The spec list so far

Engine:

VTS engine
QEP big valve head
Catcams turbo cams
Iapel low compression forged pistons
Pistons modified with valve cut outs
Catcams Forged con rods
8:1 comp ratio
Apex-i custom air filter system
Custom 12mm fuel feed pipe
Custom 10mm fuel return pipe
Pug sport baffled sump kit
Engine fully rebuilt
Competition cam belt
GMC adjustable vernier pullies
New hydraulic lifters
AP twin plate lug drive clutch
Modified flywheel for AP clutch
Pug sport BE3 to TU bell housing casing
206 GTI 180 gear set
Quaife ATB diff
Pug sport Group A engine mounts with rose jointed torque link
Custom made gear linkages
Prop shaft clinic custom made driveshaft’s
DP custom inlet manifold modified at Nor-mal
DP custom fuel rail
Nor-mal custom fuel rail
8 x Rochester/Delphi 525 injectors
Huge 85mm throttle body
DP equal length exhaust manifold
Garrette GT28RS turbo
Tial 40mm external waste gate
Tial 50mm blow off valve
DP 3 inch down pipe
Camcoat ceramic coated inside and out
Gems EM36 Ecu
GMC intercooler modified by Nor-mal
GMC radiator
Mocal 19 row oil cooler
Mocal temp stat sandwich plate
Mocal take off plate
Mocal remote filter head
Alpha 170l/h fuel pump
Alpha 3.5bar fuel pressure reg
High flow fuel filter
1 litre swirl pot
Engine oil catch tank
Simpson custon race exhaust
Omex 3 bar Map sensor
Custom cam position sensor
KMS wideband lambda and screen
Varley red top 30 battery relocated to behind passanger seat

Performance:

Hoping for 300bhp@wheels

Interior:

2x Cobra Imolar 2 seats
Sabelt 6 point race harnesses
Momo 270mm steering wheel
Richbrook gear knob and surround
GMC short shift kit
Stripped out
SPA dash system
Safety Devices Roll cage on order

Exterior:

16 inch OZ superleggera wheels
Dimma grill
Morrette head light conversion
Custom made cold air feeds
Fogs removed and meshed

Brakes:

Hispec billet 4 Brake callipers
300mm grooved and vented discs with alloy bells
Tilton brake bias valve mounted inside cabin
Mintex 1155 front pads
Mintex 1144 rear pads
Black diamond SS brake flexes

Suspension:

GMC group N Bilstein front dampers
Faulkner 250lbs springs
Pug sport 3.5 inch coil over conversion kit
Comp brake caster/camber adjustable alloy top mounts
Citroen sport group N bottom arms
Modified Pug 206 GTI 180 front wheel hubs
Sparco upper strut brace
OMP Lower strut brace
Koni adjustable rear dampers
Pug sport 22mm torsion bars
Pug sport 25mm anti roll bar
Pug sport group N rear beam bushes and bump stops

ICE/Security:

Alpine 4x60 head unit
Phoenix gold 5.25 inch door components
Clifford concept 600 alarm immobiliser

Thanks

John at GMC Motorsport
Mark at Yorkshire Stainless
Peter and Nick at The Prop Shaft Clinic
Mick at CG Motorsport
Simon at TMS
Mick and Steve at M&S Automotive
John and Jonny at Atkinson Motorsport
Chris at Norm-ally

There are loads more parts im sure but cant remember

right back to the start

i bought my saxo vtr in october 2003 i think

first mod was the bmc induction kit but it wasnt long before i also bought a supersprint racing decat and middle box rememover with a scorpion sazuka back box which was pritty noisy to say the least lol

then came the suspension at the time i loved it and i dont care what you say it didnt handle that bad i had a spax psx kit with spax -60mm springs and rear lowered 100mm with brakes adjusted to suit

then it was time for the alloys i knew all along that the turbo was going to happen so i ordered some 16 inch OZ supperlegeras

next came the VTS conversion i did this at home on the floor in a day and a half couldnt belive how easy it was only thing i regreated was i kept the vtr box on which made it good 1st and 2nd but was abit long in the other gears

next i got the huge brakes and strut braces

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next i bought the dimma grill and headlamp conversion and i made my double inlets in my lights

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then in 2005 it was time to brave the track for the first time and before i did out came the rear seats the rear quater trims etc..

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after suffering at kames with the rear locking which every one told me was due to my suspension i decided to go for some hardcore suspension so that got ordered from various places and fitted i was impressed by the handling but the rear locking up was even worse so the time came to fit an adjustable biav valve in the car

at a similar time i decided i also needed buckets and harnesses as i was sliding all over the shop on the track i also removed the carpet and sound proofing

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then it happened was driving home from work and the engine starting tapping really loud

i stripped the rockers off and it all looked ok so took the cam belt covers off and it was ok so tryed to turn the engine over and found the engine was turning but the belt wasnt the wood rough key had sheered and the bottom pully stopped turning

so out came the vts engine and back in the vtr

after 2 weeks the clutch started slipping so off came the box again and in went a new performance clutch and it was all ok again

after meeting andy dea at kames 2005 i was really interested in his prodject and was watching it happen like a hawlk then i was shocked when he text me to tell me he was selling up and wanted to know if i wanted any parts which i obviously bit his hands off for them

i bought all his turbo stuff and afew other bits was well pleased this was december 2005 i think lol

next i stripped downthe vts engine

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i had been pritty lucky really only bent 4 valves and everything else was ok

so it was time to order the parts after alot of fcuking about which i wont go into it in here but most people know any way lol i finally got my pistons rods and head back which was fully worked with bigger valves etc...

