Anger

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Great project mate, ive just been reading the thread for about an hour and its coming on great


Will have to drive up from Surrey to the NBO just to see this finished and in the flesh


James

Jolly Green Monster

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looking very nice!! wish I had the patience..

Simon

dazdavies

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Good work mate. Having worked on mine for the last year I know the work involved.

Mine's a DIY in the garage job too.

500bhp stripped out roll caged classic with lots of audio. (<<<view my scooby)

This has given me a bit of inspiration to get my hands dirty with mine again.

Good lucl I shall be watching progress carefully.

Daz

mickyjeff

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just had a look at your car very very nice m8. lots of work. i am aiming for nbo 2008. but i am determined not to rush just for the sake of getting the car ready
cheers mick

mickyjeff

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cheers simon
i hope that offers still open
cheers mick

mickyjeff

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hi james
keep watching the thread, because i will not rush this car. if its not 100% it wont be there. i will wait for a show later in the year, i have to have the quality all up to my standards, i want this car to blow people away. not everyone will like the blue flock, but its what makes the car different and its looks pretty cool in the flesh.
cheers mick

Jolly Green Monster

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of course.. let me know when it needs mapping.. although I will probably notice from this thread

Simon

mickyjeff

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cheers simon, i need to know where you want your name on the car,colour /style etc. no rush m8

HUDDERS1

hi mick, just read al this thread tonight awesome mate, hopefully in the near future i can have a good look at it,

mickyjeff

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no problem m8 car will be there for all to see. some will like. some wont, but i think the most will like. i am trying to get it to the highest quality. some wont like the blue flock, but i think it looks the dogs in the flesh, the camera spoils the effect. the total spend has just gone over seven grand, just bought some billet. power steering and header tanks, luvvly jubbly.
cheers
mick.

mickyjeff

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HUDDERS1 i was parked next to you at the cedar court hotel. we were in the blue crossfire convertable. did you enjoy the night out, we had a good time meeting different people. now we are finally members of the WYIOC
cheers mick.

HUDDERS1

hi mick, yes the crossfire nice looking car my wife likes them, i did have a chat with you and your wife in the pub. top night last Friday. welcome to WYIOC Ive been a member since July so still getting to know the members myself, i can honestly say WYIOC is the most welcoming club Ive been involved with. hope to see you at January's eom.

mark

mickyjeff

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hi mark
deffo at the eom. ditto about the welcome. no better, TTS lads and lasses have been good to us and our paul.
cheers mick.
gill got another car so im using the crossfire. while the scoobs in dock

Anger

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I think the blue flock looks good mate and breaks the colour up well

Theres always gonna be people who think different and thats what makes us all different, get lots of people who dont like my spoiler-less carbon bootlid drag strip look.. but i like it and like to be different

Keep up the good work mate


James

mickyjeff

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cheers james
just had a look at your car, nice motor, i agree we have all got to be different it would be boring otherwise
cheers mick

mickyjeff

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just got some new bits for the car. forge power assist tank and a forge header tank from revolution. a auto meter gauge for the fuel reg. new oil cooler cap and some silicone hosing. boost size and water overflowfrom andy taylor AET Turbos





turbosmart oil cap



new gauge for my turbosmart fuel reg



got a bit ****-d with revolution or forge not quite sure who to blame, but on the display stand forge have at revolution, the pas tank has a billet screw on top, no one said otherwise, but when i got the scooby one no cap, pulled lad at revolution and he said use oringinal cap, the yellow plastic one. whats the point in that.
set e mail to forge
cheers mick last set of pics are from my new camera and i will be in the garage when it gets above -2

beef-on-the-bone

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that oilcap looks sweet!!!

mickyjeff

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i tell you what its the nicest one ive seen really smart. andy taylor AET Turbos. red/blue/silver
nice gear
mick.

mickyjeff

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back in the garage. temp is above 0 degrees for the first time for about ten days. should get some nice pics. just got a new camera a canon IXUS 96015 12 million pixels. take me about 3 years to learn to use it. lol
but should get some cracking pics with it
mick

DannyBoy007

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Ohhhh shiney bits, Love that filler cap.

