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[Turboboy67]

Well, seeing as my other track car is still waiting for an engine, (18months now )
I was missing the track day scene badly so around 3 weeks ago I bought a XR2i 16v off of ebay
It came to me with RS2k Wheels
Partially stripped out,
2months tax and 9 months MOT for £500.
A little tatty around the rear arches but fairly solid underneath.

For the last 7 days I have been prepping it for RS Combe on Saturday.

No before pictures, but this is the result now





















What I have done,


Best mod is the B&M quickshift
Euro rears
Fitted Cosworth 4x4 Front caliper and grooved discs,
New rear shoes,
2x new brake lines at front,
DOT 5.1 brake fluid,
New drop links,
New track rod ends,
Pro Race 1.2 Alloys and R888 tyres,
Refurbed Gaz coilovers,
Polycarb windows,
OMP 3" Harness,
Weld in rear strut brace
Battery in the rear boot area,
K&N filter,
Oil and filter change,
New cambelt, Aux. belt and Water pump,
Morettes
Carbon bonnet
Gutted front and rear bumpers,
Cut front and rear panels out behind bumpers,
Removed most of the interior (dash still needs trimming down)
Sound proofing removed,
Trimmed arches to accept the wheels,
Longer wheel studs,
Powerflow s/s exhaust (no cat)
Powdercoated rocker cover
Washed it

If I get time tomorrow I'm gonna fit the lauch control

All the bits (except oil/antifreeze) I had lying around spare

[SLEEMAN]

very nice and in 7 days!!! wish i had the time and the money to something like that!!! oh and the space, bloody small council garages aren't big enough!! lol

good luck for going round coombe matey, bet that car will be quite fast!!

[mrorange2]

Looks good mate very good work in 7 days

[Turboboy67]

Cheers guys, when its loaded on the trailer tomorrow I'll get some better pictures of it up.

I forgot, I fitted Goodridge braided hoses as well

[Bkjames]

Looks very nice mate


Brian

[jayrs]

nice mate, like the yellow wheels with the white.
im a little shocked it still has so much metal on it!

[lachojski2005]

them wheels look awesome in that colour.thats some 7days hard graft.

[Turboboy67]

Cheers guys, 7x 10hr days has taken some effort but its ready for Saturday now.

Jay, I was gonna cut the doors down like my other one, but then realised I didn't have a cage in with the door bars so left it for a little bit more safety

I've of course ditched the electric window and central locking motors

The engine is really sound (famous last words ),
I'm gonna spec it up to 130bhp before the next track day, but as you can all imagine time was against me.

Probably ditch the heater, sunroof, most of the dash before the next day as well

Oh, and one photo I forgot to add earlier



its of all the stuff I've removed over the last week (not the garage door )

[jayrs]

bloody hell mate, you must have a mountin of spares now LOL

that head lining any good?

[Smo]

The wheels are awesome!

[luca]

awesome mate looking forward to seeing you there.

Are you camping?

[jonyb4]

Are you camping?

dont be rude, hes a very butch guy

awsome quick transformation mate, should be a heap of fun on track, im jelous of the rear lights, lemme know if you decide to sell them

[Turboboy67]

im jelous of the rear lights, lemme know if you decide to sell them

Will do fella,

Jay, headlining isn't any good mate, sorry

Not camping Luke, travelling up Saturday morning, will be up at Combe for 7am

See you there

[jonyb4]

cheers shaun

[fiend]

Looks awesome on those wheels.

Didn't realise some XR2i 16v's came with the twin downpipe aswell, is it an early reg?

[MK2 Jamie]

Those twin downpipes go for good money on ebay.

[sjoyce666]

See you at Combe Saturday mate

Wont miss it when its out on track !!

Scott

[bakewell001]

Bit dirty for your standards Shaun...

Looks great, it's something i really wanted to do for Action Day in Sept but nobody will buy my runaround!
Let me know when you want to sell it (although i'm sure you will rob most of the good bits back off it!)

[muz]

Looking good Shaun. I think this is the plan for the XR3 when the RST is ready, Cosworth brakes, 2.0 Zetec (which I cunningly already have ) and abuse it without worrying about damaging it like I would with the RST (I'm sure you feel the same way about the FRS)

[jayrs]

no probs mate

[jonyb4]

Those twin downpipes go for good money on ebay.

f**k! i had one and got rid of it in a trade for a spare 1800 zetec head

it had a cat, same one your talking about?

[Xr_Dub]

lol nice

[FRSJON]

looking good mate,gutted theres only one seat so how many thousands are you going to throw at this one

[fiend]

Those twin downpipes go for good money on ebay.

f**k! i had one and got rid of it in a trade for a spare 1800 zetec head

it had a cat, same one your talking about?

Yep, thats the one.

[Turboboy67]

so how many thousands are you going to throw at this one

This one is having very little thrown at it mate, just spec it up to 130 bhp and enjoy.

I'm deffo starting on the other one within 2 weeks, so look out for updates on that.

Once that one is finished I'll take the good bits back off this one and sell it on.

Thanks for the comments guys, I'll stick that downpipe on ebay then

[luca]

Shaun be great to see you tomorrow....

I miss you xx

[RS rob]

looked good yesterday,
nearly everytime i saw you, was on track

[Turboboy67]

looked good yesterday,
nearly everytime i saw you, was on track

Cheers fella,

I did 8 sessions, only problem was dodgey ignition leads, so bought some from Merlin Motorsport for £61 , all was good after that though

It needs more power now.

[RS rob]

looked good yesterday,
nearly everytime i saw you, was on track

Cheers fella,

I did 8 sessions, only problem was dodgey ignition leads, so bought some from Merlin Motorsport for £61 , all was good after that though

It needs more power now.

ouch on the leads!!

how long you keeping this one for??

[luca]

Car looked a dream yesterday mate. Im loving those wheels too

[jonboisescort]

awsome mate

wheels are the nuts

let me know when its up for sale im after another fez

[FRSJON]

good to see you again shaun and thanks again for the brakes car looked and went really well.was surprised how well really

[D9LSY]

good meeting up with you again Shaun, was a great day at Combe, thoroughly enjoyed the day, but I wish id taken my Fiesta and had a go at going round the circuit, Ill be 100% there next year with the car

All the Fiestas where going well round the circuit, and Lukes cars a foookin missle, very quick car indeed

[Xr_Dub]

you was very quick outhere ? how many track days you done ? sorry for my holding you up haha was on low boost with my own car drama's i have mk2 golf 16v sometimes i just perfer that as its n/a 160bhp its enough sometimes you can attack everyone as u know the limt of power your use too when i did donny last year i was overtaking mk5 golf gi's and other fast baxtered lol dunno maybe they were crap lol or setup on the golf is better noh?

[Turboboy67]

Thanks for the comments guys,

Rob, Not sure how long I'm keeping it, been thinking today I'm gonna sell the whole lot and buy a mk2 FRS

Xr-dub, good to meet you yesterday fella, I've done probably 10 track days at Combe and countless Action days so know the circuit well.

Paul, really surprised to see you there yesterday fella , but I knew you would enjoy the day,

I'll PM you those pictures I promised you tomorrow

Jon, No worries fella, hope they are ok.

Jonboi, I'll let you know when I decide to sell