ed_harland
Member
Not sure that I should start this thread, I've been reading through all the special projects, some of them go wrong and some fizzle out never to be heard of again, very few make it to a conclusion ! Will this one ? It's very much long term as time will be my limiting factor and I doubt there will be regular updates !
Some of you will know that I bought JP51 MAD a CAT D Iceberg Phase 1, at least this is a start ! Previously I bought a nice original Mars Phase 1 with this project in mind but then couldn't bring myself to mess around with it !
I've had the car about a month now, found time to give it a once over and I have to say things are a lot better than I expected.
Brakes (discs and pads) are all new, looks like red stuff pads, the OEM Koni's have been rebuilt, some of the steering and suspension joints have been renewed, the wheels are 18" split rims and tyres have a 35 profile, it handles very well as is. It has Trophy coils, I think a pipercross air filter and maybe a quicksilver exhaust.
Momo steering wheel, Recaro seats and some Sabelt harnesses. Also has a Trophy rear spoiler. Oh and a rear diffuser of sorts.
I guess this is an ok start.
Braking I shall leave until last, maybe just a different pad material for now, until I know final weights etc.
Was keen to try Arno's suspension especially with options for front and rear ARB but I'm so impressed with it's current handling this can wait for a little while.
So first job is to ditch some weight, pulled out all the redundant wiring, old audio, road pilot, tracker and alarm stuff at the weekend. Total weight 10 Kg !![album]16307[/album]
So between now and August the plan is to tidy up what I have and get everything working well ready for Origine RS, I've booked a bit of track time. this will give me a benchmark for when the fun really starts !
Some of you will know that I bought JP51 MAD a CAT D Iceberg Phase 1, at least this is a start ! Previously I bought a nice original Mars Phase 1 with this project in mind but then couldn't bring myself to mess around with it !
I've had the car about a month now, found time to give it a once over and I have to say things are a lot better than I expected.
Brakes (discs and pads) are all new, looks like red stuff pads, the OEM Koni's have been rebuilt, some of the steering and suspension joints have been renewed, the wheels are 18" split rims and tyres have a 35 profile, it handles very well as is. It has Trophy coils, I think a pipercross air filter and maybe a quicksilver exhaust.
Momo steering wheel, Recaro seats and some Sabelt harnesses. Also has a Trophy rear spoiler. Oh and a rear diffuser of sorts.
I guess this is an ok start.
Braking I shall leave until last, maybe just a different pad material for now, until I know final weights etc.
Was keen to try Arno's suspension especially with options for front and rear ARB but I'm so impressed with it's current handling this can wait for a little while.
So first job is to ditch some weight, pulled out all the redundant wiring, old audio, road pilot, tracker and alarm stuff at the weekend. Total weight 10 Kg !![album]16307[/album]
So between now and August the plan is to tidy up what I have and get everything working well ready for Origine RS, I've booked a bit of track time. this will give me a benchmark for when the fun really starts !
