The rot repairs are mainly both sills, one was worse than the other. Once they are done, I want to re-frame the front end to gain more space.

When the car was on the hub dyno last we found quite a number of in-efficiencies with the setup - boost pipe size, intercooler, cooling, air filter placement and more. Although it produced reasonable power (215bhp at the hubs) there was more to be gained by simply improving these aspects, so I want to re-design all of this.

There was then the incident with my brothers gearbox that made me doubt how long mine would last - so on the cards this time around will be a gearbox swap to the RS MTX box. This means that I'm going to re mount the engine as well to how it sits in the focus which is slightly tipped forward. Hopefully by doing this I will gain more clearance which will allow the bonnet to sit flat.

This just touches on what else I would like to do - the biggest change to the rest of the car will be the interior, I'm looking at fitting a roll cage to improve safety and handling. This will follow the bucket seats that were already test fitted just before I took it off the road.

So with all this the car has been completely stripped - photos follow.

Many Thanks