A couple of quick wheel pics, Just waiting for some suspension parts to turn up and should have them on next week

 

SEXY !!!!!

love those rims and tyres, cant wait to see them on the car

 

 

I take my hat off to you mate!

I have had the pleasure of letting james work on my car, and i can categorically say that i would trust this man with my life as far as subarus go!

Cant wait to see this car finished and running.

GOOD LUCK.

 

Cheers Rich

 

Looking cool....

Those rims look similar to the ones I was getting for my wide newage..

What size wheels (offset/width) are you using?

 

WRC regulated 8 by 18 ET20

 

What wheels would you use on a standard car with the bodykit? How would you feel the arches and would the load be like on the bearings etc? Are they going to fall on in a week

 

There are a large variety of wheels available with big offsets to suit both 100x 5 and 114.3 x 5 hubs, team dynamics were going to be our choice before the mags came up and they look extremely similar!

The later STi 114.3 pcd hubs would be better suited for the added load that the offset will create, but seeing as we have already got the suspension(front hole centres are different), hubs and wheels, we are going to test these out first and see if it becomes a problem

 

 

Really nice.

Are you expecting a 'dramatic' grip improvement via wider rims/rubber or better cornering grip through a wider track (or both of course).
I ask because will the Impreza benefit from a 7'' rim with spacers to widen the track/fill the arches, or have you used 9'' rims (say) with the stock insets and simply taken the rim out to the wing arch?

I am considering some radical cut-and-open wings on my hillclimb classic but only if there are real benefits to wide rims on a 4x4 Impreza. Sometimes an over-tyred car is not better?

 

We have acheived around a 90mm wider track than standard, via WRC low ET 8x18 WRC mag wheels and suspension mods, no wheel spacers required!

Will be sure to let you know how i get on with the handling , fair point about the 'over-tyre', was going to go for 9x18 rims but when the mags came up we thought we would take the gamble and see if the weight saving and lower rolling resistance over 9x18 alloys would outweigh the added grip they may give!

p.s suspension will be coming down a fair bit, from that shown in the photo's too!

 

Interesting.
The wide rims and tyres would also make the geometry set-up much more sensitive and the body roll control similarly so.
On hillclimb cars (not road going) I've seen Mini's on 8'' wide rims cornering badly with simply too much grip and driveing with great difficulty, Westfields/Caterhams the same.

8'' rims with 235 section x 35 (?) x 18's will be quite a weight if the tyres are road tyres. The weight advantage of my AVON slicks over a decent road tyre is really noticable. (slicks are 16''/Sti rims and the road tyres are 17's on P1 rims)

I will be very interested to see how low you go!

 

That is one seriously mean looking car

 

My friend Alison Collins has started doing a few 'arty' pictures of the car. The photo's were taken by her and she has obviously used photoshop to do the backgrounds etc

 

You must be nearly done by now?

Great pics, and they must spurr you on!

Graham.

 

Seriously impressive James ! Where can I buy one ?

 

Really nice guys!!

 

Not bad but IMO the wing and front hole look out of place mate

 

Cant wait to see this in the metal

 

Wots the latest then? Any new pics?

 

Any update?

 

more more!!!

 

We may know looking at the possibility of selling the car, if interested please contact sales@greenwoodracing.co.uk

thanks

James

 

That is sexy as hell! I want one! Can you do that to my blob?

It does beg the question. Why did Subaru never give us one of these out of the factory?

 

need more 2 doors 2doors 2many 2 put it blunt,great project wait to see it finished

 

need more 2 doors 2doors 2many 2 put it blunt,great project wait to see it finished.

 

Thats goin tobe mad when its finished, lovin the motor

 

any more pics or updates that thing is hawwwwwwwt !

 

You gonna finish this project soon?