never got around to posting this, had a spare hour or so a weekend back when i did the water tank, half a roll of heat reflective tape later...

 

i've added some weight gone are the utterly ****e quad lights and in comes black crystals






seat and harness have been acquired now, just need to find a way of fixing them into the car....

 

You can modify (a lot) the stock seat rails to a competition seat, but you will not sit any lower in the car.
I made my own fixed position frame for my Sparco and sat 50mm lower in the shell. That might be a bit too much though.

Graham.

 

i've acquired a spare set of runners but not sure they're of any use, i'd sit on the floor of my car if i could so the lower the better

 

Lights look good Kev!

 

Front end looks miles better, Kev

 

What a great read

Inspired me to do something similar, how much you looking at for a decent version 2/3 STi RA???

Gav..

 

cheers Simon/Dave, only taken 2 years to get some decent lights on it



no idea on price, maybe 5-6k, dunno

 

The RA is a bargain car at the moment i think.
There were 3 for sale recently at the 4/5k mark and fresh from Japan so no rust.
The subframe I made 2 years ago sat me almost on the floor, Touring Car style, but wife and daughter ( ) couldn't drive it as it was too low and too far away from the wheel. This is why I've just put a slide frame in.

TEG Sport make frames.
Mine cost £5 in steel from B&Q and a wonderful morning friggin about. The mountings are not straight pieces....

Graham

 

Kev:
Seen this:

http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/showthread.php?t=490993

Graham

 

Hmmmmm, did he reply to how much lower it put the seat if at all?

 

I nearly bought the item Kev, but messed him about with my indecision and trying to justify to the wife that i needed it!
I think it will be about 25 to 50mm down on the stock RA seat.
There really is very little scope to drop the seat if you keep the runners.
My solid seat frame I ran really drops 50 mm in fact it renders the sunvisors useless you sit so low

Not sure if i still have it somewhere, if I do i will post a pic for you.

The guy selling the frame seems a sensible type to me. (he forgave me for pratting him about )

Graham.

 

that's about the drop i'm after

 

mine saved me a job this weekend then

 

Kev:
Can you measure'estimate how much lower you sit in the car please with the Bride frame in place.
If it is worth it i might go in that direction.
I miss sitting super low in the car.

Graham.

 

looking good there Kev, what did you do with the offside ****ey quad light?

 

was going to hack it up and use it for special ocassions as a cold intake

 

nadgers....
that was why I was enquiring

 

lol it's about the only thing it's good for!

 

Im planning on running without the offside headlight to get the most amount of air in possible (on dry days obviously).
it looks wierd without a headlight.
Then I looked at the skylines that have done the same and they seem to have a shroud that fits in place and sort of "frames" the area.
nothing for the scoob so a butchered quad is the way forward.
problem is, they are only sold in pairs.
ho hum nevermind, something always comes along to the projectuers

 

go to the storm motorsport web site then email them they can supply u with a head light shaped air duct

this is the reply that i got from them

Hello Mate

Sorry for the late Reply.

Yes we do stock this item for the Classic 96-2000 shape. The price is £59.99 plus £10 delivery. It is complete with rubber seal but you will have to drill 3 small 8mm holes for the front grill and the sidelight mounting. Otherwise its a straight swap. It is a very effective unit which has proven to lower intake temps to allow safer boost levels. Aswell as it looks amazing for track and drag use.

thanks mate

Ash
StormMotorsport.co.uk
01274 224555

 

I think Legacy/Imprezaturbs made something like this for Wallis' car few years back, about the same time they were fiddling with his front bumper...from what I remember it was better looking that the Storm vent...I've been modifying my front bumper to create a large duct going up through the wheelarch and out through the inner wing...will post some pics on my project thread over on 22b when I'm done

 

Tim, I've already done this but with a smaller entry on my project! I think the extra drag from removing the headlight may out weigh the small gain in cold air/power IMO. I've just removed the rubber seal strip instead from the leading edge of the bumper over the headlight.

F

 

**update please Kev**

 

i stripped my motorbike down and repaired all the damage from my black ice incident in December no car stuff was done



my digital thermometer has turned up just need to get some longer probes so i can mount them in the air filter & throttle body

 

seat base has turned up, looks well built, will have to wait until the weekend to try it out

 

What thermometer did you buy Kev ?

 

this one John

hopefully with the dual reading function i can see the difference between the pre-turbo air temps and the anti-TMIC temps, will be useful to keep an eye on heat soak and when best to use water spray (and if it's having any effect )

 

that link's fooked it's the Voltcraft DIGITAL DUAL-THERMOMETER 302K/J/202K/J £63.99+vat

it's a lot bigger than i thought it was going to be, was going to mount it in the car, no so sure now, might just have to go on the floor like the power fc

 

seat's in, managed to find some eye bolts i didn't know i even had so the harness got fitted too


weights; standard seat with rails weighed 17Kgs (from memory, didn't weigh it again tonite) the new seat with rails & harness weighed 13kgs