well just to stop me from getting bored, now that the monte done and the sierra, im going to crack on with the S1, i bought it in january this year as a rolling shell, car is ex FF cover car from about 3 years ago,

came with 17s, leather, GRS, header tank etc etc

so, upon deciding what to do to it i got word my old rs1600i was up for grabs, so with a journey to southampton i bought the old girl back

upon getting it home, i removed the management, engine etc etc and sold the car on as a rolling shell, bought by a friend,

so now i have my old 300BHP engine sat here ready to fit.... but as i have never done one and want to see 'how it will go' i am going to use a 2.0 bottem end i have, steel rods and FRS pistons, that was in my mates old RST but has now been returned to standard to sell.

so here it is now as we speak



plan is to strip interior out etc and start to seam weld it, then i will get the full car painted and fit the engine, MOT and tax and on the road, so nothing to drastic to do, but will be cracking on now

 

Looks nice that andy will be even nicer with that lump in it

 

Good man Andy. Will watch this with eager eyes.
You going the meet this wed if its on? Cant remeber if its this week or next.

 

Looks a lovely car Andy, gonna be even better when it is finished tho!

 

looks good before youve even started!

 

thank you all, i may change the wheels on it yet, im not sure, thinking colour coded 5 spoke comps. Maybe the old style ones. Or soft spoke rs7's,
Tim, im not sure tbh mate
Tin

 

you have to much time on your hands andy!

 

i know, thats why i like to keep myself busy

 

looks sweet mate love she s1

 

Great stuff ,flat face mo,s would look great

 

Very nice car

 

i love them wheels on a s1

looks sweet, will keep an eye on this one

 

I love S1, amazing

 

you must have deep pockets fella!!

TH2's or white RL7's on that fella, will look the bo11ocks!!

 

good luck with it

 

as twins said, flat spoke MO's is very tempting for me, still im not sure

thanks for the comments, will be updating with new pics on saturday when i start seam welding

 

Nice little project Andy


Still got Cliffs shell sat on axle stands in the garage awaiting its new lease of life

Will be watching this closely

 

Loved your old red 16i, was temped to buy it when you were selling it, 1st time around. Great new project

 

Another great project Andy.

Will be mint once you & Daz have finished it.

 

Cant get a better base to start from,

Will be watching this

 

cheers folks,

Richie, i did wonder where that shell had gone. Good to see you got it

 

Nice to see you've had a sweep up in the garage matey

 

very nice, is it a keeper though?!

 

Stunning mate good luck with it


Brian

 

Looks like a nice S1.

 

lovely stuff mr cross

 

 

feckin hell andy lad you got sum cars LOL

 

Looks nice Andy, I LOVE your 16i though!

Engine should be proper with a 2.0 litre bottem end, was stupid enough on the 1.6.

 

is that gripples old s1 shell?

 

looks very nice saw some pics on www.seriesoneturbo.co.uk when you hoping 2 finish it

 

Too much time and money..All the best with this beauty

 

it is gripples old s1 yes, i had to save it or would of ended up fully stripped

thanks for the comments, hope to have it done for national day

 

I loved the build he did on this, pity he had to let it go. His evo IV is nice, exactly the same as the one I used to have. Only his evo is mint lol

 

remember this from years ago in the mag, i would keep the azev's think there a lovely wheel on S1's

cant wait to see it done andy!!

want to see it going too once the motors in never did see the 16i go once it was running full fat

 

i took shorty out in it gaz, i thought you did come out in it?

stav, he didnt have to, he just became gay and homo, all it needed was a 5th gear

 

Stunning... are you building a dif spec engine or putting the full engine and managment from the 16i in??

Pail

 

Very nice andy,white rl7's would look awesome .

 

the engine is being same as 16i, apart from being a 2.0 bottem end

kev, it would, however, i fear they'd carck

 

i was wondering how long it would be till u got another s1 paint the azevs white same as the car and leave the rim polished
keep up the good work andy