Track car ax project

thought id whack some quick pics i took tonight of the car, red one is the track slag and has basically been abandoned for now but its soon (if all goes to plan)

first pics are the white one, better shell but mainly a daily a-b driver atm, some light mods nothing special but once the missus decides to get her c2 then i'll use this shell rather than the red one maybe.

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heres some shoddy pics of the track shell im building, shell needs a bit more work hence its track use instead of road, 140k shell but ripe for stripping, caging and tracking with some second hand ORCi National Hot Rod Tyres





still a lot of work to do to both but im trying to level it out so a bit at a time goes to each one.

so far ive amassed the following for the track car:

4 4point harnesses
8sets of steel wheels(need to keep for the white one now for spares since 4stud will be happning)
seats stripped out
FIA spec material for an ORCi stock rod cage
manged to "aqquire" some second hand perspex from Stagecoach!

few more bits and bobs ill pop up as the thread continues.....dont expect lightning build progress its a slow but steady project thread but progress will get made with both cars when money and time allows from work and family commitments

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dont expect lightning build progress its a slow but steady project thread

don't worry mate we've put up with 3 failed attempts from Norledge

keep us updated though should be a good read.

so far the build has got a lot of parts so far, ive amassed the following over the last week or so parts wise:

2 sparco harnesses
1 luke harness
1 random make harness
fancy switch with seperate ignition and fuel pump power switches and starter (youtube up ax rsr and you'll see it if interested, dash similar to that hopefully if all goes well but less carbon fibre im a pikey git haha:lol:)
several spare sets of lights

on the board coming soon is:
full 106 xsi 4 stud conversion (if car isnt crushed before i get there!)
xsi engine swap
mega lowering
omp upper and lower strut braces
ax gt front arb and gti rear arb
decent but cheap set of second hand bucket seats
ocri spec stock rod roll cage
8" wide AEZ alloys from a saxo that ive managed to get for free! good tyres as well!

more weight stripping and a skip to chuck everything out in haha.

Warren... it's not my fault i just get bored

Plans look good... but why 'mega low'??

Built4Track stickers would look yummy on the red one

and the white one!

Norledge wrote:

Warren... it's not my fault i just get bored

Plans look good... but why 'mega low'??

Built4Track stickers would look yummy on the red one

indeed they would look good ive got some colour changes to make to the red one but i reckon some will make its way on it haha.

mega low because atm its like a fookin 4x4 with standard shocks and springs....when i say max id prob say maybe 50mm most all round.

get a few updates in a wee while on the red one as im now heading out to the garage to start the eventual stripdown of the red one and clear out more clutter from the garage i dont need

Would look luvverly in the rear 1/4's

Might pull in a few more northern members too

right some slow progress pics for today, got most of the interior out inside of a couple of hours in between some phone calls to the parts dept and some cups of tea lol.











thats all for today, off tomorrow from work so i'll get some good bits and bobs done tomorrow and hopefully finish getting the inside of the car stripped out ready for prep.

I love stripping, my favorite part!

Maybe that's why i've done it 5 times now...

Good progress though, hope to see it raping the big boys exhausts soon

yeah hopefully...just been offered a full 106 gti rear beam and front complete struts on the mega cheap and were on a track car, lowered 60mm all round so im waiting on a reply, seems now that im starting the work the parts are flooding in now!

still not sure which way to go engine wise, probably after the idea's of a bike engine, 4E starlet turbo engine and VTEC i'd probably end up going 16v GTi/VTS more than likely unless the B16/B18 will fit and is within budget

ok plans for tomorrow are:

strip drivers seat and carpet out the car.
take out as much of th dash as possible leaving only the main section.
get started on stripping the sound deadning from the floor.
battery out and in the skip (fooked)
move the better conditioned gear into the road car (speakers, shelf, cd player etc)
anything else that i can think of that needs taken out...may start on the rooflining and get that off the car as well.

managed to aqquire over the last week:

- harnasses
- cold air feed
- ton of 3stud steelies for the white one whenever it goes out on track now and again
- quickshift
- rev counter with shift light

will be looking for some decent second hand FIA apporved seats, some lightweight alloys more than likely second hand Hot Rod Superlites, 106 GTi suspension setup & brakes and a few other bits n bobs....

