Impreza Group-N project.

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 4:14 am Post subject:

Cheers Dinges Thumbsup

I have a few maybe unfair advantages, lol. Most of all, I just enjoy tinkering. More surgery in the form of pillow ball bushes, lower final drive and new diff, etc. for the RX-7 next week....Then it sould be even better to flick sideways Puh

What's your login on the GTR forum (PM if you want)? I don't recognise you from there!

I think your project would generate a lot on interest on GTR.co.uk btw. Not necessarily in Imprezas, but in the level of detail & lack of compromise to which you're building this beast! - Lots of people build cars, but few to this level of thought and determination!

But I'll be watching it here, so look forward to the updates Worship

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 6:36 pm Post subject:

Pillowballs are good, I will be putting my suspension on it, starting at the rear, they really improve the feel of the car. Thumbsup

I love RX7's too, a nice one with a Feed spoiler set is still on my want list, above a Skyline even. Smile

My name on the GTR forum is dinges too, my actual name is Aram though.

I did think about putting this building proces on there aswell, but I did not think the guys would appreciate it much, Scoobies are not their cup of tea mostly. Wink

Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 6:41 pm Post subject:

Got me a fuel filter and a hydraulic parking brake today.

Fuel filter:

The hydraulic brake usually comes with a no-name cilinder, but I really wanted all my stuff from AP Racing, so the guy at the shop exchanged it for free, great guy! Very Happy

Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:39 pm Post subject:

Tried to do a bit again today but with this cold it's no fun, it is easter but it's snowing here!

This is what it looked like, and there is no heating in the workshop. Sad

My old red faithfull:

My current white faithfull:

Anyway, I wanted to fix up the pedalbox and the 2 brake cilinders but it turns out the guys at Prodrive welded the attachmentplate on the firewall crooked!

Argh..., I'm not gonna accept that so I will be doing some more welding and grinding, thank god I didn't have much to do anyway....

But I can still work out the brakelines when they are a bit out of line, so no prob there.

Crooked:

Put them in anyhow:

Then I let the parking brake get used to it's new habitat:

Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 9:47 pm Post subject:

Your white faithful is having a bit of rust on the right fender!! Embarassed

Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:15 am Post subject:

Not only there I'm afraid. Crying or Very sad

I will work on that one after the Impreza is done, it will be as new again. Thumbsup

Itsuki Joined: 03 Jan 2006 Posts: 17

Dinges you have PM!!

//Andreas

Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:21 pm Post subject:

Got a whirlpot today.
It's not the one I thought it would be, I expected a ATL in somewhat bigger size.
Ohh well, if it works it works. Smile

Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:34 pm Post subject:

Because the mastercilinder mounting on the firewall is crooked I had to adress this.
So I decided to incorperate this on a brake bracklet aswell.
I designed a experimental version on autocad from which I will develop the final version.
I will keep it steel for now, but the final version will be aluminium.

I began cleaning up the throttle bodies.
They are full of environmental valves etc. that seriously restrict the flow.
Today I started milling a bit on them.

More later. Wink

Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 9:57 am Post subject:

Looking good. Man, you have a lot of time and patience!

Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 12:39 pm Post subject:

Thanks,

I'm working on them again as we speak, alot of work goes into them. Smile

Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 2:47 pm Post subject:

That stuff is great.
Can't wait to see this moving.

Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2008 4:43 pm Post subject:

Some pics of today's work.
I welded the holes on one body shut, also removed some material on the front and rear, I put both side by side to show the difference.

Itsuki Joined: 17 Mar 2008 Posts: 14 Location: The Hague

Great progress, I really like this project a lot!

Some really skilled craftsmanship in this thread, Im curious on what the finished project will look like.

Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:09 pm Post subject:

Thanks, I can't wait either. Very Happy

Today I kinda finished my body's, sandblasted them a bit etc.
Maybe I'll have the outside shotpeened, because the surface is "open" after sandblasting it, so dirt sticks to it very easily.

Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:33 pm Post subject:

Sweet.

You might want to give it a polish on the inside since you did all that work on it.

Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:24 pm Post subject:

No, it has to be a bit rough m8. Wink

Not much of an update but I am trying to get my car registered on the road which has a few glitches. Sad

Anyway, I got my turbo set-up this weekend, it is a Garrett GT30 kit by Perrin.

Here some shots of the set on the floor and in the car:

Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 12:30 am Post subject:

Yesterday I picked up my new inlet and water manifold.

There are a few small glitches that I have to work out but it's 99% perfect fit.

As I'm switching the airco and steerpumps I need to make new brackets.
I though it was smart to get 2 identical brackets and then switch bottoms and tops with each other.
So I started with the steering pump, but it turned out to high, so I will start from scratch again.

Everything needs to be as low as possible on the engine, first because of the FMIC/radiator shrouding and because of the FMIC piping from the manifold that has to run over them.

The body's in their place:

Alien!!!!! Aarghh.... uhm, sorry.

Well finished!:

In it's place:

Look how neat the FMIC can go underneath:

Da original:

After some cutting:

Pump bracket remade:

Measuring:

Not that any of this matters as it's going in the bin anyway. Very Happy

Watermanifold, pitty it doesn't fit in one go:

All together:

Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 1:26 am Post subject:

aram!!!! n1 going man! Thumbsup

Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 1:59 am Post subject:

I see you received a package from Tracktive. Thumbsup

Heard the manifold is some good stuff.

Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 9:42 am Post subject:

man this is looking a whole lot better.. Thumbsup

Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 5:11 pm Post subject:

Thanks guys. Smile

Stuff is second hand b.t.w. Wink

Posted: Thu May 08, 2008 11:53 pm Post subject:

Some pics, I got the inlet manifold back, it has the throttlvalve attached now.

Throttlebody's have the same coating as the water and inlet manifold.

The positive connector on the alternator has moved from the top to the back, this is beter as the FMIC piping runs over it.
It's a bit more shiny to now. Smile

Replacement exit for crank oil fumes that sits on top of the engine, the new watermanifold sat over it so it has to be adjusted:

Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 2:31 am Post subject:

Amazin job! Worship

Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 9:00 am Post subject:

Thanks m8. Smile