Ficken89

Just over a year ago I joined the forum and posted pictures of my new purchase and was made to feel very welcome.

Shortly after buying the car it broke down and needed a new engine which really was depressing.

After months of staying in, saving money and hard work it has finally paid off!

A big thank you to RGS Motorsport in Wellingborough for all their hard work. Would highly recommend!!!

So I thought I would start a new thread to show my progress so far and to continue to share the progress over the coming months.

I can't wait to get back into the forum to look at ideas and tips.

When I first bought the car





Painted the wheels







Then it broke down 😭




Comments and suggestions always welcome 😊

Ficken89

Apologies if pictures too big or anything

jaygsi

iTrader: (46)

Nice mate looks loads better with standard lights, and respraying the alloys white was a nice move too.

Ficken89

Thanks, just need to change the sidelights etc to match now.

Few more pictures of the engine change:

jaygsi

iTrader: (46)

Oh you putting it back from crystal clear to original?

May i ask what kind of price for engine? Was just thinking if mine ever goes, will prob get rebuilt

Ficken89

Back to original, or black crystal all lights. Unsure at the moment.

The block was £2200 delivered. Plus about £3500 for the rebuild with clutch, trailer costs, cam belt kit, oil pump etc. Plus around £2000 for the MOT (welding, tyres and brake upgrade)

May seem a lot of money but well worth it to have a strong engine, solid chassis and upgraded brakes

jaygsi

iTrader: (46)

So you spent £7700 + price of car?

Ficken89

Yeah just short of £10,000 overall. People will call me mad but to me it's like having a brand new Impreza with uprated parts so I can push for power with better reliability. To me that's £10,000 well spent, to the mrs Thats a house deposit! I just didn't want to give up on it, I've scrapped too many cars in the past, I just couldn't do it to this car.

jaygsi

iTrader: (46)

Dam man, that is insane , i love my car but wouldn't spend that much on it, be stripped and buy a p1 lol

You must love that car

If i was going to pay 10k i would have bought this that Matt built, loved it

https://www.scoobynet.com/full-cars-...-breaking.html

Ficken89

Yeah I do love it, I didn't want to spend 5 or 6 grand on a car and it still blow up. Besides i spent £1000 on fuel in the first month I owned it, so I'm used to it costing me a lot of money.

blackvenom

Nice to see another classic saved, but you have deeper pockets than me, what's next on the plan

Ficken89

FMIC, fuel pump, remap. Tidy the bodywork and interior up. Then start looking at 6 speed gearbox. Moving on to bigger turbo, injectors, remap again. The usual lol

Ficken89

Hsvent posted in here in ages!

Car has changed a bit since my last update.

Front end given a makeover










And the interior stripped out ready for bucket seats and harnesses





How it looks currently



Looking forward to some work being done on it tomorrow and getting it ready for summer 🙂

Autotweek

iTrader: (4)

A job well done.

Ficken89

Thanks 🙂

jaygsi

iTrader: (46)

Looks really good bud, any further improvements?

b16jonc

I'd have kept the original pre face but it still looks good well done

jins

looking good fella

Captainfunbags

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Admirable commitment