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Old Jan 13, 2012 | 09:04 AM
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Im not a frequent poster on this site, but i thought i would share my car with those who are interested.
We are going to be competing in the Irish Touring Car Championship in 2012.
Engine is a B16b stroked and forged on ITB's and ECtune 238hp, 188lb/ft.
Gearbox s80 N3E with gearset and Kaaz diff
Full seam welded chassis, Total car weight just over 900Kg
Completely custom suspension with rose jointed and poybushed parts





I hope you like it!
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Old Jan 13, 2012 | 10:36 AM
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pssh, the irish.

-Scotsman.
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Old Jan 13, 2012 | 10:56 AM
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At 900kg it'd be so much fun to drive.
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Old Jan 13, 2012 | 04:08 PM
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Looks good, and curious how you got it so light. Show us a picture of the interior and the engine compartment.
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Old Jan 13, 2012 | 04:19 PM
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Fellow EM1 owner here I also would like to see some more pics and info on the car.
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Old Jan 14, 2012 | 07:06 AM
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Old Jan 14, 2012 | 07:12 AM
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Lightweight roof, fibreglass doors, wings, bonnet and trunk lid.
All excess metal removed from the car.
Lightweight reinforced front subframe.
Lightweight seat.

Thats where most of the weight saving has come from. There is also other areas which weve concentrated on.
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Old Jan 14, 2012 | 08:04 AM
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Wow looks like its got only the essentials.

Could you tell me where you sourced fiberglass doors?
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Old Jan 14, 2012 | 09:09 AM
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Very nice! I like it. Suspension setup?
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Old Jan 14, 2012 | 09:24 AM
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Fibreglass doors were made by this crowd:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/NoVi-C...33158700060720
They are located in Ireland.

Suspension setup is a complete custom job. All arms are rose jointed. There is a custom front subframe used. Shocks are by HSD.
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Old Jan 14, 2012 | 06:22 PM
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Nice ride!


Limerick city kid!
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Old Jan 14, 2012 | 06:38 PM
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looks good man...goodluck w/ the race season
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Old Jan 14, 2012 | 06:50 PM
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lovin' it!
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Old Jan 14, 2012 | 07:07 PM
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1980lbs.....hmmmmmm.....

i want to see the scales.....is that with driver or no?
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Old Jan 14, 2012 | 07:10 PM
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no driver and roughly a half tank of fuel
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Old Jan 14, 2012 | 08:11 PM
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you can save more weight by getting some volk wheels!
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Old Jan 14, 2012 | 10:26 PM
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Any photos of your custom sub frame? The front fenders look kind of weird...
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Old Jan 14, 2012 | 11:35 PM
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Its the rear bar that I don't like.V ugly.
Otherwise a great build,have seen it on EK9.
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Old Jan 15, 2012 | 05:24 AM
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I have a set of Kosei lightweight wheels. The ones on at the moment will do for testing.
The wings are custom made oversized by 50mm. That was because i am running very wide spacers at either side and needed a special wing to fit over the wheels.

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Old Jan 15, 2012 | 06:25 AM
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Ohh, that's a stock subframe with a ITR style reinforcement bar... what wheel size are you running at the front? how big are the spacers?
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Old Jan 15, 2012 | 07:23 AM
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Originally Posted by exgr
Ohh, that's a stock subframe with a ITR style reinforcement bar... what wheel size are you running at the front? how big are the spacers?
There is a lot of mods you cant see done to that particular subframe
Spacers are 30mm either side.
Regulations limit wheel size to 195/55/15
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Old Jan 17, 2012 | 12:02 PM
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very good work just put ur valve cover ground on the right spot and ull be ok
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