group1rs's black magic 2002 octy vrs

[Fear]

Looking good Pete wide mouth looks alot more at home now!

[group1rs]

It's the winter of content and so the tidy up continues.

Not a great issue and it's been like this for a couple of years now. The grill surround was missing a corner !

My recent trip to OET saw me pick up an un damaged one. So off with the old.

Then to the workshop(kitchen) to swap over chrome with my plasti dipped black insert.

Then assembly is reversal of removal as it says in the Haynes bible.

Job done.

[Jonny5ive]

Looking really good Pete

[Dark_Hero]

Good job Pete

[kentphil1]

Thats a nice RS2000 Pete, I had a white group 1 RS, loved it to death. My one had 5 link suspension, anti dive and a rocket box, and by the sound of it, similar engine spec.

The Octy is looking stunning as usual, seeing the garages in the back of the photo, you still got you roof after the winds?.

[group1rs]

Thats a nice RS2000 Pete, I had a white group 1 RS, loved it to death. My one had 5 link suspension, anti dive and a rocket box, and by the sound of it, similar engine spec.

The Octy is looking stunning as usual, seeing the garages in the back of the photo, you still got you roof after the winds?.

Hey buddy thanks for the comments. And Garages all still have roofs on.

[Lloyd55vrs]

Fixedness

I think im retired ha ha

Octy is cooool matey

[VRSchrisphebe]

This is by far my favourite octy I have seen, it looks amazing and by the sounds of it goes very well, if my car could be half as good as this I will be happy, great work mate, you should be very proud of the work you have done with this.

[Lloyd55vrs]

The peteymobile is awesome

And the most loved octy ever i think

[Fear]

This is by far my favourite octy I have seen, it looks amazing and by the sounds of it goes very well, if my car could be half as good as this I will be happy, great work mate, you should be very proud of the work you have done with this.

It goes very well and Pete knows exactly what its capable of!!

[giannis amaliada]

I like the new black big mouth.Ages better i think

[Bowders1]

Oh and a few have asked where the group1rs name originated from.

Well here she is.

Genuine group1 Rs 2000 complete with all group1 options inc long range fuel tank. 44 idf down draughts LSD. 200 ish BHP.

And yes I wish I still had her.

Looks just like my old RS2000 Pete.

I miss mine too. Including the MK 1 and MK 2 Mexico's I had before the RS2. Even miss the S1 RSTurbo I had that handled like it was on rails.

Sent from my Samsung S3

[group1rs]

Looks just like my old RS2000 Pete.I miss mine too. Including the MK 1 and MK 2 Mexico's I had before the RS2. Even miss the S1 RSTurbo I had that handled like it was on rails.Sent from my Samsung S3

Yep I too being the age I am have had a long list of Ford RS vehicles. Hindsight is a wonderful thing. If only I still had them all. Ohh well never mind. Sob sob !

[Craig85]

Cars (past and present) both look great! So clean and spot on, superb.

I was once offered a RS2000 from one of my old managers when I was 19 for the princely sum of £995 and it was pretty much the same looks wise as yours was Pete.

I nearly bought it until I checked the insurance and that at the time was over £3k TP F&T so I didn't do it. How gutted I am now I didn't just put it away in my parents garage as it wasn't mint but still was an amazing car and one of my all time favourite escorts :(

Top cars buddy, just look awesome

[group1rs]

Operation shiny front panel and bumper complete. Number plate re attached. What a PITA removing the old double sided tape ! Thumbs are quite sore now !

And OEM decals sourced for slam panel. Finishes it off nicely.

[Adamweal]

i see this the other day so for anyone wondering it looks absolutely awesome! completely changed the look under the bonnet with that very glossy slam panel IMO

[Lloyd55vrs]

Id still want it carbon dipped

[group1rs]

Thank you Ebay. Been looking for a spare BBS alloy for ages. They very seldom come up singularly but this week one did. Not a million miles away. But still a three hour round trip.

To get this.

Which resulted in this.

Next stop Lepsons to get alloy refurbished then new Vredestein then to be all hidden in boot. What a waste !

[Lloyd55vrs]

Hehe a hidden beauty

[BossFox]

Picture from Brands Hatch today.

 

 

In between driving my own car I went out as a passenger with Pete.

 

Have to say it's impressive.

A very well balanced mixture of brakes, front diff and not too much power.  Combined with Pete's smooth driving style and quick lines left quite a few people scratching their heads today, including a few Porsche drivers that got overtaken by a black family Skoda...

 

Just shows how quickly you can go in a well set up car if the driver knows what they are doing.

[BossFox]

I had a look at the footage on the GoPro you borrowed, of the last session and it is rather amusing.

Now I know why that Porsche driver kept looking at your car in disbelief back in the pits...

 

Will post it up tomorrow when I get chance to save and upload it.

[missingmyvrs]

Pete is very smooth driver was quick at coombe also

[BossFox]

Pete is very smooth driver was quick at coombe also

 

I know, I remember chasing him round in both sessions.

[group1rs]

Here follows Quote posted on Pistonheads from the guy in the Porsche Boxster Spyder in the garage next to us.

hi all,

great day out. I was in the boxster spyder.

Thanks for the video on the tank Slapper Paul and Ben. Must have been 1 heck of a long 3 secs.

Wonder what I would have done.....

The first thing comes to mind is to miss the apex and plough straight on but easier said than done. anyways what matters is that you/car are safe.

bloody VRS was respectably fast. How can a 220bhp 1400kg VRS Octavia make 1.02s all day long...

[BossFox]

Final session before we left, video from my GoPro in Pete's Octy...

 

He spends a fair amount of time playing with Porsches and I put in an appearance too.

 

 

Some decent footage of the goings on between Pete and overgrown beetles from my car too, video here:

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/290500-richards-gt-r-thread-old-and-new/?p=3686494