Back to Impreza stuff.

Might have some new brakes too!

Found a well used set of AP-Racing brakes through a friend of mine.
They seem to be group-A rally brakes, or so I'm told.

They're the CP3720 calipers with titanium pistons, discs are 330x28mm but they are worn so they need replacing.

First I'm looking if they are worth refurbisching, checking piston damage etc.

Plan is to check them over, take them apart, powdercoat them and ship 'em over to AP-Racing in the UK for reassembly.

If this works I think I will have a set of very good brakes, far better than the brembo's...I hope.

Already found some strange facts while examinating them closer.
The calipers are different from aech other, and 3 of the 8 pistons are different, I'm looking into how far that is of importance to the braking itself.

Anyway, pictures:




Discs are worn but I will keep the bells and fix them up.
I-phone for comparison:







Pistons:





Another project within the project, ohh well, got nothing better to do anyway.

 

Well, today I picked up my new roof for the Hachi!!!

I went with a friend of mine to a guy who is cutting up a chassis.
He was so kind to give me the roof and some other parts I can use for my project.

Here they introduce the all new Corolla Spider:






And this is the hard top that goes with it, nicely fitting in the van:








Fits like a glove!!
Weld it shut!:





Soon the restoring starts!

 

More news, the AP brakes have been sent to AP-Racing in the UK, where they will be judged and, if found fit enough, refurbished.

Also, after 4 weeks of waiting, I got an email on prices for parts for my welder.
I ordered eveything....

And I finaly got my radiator, well, a mock-up anyway...

Why not get started right away?
So we did.

The idea is to make a rad-pack like a rallycar has.
Which basicly means putting the radiator, FMIC, airco condenser, fans and shrouding together in the car as one package.

We had to free up some space so some cutting was done.


Intercooler with radiator mock-up.:




Headlight improved:




Frontpanel with lamp, both reworked:





We also cut away some panel for the airsuplly hose that will feed the airbox:











This is how it looks from above, although the radiator and FMIC are leaning a bit to much to the front in the pic.
The front panel that holds headlight should be between the two cores:




Final pic:




This week I'm redesigning the bumper to fit the FMIC and some other stuff.
Finally some progress on the Impreza!!

 

Done some bumperwork today.
To get the biggest amount of space between the radiator and engine for the shrouding the whole thing should be placed as far forwards as possible.
So I got my pneumatic saw and got to it!

Tommorow I will try to find a company that supplies airco radiators to specification, and look for suitable fans.


Leftovers:




Cutaway:




Rough fitment, everything is still a bit crooked, temporarely of course.
Nice gap between radiator and engine though:

 

Well, after (again) having to wait too long on other people the welder finaly came back to life today.

Few last pics:

Watercooler before and after:

 

Put the 2 parts together and start welding, needless to say I'm very happy it works in the end:

 

Bought another 2 door chassis, so now I got proper doors, sidewindows, rubbers, etc.

Put the doors in:





Straightened the bumper a bit, it was crooked due to some damage:




Fixed the hood:




Made the grill fit with the FMIC:










Made a start with the air exit for the hood:





More next time!

 

Nice one

I really enjoy reading this thread

 

Nice work on the welder and those APs look a cracking bit of kit. Keep it coming

 

Thanks guys.

 

Today I cut a hole in my bonnet:










This got out:




And this has to go in:

 

function dictating form=win

 

Ok,

So I was stupid enough to stick my finger in milling machine while it was operating.
I know, it's about the stupidest thing to do, but that's me.

Result, severed 'till halfway the first cone (is that how it's called in English?)
Anyway my finger is gone up to just behind the nail, and that's a showstopper I can tell you.

Off course there is not alot I can do atm, but thankfully there are some peeps helping me!
And one of them is finishing the radiator and FMIC for me.
Yesterday he brought the radiator back, and the FMIC for testing if the angles are correct.

I'm really pleased with the result, he made the inlet and exit from 1.5mm alu plate.
That is hard stuff to form with panel beating.
He also made a test inlet for the FMIC which he wanted to see if it would fit.

Hopefully next week it will be done sofar!!

Pic's!











Feet are welded on under an angle:



FMIC:





1.5mm plate aluminium, 15mm shorter finger, how's that for weight saving!!

 

Had the FMIC back today, later this week all the pipes should be done aswel!

Pics:

 

brilliant, and ur still going minus some finger

 

Yip, the car is shedding weight and so am I.

 

Keep up the good work fella. On the car not the weight saving on finger tips

 

Lol, thanks m8, I'll try to keep 'em all on from now on.

 

Ouch, that aint nice dude

Hope you can get along with 9.5 fingers...

Good luck with the project

 

Small update.

Today we started measuring for the beam that holds the FMIC and rad.

So the final position was to be determined.

Final position in the car:




It was to high for the bonnet so we had to cut away a bit:






And viola:








By the end of next week we should have some more progress on this.

 

I got the piping in and some parts are coated black.
Quick fit, sort off.

 

Very nice. Love the crinkle black finish.

 

very nice...now get it connected so we can see how it looks

 

Thanks!, it turned out really well.

Need to get some hoses first, and maybe fix the fmic and rad would help aswell.

 

looking good

 

 

As I said in a previous update we determined the final place of the FMIC and radiator.
Now the parts were here and we continued with the build.

First we put some 2mm plate at the cut off parts, they are way to big.
Later they will be trimmed back:




First up was placing and drilling the holes for the FMIC:






Then we determined and drilled holes for the radiator:






Next week the bottom part is ready then all is trimmed and welded together.

 

Looking good.

 

Thanks!

Got my new header, it's an equal length thingy so no more burble.
Stainless steel off course, but without it's final coating, that's for later.
Uppipe has to be adjusted for the GT30.

Fits nicely:













Radiator is as good as done, the fans are on!











Next up is get everything fixed in it's final position and make the shrouding up to the bonnet!

 

My dream project. Cong.