Spanishflys track toy.

[spanishfly]

Been a very busy few months for me. I have moved house, have a baby on the way which has meant buying baby related stuff... for example the rollcage has been replaced by a mamas and papas buggy, car seat blah blah lol

Here however is a small update of how it currently stands.
Whiteline RARB on

So I had a crack in my manifold so i've used this op to change it and put on the decat... need to order a new exhaust gasket and o ring as it is a coont of a job really.
Inlet off:

Number 3 cracked

Old cat(s) lol vs new one...

Also found time to fit my HIDs... they don't work lol Not so plug n play then

Need to get the old lambdas out the cat.. looks like it'll be fun.

Have just ordered a full poly bush kit.

 

[-J-]

Hey Rob, i wondered where you had gone!

Congrats on the baby mate!

 

[spanishfly]

Hey Rob, i wondered where you had gone!

Congrats on the baby mate!

cheers mate, yeah been doing my house up. Looks great now Also got a double garage so its ideal

 

[spanishfly]

Another update:
So I painted two front wheels. Ford Graphite Grey, I will be applying a yellow pinstripe around it. I was gonna go illuminous yellow, however I don't want extra attention from the Babylon! Note good use of crap tiles...

Then went for weight saving, took the twin horn set up off, and refitted just one, with no brackets. This also made weight for the next mod.

Fitted

I then fitted my oversize brake ducting...

Then I removed this crap... Carbon canister.

Total weight saving: 2kg

 

[Wick]

Just read from the start and it's a really good project. Keep up the good work... Can't believe how much unnecessary weight you've managed to shed!

 

[spanishfly]

there's alot more to come, I haven't got the angle grinder out yet lol Cheers

 

[RS1-172]

Hi ! very nice car !! What about the Whiteline rear bar ?? Did you feel any changes on the drive feeling ?

 

[spanishfly]

So as always I get carried away, so here's todays update:
I removed this lot, from the passenger side, originally my plan was to keep the front carpet. I removed it to remove the tar deanding stuff, this made me realise the carpet is actually quite heavy, it is rubber backed... so...

The wheels were finished off with lacquer, 2 coats. after the first one it rained, luckily it hasn't ruined it.

Went to mum and dads to look through the stuff I had, found my old nova stud conversion, fit the clio yay!

This was the reason I moved the carpet... looks heavy.

That lil lot is around 2.5kg

I'm assuming this is the airbag ecu, any consequences if I remove it and the wiring loom?

Pile got bigger...

Then I used brake cleaner to clean glue off, got high as a kite!

Then got the drill and spot weld drill bit...

Then used hammerite silver, which is quite a good match, the middle one don't have much paint hence black looking.

Whilst trying to remove the pass airbag cover (wanna use it to cover the hole) I sliced my finger, quite hardcore. Not wanting to get blood everywhere I used a workshop plaster

So with the wheels dry, I applied the final touches, hopefully they look ok on the car.

Done the fronts..

Passenger seat side mounts

HID working, on this side... brake air ducts in...

These were also waiting for me... Eibach camber bolts.

Weight saved : Approx 20-25kg

 

[spanishfly]

Hi ! very nice car !! What about the Whiteline rear bar ?? Did you feel any changes on the drive feeling ?

Thank you mate, I haven't driven it yet, doing a whole load of things together. However I'm pretty sure I will, on my astra coupe turbo it made a massive difference.

 

[RS1-172]

thanks for your response ! I'm looking forward to get your feedback soon !

 

[spanishfly]

Small pre-work update...
Both seats now in, thinking the passenger seat may be too far forward, it's alright for me but a 6ft+ person may struggle. lmao

I then set about removing the complete airbag system, all the wiring etc. I won, and as a bonus the airbag light went off Now to sort the ABS light thats on and i no longer drive looking at a christmas tree

I then used a little bit of carbon to cover the hole that appears when you remove the sound deadening. I've done this as sods law something will drop in there, and as its the chassis rail it'll get stuck the to rattle and slowly kill me on long journeys!

Weight saved today: approx 1kg

 

[Gray]

Top work sir, weight makes all the difference

 

[spanishfly]

Top work sir, weight makes all the difference

cheers

It certainly does

 

[Cunney]

Love this thread mate, think I might take out all the airbag wiring myself

 

[HartZ]

Great read, car looks really good too

 

[spanishfly]

Great read, car looks really good too

Thanks matey

Love this thread mate, think I might take out all the airbag wiring myself

Cheers mate, yeah it not hard, get to the ecu then follow the colours back. Be careful of the handbrake light wire as it's part of the driver seat loom, remove that one and your fine to cut the drivers and passenger looms out. Pass airbag is easy to get out too. Drivers a bit more complicated (I would leave it if I did it again tbh) The loom then goes to a blue plug that clips onto the fuse box. You can lose all that. That should also turn the light off

Poly bushes and exhaust gaskets turned up today So means I can get it back together. Bought some spare arms to fit the new parts to.

 

[spanishfly]

So as a masochist I decided to tackle refitting the manifold, de cat AND do the ARB bushes at the same time. Both irritating jobs. However completed
A few pics:
Back together

De cat on, so the system is 2.5" yozza decat to a btb system Sounds good

Old worn bushes vs new ones, this honestly was a fook!

So now I need to fit the lower arm bushes, need to get the welder out to do this as you have to weld sleeves to the arms.

 

[spanishfly]

Quick after work bit done. Lower arms and ARB back together, I then went to look at a mk1 clio 16v for a friend. There quite cool really.
All polybushed up

Lower arms and ARBs

Decat and arbs can be seen here. It has made the exhaust louder (Still well below track regulations) and now has popness.

 

[spanishfly]

Another after work update...
Got my newly painted wheels balanced so waxed them with wheel wax, and fitted them. Made sure I loctited the studs in first. Make wheel changes so much easier!
Think the yellow rim makes it not look so small

Plenty of camber now!

I then figured out the HID problem... the wires needed swapping around, so did that...

and got this!

 

[.Andy.]

Busy busy chap! Looks great keep up the good work!

 

[spanishfly]

Cheers matey. Just realised MOT is due on the 8th... was kinda the wrong time to put a decat on... oh well

 

[IsaacJDean]

Looks fantastic!

 

[spanishfly]

cheers fella!

 

[spanishfly]

Painted the 2.0 16v signs yellow

Hoovered and fitted the seats and harnesses...

I've also painted the rear wheels and am waiting to lacquer them tomorrow. So that should mean the car can be used again

 

[-J-]

Looking great Rob, I really need to get motivated and do some work on my car!

 

[spanishfly]

This is a nice break from all the house work i've been doing!

 

[spanishfly]

MOT Tomorrow... should pass.

 

[spanishfly]

Passed the MOT, however the drivers electric motor died. So rather than replace I went to a scrappy and got these...

2x manual window regs, and a low spec dash More wiring to be removed Should save a bit of weight whilst being able to open my windows!

 

[spanishfly]

A quick lunchtime update...

Window winders fitted, and door cards off...

Weight saving ~ 3KG

I've also taken pics so I can do a guide for others to use

 

[spanishfly]

Did a trackday, car was great! Really enjoyed it. Car was so fun to drive. Pics here, vids to follow when I buy a card reader.

Think I may canvas this one, its awesome!