no pics today but managed to get the remaining seat out, carpet, roof lining and most of the dash switches out in an hour or so. still have doorcards on need to get a new set of torx for that as im missing the size due to a pikey mate taking a lend of the size then not returning it!

weekend will be no progress as im working all weekend as per usual....

going tonight to pick up a cold air feed, steering wheel and rev counter from a lad breaking a clio "volvo" turbo.

also going to look at a 106 rallye for parts sitting on 2 wheels and jacks...been told he only wants £60 for it but ill wait and see whats acutally on the car before i decide to get it or not...and then next week will more than likely be going to get the 106 XSi in the scrapper for the lowered beam, engine, box, and make some cash off ebay for it to recoup the costs.

work done today:

- battery out
- stripped 90% of the interior
- carpet up ready for sound deadning to be took out on monday
- rooflining out the car, tigerseal to come off the roof.

work still to do:

- shift better gear onto the road car
- pick up cold air feed, steering wheel and rev counter tonight.
- fit quickshift (may wait until i see if rallye has gearbox or not)
- sort out the harnasses and see what ones need cleaned etc.

more progress on monday but will update with pics of the gear when i get it

managed to pick up this tonight from a guy from Kirkcaldycruise....superb bargain so will be being put to use when i can get them sorted

8000rpm rev counter



cold air feed - using a piece of piping and an inphase ported sub box section budget modifying at its best!

not to do with the track car one but just sourced some 106gti 4stud gear for the white one, rear beam, front struts and a set of sparco bucket seats.....now to tempt the missus into the back seats coming out and getting the harnasses in!

addition to the parts bought now, going to pick up a 22mm arb tonight from a lad. still waiting on the guy with the seats and the 4stud setup getting back to me so i can collect them...progress will be made tomorrow with the track car....plans have changed slightly with it now going to be MOT'd as will be on the road, so not as aggressive as what id first wanted to do but will still be a flyer hopefully

update pics tomorrow.

p.s. 3stud setup for sale and a 1.1 TU engine

will post some pics up tomorrow been gathering parts again tonight...set of 205gti wheels now, need new tyres to be good but should be damn good looking once one.

going to see about how much it will be to do some custom wiring on the car soon as well for some switches and stuff im getting.

progress is slow but steady despite lack of wages and pictures its getting there!

nice project i gotta get me a car soon may consider an ax as cheap to run and tune
not loaded so tax is gonna be a big thing , you need tax and mot at combe these days to stop the sheds turning up.

nice project i gotta get me a car soon may consider an ax as cheap to run and tune
not loaded so tax is gonna be a big thing , you need tax and mot at combe these days to stop the sheds turning up.

yeah knockhill do the same iirc?

theres a poverty spec ax up here, no sunroof etc going for £150 too, you get good bargains all the time on ax's and there so under-rated once u 16v everyone starts to see why theyre such good alternatives to the 106/saxo/corsa/nova lads etc

hmm novas corsas are so overrated they go for lots of money snd are often tatty as hell , seen a few on ebay with badly fitted 2 litres , wouldnt fancy my chances if you stacked one of them .

right few wee update pics:

getting some new bits and bobs shortly but thats all to be spoken about later on







more to come tonight when i get the dash sorted, only thing to come out still is this, ORCi National Hot Rod Dash is going in its place

right picked up 106gti struts and rear beam tonight, lowered 60mm, standard front springs, spax rear shocks with adjustable settings, set quite stiff already. GTi-6 brakes and brand new Mintex pads, Goodridge stainless brake lines, Grooved and vented front discs, standard rears ( that will change to grooved ones and mintex shoes more than likely) beam needs a wire brush down and a new paint spray but ill hamerrite it after cleaning it up.

picked up a set of Sparco Corsa seats with subframes for 106/saxo/ax so thats one less thing to worry about!

also, and some will hate me for this, got rid of a set of useles 3spoke 17inch rims tonight and in return got a full set of s1 106 rallye wheels and BRAND NEW YOKIES!

