As promised, this is the thread for the new track toy.
As I'm sure some of you know, I also own a highly tuned diesel ZS however it is the result of 4 years work and progress so I couldn't bear to risk blowing it up on a track day, plus it is far too straight to risk a ding!
So a few weeks ago I ended up with a 180 to do that job.
The initial problem I had was this is also too good to track so I was in a bit of dilemma, do I sell it on and find a suitable shed or do I make the most of a shell/ platform which I will struggle to improve on. Needless to say, I had fallen for the new car so decided to go ahead with the plans.
A bit about the car itself...
Its a 2003 registered 180 hatch in Platinum silver
Despite this reg date, it was built in 2001 making it pre project drive. The build quality is so much better than the later cars (another reason i was reluctant to track it).
Just 1 previous owner on the log book
Full service history with absolutely everything its ever had documented. So much paper work!
Even a receipt for almost £1400 for a huge service it had including belts etc and the original bill of sale along with all the old tax discs and MOTs etc.
Immaculate interior.
Pulls really well.
Anyway, some pics from the day I picked it up from Callum (Skillen).
The non-identical (for now) twins.
With the journey home completely trouble free, the next job was to get some baseline power figures so on Christmas eve I headed over to WG tuning.
To be fair I think the figures are a bit optimistic for a standard car never the less, they confirmed my gut feeling that shes a healthy one. I was chuffed!
So we had our baseline power run, now we needed our baseline track day so Blyton park was booked for a very cold and frosty 28th December.
The car completely outdid any expectations I had of it. Kept up with some cars you would expect to be a fair bit quicker such as stripped out Clio cups, 328i to name a couple. Safe to say I wasn't slowest on tack by a comfortable margin.
At this point the only changes to the car are a wheel change for track only (still on the silver wheels for road) and removal of the rear seats, carpet and parcel shelf.
Arriving at the track:
On the track:
Leaving the track:
Much more to come, watch this thread
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