Few more boxes opened
Group N engine and gearbox mounts
Crank and Bearings
Niterided EJ257 Crank
Daz.......
To give you guys an idea of costs, we are about 50% through the budget.
4K bought this
STi 4 1998 RHD lightweight 2 door Type R shell
Custom Cage fully welded Int. group N T45 cage
strengthened strut tops
strengthened flitch plates
double skinned cills
Alloy firewall
seat rails
doors with electric mirrors/glass with safety film
Alloy bonnet facelift
STi8 Scoop / bonnet pins & lamp pod fasteners
boot with V6 STi spoiler,
polycarbonate quick release side windows,
laminated front screen
rear tinted screen
WRC roof vent
modified wings to take 18" wheels
sump guard mounting points
front/rear bumpers
facelift grill
lights
modified heater
crossmembers
dash
modified steering column
STi wiring loom with DCCD
dash clocks/DCCD
tank(no pump)
wipers*
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Paid additional £ 1,150.00 for
Walbro uprated fuel pump/
spec C intank pick up,
braided aeroequip fuel lines
Fuel pressure regulator(fuel labs) with pressure gauge FEV
GTEC FIA approved electric plumbed in fire extinguisher system
Red top battery/battery box/
Electric cut off switch and all wiring Bias
Pedalbox/hydraulic handbrake and all braided hoses
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£ 6,584.18 bought this
1 EJ22 Closed deck Block
1 EJ257 Crankshaft
1 set of ACL Race Series Big end bearings
1 Set of ACL Race Series Phase 2 Main bearings
1 ACL Race Series Centre Thrust Bearing
1 Set of Wiseco 97.5mm Stroker Pistons
1 Exedy Twin Plate Clutch
1 Solaris S6GP ECU
Group N gearbox and engine mounts.
Fuel Labs 1000bhp fuel Pump
Fuel Labs Billet fuel filter.
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and £ 450.00 for
Doner Engine
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Total spent so far £ 12,184.18 inc vat.
We are still confident we can do this within the budget.
Clive.........
Decision on turbo is made, GT35R with a billet wheel and the 0.82 housing no ifs no butts
Daz......
The Exedy Twin Plate for Clive's has arrived today.
I was looking at the ACT offering for mine. Would like to give one a whirl before shelling out for an Exedy myself.
Daz......
Collected a donor engine last week.
This is a complete STI version 4 unit and was purchased primarily because of the heads but it will also be useful for things like, throttle body, inlet manifold, wiring loom, cam belt covers etc. It was a bargain at £450 and will save time effort and money as I wont have to source all the little parts seperately.
I've also had the Exedy Twin Plate out of the box today and had a closer look at it.
Wonderful piece of kit.
Here it is all stripped down with picures of each component.
Clive......
P2 is in a quiet spell at the moment.
EJ22 Block is being machined for the 79mm crank at Roger Clark Motorsport.
Doner engine is being stripped and shell works are to commence.
First on the shell is the rear floor section to be cut out and diffuser work.
The existing rear floor section will be cut out and a new raised floor from the fire wall will be made.
A new 28-30 Ltr fuel tanks will be positioned on new floor together with pumps/ fuel lines / swirl pot etc. (Tank yet to be decided).
Next will be painting of the engine bay and inside of shell.
Opted for the bolt on arches and a P1 style front bumper.
Rear bumper will be staying as most of it will be cut out.
Double skinned side seals will remain. Certain areas will need grinding and filling to achieve a good finish for paint.
May require new bonnet but with new 22B style vent covers and reversed main scoop will be fixed.
The work involved in removing the light pod bolts and prepping for paint may prove more cost effective to source another bonnet (awaiting quote).
Still unsure on dash design.
Clive......
A couple of pix of the shell at work as a rally car built for tarmac stages.
Talking with SPR Coachworks today and the shell work will be commencing late part of next week.
clive....
Bought a new alley bonnet today as the work involved in putting the other one right would have virtually been the same dollar. Ordered reverse scoop too.
Ordering 22B front bumper tomorrow together with bolt on arches.
Pics & info regarding the work carried out on the shell will be up very soon.
Clive.....
Sorry about the lack of info but we are just in a bit of a dead zone at mo.
Collect the alley bonnet this week and the reverse scoop from RCM has now also arrived. Will need to drive up to collect as damage is often the story when delivered.
Block work is well under way and should be ready soon.
This thread will be kicking some ass shortly
Clive........
Can't win these days.
I bought the only alloy bonnet in the UK from RCM for Project 2.
Olly strongly advised that it be collected rather than delivered by courier. Using couriers a lot I fully realise the average delivery guy has the same IQ as the Common Fruit Bat, or is the kind of mutant that throws down your parcel gives you a pen to sign and mumbles something in Russian.
So I spent £ 130.00 to pay a guy & fuel to collect it and take it to SPR Coachworks. (The guy was my son who works for me).
Just had a call from SPR telling me one of the corners is bent over at 90 degrees
Weather you live in Somerset or Newcastle, you will probably hear a distant scream from my son when I punch this left ear extremely hard
Clive.....
Nothing major to report. I have a straight forward rebuild on an STI 5 to finish this week and then it's down to RCM to collect the block that has been converted to WRC 14mm Head studs, converted to rear thrust, block faces skimmed and honed to suit each piston.
One other development is that I've decided to swap the S6GP Syvecs/Solaris for a Plug and play one as it's the more sensible option now that we're not running AVCS heads. This makes wiring easier i.e there's hardly any to do.
So the replacement Syvecs turned up this morning.
This goes into an OEM case.
But the OEM case needs a little work first.
First step is to open the case up.
Then remove the OE ECU board.
Put the PnP Syvecs board in it's place.
The main ECU connectors are ok but the comms ports for the Syvecs meant that the OE case needed a little alteration.
Time for the Dremmel, and to cut a small portion of the OE case away.
Voila!!
One PnP Syvecs ready for fitting
Now what to do with the STI V3 ECU board, ah yes that's right, the bin as they are facking useless!!
Daz.....