£999 challenge

[TeamTotalWankel]

grinder,
Yes I got some brand new SPAX springs of \'rx7kid\' yesterday, he only lives down the road from me. Thanks for the offer though.
There\'s nowt wrong with the wheels I\'ve got, but if someone was to offer a straight swap for a set with better / stickier rubber already on then I\'d have to rip their arm off!! Not fussed what they look like really.
 
PS 1st dibbs noted :Laugh
 
brett,
I\'ve already bought and fitted the induction kit (cost me all of £16.99!!) so I\'ll just have to make the best of it, feeding it plenty of cold air.:Thumbs-up

[grinder]

my wheels wont help then

the 15\'s have yoko tyres - but they look like a winter tread pattern on them - and the other 16\'s are bald

[TeamTotalWankel]

No probs grinder. I\'m not too bothered about \'competing\' on the existing tyres, it\'ll just add to the excitement!! :2eek

[BenLewisMav]

Might have a non-vented FRP bonnet up for sale soon, if you need to use a bonnet for the competition.
Will need racing pins as it doesnt have the underskin with hinges and lock on (but is much lighter \'cause of it!). Has black gelcoat impregnated in the surface so doesnt really need painting.

[TeamTotalWankel]

When you say non-vented, do you mean the big hole in the middle for the intercooler?
If it\'s for sale it\'ll have to be reet cheap as we\'ve pretty much blown the budget!

[TeamTotalWankel]

Looks a good poly bush kit, think i got the more comphrensive one as mine came with everything and for the whole car.
This should be an interesting project, sort of thing i would have done a few years back. Strip the car totally and especially the aircon but keep the power steering if you are doing some handling stuff. Put a new set of plugs in it even if they look alright and certainly go for 9\'s all round. is this a S4 or S5 ? basically 1989 onwards will be S5, just asking as the S5\'s have a better turbo and more BHP (200 standard). Dont put any large wheels on, the standard TII alloys are quite light and the tyres will be dirt cheap.
If you have trouble with the front brakes let me know as i have a few sets of calipers sitting around, i\'m just taking off some really good. almost new disks if you need some. I will hunt around and see if i have any pads, got some ceramic ones that eat disks but perfect for you and what you are doing, probably clean the disks up a treat !! Where are you based ? if i can help you out then i will. I have lots of spares for the TII.

pdtaylor,
Looks like I will be needing some front pads. How much do you want for the ceramic ones you\'ve got mate? I\'ve stripped my calipers and might also need a couple of decent pistons as mine are a bit ropey.
Any help will be much appreciated.
Cheers,
Nick

[Warthog]

Hello and Welcome mate. Nice project. Glad to see the boys are all helping you out. I think you have already found that the Rex boys are very helpful.
Good Luck and post as many pics as you can. :3gears-rh

[interloper393]

hire a bugati for the day, £1k shud cover it lol

[TeamTotalWankel]

Challenge update-
 
Managed to have a real good crack at the car this weekend, even though it was my birthday so had to go to the boozer too!! :guinness
Hopefully we\'ve finished all the welding now, just need to seam seal and underseal the lot now. We\'ve tidied up all the existing repairs so they don\'t look like they were done by Stevie Wonder :cool
 
We went a bit mad on the lightening and removed everything trim wise in the back of the car, it really is bare. The followings also gone- rear bumper bar, towing brackets, rear wiper, washer bottle, electric aerial etc etc. The result is 2 pretty heavy cardboard boxes full of surplus sh1te, and a car sat with its rear up like a dragster. The front end is yet to be stripped / lightened.
 
The rear ride height\'s now been sorted. I removed a rear strut to fit the Spax spring only to find the rubber/metal/rubber sandwich top mount had dissolved :2eek The shock wasn\'t located to anything at the top!! So in true \'challenge\' style the old mount went in the bin and we made a new one out of the old top plate. Getting rid of the rubber sandwich also lowered the car about another inch to level things out nicely. A front strut was tackled next (top mount OK :yes ) and fitted with a Spax spring. I wanted to add some negative camber to reduce potential understeer on the slalom course so slotted the top mounting hole where the strut meets the hub. This seemed to work a treat but I\'m yet to measure how much I\'ve managed to get, but will be happy with 1.5 - 2deg.
 
