Type R

[lewisscoob]

Good work, every little helps. You joining the fling next weekend?

[cullenmin]

Good work, every little helps. You joining the fling next weekend?

Cheers lewis, Unfortunately no as I'll be working

[paul555sti]

Looking good mate. What about carbon boot lid?

[scoobywho]

classics are still the best

[cullenmin]

Looking good mate. What about carbon boot lid?

Might be a possibility in the future paul, i'd change the rear 3 windows to plastic lightweight jobbies before boot lid as that would save me more weight for same money. All in good time

[westtra]

I said it already the day fan I wiz down but yer takin the weight reduction a bit seriously on the car.

Ye nae think it wid be easier tae loose a few pound on yer sel first

[scooby222]

Im with Mark lol but bloody hell youve some big mice Rich......

still looking good - looking forward to seeing it out and about this year min

[cullenmin]

Had some fun in the car today and went to an AutoSolo organised by 63 Car Club, Elgin.

www.63carclub.com

Only found out about it yesterday and glad i did coz I went and came first

Heres a wee vid I put together, I would have had more footage if the go pro didnt run out of battery, thought it was fully charged yesterday but obviously not.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqsRGWazGdo

Today was a first for 63 car club and it was a success, there will be more organised so I hope some of you are willing to try it too.

Rich

[scooby222]

nice one min Id be up for a stab at this

[arch]

There is still plenty material you can still take out of the door and save a bit more weight. Its definately a nice wee job removing the door bars lots of this At least you only had 2 doors to do lol. Or just do what I have done now go fibreglass

[cullenmin]

Dave - I'll keep everyone posted about the next AutoSolo

Arch - I will eventually go for fibreglass doors but not just yet so just doing what I can with what I have. Not looking forward to tackling the passanger door but glad I dont have 4 to do lol

Rich

[fai17]

Looking great rich.

[davey l wrx]

Nice one Rich, i got the email about that but was meant to be offshore. If you keep cutting bits off it'll weigh less than a packet of quavers before you know it!

[cullenmin]

Thanks Peter

Davey thats the plan, chop a wee bit now and then lol

[scouk]

Nice one Rich! good to see your still working on that one! It was a good'un even before your unfluence!

That Autosolo day mustav been a lotta fun! Like Davey, I'd heard about it.. Was thinking abotu heading across the for a looksee but didn't get the chance. Definitely keep us posted for future ones

[RosieFreak]

That was brilliant to look through, some car you have there. Well done man.

[cullenmin]

That was brilliant to look through, some car you have there. Well done man.

Thanks min, never ending project

Rich

[cullenmin]

Next job was to lighten the passanger door, decided to take it off this time to make it easier

Door weighs 29.1 kg to begin with so will see how much weight I can shave off it when I'm done

And onto my daily car I fitted a westfalia detatchable towbar

I'm sure you will all like the reflection.....and not speaking about my ugly mug

Heading to Fintry this weekend with a friend whos competing in the hill climb, will update you all on the door weight reduction when I get time to finish it

Rich

[fai17]

Nice work.

Was up by Fintry on Monday, fishing Carron Valley.

Nice roads up there.

[Bryan d]

Ats a grate build well done min and looks amazing

[cullenmin]

Passanger door crash bar removed and now the car weighs 3kg less, not a lot but theres much more to come out of the door. Eventually they will be changed for moulded and plastic windows, maybe next year.

Put the door back on so I can use the car. I plan to get the car weighed to see where its at, in the meantime I'll be looking into more ways to lighten the car. A lot of wiring can come out the loom since it was stripped there is a lot of connectors floating about. Little bit at a time, all adds up

Rich

Cheers bryan, always lookin for ways to improve

[TrackScotland]

30kg a door Good to know!

Was the with the orig electic mirror?

My car is sitting around 1155 kg so should slide under 1100 when doors are changed

[cullenmin]

30kg a door Good to know!

Was the with the orig electic mirror?

My car is sitting around 1155 kg so should slide under 1100 when doors are changed

Yip Adam, thats with fully functioning electric windows still in place. I do keep a keen eye on your threads for ideas and look forward to the new wideboy project you have

[TrackScotland]

aye, i'll maybe pop a thread up here

[cullenmin]

Decided to go for the rear brembo brake conversion, sourced some calipers, discs & pads from scoobynet from an 06 plate STI that was breaking so I've started the conversion...

Old 2 pots

Disc size comparison

Fortunately for me, my handbrake is 190mm so the newage discs are a direct fit for my handbrake shoes. The backing plate however has to be removed to let the larger discs fit. So this backing plate can be drilled out and removed. I thought best to clean up the hubs at same time so this is them primered and the backing plate to show what I removed.

Primered

Calipers stripped and cleaned

I am going to order uprated discs and pads, probably going to try the orangestuff track pads, anyone tried these?

Does anyone know if the counter weight is necessary or can I fit the calipers without it?

Do you guys think I should keep the calipers gold or paint them black?

Cheers

Rich