Had the privilege of seeing Blandys ex Satchell -Green and black race car in action for the very first time today and what a total credit to him bringing it back to life ....
So much has been updated and changed with Mikes ideas ...
Sadly I didn’t have time to take pics as it was a quick visit to Combe but good luck to him on his first race season

Love it

Engine and drivetrain in from the black shell

Was great to see you and the car Mike ..it’s a real credit to you

Hopefully once the world stops falling apart we can meet again m8
Keep the updates coming

Similar damage as on my track day car. But I will have the dents removed instead of new rear quarter welded in... thought welding another rear quarter in would be easiest, but the mechanic from the body shop told me differently.

Do you still have the center exhaust on the new car?

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My car park:
'96 Sigma Blue XSi6
'98 Diablo Red GTi6
'99 Onyx Black S16

All RFS powered!

Plus various other Peugeots

Totally agree bloody worth it Mike ...now a fantastic sorted well balanced car

Thanks

Well next week was supposed to be my first ever race but with lockdown it’s not to be. Cars pretty much ready to go.

Couple of things that have changed is dash layout is finished. I decided to have a switch panel that I’ve fabricated strait off the cage, which allows me to remove the dash in seconds which is important as I’ve built the fuse panel under the dash so it’s tidy and out of harms way



The other thing is the satchshift has had to go due to on going clearance issues with my manifold, was a shame as great bit of kit but has caused me nothing but grief and missed shifts so had to go. I went back to standard but before even driving it though could do a little better than 100% stock. I had a quick shift turret Lyon around but never bothered to fit as tbh the quality is pretty poor with the locking collars being far to large for the original shaft.. with this in mind I made up a new gear shaft in the correct diameter to match the collars and just for good measure welded the collars as well so no chance of any movement. Not as slick as a satchshift but still nice and positive

Yeah rather have something that works 100%. Just hope we get to go racing this year

Wasn’t going to do this but with the fibreglass bonnet being black and boot being bare carbon fibre wasn’t overly happy with the look so took the plunge and sanded down the carbon boot and primed ready to paint



Might do the bonnet next but not sure..

Already sold I’m afraid

Thanks I actually had the gauge running in my last tank By recoding the voltage every 2ltrs, the new tank doesn’t actually have a sender and being 23ltrs it’s just the right size so didn’t want to add one in, so got fed up seeing 0 fuel on the screen lol.

I would of loved to keep the satchshift but car was already mapped + it would of just meant more cash/time, although at that point was pushing on to get car ready for April’s first race + oddly in mine it added 6hp on the dyno compared to what it had in the 205 (newman ph2 cams and bodies at that point), couldn’t comment on mid range etc though as that was a couple years ago.

Brakes are 6pots that pug1off sell can’t fault them tbh, like you I wanted aps but couldn’t justify the extra cash but really impressed with these and keeps under 15’s so cheaper tyres and less weight.

Yeah definately, I never realised till the other day that trackday trophy was power to weight with driver etc so may be scope there some day.. not sure how I feel about a 45min race though lol one step at a time I guess.. I’d need a bigger tank that’s for sure.

What are the entry fees like out of interest