Phil's Fabia 1.8t Build Thread (ex 1.2 12v)

[BJB540]

Wow Phil, you ruined that

 

6 hour trip... Nearly as long as it took my to get up the hill towing you 

[pip_vrs]

Wow Phil, you ruined that

 

6 hour trip... Nearly as long as it took my to get up the hill towing you 

 

HAHA massive thanks for the tow away from Brands Hatch

[BJB540]

Anytime mate Hope David paid you for the fuel as well!

[pip_vrs]

Anytime mate Hope David paid you for the fuel as well!

Not yet..

[andsoutham]

If you need a tow at bedford Ill volunteer the mighty torque of the derv

[pip_vrs]

New CV joint to replace the knackered one.

New boots on the other shaft as they had 'vent' holes which leaked grease on track.

Used metal cable ties on the boots so i could get them tight.

Getting ready for the next track day at Bedford.

[pip_vrs]

Spent an hour on the headlights today. Nice cheap easy modification which improveslooks and visibility.

Chucked them in the oven..

Drilled a 2mm hole for full beam solenoid..

Then fitted projectors and put back in the oven..

Then fitted..

Just need to adjust the lights once i move the car so its flat..

[pip_vrs]

A few pics from Bedford on 2/12/16. Really good day, consistantly lapping at 3 mins dead. With a few under 3 and quickest was 2:57. Ive deleted all the laps which had a bit of traffic of cool down.

[pip_vrs]

Nothing exciting..

Bored over xmas on nights at work. Managed to sort a tow strap as Javelin always make me take my foglight cover off.

Did plan to do it another way but this was quicker, will do another one next set of nights :-)

[pip_vrs]

Bit of prep for Blyton Park tomorrow.

Old cv boot that wripped off on the last lap of Bedford, not sure why theyre ripping all i can think is heat and stretching?

Whilst seapping wheels to my Rainsport TD1.2 set i tried on a 16" steel i have kicking about.. it fits!!! Just

Then glued up my iphone mount to stop any. Ibrations so i can record and use HLT.

[pip_vrs]

Good day out at Blyton Park on Sunday. About 60/65 laps between me and my dad, ran with Rainsports all day due to the weather. I managed to overheat them in the rain but they held out well. Had to straight line 'the wiggler' twice due to sliding.

Few pictures from the day..

A few double/treble lap times for some reason and a few others deleted along the way. 1.24 was quickest lap which i didnt think was too bad in rain.

No issues with the car either :-)

[Lofty]

Looks ace in the pictures Phil. Good to see it getting its head kicked in on track!

[pip_vrs]

Allways getting its head kicked in haha

[pip_vrs]

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[stuart vrs]

I like reading these build threads, all you people put so much passion into converting and modifying these fabias. And you help each other out if you hit a problem, keep up the good work.

[pip_vrs]

Going on a RR tomorrow at Regal Tuning in York. So thought i'd get the tracking sorted as it felt really bad..

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feels better and doesnt try to pull wheeel from your arms.

thought i'd go for a nice drive, had some clunking when turning left. Thought the CV was on its way out so headed home. Pulled onto my drive and scraped my arch, thought thats a bit strange.

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thought how can they have added 10mm to the wheel, then realised what the clunking was..

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Got that toghtened and checked the rest!! All tight?!?

 

had a quick check on fault codes, ABS fault from Brands Hatch, suspect low fluid as filled up and been ok since. Cleared airbag light too as i unclipped the loom by accident a while ago.

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Edited 24 January, 2017 by pip_vrs

[pip_vrs]

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[Lofty]

Some heat crazing on those wheels Phil! Always a sign of how hard you're using it.

[andsoutham]

16 hours ago, Lofty said:

Some heat crazing on those wheels Phil! Always a sign of how hard you're using it.

 

on our track day at Bedford a few months ago a few of the guys in other cars were saying how the disks were glowing when he was braking into corners!

 

[pip_vrs]

If its not on fire your. Ot trying hard enough haha

 

day out at Regal tuning, my mates 650i ran 310bhp and its 360bhp standard so the rollers were deffo reading low.

i ran 198, 199 and 204bhp not too fussed on numbers. There were big flames on the overrun down but i didnt video that run.. typical

[pip_vrs]

If its not on fire your. Ot trying hard enough haha

 

day out at Regal tuning, my mates 650i ran 310bhp and its 360bhp standard so the rollers were deffo reading low.

i ran 198, 199 and 204bhp not too fussed on numbers. There were big flames on the overrun down but i didnt video that run.. typical

[pip_vrs]

Got bored today..

 

[hutchysrs50]

Impressive bag holder that!