Ph1 'Exclusive' Budget Track Car

[Daz.]

Love that!

 

[vroomtshh]

Returned to its temporary home for the interior rebuild

 

[vroomtshh]

A little bit of progress today. Need to order up a few bits and pieces and get it back together now ?

 

[Chambers_RS]

Your not breaking this are you???!!!

 

[B-shaw557]

Only just seen this and you're bloody selling it ?

Such a sick build, wish I could take mine this far, not ideal as a daily though ?

 

[vroomtshh]

Your not breaking this are you???!!!

You never know

 

[Chambers_RS]

You never know

If you are what you got that I need ??

 

[Crybert]

Can I just ask why it’s £10000? I’m genuinely interested/baffled. I must have missed something

 

[vroomtshh]

I guess you missed most of the thread and the £20k plus of parts that are in it?

 

[Crybert]

I’ve read through the thread yeah. Fair enough!

 

[Chambers_RS]

Awesome car.
How come your getting rid anyway ?

 

[gez 172]

Is it a running/driving car?

 

[vroomtshh]

Awesome car.
How come your getting rid anyway ?

I haven't actually made any decisions to get rid, but I'm about to lose my current storage for it, don't have time to build a garage at my place currently and have even less time for working on it or using it 🙈

 

[Chambers_RS]

I haven't actually made any decisions to get rid, but I'm about to lose my current storage for it, don't have time to build a garage at my place currently and have even less time for working on it or using it 🙈

Know the feeling, about time anyway lol.
s**t news about storage etc but I’m sure something will pop up. Way to good to get rid

 

[Nafoff]

Gary, I have never seen this thread and didn't even know this car existed/you owned it... somehow.
Lovely build mate. Seems such a shame for it to be sold off now, hopefully it doesn't come to that

 

[vroomtshh]

Gary, I have never seen this thread and didn't even know this car existed/you owned it... somehow.
Lovely build mate. Seems such a shame for it to be sold off now, hopefully it doesn't come to that

You've had a busy couple of days reading through it 😂
Fingers crossed it doesn;t, but I'm sure it'll work itself out one way or another

 

[Nafoff]

You've had a busy couple of days reading through it 😂
Fingers crossed it doesn;t, but I'm sure it'll work itself out one way or another

you been getting all the notifications? ha
Hopefully it does work out, I would offer storage help if I was closer...

 

[vroomtshh]

So I eventually sold it , but it went to a good home. And in the spirit of budget build threads, I've replaced it with this

Keep your eyes peeled for an update or two

 

[yeecup]

that's some replacement!

 

[B-shaw557]

Innit, just a turbo, nothing special there... 😂

 

[gez 172]

The Clio will be quickly forgotten 😂

 

[vroomtshh]

The Clio will be quickly forgotten 😂

What Clio?

 

[Michaelfoz]

It lives on. It will run one day.
Not sure it’ll be this year but it will happen eventually [emoji23]


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[Djw John]

It's only 742 wires, how hard can it be?

 

[Chambers_RS]

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It lives on. It will run one day.
Not sure it’ll be this year but it will happen eventually [emoji23]


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When you get bored of it I want the gearbox please 😂

 

[Ex-User (19928)]

Nice!!

Your Leon looks super serious too.

 

[Michaelfoz]

When you get bored of it I want the gearbox please [emoji23]

You and everyone else haha!


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[Michaelfoz]

It's only 742 wires, how hard can it be?

Very. Very very very.


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[Michaelfoz]

Actual proof that things are happening. All be it slowly we are getting there. No thanks to myself as I understand approximately 20% of this job. Feeding Garry and John.

Starter motor is causing issues at the moment. Going to try a new one and a new battery as that makes sense.

Still a fair bit of money to be spent before it’s anywhere near ready for the road/track but as soon as it fires up I’ll be keen as mustard to start throwing money at it [emoji51][emoji23]

Done a few other bits and pieces. Changed the trs ultralite harness for a schroth one that I had from another car.

Sourced a pms Sachs paddle clutch that’ll be getting fitted once it’s up and running.
I’ll probably do the timing belt at this point also. Previously the ecu was mapped for grpN timing so I might go back to that if I think it’ll help things later.

See you in the winter [emoji23]


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[Michaelfoz]

Small update.

Pushed it back inside again. Cleaned most of it. The amount of fallout and crap on the paint was insane.
Going to spend a day or two giving it a quick polish up but the paints not the best so I’m not expecting miracles.

Debating whether to ceramic coat it or not as the time consuming part will be done. Seems daft for a car that’s not driving at the moment but makes cleaning it easier I guess.

This bit of clay was under 1/4 of the roofs worth. Had to head for some chemicals again before using clay to prevent it ruining the roof further.

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[Michaelfoz]

All done. Had a day of wiring with Garry and John again and had a fair bit of bother getting the laptops to speak to the Omex.
Eventually got there but we hit stumbling blocks with the car not sparking or firing injectors when turning over.

Going to have a look at the crank sensor when the new plug arrives and see if the polarity was wrong.

Failing that it’ll be a match in the tank [emoji23]

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[rctempire]

Looking great. Back on track soon then

 

[Nafoff]

Looks stunning.
It seems it has been the time for polishing PH1's recently

 

[Michaelfoz]

Looking great. Back on track soon then

I’ll focus on the road first haha.

Had a quick look at potential problems with the Ecu just 5 mins ago but made no progress.

I’ll probably phone omex tomorrow. See if they can advise


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[Michaelfoz]

Looks stunning.
It seems it has been the time for polishing PH1's recently

Don’t get me wrong, this is still really bad.
I’ve just removed most swirls currently. I’ve not really got the time/motivation to chase out the deep marks.

It’s going to be ruined further when it’s on the road/track and I’m very mindful of this haha


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[Michaelfoz]

Well it starts now [emoji106]


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[John Lindsay]

Well it starts now [emoji106]


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You’re assuming it’ll continue to do so… 😂

 

[Djw John]

Still got a shitey gearstick though.

 

[Michaelfoz]

Maven dual port bulkhead connector. £300 I’ll never see again. At least it’s a good bit of kit and seems to
Be going together well enough. Famous last words.

Really nearing completion with a lot of the loom now. Finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel

Another still got the engine side to finish and taping up etc to do. Dash settings to sort.
Fuel sender to sort out.

Then it’ll be time to get the engine and box out, new clutch in, belts done, some powder coating on wheels, paint the bonnet and bumper. Some fab work I want done.

Still keen for it to be out this year tho!


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[Chambers_RS]

Awesome work. Be good to get a track day done this year together some where half way. Maybe just a dream 😂