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Martin's 2002 Nighthawk EP3

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martin1985

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Well got her last friday in pretty good nick apart from a couple stone chips on bonnet & scuff on passenger side splitter which can be fixed easy!

Not a lot of great deal mod's done to it at the moment but....this is the mods the car came with,

Tegiwa Induction kit
Custom made 3" Powerflow exhaust system & decat (probably change this but not sure)
Lowered dont know how low lol
Drilled and grooved front and rear brakes
Rear camber
Debadged
JVC KD-AVX20 ICE

I am thinking of spraying the wheels (not black as i am bored with black on black as i did that on my saxo & i did gloss white) maybe gun metal grey or that grey that begins with an A can't remember what its called lol? I ordered some wind deflectors on ebay yesterday so hopefully they arrive in post tomorrow!

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Need to clean her up a bit more, also the car came with the mud flaps don't know if i like them may take them off. I do like the rear number plate, probably not everyones cup of tea!

Well that is the car as of now will keep updates on future mods!
 
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Torques^ :smt054:smt054 but if your after grids keep an eye out for second hand set, you will get them handy enough for reasonable money, I actually got offered to swap rota grids for my standard ep3 wheels few weeks ago
 
they do look nice on that white ctr, wish i had a white ctr now lol. really they offered a straight swap :eek: i might have to keep an eye out for a 2nd hand set :D
 
Nice example of an EP3. Not massively keep on the mud flaps, but they do serve a purpose.

Just one question about your Saxo, why did you run a 1.1 gearbox on the 1.6 16v motor? Sorry but Im curious.
 
tom83 said:
Nice example of an EP3. Not massively keep on the mud flaps, but they do serve a purpose.

Just one question about your Saxo, why did you run a 1.1 gearbox on the 1.6 16v motor? Sorry but Im curious.
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Thanks mate, yeah am undecided on the mud flaps!

well since the car was originally a vtr and when i swapped the engine to the vts i didn't get a gear box included, i ran it with the vtr box and was very long gear's. the vts has a shorter ratio but the 1.1 also had pretty much the same ratio's and was cheaper so i got one for £40 and never had a problem.
 
martin1985 said:
well since the car was originally a vtr and when i swapped the engine to the vts i didn't get a gear box included, i ran it with the vtr box and was very long gear's. the vts has a shorter ratio but the 1.1 also had pretty much the same ratio's and was cheaper so i got one for £40 and never had a problem.
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Thought it might have been a shorter ratio. Although I didnt know the VTS was shorter than the VTR. Cheers pal.
 
martin1985 said:
No worries pal, the vtr box is near identical to the diesel ratio of the saxo range lol.
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I had a VTR for a few weeks last winter when I took my EP3 off the road. I always thought it could have used a shorter ratio. I keep thinking about buying another Saxo to abuse on track days.
 
Nice car mate. Grids are a good choice, had them on my Milano ep3 a couple of years ago. I've now got rota boosts on my cosmic ep3 and there pretty light. Just got rid of a set of 3 piece work split rims. I think grid drifts look amazing and that would of been my first choice. Keep up the good work.
 
tom83 said:
I had a VTR for a few weeks last winter when I took my EP3 off the road. I always thought it could have used a shorter ratio. I keep thinking about buying another Saxo to abuse on track days.
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yeah saxo's are a good choice for a track day!
 
Kirbymeister said:
Nice car mate. Grids are a good choice, had them on my Milano ep3 a couple of years ago. I've now got rota boosts on my cosmic ep3 and there pretty light. Just got rid of a set of 3 piece work split rims. I think grid drifts look amazing and that would of been my first choice. Keep up the good work.
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Thanks mate, yeah am leaning towards Grids. I shall keep her good :lol:
 
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