowers for the screen

 

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Our Sparco seat rails and Scorpion cat back exhaust turned up today.
Since there is going to be 3 of us driving the car we have got an ajustable drivers rail, but just a fixed passengers.

The exhaust will have to wait for a drier day though.

 

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Right made a fair bit of progress over the last couple of days, but i'll let the pics do the talkin.

First exhaust
Then Windows

 

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Progress

Grile






All polycarb except rear screen have been fitted, Door skins removed, old rubbish tyres have been removed and the alloys have been primered. Just need to spray in some wacky colour now and get the 888's fitted. Then i gotta fit the braided brake lines. And next big job is cage then it should be ready for the track

 

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Quick updates!



Wheels




Bonnet catches to keep the beaten bonnet closed (have to be aero now on the front for all tracks)

 

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Well, the tinkering has been done. Lots more we need but we will pick these up as we see them (if the price is right).



Picked up a set of "wets" with some good Goodrich tyres on for less than a ton, just in case its too wet for the 888s. Dunno what they are, supposed German Touring Car rims from years ago but I'm not sure I believe that. They look OK and they do the job.











Think I want to spray the mis matched lights (one is a new one) black but they'll do for now!

 

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Slider done keeping with the ghetto theme it looks home made like it should on this car lol.




And tidied up the insides of the doors with some edging tape stuff to make sure there are no sharp edges!!!

 

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LOL.... gotta love the ghetto £20 DIY poly rear window. Team bodge FTW!

 

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Rough and ready much????

 

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Well the first track day as a great success, she ran perfectly all day - didnt miss a beat once!!



Have got a vid on the way of my first session and my first ever drive of the car... had a storming last session but the ****ing camera has messed the recording up, wont play as an AVI so if any of you are computer whizzes and can fix it that would be great!!!



there was some big boys toys there today, caterhams, hayabusa powered kit cars, and some sort of Chevron monster - but we held our own against the cars more in our league.



Here are some of the pics of the day:

it was a cold morning...


Then managed to pass the sound test,






move please type r...



Final result of the day - bald tyres

 

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Cant embed vids

So here is my first drive!! Second time ever at Oulton!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80vP67qCWbI