Red 850R Trackday Toy ...the resurrection begins...

[Shinsplintz 101]

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So some of you will be very familiar with this car.....it once belonged to a fella named Elliot....and it went very fast.


That is until it went bang....not sure of the exact details, but something to do with a failed engine I think [feel free to chip in if you know the full story ]


Any how, it got broken & by the looks of the old threads there's quite a few members who have bits of the original car tucked away! The chassis along with quite a few bits that nobody wanted went into dry storage at a farm in Lowestoft to be brought back to life by Martin, however it never got started due to the various other projects he has had going & very recently he put it up for sale - well to be specific, the roll cage went up for sale - we did a deal to keep the car intact. So, I'm now the proud owner of a lump of pink metal on pallets with a lovely shiny roll cage embedded inside. Couldn't be happier

Fortunately for me Martin has kept lots of the original bits from the car - though the shell is pretty much naked - it wont be complete but just about rolling to get it on to the trailer. No interior, no brakes or suspension [I'm supplying front struts & wheels to get it rolling - martins going to bolt on the subframes for me!]


Its going to need quite a lot of work to get it to the spec I'm after but fortunately Mr William has been enlisted so it should be relatively painless:



2.5 bottom end & mr Williams head

turbo tbc, but no smaller than an OD 19t

m56 w/gripper

Meth

Bigger alloy IC & Rad

Bigger MAF & intake pipework

Big injectors

DP, sports cat & SS exhaust - size tbc

Coilovers - GaZ/KWs

Big brakes - tbc, probably ap's or similar

17/18" Team Dynamic wheels

Even more stripping out - going to try & peel as many kilos off it as possible

Anything else Tim can think of...& feel free to make your own suggestions, more the merrier



I've got quite a stockpile of performance parts stashed away already for 850's so I'll dig into that as well as trawling the forums & the dreaded 'Bay for other bits to try & keep costs down. However it will cost what it costs & I wont be cutting corners.


Cosmetically, if anyone has ever seen the Peter Brock number 5 Car from Aussie touring car back in the 90's you'll get the idea, probably wont go down the full decal route, but you never know!!






I do want it road legal if we can mange it so that it can be driven to the track as having to trailer it about would be a bit of a pain in the arse, just depends if it'll make an MOT. Life is compromise.

This may well be a slow burner of a project, set a provisional finish for next may, maybe in time for the ring..but between my workload & Tim's we'll just have to see - the best things in life are worth waiting for!!



Thanks for reading, all the best, Morgan