Musketier Xsara VTS
Welcome to my journal! I own a 1998 Citroen Xsara VTS. It was built in 1998. March 5. in Vigo, Spain. It only had two owners before myself. The first one bought and used the car in Germany ( Tuttlingen - just above the Bodensee ) The German owner bought the Musketier bodykit a couple of months after the purchase. (I have all T?V papers from the modification)
I've bought the car back in 2004 from the second owner who brought the car into Hungary and used it for half a year.
After a few months I started to feel like I have to make it a bit more custom, and I started modding it.
------------------------- The mods list -------------------------
Engine-Peter Taylor Stage 1. inlet camshaft
-TTV lightweight crank pulley
-Motul 300V Power 5W-40 oil
-19 row Setrab oil cooler with thermostat
Intake -BMC Carbon Dynamic Airbox
-throttle body (BTCC copy)
-inlet manifold (BTCC copy) (Jenvey 45mm individual throttle bodies soon
)
-oil catch tank
Fuel system-Aeromotive fuel filter
-braided fuel lines
-440cc Ford Focus RS injectors
-running on E85 (switchable E85/petrol config)
Exhaust-Magnex decat pipe mated to original Citroen middle box and backbox
Engine management-DP-Engineering VEMS plug and play standalone ECU (WBO2, EGT, knock sensing upgrade) mapped by Kovacs Akos (PW Racing)
Drivetrain-engine mount chocks
-custom made short shifter
-gr.A linkages
-Whistler Racing solid hub (6 Pad) cerametallic clutch plate
-TTV lightweight billet steel flywheel
Suspension-Csaba's special front upper brace (prototype - only this one exists in the whole world
)
-custom lower brace
-hybrid rear ARB
-Powerflex rear beam stiffening kit
-polyurethane filled rear beam front mounts
-Lynx Power Engineering roller bearing wishbone bushes
-AST Sportline I. coilovers - specially made for THIS car - ride height adjustment / 12-way adjustable bump and rebound settings
-AST adjustable top mounts
Brakes-Brembo solid discs
-Mintex Racing M1144 pads front
-Mintex Racing M1144 pads rear
-Motul RBF660 brake fluid
-Exact braided brake lines
-Custom brake cooling ducts
-HiSpec Billet4 4pot lightweight calipers
-287mm HiSpec discs (Renault 21 solid Brembos)
Wheels, tyres-Tecnomagnesio TM Light antracite wheels
-195/50 R15 Michelin Pilot Exalto PE2
-4 Pirelli D3 19-580-15 slicks
-4 Hankook Ventus F200 slicks 195/50 15 on C5 "steelies" (steelies weight 4.5kg each - refurbed in gloss black)
Exterior-Full Musketier body kit (front splitter, side skirts, rear valance, spoiler, intakes in the bonnet, decals on the side)
-chrome angel eyes (407 look-alike)
-ph.2 rear lights
-ph.2 chrome rear badges
-ph.2 rear bumper
-ph.2.5 chrom boot trim
Interior-EVO II bucket seat
-Sparco 4-point FIA-homologated harness (04815BM)
-leather steering wheel (retrimmed in genuine Porsche leather)
-leather gear gaiter (retrimmed in genuine Porsche leather)
-Blaupunkt ROME NAV55E
-Blaupunkt Bluetooth hands-free kit
-Hertz DSK 165 component set - front
-Hertz DCX 130 - rear
-chrome speedo rings
-Valeo H.U.D.
-original Citroen floor mats
-ph.2 gear knob
-G-Tech PRO R/R performance meter
------------------------- Pictures -------------------------
that's how her looks like now:
engine bay:
somtehing which used to handle 100hp nitro shots:
(I removed the nitro kit from the VTS, now it's working in an Alfa 156. The VTS ran 2 years on nitro without any problems, and the Alfa died after two 50hp shots
)
old shots with foglights and twin exit exhaust:
Photoshop by a friend of mine:
with my 2CV Charleston:
old shots with the original ph.1 lights and badges:
old Interior shots with original old gear knob, old floor mats, and old steering wheel:
