good to see you've not lost the faith.all the best with this one, will be looking forward to updates.
mik

 

Now that the engine bay has been painted I decided to go over the top of the gravitex on the under side of the car.

Bit of delicate masking in the engine bay and it was time for some paint. I'm quite please with how its turned out. Just need to get the front and rear subrames sorted and I can start on putting some of it back together

 

Great project & garage!! Goodluck and keep away from wildlife!!!

 

Looking good mate, recognise the car. Was my mates before the guy you had it off. I think its got a curse, lol. Matty had a few problems with it. Good shell tho. Good luck with the build

 

best of luck with project , but i feel i must say i really think you choosen the wrong colour , jus dont do it for me . jus as well its your car so .

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The colour is awesome in the flesh. Will be interesting to see if your opinion is the same when its all finished. Remember, its very early days yet!!

 

Excellent work Daz, look forward to the updates

 

awesome project mate

 

Starting to put things back on it now.

Need to get it back rolling again so it can go for the cage welding in next week.

The cross members needed some attention so the have been tarted up today and then put back on the car.

86F (RB5 Grey) and the blue I've used go together extremely well.

 

nice

 

Very nice Daz,can't wait to see finished project.

You will go with "standard" rotated pipework or you will go again with front mounted turbo?




Jura

 

Will be using the latest RCM Rotated Turbo Kit.

 

what sort of numbers you looking at achieving with this one??

 

Same sort of figures as the last one would like to crack 650 with race fuel.

 

Stunning, love the blue mates looks great. Good luck with your project

 

Carbon bits married with that blue are going to look bloody marvelous!

 

Nice

 

Picture of Paul's old race car. Similar colour and that looks awesome...




Great project and can't wait to see how it evolves.

 

Been having this debate on 22B. Its a totally different colour in the flesh.
Agree the pictures make it look the same but its a fair bit darker not that it matters as they are both great colours.

Bit more done today.

Acquired a set of Newage STI hubs (cheers Neil) gave them and the rest of the suspension components a tidy up today and I'm quite pleased with the results.

Here's some pics of the hubs. I also bought some thicker front Drive shafts too.











Going to put the rear together tomorrow.

 

Cool progress, following this closely, learning a lot

 

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Well lets hope you don't bin this one. Nice colour IMO

 

wow it's finaly getting built, you are the third owner of this shell daz to my knowledge, it was sat in jdm motorsport's unit for a few years then pete bought it and now you, the shell is mint iirc and the paint work is a very nice shade of white, good luck with the build

 

I love the XK-RS blue, always wanted a car in that colour.
Excuse my ignorance, but what do the new age hubs give you? Is it just the new age rim fittment or do you get a wider stance on a classic?? As I am after this.

PS. Got a lateral built 2.5 if you need an engine? Although I would have thought yours survived the accident didn't it ??

Chris.

 

Hi Chris

Will be using my engine as it has the pinned block and 14mm head studs.

Newage hubs have been used as the fronts use bigger bearings and thicker driveshafts. The rears are r180 and take the brembos. The are the 100 x 5 set up not the 114.

 

I always think white multispokes look awesome with baby blue or French Blue colours. Just like on the Chevvy WTCC cars:-




And what's more, those great looking pukka motorsport alloys are readily available!:-

RAYS WHEELS 57 MOTORSPORT 17" G07WT 5x100 IMPREZA

The spokes are, very subtly, asymmetrically spaced.


They also do 'em in silver and dark anthracite. And also in 18" and the 5 x 114.3mm PCD.

 

They are nowhere near fat enough for what I want

 

love the colour mate

a few of those jags at our last "race the runway" charity days

the colour looks stunning in flesh (as a side note, the jags also sound, probably the best production car ive heard at full chat)

good luck with this

 

Of course. I totally didn't take that on board daz.

Fail.

 

Looking good Daz, any timescales on this one ?