[trackday_prep] 205 Xs Budget Track Hack

[Lan 24 1 Cars]

I recently aquired a XS, with the intention of sending it to track. but on a budget i plan to keep everything mechanical that is currently on it until it breaks and ill go from there on that side of things.

 

Work List

 

Strip Car

Fit Cage

Fit buckets and harnesses

Fit gti front brakes

weld hole

replace gear linkage (quick shift maybe?? ideas?)

 

any other suggestions and comments or advice is welcome

 

 

3 of the fleet of 4 Cars

 

Work Carried out so far

 

rear wiper and wash removed filled and sprayed (not laquered yet),btw not goin for pro finish as you can see

 

Rear quarter paint damage touched up

 

Interior Stripped

 

The only rust in the whole car, plate to be welded in, phase 1.5 = fantastic, and on the graphite i actually prefer the orange indicators and rear clusters

 

and thats it so far progress maybe slow due to funding as im going on holiday soon and need the money for that

Edited April 20, 2009 by Lan

[swordfish210 20]

Good to see another XS trackcar. Check out Adam P's thread for some insparation.

[RossD 43]

Looking good! The rusty patch on your is exactly where mine had gone too - and where most 205's seem to rot for some reason. Keep posting the pictures up as you go along. The XS makes for a really fun car on the cheap, it's a pity they are so rare these days.

Edited May 2, 2009 by RossD

[AdamP 0]

Tis exactly where mine had started to go too!

 

Do it properly and you'll be showing those GTis a thing or two soon enough

[Lan 24 1 Cars]

done a bit more work over the weekend..

 

taken off cylinder head to do stem seals and cleaned engine bay

 

 

 

taken out more dash to change clocks

 

 

got a nice new seat

 

[Lan 24 1 Cars]

small update

 

as of this last week the hole in the floor has been patched up the car has been undersealed, bumper strips painted red.

 

http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww140/L...09_06160001.jpg

 

http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww140/L...89/DSCF0817.jpg

 

btw stick welder with broken adjustment = crap thin metal welding its solid but it just looks gash

 

http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww140/L...89/DSCF0818.jpg

 

http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww140/L...09_06160001.jpg

 

And the engine has been reassembled no more blue smoke , and i painted the rocker cover a very original red with the leftovers from the bumper strips doesnt look as red as it is in this pic tho.

 

http://i713.photobucket.com/albums/ww140/L...09_06160005.jpg

Edited June 16, 2009 by cybernck
Large images... what happened to thumbnails?

[Saveit 0]

Looks good. Keep working on it. And let me know if you need a twin weber manifold for it

[KieranGTI 0]

Idea's on the quickshift this mine, good change on the throw looks well to.

 

 

http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp309/K...n3/DSC01979.jpg

 

http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp309/K...n3/DSC01980.jpg

[GeorgeXS 32]

Hmm dunno how i missed this topic, nevermind.

Keep up the good work!

[Lan 24 1 Cars]

will be continuing this in a few weeks time when I've made space in the garage and the car is off the road again, watch this space

 

Edit: and the word budget should technically be gone with how much most of the parts I'm getting/got have cost me

Edited June 9, 2010 by Lan

[Lan 24 1 Cars]

Right at long last some sort of update:

 

Car is finally of the road once more, this time to complete what I started last year.

 

To do list:

 

Bodywork: tidy up paint, strip back underside and repaint and underseal, fit roll cage

 

Suspension and brakes: I've pretty much already prepared all of this got a GTI subframe and 1.9 rear beam to go on with disc brakes and Gaz coilovers to go on

 

Engine and gearbox rebuild, probably going to get a quaife atb for the box to replace the weak MA differential, the engine will be pretty much standard

 

Hopefully it will be finished around this time next year but we will see if money allows, anyway on to the pictures the first lot are before pics and the latter are where the car is up to

 

[Lan 24 1 Cars]

[Lan 24 1 Cars]

 

and there we go, order of photos isn't exactly perfect, but i'm sure you get the jist of the car and other parts just being stripped down, hopefully more updates soon

[swordfish210 20]

Jobs list looks good, should be sweet when it's done.

[lukesaddy 0]

plans sound good for it

 

It should be a little cheeky track weapon when its done