Hi guys thought I'd share a few pics and the story behind my Bravo track bitch.
I bought it off a mate as a boggo HGT last year as a runabout and was going to keep it standard, but I warmed to it, and it ended up with a few mods.
500 notes later and i picked this up, taxed and full MOT
Drove it round for a good few miles like it was, dead happy. Bit thirsty for a daily driver but I didnt really care
Then one day I ended up chucking a rod through the block (both sides) and the sump, drove it till it seized and this was the result
Was gonna scrap it but I heard of a cheap coupe going with a half decent motor, had a rebuild etc so a brief trip to wales and I had 2 heaps
And the reason it was cheap
Proper piece of **** car, bent rear end, interior was awful, paint was pink, peeling everywhere, but the engine was mint! Fully documented rebuild, new turbo, gearbox and head
So work began: out with the old
Couple of weeks of evenings and engine was all in and ready. Had a few problems with the wiring and immobiliser, as the bravo one is incompatible with the coupe one, but got round that and had it in and running, dead happy
Excuse the shonky wiring, and zip tied radiator, all fixed now
After a (rare) wash
Which brings us roughly up to date when last week (after a battle with a pain in the arse who was meant to be buying it, who broke it :bang: ) I decided to keep it, and have it as a track machine. Engine is coming out over the weekend for a cam belt, clutch and check up before it gets abused, and I'm gonna give it a quick blow over in white too if i have time, as I realised two things: The car is stonechipped up and looks terrible, and I cant stand the colour anyway
future plans are something like: Cage, Coilovers with concentric top mounts (nasty sus on it at the minute ) poly bushes, adjustable tca's. Engine wise I have a couple of main options, a GT28rs (probably the sensible choice) and aim for 350 360bhp ish, or "the naughty one" (and yes thats my phone next to it ) all run on pectel T6-2000
(its an RS500 Garrett T04-B )
Err. maybe not... not till i get all steel bottom end and forged pistons anyway
Hope you enjoy. Any help and stuff would be great, like where I can get a full cage for it for a start, I cba making the lot
Steve
I bought it off a mate as a boggo HGT last year as a runabout and was going to keep it standard, but I warmed to it, and it ended up with a few mods.
500 notes later and i picked this up, taxed and full MOT
Drove it round for a good few miles like it was, dead happy. Bit thirsty for a daily driver but I didnt really care
Then one day I ended up chucking a rod through the block (both sides) and the sump, drove it till it seized and this was the result
Was gonna scrap it but I heard of a cheap coupe going with a half decent motor, had a rebuild etc so a brief trip to wales and I had 2 heaps
And the reason it was cheap
Proper piece of **** car, bent rear end, interior was awful, paint was pink, peeling everywhere, but the engine was mint! Fully documented rebuild, new turbo, gearbox and head
So work began: out with the old
Couple of weeks of evenings and engine was all in and ready. Had a few problems with the wiring and immobiliser, as the bravo one is incompatible with the coupe one, but got round that and had it in and running, dead happy
Excuse the shonky wiring, and zip tied radiator, all fixed now
After a (rare) wash
Which brings us roughly up to date when last week (after a battle with a pain in the arse who was meant to be buying it, who broke it :bang: ) I decided to keep it, and have it as a track machine. Engine is coming out over the weekend for a cam belt, clutch and check up before it gets abused, and I'm gonna give it a quick blow over in white too if i have time, as I realised two things: The car is stonechipped up and looks terrible, and I cant stand the colour anyway
future plans are something like: Cage, Coilovers with concentric top mounts (nasty sus on it at the minute ) poly bushes, adjustable tca's. Engine wise I have a couple of main options, a GT28rs (probably the sensible choice) and aim for 350 360bhp ish, or "the naughty one" (and yes thats my phone next to it ) all run on pectel T6-2000
(its an RS500 Garrett T04-B )
Err. maybe not... not till i get all steel bottom end and forged pistons anyway
Hope you enjoy. Any help and stuff would be great, like where I can get a full cage for it for a start, I cba making the lot
Steve
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