looks good so far. How much weight are you saving per hole?

Sure you were on the XROC with a red XR2 based in Wales yonks back?

 

Nice work mate, love a well modded gti. You're putting stacks of work into it!

I'm really liking the curved in holes. Have you got a pic of the tool you're using to make them?

 

Absolutely sod all really lol I doubt it mate I'm near Milton Keynes

 

This is the high tech piece of equipment




Aka a piece of exhaust with a flat piece of metal and a nut welded to and a cut down bmx peg 👍👍


I also cut my bumper 😳







So next was the decision wether or not to make a defuser 😎





Product development 😀 need to make it from fibre glass it weighs a fair bit. I've made my new battery tray as I'm now running a smaller battery.

 

A bit of an update Ive managed get around to fit my new tank and got my radiator painted and refitted.



It's a 40litre tank so should be ok I hope

 

Coming along bud!

 

Liking this build, looking forward to updates.

 

Cracking work u been doing there matey nice one

 

Who needs a heater anyway

 

Tip top matey.

 

I got my cylinder head back on Monday it's had port and polish, skim, reground valves and new valve stem oil seals. So it should be nice and fresh





Also got the hole sorted where my heating used to live.




And I managed to get myself a set of Cossie pop out rear windows

 

This looks superb, great progress

I am trying to lighten my track car GTi where I can - is the heater that heavy?

 

Well I haven't weighed it lol but it's not a featherweight and I'm not intending to use it in the winter anyway so out it went

 

Just trying to weigh up (I am here all week) whether to even attempt removing it......

 

It depends wether your willing to have the dash out really

 

i love mk 6 escort gtis! my first car was a pepper red 1.6 finesse gti replica that i wanted to put a 2.0 zetec in! unfortunately rot took over so i traded it in! haha

good on ya for saving her

 

I've removed it from mine and just got one of these: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/12v-2-2kw-...QAAOSwsN9XCgsE

Wanted to clean things up and save some weight but wanted something that could be used to help keep the screen clear still.

 

I've finally got my bucket seat fitted on a frame I made myself just to keep it as low as I could try to keep the weight low down. I got a cobra imola gt fit (fatboy fit) eBay bargain

 

Shit me your sitting on the floor lol

 

Got to keep the weight low down lol. I've managed to get a set of st170 rear calipers and hubs aswell so they will going on with the mk6 rear axle rather than the mk5 rs2000 rear disc axle. I also got round to get another alternator mount aswell as my original one was for an a/c model which I won't running and I got rear brake setup and alternator mount for Ł50 ��

 

Cool project! Never surprises me to see rust on even newer fords, they really do like to rot.

 

So I found a safety devices cage on eBay and found to hard to resist



I also got me a thick aluminium sump guard to

Cutting out the old rear cage turned out to be a real pain and clenched when the 9 inch grinder decided to shatter its disc

 

Interesting, that looks very different to my SD cage!

 

So I finally pulled the car outside the other day and put the other wheels onto make sure they clear the arches and they definitely make an improvement on the look of the car.





I also got my door cards sorted as well and hopefully collecting another bucket seat this weekend

 

For the first time in a long time she's got an engine






I had planned on running a rectangular side exit. But then I decided it would probably look sh*t






So I now gone with a teardrop shape side exit

 

It’s been a while since I updated this lol I’ve made some progress but still not where I should be

I got my zx6 carbs on and we’re up and running



And I got fed up with trying to get fuel in with the strut brace right above the fuel cap 🙄



This was just before the primer went on



After I gave couple of coats





I think it actually is starting to look alright considering it was painted by me in my garage 😂



Rs accessory rear spoiler and one off rear diffuser

 

Looking good

 

Liking the cage.
Rear spoiler looks nice too

 

Go on you painting the car yourself. I would be scared in case I made a mess of it.

 

Looks good that! What cage is that?

 

Apparently it’s a safety devices one but from what I’ve seen I’m led to believe it’s a sparco one. Yeah but I paid Ł150 for all the primer, paint, hardener and thinners plus I’m not looking for a show car so f*ck it lol

 

My yellow Escort has a SD cage in it and it looks very different to yours, so I think you're right in that it's probably something else.

Know what you mean on the paint too. I did mine myself, just wasn't worth the expense of paying for a fancy paint job. The runs add character