CCC - Colins Custom Car
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Posted this up on facebook Colin, and repeating here for Mark 
Colin had his first weekend at Silverstone in his new motor
and now for something completely different...Colin fancied modifying and customising his Gen1 Viper into a unique road legal vehicle. Colin's on going project is now nearing completion, it has really moved on in the last six months, and I cant imagine the time consumed even after seeing a huge photo album he has put together showing all the build
The high lights of the build includes an adapted RT chassis, galvanised and powder coated in purple. Billet CNC ali wishbones and uprights with a 2" hydraulic lift kit for getting over speed bumps. The engine has a bigger cam, ported valves, T&D roller rockers and a Gen3 intake. with Gen2 crate wiring and PCM, along custom headers and a exhaust that runs under the centre of the car
mated to a Quaife sequencial gearbox, Quaife Diff, custom prop and half shafts. The car also has a electric variable power steering and adjustable anti roll bars. The Fuel cell is custom, going to Gen3 injectors. The body is carbon fibre, sprayed with 2 pack orange paint and laquar, the stripes are the carbon fibre
the side windows are custom glass/electric, the rear screen is polycarbonate and the front screen is factory Gen1. Interior is carbon, with a race technology digital dash. AP Racing 6 pot brakes up front and 4 pot on the rear with integral handbrake, with 5 Stud TVR light weight wheels. There are lots of other features I haven't mentioned !! but Colin has put his car together in his own garage by the side of his house which quite remarkable, doing nearly all the work from chassis welding, clay sculpturing the shape of the car then taking moulds to make the CF body panels and spraying them, and a million other jobs too
Colin had his first weekend at Silverstone in his new motor
and now for something completely different...Colin fancied modifying and customising his Gen1 Viper into a unique road legal vehicle. Colin's on going project is now nearing completion, it has really moved on in the last six months, and I cant imagine the time consumed even after seeing a huge photo album he has put together showing all the build
The high lights of the build includes an adapted RT chassis, galvanised and powder coated in purple. Billet CNC ali wishbones and uprights with a 2" hydraulic lift kit for getting over speed bumps. The engine has a bigger cam, ported valves, T&D roller rockers and a Gen3 intake. with Gen2 crate wiring and PCM, along custom headers and a exhaust that runs under the centre of the car
mated to a Quaife sequencial gearbox, Quaife Diff, custom prop and half shafts. The car also has a electric variable power steering and adjustable anti roll bars. The Fuel cell is custom, going to Gen3 injectors. The body is carbon fibre, sprayed with 2 pack orange paint and laquar, the stripes are the carbon fibre
the side windows are custom glass/electric, the rear screen is polycarbonate and the front screen is factory Gen1. Interior is carbon, with a race technology digital dash. AP Racing 6 pot brakes up front and 4 pot on the rear with integral handbrake, with 5 Stud TVR light weight wheels. There are lots of other features I haven't mentioned !! but Colin has put his car together in his own garage by the side of his house which quite remarkable, doing nearly all the work from chassis welding, clay sculpturing the shape of the car then taking moulds to make the CF body panels and spraying them, and a million other jobs too
Edited by Viper on Wednesday 30th July 16:35
Flippin Heck! 
So let me get this right.......
That Orange car WAS a Gen 1 Viper?
WOW, Respect Colin, that is one hell of a lot of work!
Looks Great, Where an earth did you start? Had you seen Nadines Comp Coupe and thought I would like one of those?
I dread to think how much time you must have put into that and the one of parts needed for the build?
Did you do all the body panels yourself or did you buy them and then make them fit?
So is it running yet?
So let me get this right.......
That Orange car WAS a Gen 1 Viper?
WOW, Respect Colin, that is one hell of a lot of work!
Looks Great, Where an earth did you start? Had you seen Nadines Comp Coupe and thought I would like one of those?
I dread to think how much time you must have put into that and the one of parts needed for the build?
Did you do all the body panels yourself or did you buy them and then make them fit?
So is it running yet?
Mark, ill answer these to the best of my lowly ability until Colin pops up, so some of it will be wrong 
he's out early in the morning for a well deserved holiday and im pretty sure he wont be online
Yes, it was a originally a red Gen1, which Colin has owned for something like 12 years.
Joel and I saw loads of the build pics, original Comp Coupe panels wouldn't fit so Colin made his own carbon fibre panels from scratch !! The only part of the body panels which is factory CC is the hood vents
the original RT was covered in clay which Colin worked into the shape of Comp Coupe, on the hood pic I guess it was about 70mm thick, several more processes, Colin had a mould which he could manufacture his own CF panels from. The roof/rear/bumper section is one huge piece(up to the window screen)
the car runs and everything works, though there was a slight issue with the clutch on Saturday
You could be right Dave, there was an Ex: Falklands Lynx helicopter on his front garden for a couple of years
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he's out early in the morning for a well deserved holiday and im pretty sure he wont be online
Yes, it was a originally a red Gen1, which Colin has owned for something like 12 years.
