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Si_steve

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Post Sun Aug 08, 2010 2:49 am

The Vectra

As requested in the Intro thread, here is some pictures of my Vauxhall Vectra track day/fun car from the beginning to how it sits now.

As I bought it for a total of £100
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During the Respray
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After the respray
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Then after it had passed the MOT we set about stripping out the interior
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We then set about spending money (my least favorite bit :lol: )
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We ran it like this for a while before taking it off the road for some more major work.
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Roll cage was fabricated from a MK2 escort one
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Roll cage finished off and 4 point harness's fitted
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Rubbing strip indents filled with metal
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as it sits now
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So far it looks like the plans for the engine may change to fitting a C20LET turbo engine which should give us around 200hp with potential for 300hp+ which in a car which doesnt weigh much should be fairly rapid. Hopefully 4 pot brakes should be up front with some bigger disc's and more weight loss which is becoming more difficult to find dead weight.

And just because I can heres a picture of my everyday car :lol:
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Post Sun Aug 08, 2010 2:53 am

Re: The Vectra

Looking nice, just give us a minute and we will try and make the pictures display properly!


Vectra is coming along nicely, and the daily looks sexy!
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Post Sun Aug 08, 2010 3:17 am

Re: The Vectra

very nice steve.

This post also made me go and fix the dodgy image issues :)

What made you choose a Vectra for a track car?
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Si_steve

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Post Sun Aug 08, 2010 8:36 am

Re: The Vectra

Cheers guys. Well it was after my mk2 escort track day project was sold, I needed (read wanted) another project and seeing as I had already bought this Vectra as a runabout for work it seemed a good idea. Main point being I didnt really want to strip out the Astra as it only had 6000 miles on it :lol:
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Post Sun Aug 08, 2010 3:06 pm

Re: The Vectra

Shame you got rid of the escort - THIS is what you need to do with one of those :D - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5lgp-Vj ... re=related
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Post Sat Aug 28, 2010 8:17 pm

Re: The Vectra

Agreed, that thing of his has a rather trick gearbox aswell. Looks to have both paddle shift and sequential stick.
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Post Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:54 pm

Re: The Vectra

Its great watching a car take shape, but not watching the wallet get lighter lol..

Nice pics and i hope it comes along good!
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Post Sun Dec 12, 2010 4:45 pm

Re: The Vectra

nice loving the vectra.and the daily is minted....C20 LET the both of em hahaha
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