Can I crash the party??

 

Of course Ian, I'll let you know a time in the week same to John.
I'll get the beers ready.. Erm I mean the coffee!! 😀

 

Beers you say??? Think I better get a taxi back then

 

Lmfao this is going to be an all day un I can feel it! 😜

 

Glad to see the beast yesterday James!!

Think you done an amazing job, next stop Curborough Sprint Track for some testing, I'll bring the Golf along for a blast too!!!

 

Let me know if you ever decide to sell-up

 

Funny we was on about this yesterday, how would you put a price on something like this if one day he did decide to let it go??

 

Thanks John, it was good to catch up! Yes I want to test the car ASAP now I need to ring up curbourgh and see when they start the test days I've got a feeling it's not until about March though I don't think I can wait that long lol! I deffinately need to test it some where local first before I trailer it to a big track!
Can't wait I'll let you know when I'm booking it in!

James

 

Thanks mate! Will do! 👍

 

Yeah it's a tough one to put a price on, especially as it's taken so long to build but to be honest I wouldn't ask stupid money for it as a lot of the fun is actually building it and doing something that has never been done. I'm sure I could come up with a realistic figure! £50,000 or there about!!! Lol
Not that I'm ever going to sell it!! 😜

 

Shame I missed the catchup, house moving got in the way....

Let me know about about MOT, guessing it will be trailered over so best to try and do when we have a bit of room in unit just in case there is anything needs doing rather than trailer back and forth...

 

Thanks Ian that's a good idea I'm hoping it will be ready in a couple of weeks I will let you know mate!

 

Bit of an update!!!!!

I quite fancy the idea of solid engine mounts and having instant power without having to load up the crappy rubber bushes first so I've been doing a few little mods.
I've welded it up on 4 sides with some thick plate just to see how it feels before I get some alloy ones made up.







The gearbox mount was about as stiff as a bowl of jelly so I have filled the voids with some polyurethane window weld and its pretty tough now you can barely move it,should make quite a difference.





I've also knocked up a rear diff brace.

 

And treated myself to some whiteline drop links.




The radiator in the boot is slightly higher than the expansion tank in the engine bay so I've added an extra one in the boot to help bleed out trapped air and to fill the system easier.
I've had a nipple welded onto the alloy coolant pipe coming from the bottom rad hose and the new header tank is fed straight in.





I also had the issue of not having a scoop to cool the intercooler so I've fitted twin fans on top,they are really powerful there is no way this intercooler even going to get warm lol especially with the water spray on there too.

 

 

What's the quality like on the fans ?? I was going to get some the same as that for the rad on mine... Obviously a bit bigger.

 

Yes the fans are good quality mate, got them
off eBay can't fault them.

 

Videos of todays testing???

 

Today was the first test of the Peugeot on curborough sprint course and the car performed absolutely faultless I'm over the moon! Its so quick the power is instant there's no lag at all it literally spins up the wheels as soon as the boost comes in. I set the car up with the prodrive geometry setting and managed to get 5.5 degrees caster with my modified lower front arms the grip is awesome you can literally throw into the corners.













We also give my mates Maserati a good blast around the track its an absolute beast sounds amazing I will upload some more videos when I get chance.

I did something stupid and forgot to put the snap pins in the bonnet and it flew up and literally destroyed it so we drove the car most of the day with no bonnet on but the engine stayed nice and cool lol.

 

Bet Conrads Maserati was fun, rwd italian sports car on a damp track!!


The pug sounded awesome

 

Oh I'm so jealous, need mine running now.... Sounds sweet thou... Much damage to the bonnet??

 

Cheers! Yeah we had to take it easy on the bends in the Maserati it's so responsive!

 

Cheers!! Your times getting close Ian you will soon be on the track did you sort that fault out?
The bonnets wrecked! Might have another job for Mark lol.

 

 

This a masterpiece.
Fancy building another? Or just selling me this one?

 

Will mention the bonnet to him....

I'm going to start with a fresh loom, I've got a 99 Subaru dealer manual and the loom I have does have a few differences although it was from a 99 car but I don't know the history, I've wired it now the same as the manual but still no good so think it's time to start from scratch...

 

It would be very easy to ditch the rear diff t carrier and save a lot of weight.

 

Ha, thanks mate! I definatly won't be building another but this one will end up forsale at some point when I've had enough fun in it that is!!

 

Cheers! That sounds frustrating mate, I remember I had a wiring fault with my last subaru conversion turned out I had cut out an earth it's really easy to do took me ages to find it.

 

Yes I did notice how heavy it was, I might consider making a tubular rear subframe and diff carrier in one piece!
The plan has always been to start the build with a car that is really light weight so I wouldn't have to spend a **** load of money building a good engine and to be honest it's more than quick enough so for now I'm happy with it at least I know that there is a fair bit of weight to take out of it if I feel the need!!