so i rebuilt the engine myself

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it had to be done so i fished my turbo bits out and slotted them on the engine just for a look

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any way the engine was fully done ready to go back in

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so the engine was done but i would have been abit rude to fit it with an ma box so along came the be3 conversion i bought all the genuine mounts from pugsport but the box i had didnt have the corect casing for the top mount so i bought another be3 box and swooped the insides about and it fit nicely with my new ap twin plate

then came kames 2006 i was pleased too find that i had changed from my vts engine last year back to my vtr engine and i was 3 seconds a session faster than my previous best which was a a second a lap which i was pleased with as its only a small track

so the vtr engine came back out and the vts back in it was all in so then came the custom shafts to be measured up and made but then the bloke making the shafts said there was no point going to all this expense with the uprated box and shafts then fitting dog shit saxo outer cv joints as they were made from toffie lol so after alot of research and a friendly engineer i converted my hubs to 206 gti 180 type to take the larger cast cv joints rather that the pressed tin ones on the saxo so that was sorted

but i was reading the forum in the suspension section about polly bushes and thought to my self i had gone to all the expense of a shit hot suspension setup and i had the 7 year old rubber bushes on my car so i decided to stop messing about and ordered some shitroen sport group n front arms and pugsport group n rear beam bushes also i thought the top mount were taking plenty of hammer so i rang comp brake who sent me some new spring tops and alloy strut tops which i recived and found the nut of the damper pistion fit really shit only about 3 threads so back to my engineer who machines my top nuts how i wanted them and they fit like a glove

any way it was all sorted so the engine could be started which it did first turn of the key sweet as a nut i was well pleaed

i set about running it in did 500 miles on running in oil then a further 500 miles on normal mineral oil

then was the time to give it some pain to check it didnt fall apart after the rebiuld and it was good news it even seemed pritty fast for a low compression car was just as fast as any standard vts

next i was persuaded to go on track at trax 2007 so i booked it and 3 days before my exhaust cracked so i tryed to order a new supersprint centre even though it was only going to be used for another week but as usaul the hole of italy was on they anual holidays so it was either cancel or put the standard vtr section on the vts engine which i did and i couldnt belive the power it sapped i went from been like a standard vts to slower than a vtr it just struggled like hell to get past 6k i presume the low comp was the main cause of this

so i did trax with ssc then at half 4 i was walking past the padock and i heard an anouncement that there was loads of spare places for the last session so they had cut the price by half so then me and masher whent running back to the ssc stand to find we were virtually the only cars there and went and did a further 30mins on track and all was good except my tyres lol

back to the parts i got my turbo manifold and down pipe to cam coat for ceramic coating inside and out

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next came the lengthy conversation with john from GMC who took me step by step through the bast things to get now to get good power and the right way to do it

so the car was taken off the road and the front end was stripped down to nothing virtually the exhaust manifold was removed and the inlet was removed i fitted new new fuel pipes and my cam position sensor

then i had a problem we didnt think i would have engough fuel with 4 injectors for the power i was after so i did some research and found chris at nor-mal who was happy to take on the job of cutting up and chopping and welding some very expensive parts after alot wasnt confident enought of doing it after i told them how much it was worth lol

now i have fitted all the turbo and inlet on
and found the intercooler wouldnt fit due to the size of the turbo so i welded a new section on to the front crossmember and moved the rad/intercooler mounts farward 2 inches and all was well until i tryed to close the bonnet lol

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so i put my new kevlar bonnet on and trimmed it to death till it would close job done lol this is now away at the body shop

now i have connected some of the pipes up

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my other 4 injectors arrived so they have been fitted

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i have fully fitted the inlet now with a ptfe gasket and thats it for now sorry for the huge first post lol

work in progress

Si

wow thats awesome i cant wait to see more from this

Awesome thread Si, this is going to be a BEAST!!

Good work Si. As Josh said going to be a beast

Finally!

Ditto the comments...

thanks for the comments people

will try to keep it up to date

Si

what else is to do??

whens it getting mapped??

I can't wait until this is running! Incredible hulk!

This and John's (GMC) car are the two main ones i've been looking forward to the past year or so. Should both be amazing.

I have to laugh at every kitchen photo though

Can't be much left to do now though....

i have made abit more progress the swerl pot filter and pump have been located

to do i need to make a bracket for the fuel pressure reg and pipe it up

locate my header tank which i cant find anywhere yet lol

then the big task of making my wiring loom from scratch when this is done if johns parts have arrived for his race car i should be able to use his map to start it then i can take it to simpsons for exhaust making

then the good part GMC

Si

looking awesome mate!!

fooking hell!

this will be awesome, carnt wait to see it finished

at long bloody last lol

looking good sy bet you cant wait now

looks amazing si! lovin the inlet manifold!