Just thought I’d go through a sort of diary as it were, of the events my car has gone through over the past 1-2 months…
After already being halfway through this track car project, and wondering whether I should go the whole way with, I decided f**k it, so all the carpet went as did the old half cage…
The next step was to attempt to get the OMP 6 point cage in, which surprisingly enough was easier than I thought…
Work in progress (good old dad!)
Now unfortunately, we came across a few problems with the main roll cage hoop, namely it not reaching the bottom of the car and a 4 inch gap! After a few phone calls and enquires I decided to leave the roll cage just laying in the car until I found somebody to sort it out for me!
Right so that’s the cage in….seats back in, harnesses back in…done.
Now I know you lot are thinking (I’ve heard it so many time before!) GET THOSE HARNESSES OFF THE REAR STRUTBRACE, this was only a short term thing, and if you carry on reading then you’ll find the changes a bit later in the post…
Now the cage was in, I could get round to fitting my AWT inlet manifold, which I must say was a work of art compared to the old unit I took off..
OLD INLET ALL ROUGH EDGED
AWT INLET – ALL SMOOOOOTH
WORK IN PROGRESS
After fitting, I took it for a quick spin, with the cage bouncing around when I went over every single bump I decided to only go out quickly and the car did seem to pic up quicker lower down with the inlet on, impressed, I certainly was!
Now after many sleepless nights, on thinks what to do next I decided to go for some engine mods. The short term I thought would be cams and a remap, so a few phone calls to GDI later I was in possession of some CAT 428 camshafts!!
After having the cams in my possession the next question I asked was, who shall I get to fit them?? I did a lot of research on this, and due to how close he was and the reputation he has with clios Mark Fish was the final decision, and after many phone calls I had it booked in and all was well! All I can say is, Mark is a top, top bloke and always informs you of what/why he is doing things, which to be honest filled be with confidence no end!
Whilst it was there I gave Mark a huge list of what I wanted doing, included was…
Fit cams
Cambelt kit
48k service
Bolt and weld it cage
Sort harnesses out
Etc etc
I picked the car up Saturday from Mark and it ran so smoothly with the fresh belts, service and cams, I thought to myself once this is mapped its going to be the best thing since sliced bread! Here are some pics of his work….
FRONT BOLTED AND WELDED
SIDE MOUNTS MADE AND BOLTED/WELDED IN
NEW REAR WITH HARNESSES CLIPPED INTO EYELETS BOLTED THROUGH THE FLOOR
Well the conclusion…
I had it mapped today at Sanspeed, (must say their new Dyno Dynamics RR look V fancy!!) anyway… the result is 204hp which I’m chuffed about really, was expecting about 200 which is the norm so I’m v pleased!!
Here’s the pics of the outside with the cage in…
Well there she is! Wheels are for track, speedlines should be going back on shortly!
After already being halfway through this track car project, and wondering whether I should go the whole way with, I decided f**k it, so all the carpet went as did the old half cage…
The next step was to attempt to get the OMP 6 point cage in, which surprisingly enough was easier than I thought…
Work in progress (good old dad!)
Now unfortunately, we came across a few problems with the main roll cage hoop, namely it not reaching the bottom of the car and a 4 inch gap! After a few phone calls and enquires I decided to leave the roll cage just laying in the car until I found somebody to sort it out for me!
Right so that’s the cage in….seats back in, harnesses back in…done.
Now I know you lot are thinking (I’ve heard it so many time before!) GET THOSE HARNESSES OFF THE REAR STRUTBRACE, this was only a short term thing, and if you carry on reading then you’ll find the changes a bit later in the post…
Now the cage was in, I could get round to fitting my AWT inlet manifold, which I must say was a work of art compared to the old unit I took off..
OLD INLET ALL ROUGH EDGED
AWT INLET – ALL SMOOOOOTH
WORK IN PROGRESS
After fitting, I took it for a quick spin, with the cage bouncing around when I went over every single bump I decided to only go out quickly and the car did seem to pic up quicker lower down with the inlet on, impressed, I certainly was!
Now after many sleepless nights, on thinks what to do next I decided to go for some engine mods. The short term I thought would be cams and a remap, so a few phone calls to GDI later I was in possession of some CAT 428 camshafts!!
After having the cams in my possession the next question I asked was, who shall I get to fit them?? I did a lot of research on this, and due to how close he was and the reputation he has with clios Mark Fish was the final decision, and after many phone calls I had it booked in and all was well! All I can say is, Mark is a top, top bloke and always informs you of what/why he is doing things, which to be honest filled be with confidence no end!
Whilst it was there I gave Mark a huge list of what I wanted doing, included was…
Fit cams
Cambelt kit
48k service
Bolt and weld it cage
Sort harnesses out
Etc etc
I picked the car up Saturday from Mark and it ran so smoothly with the fresh belts, service and cams, I thought to myself once this is mapped its going to be the best thing since sliced bread! Here are some pics of his work….
FRONT BOLTED AND WELDED
SIDE MOUNTS MADE AND BOLTED/WELDED IN
NEW REAR WITH HARNESSES CLIPPED INTO EYELETS BOLTED THROUGH THE FLOOR
Well the conclusion…
I had it mapped today at Sanspeed, (must say their new Dyno Dynamics RR look V fancy!!) anyway… the result is 204hp which I’m chuffed about really, was expecting about 200 which is the norm so I’m v pleased!!
Here’s the pics of the outside with the cage in…
Well there she is! Wheels are for track, speedlines should be going back on shortly!
