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meatfeast
 Post subject: Re: 9-3 GT Turbo
PostPosted: Tue May 08, 2012 4:35 pm 
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this is getting serious now.

i like it..........its the cheapest mod you can do - weight saving.


Yep - and they say life begins at 40 - I've only got to lose another 3 Stone and I've cracked it! :argh:

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nemesismoo
 Post subject: Re: 9-3 GT Turbo
PostPosted: Tue May 08, 2012 9:09 pm 
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9000kev wrote:
this is getting serious now.

i like it..........its the cheapest mod you can do - weight saving.


Yep it sure is - even the drivers lost 3kg :lol:

Bonnet & Doors stll to attack with the angle grinder yet :shock: :shock:

Also the windows & bootlid lightening has helped lower the centre of gravity - as it was high up weight.


Ledster - yeah we are moving the battery into the rear of the car to help with the front/rear ballance - Have also got the new larger twin blade rear spoiler - and another couple of aero tweeks

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nemesismoo
 Post subject: Re: 9-3 GT Turbo
PostPosted: Sun May 13, 2012 9:12 pm 
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Yet another 10 hour day

First job was to fill the void around the rear window with expanding foam
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Then onto lightening the bonnet
First off - cut out the o.e bracing
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Then afix new aluminium bracing bars & fibreglass to -tape fixed to underside to get the curve of the bonnet
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Cut out the bonnet skin itself in preperation for carbon fibre panelling
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one carbon skinned bonnet with vents (still waiting on 2 x vents from screwfix :wall: )
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Bonnet removed 10.5kg of weight :D

Finally a randomnegative camber shot of the front wheels
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nemesismoo
 Post subject: Re: 9-3 GT Turbo
PostPosted: Sun May 20, 2012 6:07 pm 
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More weight removed today :lol:

Front door gutted
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Rear Door gutted
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The last 2 bonnet vents fitted.
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Another 10.2Kg removed today.

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 Post subject: Re: 9-3 GT Turbo
PostPosted: Sun May 20, 2012 6:36 pm 
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You'll be driving fresh air soon Stu. Get some photos up of the car in full mate (if you can stop it floating off) :)

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 Post subject: Re: 9-3 GT Turbo
PostPosted: Sun May 20, 2012 6:39 pm 
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i think a perspex bonnet panel would have looked cool(heavy but cool) also i bet the wiper linkage and twin wipers are heavy,time for a single set up?

how the chuff are you 3kg lighter stu,did you lose a limb at work :shock: cos i have seen more fat on a butchers pencil than you.
also get you eyes laser treated cos glasses/contacts weigh heavy you know.

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 Post subject: Re: 9-3 GT Turbo
PostPosted: Sun May 20, 2012 7:49 pm 
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i think a perspex bonnet panel would have looked cool(heavy but cool) also i bet the wiper linkage and twin wipers are heavy,time for a single set up?

how the chuff are you 3kg lighter stu,did you lose a limb at work :shock: cos i have seen more fat on a butchers pencil than you.
also get you eyes laser treated cos glasses/contacts weigh heavy you know.


A Polycarb bonnet - same as windows was mentioned at one point :lol:

Yep i've lost 3kg - must be slacking on the drinking :lol:

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soulfirer
 Post subject: Re: 9-3 GT Turbo
PostPosted: Tue May 22, 2012 11:44 am 
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watching with interest Stu........

Almost like watching in the future after deciding to turn my 9-5 into a track weapon....

...............Except of course your ain't a 9-5....and I have yet to make that choice as you have.

Be interesting to see what you get it down to eventually (and it's bhp/ton), and what elements of lightening you can provide feedback on re being more bother than the gain.

Also - have you already taken the decision no passenger seat is going back in?
Just checking for future events :wink:

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nemesismoo
 Post subject: Re: 9-3 GT Turbo
PostPosted: Tue May 22, 2012 8:13 pm 
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No the Passenger seat is sat here waiting to go in - its a new lightweight fixed back one, rather than the previous recliner type. Got loads of people who wanna passenger ride in it :lol:

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Will try & get it on a weighbridge at some point as unsure what the original weight was & not all the stuff removed was weighed over the years so it is a bit of an unknown at the moment.

