Thread: XSi 1.6 8v Diablo Red

Removed original airbox, and fitted raceland. Not straight forward, as there are 3 breather pipes and an air temperature sensor. Did attempt a custom way of attaching everything but ended up buying breather filters!

Before excuse the arrows


After







To Do:
* Respray
* Speedline Comp2 alloys - sell Khans
* Debadge Read
* De Wiper rear
* Lower 25-30mm

yeah, just attached filters to the 3 breather pipes. The pipercross ones come with crappy plastic things, so your best off buying some jubilee clips.

The air temp sensor with a push, fits into the side of the raceland, which i think its what its designed for.

By the way, for that to fit, you need a grinder, and a lot of trial and error!!

I had to grind the front quite a lot (as you can probably tell to the bottom right where it isnt straight), and a lot on the left by the sparks and the battery.

This should in theory fit perfectly, but dont hold me to that http://www.kam-racing.com/product_in...products_id/71

cheers guys, hopefully going down 40mm will make it look much better, it usually does!

Originally Posted by Wizza

How teh hell did you fit teh Raceland... Great job buddy... Looking mint... Want an track day S1 myself!!!

get an s1! Track it, you wont regret it, even the 1.4s are putting out 95hp, and they will be lighter and hten when you strip it, great power to weight!

I fitted the raceland using a grinder and a lot of trial and error!! lol

It takes a bit of chopping for a quiksilver, but takes a lot more chopping for the xsi due to the coil pack and battery being in the way and it doesnt sit nicely on the front. If i didnt have this kit alreay, i would've bought a VTR or 206 one instead, but I had the 106 and it had no real resale value so i chopped it up! lol

Quick Picture Update

Quick update with the pics from the previous thread. I bought two things from FCS which I forgot about, heatwrap and a normal parcel shelf without 6x9's in so thats another £25. I'm putting the prices of everything in here so I can add it all up in a few years and see the ridiculous amount spent on it.

* The comp 2's on the car and the debaged rear. Need to Tcut the print that the badges left on the paint.



* Bought some heatwrap from a chap at FCS for manifold, need to find a guide how to put it onto a manifold properly, these sorts of things i tend to do badly but we'll see



* The Pioneer stereo



* The mats - put them in, they aint the greatest fit in the world and are a bit too bright red at the moment but that'll change over time when the colour fades



Things to do now:
* Lower 40mm
* De Wiper
* Heatwrap Manifold
* Put manifold and Pugsport zorst on
* Get paint sorted

And most importantly:
* 106Owners stickers

Update

* Lowered 40mm front and rear, looks so much better in the flesh lower. Doesnt look much different in the photos but it is def 40mm! lol


Before


After


And a fancy one

Cheers for the comments appreciated

Needs work doing though, pics dont show imperfections.

* Need to sort the roof, the laquer flaking
* Mirrors are badly colour coded.
* Front bumper is cracked
* Rear badges have left mark, tried t-cutting, no success
* Needs de wipering

And finally,
* Needs 16 valves lol Cant see engine holding up much longer (blessing in disguise )

Updateage
* Manifoldage + Pugsportage = Picture Whorage

Fitted raceland and pugsport t'other day. Find with these engines they are crap til they hit 4500rpm, feel like a 1.1 up until that point but the breathing mods lessen the pain! Its at 60 in a very short time, still could do with more top emd pull, already bored of the power lol those throttle bodies have got me seriously thinking.

* Manifoldage (soon to have heatwrap if all goes to plan)


* Pugsportage


* Also bought some pioneer speakers to replace the utterly useless standard ones, need to get some spades to fit them connections.

Have been treating her to meguiars cleaning products, cant believe how much difference it makes! Really is better than the supermarket shit i used to use.

Originally Posted by 106_xsi

looking good mate. 40mm down makes sooo much difference dont it?

Get that manifold wrapped! lol

Whats the raceland like? much of a noticeable differnce? because ive got a K&N atm and love the noise but would consider a raceland if its gonna make a good difference in performance.

yeah noticeable difference, definatley felt like it had more power. Certainly worthy investment, just a bit of a bad fit.

Originally Posted by Rallye James

Haha, the heatwrap will obviously give you the advantage!

I can't believe how similar our specs are, I've even got Pioneer speakers too!

LOL you got a GE quickshift?

I best get polishing for improved aerodynamics and fold the rear seat down for less weight pressure

Originally Posted by Ste

need to rebuild it first bud but watch this space

whats next on the list then?

next on list is to redo the mirrors, sort the laquer out, might give it a full respray next year and then 16v it one day or TB it. Not too sure TB'ing a 120k engine would be wise, anyone know? The sound of a TB'd 8v though makes you spunk.

If the car give me hassle though its going to be tracked i reckon, its not worth a lot, so rag it about a track every now and again and get a sensible car for work etc when the time comes.

Originally Posted by James106xsi

Looking good

Keep it 8v, either refurb the head or buy another low milage one and then TB it, 16v is boring

yeah, i am swinging towards TB's, although it wont be in the next year or so i'm prity sure (being at uni). Sound of TBs on an 8v is the greatest sound ever lol

Small Updateage
Done a few things but wont get hold of a camera for ages so no pics til xmas lol just need to put them down while i remember

* Replaced front bumper which was cracked

* Fitted phillips bulbs, not sure which ones, but now have a better beam and a nice blue tint

m8 that is mint i am thinkin of a transplate of either a 1.4 or a 1.6 i dunno cus i want the power for rallying so i dunno wat to go 4 im thinkin 1.6

Updates Dan?

Would like to see hows its progressing.

hey m8 !
wat a car absolute stunning colour the white wheels are brill
is your clarion cd player still for sale ?

As I've finished Uni, and am at home can update!!

* Got the brakes, 283mm lucas calipers off a GTi-6. Want these on before FCS as going on track. Got some mintex brakes and pads on order and will be getting seom braided hoses from Swampy next week.

* Stripped the rear, just need to move the seat belts when I figure out how to get at them lol.

Clutch is slipping, going to sort that out before FCS. Then will be looking at suspension (B8's ) and buckets.

Will get some pics up soon, but left PC connector from fone at Uni.

looks well on those wheels. cant beat a nice xsi

how much did you induction kit cost for your xsi mate because i have the same car as you :-)