Thanks Martin

 

Few nice bits from santa will help out

 

Looking good Iain. Aerocatches are fun to fit

 

Great thread mate

There's nothing wrong starting with a wrx

 

Hi mate

Just wanted to say great thread and best of luck with the build, I am subscribing to this thread - car looks awesome!

I am eternally jealous of how clean that block looks!

 

haha yes mate, not sure if I've got the bottle to do it myself, only just got round to trimming my side skirts with the dremel.

If you fancy a trip to the west country ........

Thanks Gez

Thanks Martin, appreciate the comments

Got Paul Finch to thank for the block

 

Also got a rear window spoiler (been very spoilt) buit wont get round to fitting that for a little while.

Little story about the battery clamp, was a present from mother-in-law, when she got the reminder from the royal mail through the letter box she rang a friend to take her to the sorting office "I've got Iain something for this car and I wont be able to bring it back on the bus" she was very suprised when they handed her an envelope!!!!

 

Depends how far Iain.
I'd say perfect running in miles for you to jaunt to Essexville

 

im intrested in fitting aerocatches to, where in essex are you and price
how much time do you need to fit?

 

 

Defo worth a trip to see Frayz Iain his attention to detail is pretty awsome

Martin

 

Fawor, you have PM.

Cheers Mart, happy new year chaps.

 

Little update, couple of new bits have arrived, Prosport EVO digital 3 bar boost gauge, and a tegiwa brake stopper



Also quite exciting, I have started to put the feelers out to sell my current engine, not in a major rush but would like to get a buyer sorted over the next 6-8 weeks would fit in well with my plans I think.

 

Hi everyone, bit more of an update and things are beginning to get a bit exciting now ..... just taken a deposit on my current engine, insurance runs out next Tuesday so I have decided to take the car off the road this weekend, Saturday it is going to Tileys in Bristol where the engine will be removed and the bay stripped, before it goes off to Ryan to make things look shiny, then it will be back to tileys and the new motor will be dropped in etc.

Still a long way to go but we're getting closer bit by bit

 

Good luck mate

 

thanks fella, bit nervous now .....

 

great read, nice one

 

Thanks for the nice comment

 

Really enoyed that read from the start - great to see someone who like me has started with a WRX and slowly but surely improving/changing all core components.

I'm a little behind you in terms of block etc - have got the car to around the 350bhp mark (running k-sports, have perrin front mount etc etc so have brought some things with further upgrade in mind) and now would like more, but funds are the killer for the new block, turbo, fuel, and gear box at the mo (have moved house and we've had a baby girl in last 6months)...so it's a little on hold and I'll be honest have been unsure whether or not to continue, but like you not wanted to give up because not just me that's invested in the car - missus and family have done so also.

So cheers for the inspiration and I hope it goes as well as it can do with little or no teething probs. Will be keeping an eye on this build so please keep posting the updates.....

Right!....may head home from work now, get it out of the garage and give it a clean and wax... ha ha

 

Hi there, thanks for that, really appreciate the comment. Sounds like you have had a lot going on recently and unfortunately other things keep coming up that get in the way of our car projects! Keep going and eventually you'll get where you want to be, it doesn't matter if it takes ages, big builds dont happen overnight, I have had to tell myself that a lot in recent months......

Best of luck with your plans

 

Dropped the car off this morning, that's it then here we go! Engine coming out end of this week, cant believe it's finally happening, I've owned the car 5 years as of the 17th Feb, was even checking my old emails recently and found emails between me and Bob Rawle at the end of 2009 asking about engine builders etc ....

Anyhow, this is the last time my engine bay is going to look like this;



Came home after dropping the car off to find these have arrived;

 

Good luck Iain am sure it'll be epic when you get it back. Same route ill be taking hopefully next year

Will be messaging you for advice lol

Martin

 

I haven't got there yet Martin !!

Lol but yeah if there is anyway I can help out I will

 

Am sure any honest advice from someone who's been there would be great fully appreciated

Look forward to seeing this progress buddy

Martin

 

Got sent some pics from todays progress, very real now and no turning back lol

 

Nice one Ian and good luck with the rest,those bits from HardRace looking great


Jura

 

Thanks pal

 

Some more pics now, don't think Dave would be happy if I said I had changed my mind now







Frayz Engineering wing box/cold air feed



Car and other bits and pieces will be making the trip up to see Ryan (Prodrive Rules) next weekend so he can paint a few bits and bobs and generally make things look shiny under the bonnet

 

Got tow vehicle and trailer sorted today, so it's off up the M5 on Saturday to drop the car off to Ryan

 

Couple of pics from Saturday, got the car up to Ryans, was my first time towing and luckily all went fine, the 23 year old landcruiser did its job well lol.



All unloaded at Ryans paintshop


Also got some super sexy RCM fuel rails too