Vanne's lightweight/ interior modification thread

Liam22 · Post by **Liam22** » Mon Feb 01, 2021 10:02 am

The swan neck!!!

Vanne · Post by **Vanne** » Mon Feb 01, 2021 10:09 am

lol yeah its a mock up for height/spacing. Will be made from 12mm thick alu. hopefully in the next few weeks.

Vanne · Post by **Vanne** » Tue Feb 02, 2021 9:50 am

Racepak arrived.

Vanne · Post by **Vanne** » Thu Feb 04, 2021 4:22 pm

Bit of a weird occurance.. turns out that the vt2-525 kit is actually a vt2-550 kit. pulley size confirm it. SC pulley is 79mm.

Vanne · Post by **Vanne** » Thu Feb 11, 2021 5:28 pm

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So came back from Tunis, dropped the kids at school and headed to the shop to sort the rear suspension/basic alignment.

Put the rear hubs 15 mm further outwards. (The kit allows for this) and just eye balling it looks pretty good. Might need to adjust toe though, haven't looked at that too closely yet as I couldent get the string down one side of the car as the next car was too close.

If the toe is out, I'll need these...
Ordered.

enuff_zed · Post by **enuff_zed** » Thu Feb 11, 2021 5:31 pm

I've followed this all the way through with avid interest. Amazed at how much you have changed.
Out of interest, I reckon if you put all the invoices for new parts back inside the car it would almost bring the weight back up to standard.

Don't worry, that's just jealousy talking.

Vanne · Post by **Vanne** » Fri Feb 12, 2021 4:33 pm

haha lol thanks

, i hear ya. its been a journey so far alright. Gotta say ive enjoyed nearly every bit, minus the part where i thought i wasnt ever going to see my car again, that wasnt good.

but yeah, really enjoyed the build. watching it come together now is just great. Would i do it again? in a heart beat.

enuff_zed · Post by **enuff_zed** » Fri Feb 12, 2021 5:40 pm

Still think it should become 'Vanne's lightweight wallet thread'.

Vanne · Post by **Vanne** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 4:55 am

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Foot rest in place.

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Rear alignment roughly done.

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Nearly together...

rdm05z4 · Post by **rdm05z4** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 5:34 am

Going out on a limb here but if a forum member has a question about how a part gets removed or replaced you would have the answer!

Great job on your efforts to follow your passion ie racing. I for one would not have the "balls" to do this.

Beedub · Post by **Beedub** » Fri Feb 19, 2021 3:17 pm

Vanne as per your pm...

Here's the s/c race brace. Definitely needed for hard use.

Hope this helps.

Vanne · Post by **Vanne** » Fri Feb 19, 2021 4:42 pm

Thanks Byron, appreciate it mate.

Vanne · Post by **Vanne** » Sun Feb 21, 2021 5:27 am

SO without access to the lift yesterday, did something easy...

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APR mirrors are on!

Vanne · Post by **Vanne** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 8:14 am

And then....

Bloody hell someone call the fire department

lololol..
Man soo happy that the tune took. Huge weight of my mind.. Epic locked the tune, so we had to get creative.. took about 9 goes to unlock it.. and it's one of those things, no doubt you guys know, a couple of hex off and you brick the ECU. Nasty..

But really happy with the result.. The smoke is from the wrapped headers, they are curing from 2 or 3 heat cycles.

Will get proper oil before we shake down.
Actually, will need proper fluids everywhere. The rear diff needs to be run for 30 mins before swapping oil, the brakes need to be completely flushed.. that's still an unknown too...

Darkangelv2 · Post by **Darkangelv2** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 4:13 pm

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