Track Monaco 172

Digger90 · Mar 28, 2016

Thought it was about time I started a Project thread as I've done quite a bit to this car since getting it and its turning out to be quite the toy.

I was after a dedicated track toy, having tracked my 197 Cup which is one of my road cars. I found this Monaco 172 on here, owned by ImprezaWorks, I'm sure some of you know the car. A phone call and a nightmare 19hr journey from Sussex to the Wirral and back (traffic, roadworks etc) and I got it back home. Here it is basking in the warm and sunny South last August.

A reasonably good spec to start with - Bilstein B14's, K-Tec mounts, K-Tec exhaust, Federal 595 RS-R's, Cobra buckets, harnesses, Poly windows, Oreca cage etc..

Sorted out quite a few bits & pieces, removed a lot of junk, serviced it thoroughly, bolt checked everything....

Bought another set of Federal 595 RS-R's on Team Dynamics 1.2's, plus another set of TD 1.2's with wets..

....and off we went to our first track day.

Upon arrival a mate who owns a sign shop had made up a decal set which was expertly applied and it transformed the visuals of the car...

It performed faultlessly. However, there were quite a few things that I wanted to improve, so...

Digger90 · Mar 28, 2016

Battery was shagged, so...

Sorted out some roll cage padding...

Digger90 · Mar 28, 2016

My mates and I tend to live it up when we do track days...

Digger90 · Mar 28, 2016

A fair bit more sorting out: timing (was slightly out), servicing the brakes/fluid, removing more junk (excess cables, navigator's footrest, air con stuff, anti-crush behind front bumper), bought some TPI wheel bolts, mended the wiper mechanism, rewired the cabin fan etc and the car is now going - and handling - like a dream.