danny81
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Thought id start a build thread for my AX 1.0 Spree. Long time lurker here and have decided to do a project as i fancied having a go for a while and my son fancied the idea so getting him involved and off the Xbox is a bonus! Car was advertised for sale on this very forum and i had seen the start of the build thread so decided it had all the right parts that i could make a good start. Arrival Minidan had already fitted VTR front struts hence the alloys up front,  Due to storage issues mainly no room the interior desperately needed de moulding, Wife and lad on those duties and really pleased how well its come up.    Meanwhile i took started putting the VTR motor in,  Also managed to get under the engine bay cleaned up and undersealed , More pics to follow might even show you the rusty bits ! |
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niwid
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Yay! Glad someone bought this and has carried on with it. Looking forward to progress  |
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danny81
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May 11, 2020 18:22:24 GMT
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Decided to pull the motor back out as i wanted to tidy the engine bay up a bit, Car is going to be white when finished i was going to just leave it black under there but had a change of heart. Also finished fitting the Saxo lower arms and new track rod ends.   |
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niwid
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May 11, 2020 21:35:53 GMT
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Great work, worth doing. Should look a lot tidier in there once it's all fitted in there
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danny81
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May 11, 2020 21:41:55 GMT
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Great work, worth doing. Should look a lot tidier in there once it's all fitted in there Hopefully , Only ever car I've restored was a Innocent Mini Cooper years ago, Car looked great but I never opened the bonnet , was a proper mess under there 😅 |
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niwid
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May 11, 2020 21:57:49 GMT
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Great work, worth doing. Should look a lot tidier in there once it's all fitted in there Hopefully , Only ever car I've restored was a Innocent Mini Cooper years ago, Car looked great but I never opened the bonnet , was a proper mess under there 😅 Yeah a tidy engine bay makes it much nicer to work on. I've never had a super clean bay myself, but when I did the engine swap on my 205 I took the time to clean it out thoroughly and it makes a big difference |
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danny81
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May 11, 2020 22:03:19 GMT
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Hopefully , Only ever car I've restored was a Innocent Mini Cooper years ago, Car looked great but I never opened the bonnet , was a proper mess under there 😅 Yeah a tidy engine bay makes it much nicer to work on. I've never had a super clean bay myself, but when I did the engine swap on my 205 I took the time to clean it out thoroughly and it makes a big difference That's partly the resoning because I'm a bit worried about the wiring side of the conversion, luckily everything else has been easy 👍 |
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niwid
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May 11, 2020 22:05:16 GMT
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Yeah a tidy engine bay makes it much nicer to work on. I've never had a super clean bay myself, but when I did the engine swap on my 205 I took the time to clean it out thoroughly and it makes a big difference That's partly the resoning because I'm a bit worried about the wiring side of the conversion, luckily everything else has been easy 👍 Yeah, the wiring would be my weakness too, as I'm terrible with schematics! Apparently it's relatively simple though. Is it a single plug ECU you've got? |
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danny81
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May 12, 2020 17:55:41 GMT
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That's partly the resoning because I'm a bit worried about the wiring side of the conversion, luckily everything else has been easy 👍 Yeah, the wiring would be my weakness too, as I'm terrible with schematics! Apparently it's relatively simple though. Is it a single plug ECU you've got? It's a 3 plug ECU and not sure if it's unlocked but I've found another engine complete with all the bits I'm missing plus it's already got a converted loom for a early 106 so should save a lot of time 🤞 |
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niwid
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May 13, 2020 11:03:24 GMT
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Yeah, the wiring would be my weakness too, as I'm terrible with schematics! Apparently it's relatively simple though. Is it a single plug ECU you've got? It's a 3 plug ECU and not sure if it's unlocked but I've found another engine complete with all the bits I'm missing plus it's already got a converted loom for a early 106 so should save a lot of time 🤞 Cool. Keep us updated with the build! I'd love to do a similar conversion at some point but the wiring scares me haha |
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danny81
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danny81
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Onto the wiring now i guess  |
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May 24, 2020 15:42:18 GMT
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Wiring shouldn't be too bad, a mate stuck a vts lump in his 205 and I think he said it was 8 wire's to get it running
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danny81
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May 24, 2020 17:03:03 GMT
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Wiring shouldn't be too bad, a mate stuck a vts lump in his 205 and I think he said it was 8 wire's to get it running Made a start no power to car as such but I can hear the vtr relays clicking on so hopefully something simple. Will be next weekend now when I get chance to have a proper look Engine needs 3 wires to run but I'm not in a position to run it so I think it's more of a car loom problem than engine loom. |
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Last Edit: May 24, 2020 17:04:16 GMT by danny81
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