nice project
stitch weld the shell it will be plenty strong enough

i managed to loose loads of weight out of my old nova, removed carpets , roof lining , sunroof , rear seats and trim , sound deadening , heater , dashboard......... and drove it about like that for 20k miles went like the clappers but was bleeding cold and noisey though!

 

keep the updates coming or do i keep distracting u

 

No filler cap this side.....



or this side

 

hey andy, wots the situation with your car that was involved in the unfortunate accident

 

From what i can see, thats the same car that likes going backwards... nice to see that it's coming back to life Andy...... keep up the good work!!

 

Yes, the worlds fastest backwards scoob is fixed, just need to decide on the new colour now

Andy

 

why not keep it same colour as it was. It looked brilliant before

 

Real Impreza's are WHITE

Just worked out how to afford a 6 speeder.
Remembered I've a fully rebuilt 4 speed 911 box.diff with a magnesium case (rare as hen's teeth) that has been sitting on the edge of my garage since...1996...about a £1500 worth.
Then there is the Lambretta...
Too bored.
Graham

 

I suppose you just happened to trip over it did you Graham....... Search a bit deeper... you may find enough for a 2.33....

 

Graham, thats a good start towards a proper built 5mt gearbox, 30kgs less and one less shift you know it makes sense
BTW your quite welcome to have a go in mine with the ppg box when its built if you need help making up your mind.

Dan.

 

Yeah Dan but he's not got 2 years

PS nice to meet you.

Mark A

 

cough.. wrong thread...

And Andy.. wrong lights you cheap *******!

 

Easy to find the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ for a 2.33 and Zen box and a few other tweeks, sell this:

But wife and daughter won't hear of it after owning it since 1988.

Clean forgot about the spare box, always kept it as a fall-back for the car when I was hillclimbing it,; seems pointless now.
A Zen box is about £3K when all done, and thanks for the offer Dan!

When I've had enough of the Sti that should be the car to sell (I'm told..)

Graham.

 

Hey you guys, stop posting pics of your cars and messing up Davids thread

(just saving up for a set of afterburners david )

 

Cough..

 

Andy 97 Replied in my thread,
David i think you need some medicine for that cough, can get nasty at this time of year you know

 

So David, wots the latest other than covering the petrol cap

 

David and AndyF's right, not a chat thread. Sorry from me.

Is there a lot of weight to be lost from the subframes as there sort of are part of the chassis?
Graham.

 

This look's great. doing a good job there

 

Graham, I reckon theres a fair bit to be lost from them - maybe 10kgs + but Im not giving everything away just yet!

David

 

I can remember seeing some for sale at a Prodrive clearance sale 3 years ago, REALY light, but as a DIY approach not too hard to convert the accuracy as the existing subframes would be good jigs...!
Certainly, the rear diff cage is horrendously heavy, while the front is probably acceptable.

Guess you could use roll cage tube effectivly and safely.

Are you progressing or is it too cold your way for everything to work, ie primer to flash off etc?
This could be a good time to stretch the arches for 8'' rims?

Graham.

 

Graham, those subframes you saw were they tubular? If so they are for the WRC cars, and require their rather special suspension components too...but they do move the engine down and back a bit in the chassis too

 

Tim, i saw one on ebay the other day but can't for the life of me find it now

 

Yes, all tube and painted 'rally white' but so light. Nearly bought them to put on the wall as a sculpture.
Don't Spec C's have a tube subframe up front?
Really the rear has the greater weight, but any tube frame would need to be very well put together for a road car, but for a racer?
Bet David can't resist.

 

Like I said not giving everything away havent got that far yet!

The Front end is allready giving me ideas.. I meant to speak to andy and ask him what offset he had to run on the Mikey Thompsons or Hoosiers.. and how much clearance there was.. I may open the arches out inwards slightly anyway

David

 

Meant to say been making a new bootlid at my mates workshop and no its not too cold in his workshop...with a 170,000ish btu heater or 55kw iirc in somewhere smaller than my garage (partitioned off) Warm! - Uncomfortably warm

My Garage is too cold with this weather, but wont be in there until the weekend now.. And if you feel the cold then your being lazy

David

 

fibreglass is the new carbon

 

Re-inforced with balsa wood in the good old days too!

 

David, I have 8x17" rims on my car, all that was required was to roll the arches a little.

---john---

 

cool.. might just loose the lip completley then Is it a wagon though?