Keep up the good work Jeff

mickyjeff

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cant beat the shiney bits. the filler cap is really cool
hey i have a money pit as well
cheers mick

mickyjeff

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right after a 340 mile round trip to demon tweeks in the hope of getting a cap for my pas tank from forge. went back to revolution this morning and the lads there are going to sort it out for me. so no blame towards revolution they are doing a great job and could not be more helpful. so if i doubted them i apologise. have a happy xmas and a great new year all the lads and lasses at revolution and i will see you on the 2nd of jan
cheers mick
i could do with a north east sponser revolution would be great?

mickyjeff

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due to a masive increase in spec. i have put back the debut of the car 1 year
it will debut on the AET turbos/WYIOC stand at the 2009 northern big one.
changes to the spec mean about another ten grand spend on the car. i will post the changes later. i would like to wish everyone a happy xmas and a scooby new year.
cheers mick.gill and family

chocolate_o_brian

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back atcha mate. friends of the family now

best to gill, yourself, kiddlies and paulski

mickyjeff

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right cant work on the car this week. not allowed because of some bloody event kids like. humbugs and all that. so went to demon tweeks and spent to much money
gill was not happy but we have all been there.

anyway the parts mean replacing all the hoses oil.pas.breather.heater.fuel.etc
with stainless pipe and aircraft fittings


the 45 degree elbows are for the catchcan. so the pipes miss my intercooler pipework. the 2 ninetys are for my new pressure reg for the fuel system.



close up of the fittings i used to use these, when i worked in aviation and the quality is very very good.
next pic is of the hose end finishers for stainless pipe.



they are 10mm for the heater hoses and the feed for the pas tank and the vac for the brake servo. not the worlds best pic much better when on the car.

next pic is all the stainless hoses and the petrol pipe hose finishers 6mm



next pic is a close up of the stainless and the finishers



close up of the pipe really high quality



the next two pics show the total parts bought at demons




four hundred and forty six pounds and 2 pence nearly fell though the floor has anyone driven 175 miles with there wife in totall silence. to say she is not amused is a chuffing understatement. she doesnt know the first bill was seven hundred and two pounds, i had to reduce that by giving stuff back. cant remember who served me at demon tweeks. but thanks for all your help. top bloke.
cheers thats it for now
mick
oh there is 8 10mm hose end finishers to come cheers demons.

mickyjeff

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thought i would show some pics of my no 1 choice of new brakes or tarox 12 pots

full set fronts


calipers







or


or no1 choice with carbonetics



any thoughts anyone
mick

mickyjeff

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now i have finally conceded that NBO 2007 was totally out of my scope for getting my car done. i can increase the spec

engine
i will have talks with my two major supporters in this project andy taylor AET Turbos and john and sam from TSL motorsport.

i want a safe 380 to 400 BHP. so i am not doing anything major in the engine department. i hope not. its already getting.
1 monster intercooler hyperflow
2 ceramic coated headers TSL
3 complete new exhaust system with twin back pipes ( either side of the car) hayward and scott new impreza mag
4 decepter dump vavle
5 o boost 2 boost controller AET
6 fuel regulator AET
7 full remap Jolly green monster cheers simon
8 full set of lightened pulleys revolution

now i know that there are loads of engine gurus on here, the famous andy forest and bob rawle and i know a lot of others. i have been a motor vechicle tech for thirty 35 years. but mine were million pound fire engines and aircraft loaders etc. so i am certainly not up to spec on the scoob. but learning fast.
all opinions are very welcome.

suspension is already in the bag. full tein set up with EDFC and perrin link etc. i do want some advice off 911. who is very much in the know as far as set up is concerned.

brakes im now going to go the full hog and fit tax-ox 12 pots on the front and tar-ox ? pots on the back.

