Matts cheapo saxo track bapper VTR/S

[Matt-Rallye]

So... I started a bet with a group of friends that we could all build fun & fruity little french track cars each for under a grand!

So i started with a £100 saxo VTR and so far have spent £50 on some wheels from bash, and £20 on some tyres from work, then another £150 for a donor vehicle from work... Currently well within budget!

Current spec (some parts i already had lying around and fitted)

1.6 8v 100bhp motor

4 branch tubular exhaust manifold
Supersprint 2" decat exhaust system
Lowered excessively all round
Powdercoated yellow cyclones with 185/55/15 budget tyres
Gti6 front brakes 283mm
Full interior.

Future spec (before pugfest mostly)

1.6 16v 120bhp motor (from donor saxo VTS)

4 branch tubular exhaust manifold
Supersprint 2" decat exhaust system 
Lowered 50mm all round
Powdercoated yellow clones with 195/45/15 federal SS595 tyres
Wilwood 4pot midilite calipers with 280mm discs
Stripped interior with bucket seats & 4 point harnesses
Strut braces 

Some pics of how it stands currently and the donor VTS 










The idea is to make a cheap and disposable track / general hooning car and attend as many possible events etc with it and the lads as a group

[bashbarnard]

This is awesome. Keep aside the old lump somewhere and i may have it off you when i move

[Toms306]

Are you sure you want a Saxo looking at the donor!?

Should be a good project though!

[Matt-Rallye]

This is awesome. Keep aside the old lump somewhere and i may have it off you when i move

Why would you want a 1.6 8v lump?

Are you sure you want a Saxo looking at the donor!?

Should be a good project though!

That donor got thrown around by a Liebherr LH40, no wonder its abit f*cked up

[Toms306]

Oh I guess that's not so bad then.

[Eeyore]

great idea! wish i had the space and mates with disposable income to do this!

[bashbarnard]

They give me more room to work on em if theyre 8v cheaper to buy as well

[Matt-Rallye]

great idea! wish i had the space and mates with disposable income to do this!

Having the space is handy but its our jobs within the industry and extensive contacts that make it exceptionally easy to achieve this goal.

They give me more room to work on em if theyre 8v cheaper to buy as well

Ah makes sense, needs massive boost

[Piggy]

Tiz a great idea.
Hoping to so a special next year with two mates...
£100 car, tour of some great roads with challeneges and flog the car at the end

[Matt-Rallye]

Tyres... Set of four brand new federal SS595's in the correct size i need off a corsa seized for no insurance cheers corsa wanker!

Sold them too myself for the pricey sum of £5 each This is why i love my job!

[Piggy]

Ooohhh you lucky git...ment to be great tyres.

I been having this chat recently with mitchelr32 about a cheap track car

[Matt-Rallye]

Ooohhh you lucky git...ment to be great tyres.

I been having this chat recently with mitchelr32 about a cheap track car

Less talking.. more buying hundreds of cheap 106's / saxo's / 306's / clio 172's etc etc

these aren't the 595 RS-R but should be ample for abit of light track use

[Matt-Rallye]

The donor VTS is being dropped off at the man cave tomorrow let the shenanigans begin

[procta]

be interesting to see what the out come is, could you have not got the lads at work to remove the engine for you.
then bail the rest.

[Matt-Rallye]

be interesting to see what the out come is, could you have not got the lads at work to remove the engine for you.
then bail the rest.

Not when i need the complete car? odd question

[procta]

be interesting to see what the out come is, could you have not got the lads at work to remove the engine for you.
then bail the rest.

Not when i need the complete car? odd question

odd question? I was meaning the donor car, as I cannot see much of it been useable once the engine is pulled.

[Matt-Rallye]

be interesting to see what the out come is, could you have not got the lads at work to remove the engine for you.
then bail the rest.

Not when i need the complete car? odd question

odd question? I was meaning the donor car, as I cannot see much of it been useable once the engine is pulled.

I need the complete looms, fuel system etc etc its easier to strip the car meticulously myself, the boys at work can drop an engine & box in 20 mins but its not pretty.

[procta]

why do you need all that? is it not all plug in play.

[ozonehostile]

why do you need all that? is it not all plug in play.

Lots of annoying small differences between vtr and vts looms and other bits. It's so much easier and quicker just to get a complete vts donar like he's done and swap everything onto the vtr shell

[P-Courty]

Had them tires on my old saxo years back, for a budget tire theres sooo much grip and last for ages, should be great on track

[procta]

why do you need all that? is it not all plug in play.

Lots of annoying small differences between vtr and vts looms and other bits. It's so much easier and quicker just to get a complete vts donar like he's done and swap everything onto the vtr shell

bloody hell, never knew that at all! I thought everything would have been plug in play. 
saxo vts gave me a taste of hot hatch power!

[Matt-Rallye]

Well with the rust i found on it over the weekend Its gonna be a close call wether i buy a cheapo mig and just plate the fucker up and carry on or break it for bits.

Its is hilariously extensively rotten on the front end maybe an idea to keep the goodies and find a cleaner shell.

[Dum-Dum]

Standard Saxo/106 rot box then.

[Piggy]

Get a decent mig and do the rallye too?