Awesome

 

Started mocking up where my oil cooler will sit.

Hopefull have a nice ram air duct feeding this.

 

Epic picture!



Keep up the good work Frayz.

 

Cheers Tom. just collected some more stuff so expect more updates soon

 

Okay i feel i have a more healthy size update for you guys today, so heres part one.

You may remember me having fitted a 76mm itake trumpet into my OS fog cover about 5 years ago now. I wanted to do the same on the NS in order to feed the oil cooler. However this time i wanted to try and have a more OEM look so wanted to have the bellmouth intakes but wanted them to look stock.

So i enlisted a friend of mine at work who makes prototype body fabrications etc and he said he could make them up for me.
Well today he delivered these to me, and what a great job he has done too.

He is also going to make me a shroud for my oil cooler so im looking forward to seeing that soon

 

I took some parts to be zinc coated yesterday and i told the guys there that i wanted them done double quick. Sure enough they called me at 1pm today to say i could collect them.
The black zinc came up real nice. Heres my pan with baffle in black zinc and gloss black powdercoated outer case



AVCS lines modified for turbo oil feed and modified water feed with AN fittings also in black zinc.



Lines all fitted up.





Cosworth windage tray and oil pickup fitted.



Then on goes the oil pan



Then new Apex engine mounts



With the AVCS lines finally fitted i could get the timing covers on, fit the sprockets and get her all timed up. Kevlar belts are damn tight but go on with a little push.



As i left it tonight, im waiting for an RCM belt guide to come through then the timing covers can go on. Hopefully get some more done tomorrow. But with the intake manifold rested on its starting to look quite smart and like an engine again

 

 

Lovin it Frayz , Just lovin it


Indeed

 

Cheers bigboy. I thought you had forgotten what Imprezas were?

 

I have

Looking spot on Frayz

 

Top class work Frayz,thats some motor you have there great attention to detail.

Chris

 

Thanks a lot Chris, I want it to look like an RCM job if not better.

 

Loving the progress Frayz, you gonna be able to keep that engine looking that clean when its in and running?

 

black zinc finish is uber cool...looking like a really rather special build now

 

Dave, should be easy to keep like that. I've done all the hard work now by getting everything properly coated.
It should all stay pretty nice.
Cheers Ian, yeah the black zinc is a nice touch and makes for a nice finish.

Pretty much everything I can unbolt in the bay has been powdercoated now. I'm loving the matte black parts. I'm going to do more in that finish inc all my tanks and probably boost pipework too.

 

Agree with the above sentiments re the black and overall finish. Looks top drawer fella.

 

Cheers Ross

 

As you know I enlisted the help of my friend Ian to modify my foglamp covers to intake ducts. Well he did a super job of those and today he brought me another gift.

He has made me a duct to fit my 19 row setrab oil cooler. This is a tight fit over my oil cooler and will force feed the core from one of the foglamp cover ducts.
This will now be mocked up in place and then i can cut a hole in the front (square section)to run a hose into the duct from the ram-air ports at the front of the car.

He even managed to form it from some funky carbon effect plastic. Cheers fella, youre a star.




And as for the engine harness, well i decided it was awful in stock form so heres how it looks right now. lol. Im spiral wrapping all take offs and then sleeving them.
Looks horrid at the moment but i have faith it will look pretty neat once complete

 

Absolutely stunning Frayz

 

I love it, I think I'm going to start stalking you

 

looking very good.

Not sure if turbo is on just for a looksee or intending staying but you will find it a lot easier to fit the engine and then fit the turbo.

Simon

 

Thanks guys
Stalking eh Ollie?

Lol, yeah Si, it was on just to check fitments of oil, water feeds and air intake. It will be going on afterwards. I would never sod about trying to fit it with the blower in situe.

 

Oil cooler duct tried in for size. I think i measured that about right. Lol

Need to cut the hole in the front once its all bracketed in.



Loom starting to take some shape now.

 

Had to machine some more off my home made fuel rails.

So now they look like this

 

Looking fantabulous Frayz, well done fella

 

Cheers Ross

 

Looks like RCM have a workshop in Essex with the build quality.

 

Cheers Chris, means a lot from you mate. Don't let Matt hear you say that. Just incase he doesn't agree. Lol

 

Been quiet a few days now guys.

Basically i got 99% of the engine harness done. But i still wasnt quite happy with it so decided to tear it all back and start again. So i am now mid way through my 2nd time at doing it and im now really pleased with how its turning out.
I have made a small sub assembly harness up just for the cam/crank sensors, this i have finished.
It was much neater to do this and take the plug over the gearbox as it keeps everything around the turboside much much neater.

The main harness is now almost complete and ready for sleeving. I have done away with the stock harness gutter and its all looking much neater.

Im really liking the new look.

 

Now that looks so much better! Sweet.