new back panel is needed to accomadate the twin pipes or i might let neil at elclipse work his magic

all my engine pipe work is uprating to stainless steel. bling factor.

i need a top end alarm. auto electrics at thornaby. nice shock for you mike. see you in the early part of new year.

outragegeous graphics from mr sticky me thinks

total underneath of car scraped, cleaned, resealed, primed and treated. really looking forward to that

new wheels and tyres 18" ( wife has agreed good stuff that baileys) i was going to get mine powder coated and might still get them done to use over the winter months.

i need something. single din to go under my head unit. but it cant plug into the access port under the steering column. this is already being used.

is it better to fit a nice grill set on the front or just leave the intercooler on show opinions pls.

right thats my brain power all used up. must be so much more. in garage today update tonight on work done.
cheers mick.

mickyjeff

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wow got back in the garage for four hours. gills out shopping or killing my credit card.
i am fitting my forge header tank and also upgrading all the hoses etc to stainless steel covered.



quite a nice bit of kit. coming very apparent that the stuff i got at demon tweeks is useless. the petrol pipe is fine and the sytec clamps. but loads are missing and a lots wrong. since i took all the pipes with me i am not happy.


the pipework does look good the stuff that fits nice quality.



starting sorting out the petrol pipes as well





they really clean the engine bay up and look very smart to boot.





how is doing anything that will tidy up the engine bay, invovles cutting your fingertips to bits ?





all the petrol pipes on show



right thats me for christmas, look forward to the new year.
cheers mick

chocolate_o_brian

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happy xmas from me and nat mate.

if your considering selling the 18s in the new year, could be interested mate, especially if they were gunmetal

all the best for the jefferson clan

911

Thanks for the tip that Baileys works on wives (is everyones wife the major obsticle to modding Imprezas?).

We have been married 30 years this Jan, so I'm trying to find some demon trick for an Axis 2.5/ppg etc during 2008.

If I don't get my way with her I'll blame you! (my way being a big cheque...)

On the suspension front first thing to calculate is the purpose of the car. Is it strictly a track car or track road or road track?

Too stiff will be murder on the road and may not benefit the car on track either. In MHO the rates for a New age is 60/50 with 22/24mm bars.
Get rid of all the rubber and fit a rear subframe lock kit for track orientated use.

Make sure your rack is a quick ratio one.(a very good mod, you can steer the car into/out of amazing turns without taking your hands of the wheel .Adds to the go kart feeling)

Then you need to fit adjustable top mounts to the front at least that allow max CASTER. The best I know are Noltecs, but the new Whiteline ones look the ticket too. Add camber bolts to the rear. You should get away with the fronts. With these top mounts you do not need ALK rear bushes on the front lower arms. I would fit spherical ball type top mounts.

Last of all find someone who actually knows how to align the car.

I would travel miles to go to Powerstation and Curtis.

He has such a wide experience of track/hillclimb and road cars it's untrue.
Add the cherry on the top and have the car cornerweighted for driver or driver/passenger track use. It does make a difference.

Using Perrin or Whiteline matters little as I know Whiteline are trouble-free and the Perrins do look good. The addition of grease nipples etc does add something worth while.

Forgot one last bit, and that's a good front lower brace. They will work well when there is no rubber in the suspension and just poly bushes.

On bushes I would keep to road grade as the track grade are rock solid and my not forgive any binding you might get in the moving parts after alignment. High friction in the suspension is not a good idea.

The adjustment of damping is a serious matter as those springs will only do the best job if you can control them accuratly. You need to talk to a Tein technician. Sometimes contacting the tech dept directly pays off (ie in Japan). I did this with Whiteline in Australia 5 years ago and got to their senior development engineer who actually knew what a hillclimb was! (rare then, common knowledge now).
He was very helpful indeed, and everything I've gained over the years is based on his advice.

Wish me luck with the Baileys

Graham.