Ive started looking at the rear arches and they needed some serious trimming back and after half a days trial and error they fit really well and should blend in quite nice..

I made some brackets first to fix the skirts.




As soon as i have painted under the wheel arches i will be bonding and riviting these on.

 

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Coming along very nicely!

 

this is going to be excellent when finnished,loads of fun.all the best mate.

 

Hi looks good, nice job on the rear turretts look a lot neater than mine... thats how i'm going to do the front end on mine, i may diamond shape the floor at the rear but will know more when i get the donor shell this weekend,

how much room will you have up front or is the rad going in the back?

 

Cheers Ian, yeah the rad is going in the back, i have actually mounted the engine/subframe/gearbox 35mm further back to where its usually mounted but Its still going to sit quite far forward due to the 205 having a short bonnet, you should have enough room in yours to mount everything up front as normal I would of thought?

I will be following your progress anyway mate.

James

 

Coming along a treat, looking forward to seeing it all come together

 

Goodluck mate

 

Cheers Guys!

So i have spent the last few weeks painting the underside of the car and under the wheel arches, the plan is to get all the work done underneath and get it on its wheels so i can finish off the cage and start the bodywork.

1 coat of anti rust etch primer
1 coat of anti stone chip under the arches
2 coats of enamel undercoat
2 coats of enamel gloss.

 

The engine bay is now finished and painted, i have done this so i can fit the engine and gearbox and leave them in there, i still dont know how far forward the engine is going to sit yet as i haven't tried it.



Gearbox fitted.





Next ive decided to treat the car to a bit of sunshine and test fit the new wheels and the rear bodykit, i think its going to look pretty good and the wheels suit it quite well.
I actually hate the Dimma kit as they are usually slammed to the deck chav mobiles (not all) i have seen a few nice ones lol. Im trying to give it more of a wrc look and i think with the wheels painted gold it will look awesome!







The next job was to bond on the rear arches, they have been on and off and trimmed back so many times its unreal but im finally happy with the fittment, ive taken the paintwork back to bare metal and bonded them on with tiger seal and fixed them on with pop rivots so they should not budge.







Ive used fibreglass p40 filler to blend in and bridge the bulk of the area and then i'll finish it all off with p38 polyester filler.

 

Be good if you could make the vents functional in some way...?

 

That is the plan mate, I'm going to cut out the inner part of the vent so there will be strips cut out if you get me, you will basically just see the bars of the vent.
It should make good cold air feeds to the rear mounted rad.

James

 

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Looks awesome, what plans have you got for the power, handling, and brakes?

Rob

 

Cheers Rob,

I will be keeping the engine standard with just exhaust, filter and ic upgrades.
The engine is a v4 sti so just under 300bhp.
As for the handling I will be on the look out for some coilovers and some solid drop links to start things off.
Brakes, I think standard 4 pots will be up for the job as the car is quite light.

 

good progress, underneath is looking mint, i was suprised how easy the subaru underseal comes off...

Oh and nice to see i'm not the only one making use of milk/beer creates!!!!

 

Lol yeah I've got 4 or those Milk crates they are so handy.

Cheers mate yours is coming on a treat too...

James

 

Big Time Update now as the engine is now fitted

Its been a long time coming!




Its a tight fit but shouldn't cause any problems, the alternator sits quite close under the front panel and will need trimming back a little but thats about it, there is plenty room for a front mount intercooler behind the front bumper and with the rad going in the boot the area should stay quite cool.
















And a quick mock up of the front end just to keep myself excited

 

Now this is an intresting build

 

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Love watching builds like this, something a little different

 

Looking good James, didn't expect it to sit quite that far forward... shows up how short the 205 is!!

 

With the arches on and no grill in it almost looks like a Renault 5 MR

Can't wait to see this in action, worked quite a lot on 205 rally cars.

 

looks like a great project! coming along nicely aswell would love to have the time to do somthing like this myself!

 

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loving this ...........
how many hours have you got in it

 

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Bit of an update but nothing major, first of all thanks for all the comments, much apreciated.
I have been tying in the last few bits of the roll cage including a dash bar and brackets to bolt the steering column on to.

 

A few little odd jobs, started making up some seat mounts, trying to save some pennies..



And now for the bodywork, a bit of a mix and blend!!!

 

Cheers.. I really dont know, alot, but not a silly amount, never more than 3-4 hours a night twice a week say, and its been about 18 months so 624 hours bloooooooooody hell! hope its worth its, lol

James

 

Had a bit of a productive week,ive managed to to get the inside fully painted and what a task it was painting round the cage.
Ive properly plumbed in my compessor now and fitted a water trap so im all set up to paint the outside of the car when the time comes.

 

Looks amazing work mate.

 

Coming together now, always looks better once the paint starts going on