After the back brakes were all OK we were hoping the fronts would be the same. Oh no, the first one had 2 out of the 4 pistons siezed solid. We managed to pump them out eventually and got the whole lot cleaned and rubber greased up, to hopefully hold fluid! We\'re yet to tackle the other side but it looks like we\'ll be needing some pads at least (pdtaylor?).
 
So thing are coming along quite nicely and I reckon we could be back on the road if we get another good weekend in. The car is starting to really look the part now, low and mean!!

[TeamTotalWankel]

The \'challenge\' car is just about ready and is back on the road, MOT\'d and everything:yes.
I\'m pleased to report that she bl00dy RIPS!! Well impressive performance.
My first test drive with its cheap and cheerful boost gauge fitted was showing a peak of about 12psi, but this would decrease as the revs rose on full throttle. I then fitted the MBC and got some cold air feeds into the induction kit. With the MBC slackened right off the boost still peaked at 12/13psi but seemed to hold this right upto 7Krpm. I gave the MBC a couple of turns in while I was out in it today (just couldn\'t help myself). The boost now peaks at 17/18psi:2eek, but again drops off to about 10psi with the revs. I\'m hoping to back it off and find a sweet spot around 14/15psi, and see if it holds boost at that level.
 
Since my last update the car\'s lost even more weight with the carpet coming out. The steel front bumper\'s gone, just leaving the skin c/w stick on plate (every little helps).The air pump will have to stay in place as there\'s nothing in the budget for a twin alternator pulley etc
 
Here\'s the finished spec-
Engine- 3" de-cat exhaust, induction kit with cold air feed, Stage 1 chip (1bar mapping),MBC.
Suspension- poly bushes fitted, spax springs, neg camber on front.
Brakes- new std front pads
Body- all interior removed (except drivers seat), steel bumpers gone, washer bottle leccy aerial etc etc binned.
 
Now I\'ve felt the way that this RX pulls I can\'t wait for the event :Giggle
 
Cheers,
Nick

[TiddlesRX7]

Sounds like your about done then. So if the car is sorted now I guess the next thing is how goods your driving?
Whats happens to the car once the event is finished?

[grinder]

sounds like you are having a whale of a time matey

[TeamTotalWankel]

Sounds like your about done then. So if the car is sorted now I guess the next thing is how goods your driving?
Whats happens to the car once the event is finished?

Hopefully the driving shouldn\'t be a problem, but it is very different to what I\'ve been used to. I\'ve got a bit of previous, competing in the Slick50 Road Saloon Championship for a number of seasons in the early 90\'s. That was in FWD VW\'s \'only\' putting out about 160bhp, so no real comparison.
I\'m not really sure what to do with it after the event. It\'d make a great track day car, but I don\'t know if I\'ll have the time to get the use out of it as my other hobby (Lancia Montecarlo) needs driving too. The car stands me at £1K, but I\'ve put an awful lot of labour into it. I may ebay it afterwards to try and recoup my labour costs, if i don\'t get a decent offer beforehand
 
PS. How do you download images on here? As I don\'t have pics hosted on a URL.

[TiddlesRX7]

Im not sure you can post pic\'s if your not a paid up member. you can email them to me if you like and I will post them up for you. tiddlesrx7@bigstring.com

I was thinking if you were gonna break the car afterwards I would make you an offer on the chipped ecu

[TeamTotalWankel]

Cheers mate, just sent you a pic to post. Not great quality.
 
I don\'t think I\'ll be breaking it unless something goes drastically wrong!! The ECU chip was only £25 off ebay and seems to work a treat. I soldered it in myself (used to be my job) but the place would do your own ECU for £50 if you send it to them.