Awesome mate! The old girl will ride again!!

Might want it back when your done now :bgrin2:

 

nice progress there mate ive seen a roll cage on ebay for rover 25/zr perhaps you should take a look its like 650 or somthing

 

Can you notice with rear seat removal an increase in acceleration? Have been toying with the idea but dont see getting much gain just inconvenicance for an everyday use car

 

think about it mate less weight in a car faster it will be on acceleration

 

cool pics. car looks pretty tidy.

 

If i had money time and was any gd with cars i would love to do what u are doing lol verkill:

 

Great stuff mate, glad to see the car is not going to the scrappy!

 

Shall this machine be ready in time for Christmas and will it be capable of flying? Poor Rudolph has Swine Flu you see and I have an awful lot of presents to deliver to the good boys and girls this Christmas. Perhaps I may borrow this on the night of Christmas Eve?

Remember boys and girls, Santa Claus likes lovely homemade mince pies, don't forget. :drool:

 

:lol: wtf.....

Nice little side-project! :broon: Tell you what, though, looking at the route the pipe for the rear screenwasher, no wonder it breaks all the darn time! :twak:

On the wheel front, i'd expect the 16" hairpins would be better, the smaller diameter rim will accelerate faster, plus they would be marginally lighter than 17's i'd expect. Of course, you could always go for some ultra-light weight wheels of a different ilk entirely!

 

I thought seeing as you've stripped the car out, you would have at least removed the spare wheel lol:clap:

Give us a shout if you need any help mate

 

Looking good so far, doing similar to what I do at work (except I prepare Rally cars, not track cars ).

When you get round to buying a cage, I'd recommend a company called "Fabricage", we use them for all the rally ZR's and 25's we prepare, and the majority of other preparers I know use them too . You're looking around £500 for a custom made 25/ZR cage

 

A good roll-cage will also stiffen the chassis somewhat, bonus points right there! :broon:

 

if youre looking at a roll cage get it around where the front doors go too
that way you can gut the front doors to just a skin
and perspex the side and rear windows
also does the roof liner weigh much? looks like a fair bit of sound deadening to get rid of yet too

 

Nice job catterall1 so far dewiper the back as well ,damn right with the sound deadening will be a fair bit of weight i know in a clio it shaves off 30kg don't forget the soundproofing under the bonnet are you going the full length with stripping the dash as well and remove the aircon unit.

Just a suggestion for other mods strut braces, numan/piper 285 cams :naughty: would go down a treat if your going ITB's.

good luck in your conquest

 

I wonder if he'll go the whole sha-bang and have a turbo as well lol

 

Its actually quite a nice looking car that. Its on a X reg yeah ?. Are you selling on the parts you take off the car aswell ?

 

Sell me back the Twin tone horn? The one in the ibiza is ghey in comparison. :lol:




Damn right its a nice looking car, i would have blacked the tyres and rubber trim if i knew he was posting close ups

 

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freaking hell that made me LOL!


great to see a rover getting some nice attention for the track!
Cant wait to see this progress!

 

Nice project! If you want any hints/tips then give me a shout

Now get rid of all that sound-proofing! Two ways to do it really, heat and scrape (which is a horrible job but gets it all off) or chip it away (which is nicer to do but doesn't remove all of it and can dent the car).

 

Are you fixing the 1.4 lump first and using it as-is for a bit? Or going straight to VVC?

 

Not decided yet.
It would be educational to try and get the 1.4 fixed and running again.
It depends on the availability of a vvc engine.

We did think of changing the pisons and liners from a 1.6 block, and whapping in some 285's, and using that for a bit, but for the money involved a vvc engine swap will be by far more bang per buck.

 

if you want to save more weight you could always donate the wings and tailgate to me

 

1.6 FTW lol !!!

 

those pics are really handy i now know where the rear washer is routed lol !!!

 

if you have door looms for mirrors, windows + speakers you need to dispose of, i am in need. :lol:

number is 10 higher than expected fron 25x, like the corrected audi logo, and where is the forum logo???

 

Ran out of Room lol, plus I got a slap about using the Logo a while back lol !!!

 

Bah Humbug

 

one of these? :slap: in exchange for one of these?

fair trade methinks :lol:

 

Update!

Its been snowing.
Car starts and runs fine though
No work done though :dddc:

 

Update!

Its been snowing.
Car starts and runs fine though
No work done though :dddc:

Thats the worst update, EVER !!!

Have you checked the rules on what you can and cannot do to a car for track days, your car will need an MOT


Good luck with your adventure.

Well if its go no seats in the back I doubt they need seat belts lol, but its a good point mate, i'm sure it will pass stripped out as long as the seats fitted have an MOT, I can get hold of a Car Transporter if you want to Avoid Road Tax !!!

 

Have you checked the rules on what you can and cannot do to a car for track days, your car will need an MOT, or if it’s a race/track car, it should be able to pass scrutineering at a race meeting. Before you go too far with your alterations decide on the type of track day racing you want to do and find out as much detail as possible.
My sons and I did it this year in a Rover 25, now we have just bought a Rover 220 turbo coupe for the track day in January. Good luck with your adventure.

 

hmmm, electric window conversion, i am tempted Paul! ahaha