sorry for the lack of updates people. this was finished just in time for hillclimb and was the car I entered. will finish putting pics etc up...
There was space issues with fitting the saxo disk beam to the ax. The wheels fouled the arch majorly.
This was solved in true pikey fashion with a bottle jack and a hammer!
The engine was a tight squeeze!!! I suffered bad gear engagement issues due to the engine mount used during the hillclimb, I have since rectified this.
The 4 branch mani i am running sits very clsoe to the rad too!
Heres a pic of me looking extra cool next to my factory race ax!
and a big thanks to Mallaby for helping this project come together in time for the hillclimb!
All in all not a bad conversion. Cheap nippy car. I wish I had sigend upto the ax owners club earlier as its had every scrap of info needed.rather than me siting through wires for hours and wondering how to get round issues... ah wel live and learn.
The car is a standard VTS engine with idncution kit, 4-2-1 manifold, straight through exhaust with a standard backbox. s1 rallye gearbox and lightened flywheel. I had to fit bonnet pins whcih was a shame as its lost its "stealth look" The bonnet hinge was broken so it needed to be done.
As the whole thingw as designed to be a budget racer, everyhting ahs been done to be a s cheap and effective as possible. The rallye steelies were stolen for now as I wasnt going to pay out for new tyres for the hillclimb and as the rallyes off the road I may aswell make use of them.
The only new parts I ahve paid out for has been oil filter, fuel filter, oil, 2x track rod ends, 2 top mounts and 2 lower arms... the lower arms i fitted were standard ax ones... I have sicne learnt that fitting theese fouls the saxo front ARB i was goign to fit so I would like to fit saxo ones in teh future so I can fit the front ARB aswell.
I havent worked out a total cost yet but its not much at all. somwhere around the £300 mark and that includes tax for it aswell!
I dont really plan to do much else to it really. could do with soem 14" hub caps to hide the sporty steels and add to the stealth character. so yeah a cheap fun car really... willt ry and get a couple of vids from hillclimb posted too
oh and she hasnt been wahsed since i bought the car too! (except where i needed to stick the race numbers on) haha
