Can't say at this stage DH.

Luke has been busy making up the custom fully adjustable suspension to get the car sitting on it's own wheels, while not looking like a Fabia WRC wideboy.

The aim was to have it done for the end of March 2013.

In April we have the GTI Spring Festival at Santa Pod on the 14th and the Brisky Castle Combe track session two weeks later.

I want to have the car at both events, but as a stout Briskoda fan the Castle Combe day is more important to me.

While there is still plenty to do, the bulk of the awkward bespoke stuff has already been resolved, that being getting the engine, gearbox and 4x4 system fitted.

Baring in mind it's come a long way in the last few months since Luke has been dedicating most of his working week to it, I'm optimistic that it's on track to be finished some time in March.

During that time he's had a bad virus, jury service and now the Christmas holidays.

I appreciate what Jabbasport have done and how they have really pushed the project forward since the end of the racing season.

We have thirteen weeks before the planned deadline is upon us...

One thing's for sure... its too late to turn back now!

lol gonna be mental

can i book a place in the passenger seat on the castle coombe day please ;-)

will donate £50 to your wallet ;-)

lol gonna be mental

can i book a place in the passenger seat on the castle coombe day please ;-)

will donate £50 to your wallet ;-)

x1.. ill donate your wallet to my back pocket lol

Edited

Thanks for the offers guys, (Gee?) but I'm taking no reservations on passenger rides yet because:

1. I've had so many people ask.

2. If it's not had too much testing, I'll probably be taking a Jabbasport person round to see where it could be tweaked a little.

Anyway, you should all be taking your own cars round !!

Anyway, you should all be taking your own cars round !!

Too bloody right!

if i still have the 4x4 might take it around

Its my first time at combe so I'll just be a happy spectator :-) Are you driving up that morning or staying over night?

I always drive up in the morning. Usually some of us from Essex and Kent make a convoy.

Never spectated, first time I went my 7 week old Yeti ended up on the track.

It's really good fun and not a race. Well worth taking part IMO.

at the rate im going, im gonna have a push bike by the time combe comes!!

bloody car!

I always drive up in the morning. Usually some of us from Essex and Kent make a convoy.

Never spectated, first time I went my 7 week old Yeti ended up on the track.

It's really good fun and not a race. Well worth taking part IMO.

Oh cool, may join you for the convoy. I've already sent the money for clubstand only. Could I change my mind on the day?

Probably a question for Jason on the thread in SW meets.

If he doesn't fill all the track slots he usually lets some non-Skoda folk in close to the deadline.

Richard I hope you've done a video start to finish of the project ? And race day as well went it comes, then we can all see it from New Zealand to Timbuktu

Did you decide on what wheels yet Richard? Pepperpots at 185/40-60/15?

Sorry updates have been a little few and far between, since coming back from jury service I have drawn up all the bits to be lazier cut for the project, and ordered all the rose joints needed for the citigo! Due to the December post the rose joints took a little longer to come than expected which held up the measuring and manufacturing for the wishbones :slaps forhead:

however I got there, and I made a jig too just incase we need to replicate them at a later date (I have made them so they will work for both sides which cuts down having loads of spares on the shelf...)

I have managed to get a fair bit of length on the wishbones so the arc the hub will follow shouldnt give a bad geometry change like it does on the standard TT setup, and the adjustability I have built into the mounts means we should be able to set it up to have a small amount of rear steer and also have anti squat...

Whilst I have been waiting for the bits to arrive I have been working back on the front of the car, stripping down the front of the engine and making the bracket to fit the small alternator for clearence, and making the new slim line crash bar for the front (this will cut down on space behind the bumper but being that it's now made of 2 25x2mm CDS tubes bent to the shape of the bumper it should be a hell of a lot stronger than the original bulky one too!)

Next job for next week will be cutting out the rear tubs to make the new turrets for the rear suspension top mounts!

This would be so much faster moving if there was blueprints to build the car from, but unfortunately there's a fair amount of planning to do before I can just go cutting metal out of the shell! Lol

Luke

luke your doing a sterling job mate well done

So, thirteen weeks no problem then Luke.

I will quite honestly consider going to Combe, just to see this, and indeed Simon's GT30 Octavia vRS. Incredible.

Smart move on the Jig dude.

Looking like there is still a hell of a lot more to do......

Did i read that right? you are cutting the rear turrets out and completely rebuilding them?????? :wonder:

I would have thought you would have just strenghend the current one..... wowsers.... this is going to end up stiff

Could I change my mind on the day?

No. :p

Did i read that right? you are cutting the rear turrets out and completely rebuilding them?????? :wonder:

I would have thought you would have just strenghend the current one..... wowsers.... this is going to end up stiff

Case of having too.

Rear turrets were not designed for the application in hand...

Your project is very similar to what is going on at Central VW Audi, Simon is in the process of putting the four wheel drive system from a TT under a G60 shell, the power will come from a TTRS unit he acquired from somewhere, should be a hell of a machine when it is done, but unlike Mr Fox his project fits in around day to day garage life and runs at a much slower pace.

I am really looking to forward to seeing the Citi-go-go go around Castle Combe.

Case of having too.

Rear turrets were not designed for the application in hand...

Couldn't really see Mr Skoda thinking to himself let's not put those weedy ones in just in case someone decides to throw a massive lump in it

Castle Coombe wonder if the boss man will give me the day off for this one :think:

Castle Coombe wonder if the boss man will give me the day off for this one :think:

Isn't that what holiday is for?

:lol:

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True, but as you can appreciate Saturdays are (usually) the bread and butter days, Sundays we all go to church

Plus I should've put, and missus, as we've got a little Brisky Karting day on the Sunday (that she doesn't know about) so need to book some time off from the house.

Fingers crossed the car will get a run before then though, wouldn't want to be of one the first to know of it's existence and be the last to see it go-go-go.