so i reckon that the white one will get 4studded with this lot and have the rallye wheels, and the track car will get the 205 GTi wheels as i need 15's for the gti-6 calipers.

will get more pics up tomorrow of my hoarding session today

106GTi rear beam lowered 60mm on spax adjustable shocks



S1 rallye wheels picked up for NOUT! got new tyres for them in the shed so need to fit them still



106GTi complete srtuts minus brakes, only standard shocks on 60mm lowering springs atm but will change that to AVO coilies when funds allow



Sparco Corsa bucket seats - overall bit dirty but good enough for a track car, will give them a good shampoo and clean before going in with my harnasses



steering wheel from an escort RS that was being broken - will sort out a snap off steering wheel boss for it in the near future.



also picked up a set of front recaro seats from the escort rs turbo, quite a bad engine fire but its being revived as a track car possibly (watch this space )



garage is full to the brim until i get rid of some interior bits, carpet, oil, old filters etc. so this is how it sits at the moment





no progress tomorrow but i'll take some snapshots of knockhills action for u all and post them up getting rid of some gear tomorrow to some ax owners so should be able to actually move!

nice liittle pile of goodies mate had one of them seats in his 3 series when he bought it sold off and put std trim back as its a road carand wasnt very practicsl for his needs.

yeah its getting there, with work hours changing though and us getting busier and busier for the summer its going to end up that im going to have to pay someone to fit everything as i only get 1 day off and 9times out of 10 the missus wants to go out that day!

i really need to get a lockup or co-share a lockup with someone that has electric and lighting!

well good and bad news!

bad news: road cars now been found to have MEGA rot around the rear window.....AFTER we pay for fookin window tints to be done! so dunno how long it'll last or if it can be repaired or not if it can it will be and the white ones being used for the track, if not....then well we're having a full car of spares for the track then now!

more updates when possible.... because im running 13" wheels when she's built then im going to use vts front calipers, managed to source a set with pads for £10 so pick them up tomorrow more progress tomorrow when i can and get the long awated progress pics of the car.

rot is a big prob on older cars my old ibiza was getting to the stage of a patch work quilt sills amd floor both rust ridden glad i siold it , been lokin at preludes on pistom heads , they fit my budget bit lardy but put on a diet and few susp tweaks could be fun round combe . one i was lookin at had 5 month tax and 6 mot sell on before mot is up providing it dosent get bent , and loose very little cash was a none vtech uk car 148k big wheels few dents dodgy spayed panels , but ideal track slag if you ask me , just need to convince myself i can afford to run 2 cars . lol

found out that i can possibly get this repaired so its a 50/50 chance, ill get it inspected on wednesday by retro motor company up here to see if its repairable or not.

i need to convince the missus that as well mate its a nightmare isnt it?

will get pics up of progress today, is slowed to a near halt atm due to one day off now a week instead of 2 and now having to wait and see what shells going to be good.

new pics of the latest work....dash stripped just heater matrix to come out, interior wiring loom out and then get some bits and bobs done to the car, found yet more welding (typical ax problems)

cor thats pretty major , although all you gotta do is mount the clocks on the bulkheaad and its stripped out for speed couple of seats a harness will be done .

pretty much mate, progress has ground to a halt until wednesday once the bodyshop guys round to see what he can do with either one, if its a better shell with the road car, then this will be crushed or given away for free and i'll have to start again

perhaps a 106 would be a better start i been on pistonheads and they seem cheaper. 205s are still really pricey bit overatted if you ask me and twitchy on limit. a polo was a thought used to have one was rust free and no sunroof i gave it away i could have turned that into a trackslag had different bumpers bonnet all
hacked about to make lighter . didnt handle all that well but was light .and bits are around for them .

ive thought about 106's but tbh i prefer ma wee ax mate lol. after this one then i'll defo be making a swap however.

after this project im going something jap more than likely or something already turbo'd. always liked the thought of getting a sierra for some drift action though as i miss my old capri's sideways tendancies

cool preludes the nuts or an old shape civic type r how about a 340 volvo cart springs are lethal in wet apparently.

340's are drift-tastic...almost perfect 50/50 weight distribution!

was thinking nova for independant suspension but i may go something a little "out the box" if i can

any more progress