Update time.

I've paused work on the car for the last few months as I've been focussing on finishing my other Impreza for this summer - I utilised the original 4-door Classic bodyshell for this, which is like new with very little mileage (3270km from new). That'll be predominantly a road car (as much as a road car can be with a dog-box) but the focus will be on a street-sleeper. I'll also be aiming for a ten-second quarter in it, but more on that soon.

Before I stopped work I got the track car shell to a stage where it's pretty much ready to paint so I can pick up the project again soon. All the panels are in primer, as is the rest of it. Pics...

Inner rear arch fabrication


Arch bonded on


Shell in primer



I've also been gathering bits for it over the past few months - EJ22T blocks and Ric Wood CNC ported AVCS heads with Cosworth +1mm inlet and exhaust valves, double valve springs and ti retainers

Rich

 

Haha, I guess I should have been more specific...it's not open chequebook in the sense that I'll be doing most of the work myself, but that's not to say I won't be spending a small fortune on it...

 

Hello mate, I never got your email - I wasn't being rude I promise! Got it sorted now thanks though fella, decided on flipping the intercooler so made a new pipe-run.

 

no worries Rich, glad the build is coming together

 

some serious wheels going on there i imagine.........

 

Few pics of the four-door sleeper...it's nearing completion. Had it running last night, got to sort a water leak from what looks like the turbo area which I'll look into tonight.

Will be ready for mapping in a few weeks, got the boost pipes welded by Forge since this pic was taken, managed to squeeze 3" pipes under the headlights...all fitted properly now. Good times.





Should stop hopefully too


Spec
Engine

EJ20 CDBs
STi 79mm crank
Cosworth stroker rods and pistons
12/14 head studs
ACL Race bearings
RCM oil pump
4-layer metal head gaskets
Ported V4 STi heads
Jun 272deg cams
CDF Racing engine pulleys
HKS headers
Zero/Sports up-pipe
HKS GT3540 turbo 0.82 ex housing
Home-made 3.5" stainless downpipe
HKS 3.5" titanium exhaust
K&N filter
Samco hoses
Alloy rad
4" thick front-mount
Home-made boost pipes
70mm billet throttle
740cc injectors
Parallel rail conversion
Fuelab FPR
044 pump
Fuelab filter
Swirl pot in boot
SimTek ECU to be fitted soon

Other
OS Giken twin-plate clutch
PPG five-speed dog-box
Modena centre diff w. billet drop gears
Cusco RS 1.5-way front and rear diffs
Tar.Ox 10 pot front brakes
HKS coilovers
8x17in Rotas
235/40x17 road tyres

Big thanks to Tiley Developments in Bristol for bolting the engine together and being a general source of advice!

Mapping not too far off...then time to run it in quickly and go smoke some Lambos. Will be getting it mapped with meth and will be looking for something starting with a six power-wise if I'm lucky!

Rich

 

Nice one Rich, thanks for the copy in the post

I have been meaning to email you but have been flat out mate.... will get in touch soon

 

Both cars are looking super cool.

 

quite a spec on the sleeper!!!!!!!! :0

 

Top car Rich. Been following this in Redline.

Can't wait to see it finished.

 

i buy redline every month just to see how the scoobs are getting on lol both really good projects awesome spec and builds!!

 

same here. nice to see someone who has a few scoobs getting modded and they are getting done. lol

 

Just a small observation Rich, you may find you run out of injectors long before you get to 600bhp with your current fuel system, even more so when you add meth.
You may require either some Lateral Performance modified and flowmatched 900cc injectors, or a top feed rail conversion and some Injector Dynamics 1100cc injectors.

Best of luck with the builds, they both look very interesting.

 

Nice spec. Agree with Martyn though - you will run out of injectors for 600bhp unless you pump huge pressure through there.

 

Cheers for the advice fellas - I'll look into some larger injectors, don't want to be limited on fuelling after getting this far!

 

Looks good mate, do you have any pics withouth headlights in as i can;t for the life of me get 3" pipes under there!!

 

Check out the shell - third pic down from the top - you can see the cutouts underneath the headlights fairly well in that pic

 

Nice project Rich...

EJ22T...even nicer

 

If they are the Nismo 740's Mark can mod those to 1000cc. I run the same in mine and they are at there max at just over 600 on a 20% meth mix

Clive

 

Who said?

Looks good Rich.

 

Actually according to the fairy dust producer a 2.5 CDB is better!

 

Providing the liners don't drop. It would appear that more do than don't too which is a shame. With a 2.33 you've got as strong as you can get without having to worry about dropped liners.

 

Cheers dude yeah I spoke to him earlier in the week - I need to get them to him asap to work his magic! Will get them out tonight.

SimTek fitting and running-in map booked for the 6th July, then it'll be time to cover 1000 miles before going back for a final map on 10% meth

 

one of my SMG liners dropped, been decked and honed so fingers crossed they will stay put now.

 

Looking good Rich

mmmmm 600, nice!.

 

Even your SMG block has dropped a liner!

Why?

 

I think 600 may be a little optimistic but we'll see. I'm not too fussed on what it makes, the only real target I've set myself is to run a ten in it this summer

 

Get 20% Meth in there Skull has the same turbo on his P1 from memory and that was 570 with a 20% mix

 

it was one of Mikee's old bottom ends...running over 580 on a 35R...I guess that had a little to do with it

 

Thought Skullfudge was/is running a gt30??