This project started off after I got fed up sliding around when really pushing the car on track with the standard leather seats. The solution was to put in bucket seats, but that created another issue, which was with no seat mounted factory fitted airbags, it wouldn't pass an MOT anymore.

I could have done the resistor trick, but any half decent MOT tester, or VOSA roadside stop would know. The solution to that was to go "Extensively modified".

From the MOT regs book "13. Extensively modified vehicles. If a vehicle has been extensively modified or converted, certain defects, such as for components ‘missing where fitted as standard’ should not be applied, for example: a car converted for competition rally use must have the rear seats removed, be fitted with a roll cage and full harness seat belts, may not be fitted with components such as brake servo, power steering or airbags"

I kept the power steering and brake servo, but all the airbags have gone (they would foul on the roll cage anyway). The end result is a full track built car, which is still a daily driver.

It made no sense to get rid of the car, as it has free supercharging for life, and with the price of fuel at the moment, I reckon running an equivalent performance petrol car would be crazy expensive!