Joel and I saw loads of the build pics, original Comp Coupe panels wouldn't fit so Colin made his own carbon fibre panels from scratch !! The only part of the body panels which is factory CC is the hood vents
the original RT was covered in clay which Colin worked into the shape of Comp Coupe, on the hood pic I guess it was about 70mm thick, several more processes, Colin had a mould which he could manufacture his own CF panels from. The roof/rear/bumper section is one huge piece(up to the window screen)
the car runs and everything works, though there was a slight issue with the clutch on Saturday
You could be right Dave, there was an Ex: Falklands Lynx helicopter on his front garden for a couple of years
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Edited by Viper on Wednesday 30th July 22:33
Hi Guys, I'm back and will try answer as many questions as possible. And will also put pen to paper for the website
I bought the car accident damage about 12 years ago, cat D, only panel damage, it did still drive. Initially my thoughts were to put it back to stock, but as it was accident damage and alot of people think that accident damage cars are the devil, plus I live in Scotland so an open top is not a great idea my thoughts changed to converting it to a GTS. I always prefered to the look of the GTS. Then after more thought, which involved pricing all parts to covert it, I started to thing GTSR race replica, as the interior parts alone for the GTS conversion were getting very expensive. Race car, minimal interior . I then attended VOI and saw some Comp Coupes and thought, why not
I started with cutting MDF wood arches and mounting them in the correct position to give me the correct widths. Moulded a GTS roof to give me a start point and purchased GEN3 nose cone and lights. Oh and quite a bit of clay, fibreglass and catalloy. When i was close to finishing the shaping, Nad asked me to mould their CC. This did help me in the details as the louvres in the bonnet, the area around the rear lights/numberplate.
There are many changes made to the car that i will try to list eventually but there is not one part on the car that hasn't been modified. I must thank Nad for what i think just finishes the car off when she offered me the Gen 3 intake. At least now when you lift the bonnet, it looks right.
I know many people will hate me for what i have done, and that is why i don't come on here very often, but i have done it for me. I changed the stering column to Vauxhall Corsa, because i wanted variable electric powder steering............
Please feel free to ask anything, or request any detail photo's
I bought the car accident damage about 12 years ago, cat D, only panel damage, it did still drive. Initially my thoughts were to put it back to stock, but as it was accident damage and alot of people think that accident damage cars are the devil, plus I live in Scotland so an open top is not a great idea
my thoughts changed to converting it to a GTS. I always prefered to the look of the GTS. Then after more thought, which involved pricing all parts to covert it, I started to thing GTSR race replica, as the interior parts alone for the GTS conversion were getting very expensive. Race car, minimal interior . I then attended VOI and saw some Comp Coupes and thought, why not I started with cutting MDF wood arches and mounting them in the correct position to give me the correct widths. Moulded a GTS roof to give me a start point and purchased GEN3 nose cone and lights. Oh and quite a bit of clay, fibreglass and catalloy
. When i was close to finishing the shaping, Nad asked me to mould their CC. This did help me in the details as the louvres in the bonnet, the area around the rear lights/numberplate.There are many changes made to the car that i will try to list eventually but there is not one part on the car that hasn't been modified. I must thank Nad for what i think just finishes the car off when she offered me the Gen 3 intake. At least now when you lift the bonnet, it looks right.
I know many people will hate me for what i have done, and that is why i don't come on here very often, but i have done it for me. I changed the stering column to Vauxhall Corsa, because i wanted variable electric powder steering............
Please feel free to ask anything, or request any detail photo's
fatboy18 said:
How did you work out the suspension set up?
I have read up about ideal suspension setup. I do a lot of drawings on CAD to design the most ideal geometry, wishbone lengths, hub positions etc. There is no guarantee but the theory is all good
Very interested to know what is involved with the hydraulic lifting,
I need that on my car
The lift was all designed into the suspension setup, I wanted to keep the coil over shock setup, so used hydraulic rams to lift the chassis mounting points for the shocks. If I was to do it again, I would look into the electric lifts similar to Lamborghini, as I have put a bit of weight into the car with the hydraulics. But it is definitely worth it, getting it on and off the trailer
Loving the cross brace too.
Do you plan to track the car?
No, I have no interest in track days, but I think Nad was measuring herself up to take it out for me
I have read up about ideal suspension setup. I do a lot of drawings on CAD to design the most ideal geometry, wishbone lengths, hub positions etc. There is no guarantee but the theory is all good
Very interested to know what is involved with the hydraulic lifting,
I need that on my car
The lift was all designed into the suspension setup, I wanted to keep the coil over shock setup, so used hydraulic rams to lift the chassis mounting points for the shocks. If I was to do it again, I would look into the electric lifts similar to Lamborghini, as I have put a bit of weight into the car with the hydraulics. But it is definitely worth it, getting it on and off the trailer
Loving the cross brace too.
Do you plan to track the car?
No, I have no interest in track days, but I think Nad was measuring herself up to take it out for me
VPRMAN said:
fatboy18 said:
How did you work out the suspension set up?
I have read up about ideal suspension setup. I do a lot of drawings on CAD to design the most ideal geometry, wishbone lengths, hub positions etc. There is no guarantee but the theory is all good
Very interested to know what is involved with the hydraulic lifting,
I need that on my car
The lift was all designed into the suspension setup, I wanted to keep the coil over shock setup, so used hydraulic rams to lift the chassis mounting points for the shocks. If I was to do it again, I would look into the electric lifts similar to Lamborghini, as I have put a bit of weight into the car with the hydraulics. But it is definitely worth it, getting it on and off the trailer
Loving the cross brace too.
Do you plan to track the car?
No, I have no interest in track days, but I think Nad was measuring herself up to take it out for me
I have read up about ideal suspension setup. I do a lot of drawings on CAD to design the most ideal geometry, wishbone lengths, hub positions etc. There is no guarantee but the theory is all good
Very interested to know what is involved with the hydraulic lifting,
I need that on my car
The lift was all designed into the suspension setup, I wanted to keep the coil over shock setup, so used hydraulic rams to lift the chassis mounting points for the shocks. If I was to do it again, I would look into the electric lifts similar to Lamborghini, as I have put a bit of weight into the car with the hydraulics. But it is definitely worth it, getting it on and off the trailer
Loving the cross brace too.
Do you plan to track the car?
No, I have no interest in track days, but I think Nad was measuring herself up to take it out for me
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