Solid top mounts sorted 

Gaz gha's ordered. specced the front springs a bit stiffer 550lb fr 450lb rear and went with rose jointed rear mounts. 4 week build time though 😞

 

 

Electrics aren't my forté but i managed to wire a battery cutoff switch in and what a laugh that's been.

Take the keys out and it still runs until you turn the cutoff switch which baffled me, I've checked the wiring over and over and I've since been told thats normal?

 

Still not 100% convinced on that though.

 

Its had a new injector after one was found to be faulty and a decent lambda again faulty. 

Now ticks over nice and smooth

 

Gaz's should be built and here this week

 

Picked up some poly front windows with lockable sliders, still need to source the rear ones but I'll probably buy new as they aren't that dear tbh.

 

Picked up some non xenon headlights to do a cold air feed mod to do i could still retain lights and use it on the road. 

Didn't quite go to plan as it turns out the internals are pretty brittle and having a heavy hand meant i now have headlight blanks instead

 

 

Edited 8 July, 20196 yr by SNH

Still need to get hold of a port to tidy it up and i'll just have to settle with swapping them at track days.

 

Edited 8 July, 20196 yr by SNH

4 week wait was worth it

Light at the end of the tunnel! 

Track rod ends and ball joints then it can have the front wheels fitted so i can roll it about.

Edited 12 July, 20196 yr by SNH

Edited 18 July, 20196 yr by SNH

1 minute ago, SNH said:

Nearly there, Got it booked in for a shakedown track day yet?

So its on all 4's again!

Ordered lemforder rod ends and ball joints from ecp and for some reason they sent them seperate, rod ends turned up yesterday and joints today

 

Wheels are only temp things to roll it around while i decide on some 15's since getting rid of the super t's, 

Suspension wants a fettle to get the ride heights something like front and rear.

Still plenty to go at but its getting there

 

Edited 18 July, 20196 yr by SNH

8 minutes ago, shyVRS245 said:

Nearly there, Got it booked in for a shakedown track day yet?

 

Not yet, hoping it'll be ready to mot by the end of the year and I'll get some road miles on it to make sure its all ok before i kick its head in on track

 

3 minutes ago, SNH said:

 

Not yet, hoping it'll be ready to mot by the end of the year and I'll get some road miles on it to make sure its all ok before i kick its head in on track

 

Guess the X5 will make a good tow car.

5 minutes ago, shyVRS245 said:

Guess the X5 will make a good tow car.

 

The plan is to daily this and drive it to and from track, if now I've gone a bit overboard with it and its not very nice to live with as a daily I'll no doubt have to look at buying a trailer and prize the x5 off the mrs

 

12 minutes ago, SNH said:

 

The plan is to daily this and drive it to and from track, if now I've gone a bit overboard with it and its not very nice to live with as a daily I'll no doubt have to look at buying a trailer and prize the x5 off the mrs

 

Wow that's a hardcore daily. I won't even lower/stiffen my Vrs as I like the comfort too much and accept it will understeer a fair bit on track.

I was wandering if your are planning to keep it road legal.  Guess that answers the question.

2 hours ago, MarkyG82 said:

I was wandering if your are planning to keep it road legal.  Guess that answers the question.

 

That is the plan, 

Bumpers now quick release and the light blanks use the oe mount holes so take seconds to swap over at track days. 

There's no warning lights on the dash so everything will be pretty much mot'able

 

Solid engine mounts on.

 

Not updated in a while, 

Rear poly windows are in 

Abs is deleted (waiting on internal braided kit coming to replace all the lines.

Handbrake cables on 

Poly window slider scoops ordered 

As there's no aircon i want a roof scoop but have been told to try these first as the scoops tend to be really noisey. 

Ordered from acw motorsport plastics (same place i got the rear windows) to give them a try. 

 

Slider scoops to try and force some cold air in

 

Lots more pics and randomness on my insta

 

https://www.instagram.com/cheapskate_racing/

Had a couple of 172's in this last week so I've managed to grab a few bits off them for mine. 

Decent rear calipers as i think one of mine is sticking and some 15's. 

Not what I'd have bought as i hate multispokes and black wheels but they were free. bit wide for track but they'll do for the road. They want some decent rubber once its driveable and a refurb which is happening today hopefully. 

New steering wheel and boss also arrived too

 

Temp Harness bar welded in