Can tell its getting lighter though as its very easy to push around the garage now :lol: :lol: But the weight loss is now getting harder & harder to find in any decent quantity & decent amount of time to remove anyway.

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nemesismoo
 Post subject: Re: 9-3 GT Turbo
PostPosted: Thu May 24, 2012 6:11 pm 
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Well - some more weight going back in for a change :lol:

Have got more rollcage CDS tubing on order to make X - door bars & a X in the rear diagonal stay. This will all be done allong with extending the cage through the firewall to the front suspension turrets.

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 Post subject: Re: 9-3 GT Turbo
PostPosted: Sun May 27, 2012 6:22 pm 
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Well no weight loss this week :lol:

Bonnet refitted with quick release bonnet pins
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Then we moved onto the new rear spoiler & raising its mounts.
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View from the front of the car - spoiler now inline with the roof / airflow
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 Post subject: Re: 9-3 GT Turbo
PostPosted: Sun Jun 24, 2012 5:14 pm 
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Bit of heat insulation on IC to throttle body pipe & around a couple of hoses.

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Then another 6kg of weight lost
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 Post subject: Re: 9-3 GT Turbo
PostPosted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 8:36 pm 
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More goodies orderd to allow for more radical suspension mods :park: :park:

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 Post subject: Re: 9-3 GT Turbo
PostPosted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 8:45 pm 
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Cars in at the fabricators today - made a start on the new suspension mods & rollcage mods.

Should lower the car another -30mm :lol:

Also will widen the track a bit :park:

And another couple of secret little tweeks :wink:

Rollcage converting the door bars to X brace ones from the single diagonals it has at the moment & bracing through the firewall to the front suspension turrets & a new strutbrace.

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 Post subject: Re: 9-3 GT Turbo
PostPosted: Tue Jul 17, 2012 8:55 pm 
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i recon you will loose a kilo of weight if you washed her stu :D


lower by 30mm :shock: fit some titanium bump strips to light the track up

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nemesismoo
 Post subject: Re: 9-3 GT Turbo
PostPosted: Wed Jul 18, 2012 8:19 pm 
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Very busy day today 11 hours worth :shock:

First of a randon downpipe pic, a couple of people have asked for before
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New strutbrace 32x6mm steel box section
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Passenger side rollcage - note also the tube through the bulkhead too the suspension turret
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Drivers side
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New harness mounts also welded in with new seat subframes

Also the front suspension mods completed :wink:

Rear suspension mods tommorow

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Another v. long day yesterday :wall:

Rear suspension/beam strengthened & modified - also 30mm lower :)

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And heres a ride height shot from the front - note that the front subframe brace sits lower than the front spoiler/bumper :park:
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An extra engine mount/brace has also been added to prevent the engine rocking on its mounts

And a couple of braces to the rear wing.

Cars now with Wessy to fit the replacement abbotts flywheel & for suspension setting up/alignment.

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nemesismoo
 Post subject: Re: 9-3 GT Turbo
PostPosted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 8:14 pm 
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Forgot to say - also last week, whilst we weren't doing much we fitted a B204 & gearbox from the donor 9-3 we broke into a Mk4 Astra :park:

Tis a bit more powerfull than its original 1.6 ltr engine :lol: :lol:

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nemesismoo
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 7:48 pm 
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OOoopps not updated this for a while have I :oops:

New Abbotts flywheel fitted by Wessy.

We have fitted horizontal braces to the rear spoiler from the roof mounts that where welded onto the roof.

Another 6kg lost in interior bits mainly the housing for the o.e passenger airbag & its supports/framework.

New cooling fans wired up.

Few bits of bodywork needed tidying & the extra steel that was welded in on the rollcage etc has been given a lick of paint.

Oil & filter change & new plugs and where all set for the Donny trackday next w.end.

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 Post subject: Re: 9-3 GT Turbo
PostPosted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 7:58 pm 
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More little jobs today - carbon fibre ducting in the front bumper to the Intercooler 8)

Painted the steel / rollcage up & a bit of bodywork.

Then we found a tiny leak in the radiator F :argh: K - so the fronts all had to come off again - luckily Salvo are 1/2 mile down the road from me so guess I'm paying them a visit on Monday.

Car also hoovered out of all the grinding dust & particles - chubby everywhere.

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