My DIY widetrack track car build (now picture heavy)
 

Before i start this thread i should mention that this will by no means be a quick project. I will be doing this in my spare time at my workshop when life, work & money allows me to do so. I will be doing most of the work myself, enlisting the help of professionals where needed - this is a ‘built not bought’ track car. This will purely be for fun trackday events & the odd drag event at Santa pod.
I will keep this thread updated as & when i make progress.

Right so on to the car or shell to be more precise. Purchased from a fellow member on here (Billet), it is a 2004 widetrack blob eye that was broken for spares after the gearbox let go. After hitching the trailer & taking a long drive i ended up back home with this....

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Please excuse the wheels, they are from my previous classic, just so i can roll it around the workshop whilst working on it.

So, on to the ramp to take a look underneath to see what i was dealing with. Sadly the passenger wing, front & rear bumpers, boot lid & bonnet had already been removed before i agreed to buy the shell, this is what it was looking like.

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After checking the shell throughly to insure it was straight & sound, i started to come up with a plan as to what direction i wanted to take it, more details to be revealed later in the project. The first port of call was to entirely strip the shell down in preparation for its cage install which will be carried out by Nickson Motorsport in Surrey.

Making a start on removing what remained in the engine bay area.

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Un needed items removed so far.

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After some thought i decided that as i needed to source most of the front end parts anyway, i might as-well do a Blob eye to Hawk eye front end conversion whilst i’m at it. I didn't like the Hawkeye when it first appeared but the look has slowly grown on me. I managed to source all the parts needed fairly cheap from the bay of e from a guy who was breaking his car. I got front bumper, front wings, bonnet, brand new slam panel, headlights & mirrors. So one road trip later, i had all the parts needed & had a trial fit of the new front end to see what it would look like.

Front blob eye slam panel removed

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Roughly mocked up

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Managed to source a replacement boot lid cheaply. I will be going for the spoiler-less look on this car.

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And the beginnings of my bay stripping

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Interior to start on next as it currently looks like this

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Updates to follow soon....:cool:

Will follow with much interest

Got a bit more done inside today.

Had a quick test fit of my new Sparco steering wheel :D

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Another pile of things removed

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Resulting in this

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The wiring loom on Subaru's are a nightmare!! It's surprising they dont suffer from more electrical problems than they do. Someone had made a right bodge of fitting a tracker to it also :cuckoo:

Also my wheels arrived before Christmas, sneaky pic

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Updates to follow....

Subscribed! Looking forward to seeing it finished mate needs a spoiler though lol

there will be plenty of un needed crap in that loom u wont need yeah id agree subaru looms fookin pain did mine in my classic never again lol

I will be doing away with the standard loom anyway, as you mentioned there is so much that is not needed now - it weighs a lot too.

A little more done today...

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Good work, like the front end upgrade....

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Cheers Ian, it's nothing compared to the level of your project though.

Good man for rescuing another car :thumb:

Will watch with interest :norty:

Big job you've taken on but looking good - I want those ramps:D

Maybe not... still looks pretty serious thou!!

Cheers. They are a new addition & once you have a set you start to wonder how you managed with out them. :D

whos gona do your loom as i could be doing with takin more out mine but custom loom would be sweet

My old man used to be an electronics engineer, he is now a general sparky. He & i made a custom loom for my last car also. It's easier to start over rather than try to remove parts from the existing loom as it's such a mess :thumb:

A little more done today, I removed rear brake lines, fuel filler & hoses, rear ARB, rear subframe in in order to remove fuel tank.

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Finished removing everything from the front including front ARB

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Then one of the sh*t jobs.......removing the dreaded sound deadening :freak3:

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Got home to see my latest purchase has arrived for the next stage :luxhello:

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Thanks for following :D

Fantastic project and goodluck with it. I am building a track car to but its not a subaru

Thank you, best of luck with your project too :thumb:

Looking really good.

Cheers mate :thumb:

Cracking looking project. :-)

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Thanks :D

Will keep my eyes on this one, whats the wire for?!

Tiny update today,

I removed the front and rear screens from the shell.

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Screens protected ready for storage.

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Also slowly collecting parts for it as they come up for sale...

4 Point harnesses
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That is all.:D

It's used for removing the bonded screens :thumb:

And...Subscribed - good read thus far - look forward to seeing more :thumb:

Ohhh yes of course! i was thinking maybe sound deadening but thats mega hard work.

I just dumped a co2 fire extinguiser in there and the soun deading all cracked off its self :)

Cheers :thumb:

Looking forward to this one, good work buddy :thumb:

Martin