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New toy (XR2 inside)
- Thread starter Alex H
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CX-7,westfield,ix20
Cool as F*ck!!
Exactly the sort of thing I'd love. Planned on doing it last year until the mrs fell pregnant.
Once I've bought the next house I'd love to do it!
Lots of sprints/hill climbs that I could have a bit of fun in.
Exactly the sort of thing I'd love. Planned on doing it last year until the mrs fell pregnant.
Once I've bought the next house I'd love to do it!
Lots of sprints/hill climbs that I could have a bit of fun in.
The Dark Knight
ClioSport Club Member
Love these, always used to want one! Good luck with your plans for it.
Turbos.
LOL, its a battered old shed? I know i'm a cnut, but seriously.
Hope it proves reliable fun! When are you entering Stockhatch?
tiTTy & SV650
You reckon?! The zetec s' are quicker in the fiesta challenge races and they aint as fast as a 1*2, my mates cousins and uncle build and race xr2's at Knockhill
no they wont, class A isnt far off one tho. Depends what track obviously.
See you out there buddy, car looks good
My car isnt far of finishing!
cage went in on the weekend
Yeah, this one's RR'd at 94bhp (atw) when the engine was fully rebuilt (& blueprinted/balanced) in May 2009 - it's done approximately 150 miles on the new engine (from my maths). Weighs ~830kg with driver in. In context it's got more power and is a tiny bit lighter than the Nova that won the Class B championship last year.
I looked at this car back end of last year, but it was above what I wanted to spend, especially as I'd have to have bought a trailer too. Was really on the look out for a 205 - but when this re-advertised (few hundred quid cheaper) and there was a bargain trailer on the go too, I snapped it up!
Scrubbed up quite well today and got myself a list of things to be getting on with - mainly tidying up a bit of paintwork and changing fluids/checking brake wear etc - it'll be all ready to go on track in four weeks time for a trackday at Teesside. Not the world's greatest circuit - but good enough to learn to drive and check everything's bolted together
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JDM Dc2
yeh they run around the 85-90bhp these days like. I will own one one day!!
F4R'd ITB'd '92 cup racer
SH and NSSCC. Looking at XR challenge too
me and my bro are often up at croft watching the NSSCC
best of luck with it mate
me and my bro are often up at croft watching the NSSCC
best of luck with it mate
Thanks, I'm usually there marshalling!
JDM Dc2
Sounds fkin insane! but whys it cutting out? lol
JDM Dc2
just seen this... they aint zetec s' in the fiesta challenge, there mk4 fiesta's with mk5 front ends (well some of them are anyways), and they're a 1400cc zetec engine not a 1600.
love the old xr2's :approve: mum used to have a e reg black one when i was at school, wanted that car so much. then she traded it in for a brand new nissan micra.......
keep us updated mate. subscribed.
keep us updated mate. subscribed.
Just a little update, not too much has happened lately, mainly due to ££££s.
Dropped the car off at the local garage on Friday morning in the freezing cold, driving rain, managed to beach the car on the trailer for a good twenty minutes and got a decent crowd watching - fail.
It was in for a front wheel bearing change which he said should take him an hour or so... phone rang at 4pm (seven hours later) and he was bleating on about having to do some welding and cutting :S Went to pick it up and he said that the struts were welded to the hubs and he had to cut them apart and reweld after, in order to refit the bearing. Mint. Charged the grand total of £60 for the privilege.
Stalled the car on the first attempt to get it back on the trailer - flooded at the second attempt, so took another 20 mins to re-load. Fantastic.
Trackday at Teesside booked for Friday (12th) - £99 open pit, only 9 other cars booked in at the mo - another XR2, Capri, couple of Scoobs, couple of minis, couple of 106s. People keep asking me how the preparation is going for it - it's got oil, it's got brakes, the windows are clean - that's about all I've done. Still plenty of work to be done on the paintwork and needs a good mechanic to check it all over for anything I've missed, so Hutchie will be getting that job in a few weeks.
Pics/Vids from trackday to follow next weekend.
Dropped the car off at the local garage on Friday morning in the freezing cold, driving rain, managed to beach the car on the trailer for a good twenty minutes and got a decent crowd watching - fail.
It was in for a front wheel bearing change which he said should take him an hour or so... phone rang at 4pm (seven hours later) and he was bleating on about having to do some welding and cutting :S Went to pick it up and he said that the struts were welded to the hubs and he had to cut them apart and reweld after, in order to refit the bearing. Mint. Charged the grand total of £60 for the privilege.
Stalled the car on the first attempt to get it back on the trailer - flooded at the second attempt, so took another 20 mins to re-load. Fantastic.
Trackday at Teesside booked for Friday (12th) - £99 open pit, only 9 other cars booked in at the mo - another XR2, Capri, couple of Scoobs, couple of minis, couple of 106s. People keep asking me how the preparation is going for it - it's got oil, it's got brakes, the windows are clean - that's about all I've done. Still plenty of work to be done on the paintwork and needs a good mechanic to check it all over for anything I've missed, so Hutchie will be getting that job in a few weeks.
Pics/Vids from trackday to follow next weekend.
Trackday. Done.
Went pretty well all things considered, noticed a rather small problem in the lunch break.
Moved it onto the back and forgot about it. Will replace in time for the racing. Turning a blind eye to a potential blowout is ftw.
Only other problems all day were that the steering wheel is off centre and the oil pressure display was always on, but it had oil in, there wasn't any in the coolant and it wasn't leaking so I presumed it was fine.
Few more pics. Vids to follow.
Plus, tripod-tastic. Apex-hmm.
Went pretty well all things considered, noticed a rather small problem in the lunch break.
Moved it onto the back and forgot about it. Will replace in time for the racing. Turning a blind eye to a potential blowout is ftw.
Only other problems all day were that the steering wheel is off centre and the oil pressure display was always on, but it had oil in, there wasn't any in the coolant and it wasn't leaking so I presumed it was fine.
Few more pics. Vids to follow.
Plus, tripod-tastic. Apex-hmm.
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