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[dontpannic]

Well well, here we are.

A friend of mine was getting rid of this 'beauty' for a ridiculously low price so I've taken him up on his offer and very shortly this will be in my possession.

It's a 2000 reg Saxo VTS, 1.6 16v, 120bhp. The paintwork is very tatty indeed, and it needs a few bits and pieces on the steering and bushes to pass its MOT. I'll be replacing parts in my mates garage until its ready for its MOT, then it'll come back to mine.

The top end has been freshly rebuilt after the cam belt was not properly replaced and allegedly some valves were bent. The previous owner rebuilt the engine, replaced the cambelt, then found an Astra GTE that he wanted more than the Saxo, so sold it!

It's current mods are minor lowering, green cotton air filter, decat exhaust, and MK1 spoiler.




Plans? Strip it, track it!


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[bakewell001]

Excellent Nick!

[dontpannic]

This is of course providing it isn't a complete rusty f**cked motor - which I'll be finding out this morning. I'm sure it's fine though


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[Tweek]

Bit early for April Fools isn't it? Lol. All jokes aside, the VTS is a pretty sweet car

[bakewell001]

Don't worry about the engine Bick, they're not that hard to replace (as I found out!)

[dontpannic]

It's more the rear axel I'm concerned about - I know the engine should be OK - it runs very nicely indeed and the oil has been recently changed


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[dontpannic]

No play in the rear axel! Boot floor is also rust free.

The paintwork is s**t - seriously s**t - and it needs the following:

Brakes
Gear linkages are sloppy (new linkages already fitted and no help)
Exhaust needs fitting properly. With the increased movement in the gear selector, the linkage is hitting the exhaust where the downpipe meets the cat.

Other than that it looks OK, will have a better look next weekend before I book it's MOT.


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[bakewell001]

The 206 gti brake upgrade I did on mine was pretty good for the money - 266mm so still fit under 14's which is a bonus.

I also had a "ge" quickshift on mine, which attaches to the linkages in the engine bay. That made such a difference for the money (about £10)

I had issues with my exhaust - I.e it fell off pretty much at Combe! Bit of an odd design at the cat, but once you get it sitting right it should stay put. Is it a 106 exhaust or a saxo one? (They're slightly different)

Don't worry about the paint - it's a track car!!

[dontpannic]

No idea what exhaust is on it I'll admit, I'll get some decent photos of the underneath of it when I'm next there trying to sort out the sloppy gearstick.

I'll consider the 206gti brakes - got to get the thing on the road first - hasn't been on the road in 3 years now


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[jayrs]

Fix it up get a mot on it and flog it on, I'm sure your make a profit on it

[hb69]

Good move. Get a griffin engineering or compbrake quickshift to sort the gear linkage out, and if you have the money get some spoox gear linkages. The shift is usually terrible on citroen/peugeots as standard anyway.

Brakes,as you have the 15" wheels i think, try and find some 406 v6 brembos, they go on easily and are so good you could probably do an endo.

If the exhaust is pants, try looking for a supersprint exhaust, they are only about £150

Its not too late to buy some track time for ppc

[dontpannic]

Everything is going to go into getting it on the road. I have buckets and harnesses pretty much ready to go in -

Sent off an enquiry to griffiths engineering regarding the quickshift, see what they come back with. It'll be easiest to work on and see what I'm doing when the car is back at mine.


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[jonyb4]

why?!

[dontpannic]

Why not?


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[jonyb4]

A list as long as my arm

should be fun on track though!

[bakewell001]

should be fun on track though!

You answered your original question right there.

[dontpannic]

should be fun on track though!

You answered your original question right there.

Amazing.


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[jonyb4]

fair enough, ill leave you get back to your saxo

[MK2 Jamie]

It seems my original comment got deleted, interesting. Jony you're an idiot. Nick nice purchase. I've always liked the VTS.

[dontpannic]

fair enough, ill leave you get back to your saxo

Why the hate brah? It's a car! It's a lump of metal. Take a chill pill.

Cheers Jamie. You won't be saying its a nice purchase once you see the paintwork on it


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[jayrs]

It did, I removed it, I know there's people on here that don't like Jony and they have all made it more than clear by now, don't see the point of people keeping on with it at every opportunity

Still, done now, no point taking this more off topic



Nick, I miss read your first post I thought it said, plans, strip it or track it hence my reply, but yeah just reread it, and yeah I'm with ya now, tracking it will be good, paint finish ain't important for that

[Pastieman]

I had a vts many moons ago, good little cars

Get it handling on rails and you will have lots of fun round a track with it

[Maxwell]

A list as long as my arm

should be fun on track though!

Because its better than ANY fiesta!!! True bill

Nice job mate. I have had 5 xSaxi vts'. Love them. Would have another in a heartbeat!! Best bang for buck you will ever get

[MB7201]

Knew it would be a saxo/106. Should go well on track out of the box.

[russ-RST]

vts Saxos are very capable track toys and the 1.6 engine are great little screamers! shoul have some good fun in this nick, shame I didn't know sooner scrapyard in sandwhich has just sold a set of the 406 coupe v6 Brembo brakes for £50

as for the hate for Saxos, I'd like to see a fiesta si keep up with one round track


russ

[Maxwell]

vts Saxos are very capable track toys and the 1.6 engine are great little screamers! shoul have some good fun in this nick, shame I didn't know sooner scrapyard in sandwhich has just sold a set of the 406 coupe v6 Brembo brakes for £50

as for the hate for Saxos, I'd like to see a fiesta si keep up with one round track


russ

A mondeo 2.0 zetec converted mk3 fiesta couldnt keep up with any of my old saxo vts'. So i would seriously doubt an si would!

[russ-RST]

vts Saxos are very capable track toys and the 1.6 engine are great little screamers! shoul have some good fun in this nick, shame I didn't know sooner scrapyard in sandwhich has just sold a set of the 406 coupe v6 Brembo brakes for £50

as for the hate for Saxos, I'd like to see a fiesta si keep up with one round track


russ

A mondeo 2.0 zetec converted mk3 fiesta couldnt keep up with any of my old saxo vts'. So i would seriously doubt an si would!

that's exactly what I was saying

[Maxwell]

Yeah, so i read that again and realised how much of a tard i was being. Sorry about that. Hangover/dying/need food/still in bed etc etc lol

[jonyb4]

gotta laugh at all this

[dontpannic]

gotta laugh at all this

You started it!


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[hb69]

A 1.6 si would have been a better choice

[Pastieman]

A Clio sport would have been a better choice lol

[jonyb4]

A 1.6 si would have been a better choice

to be fair one of them was giving it the beans around combe last year

[hb69]

A 1.6 si would have been a better choice

to be fair one of them was giving it the beans around combe last year

And no doubt being overtaken by every French hot hatch

[jonyb4]

oh i think everyone overtook him lol, but he didnt hold back

reminds me of this 406 coupe, was clearly fast enough to keep up with 328's and the like, but the guy was an idoit, kept loosing control on the bends, in the end he calmed down and let everyone by, including me not long after he almost binned it on the last straight of the lap