Bugeye rebuild
 

As of August last year i had my bugeye sti crashed into by some little muppet that still wont admit that its his fault, but anyways the insurance wrote it off and cat c it.

I then bought the car back and have now purchased another bugeye shell that is now gonna be the basis for my project where i am looking to facelift it to a hawkeye with a wrc kit on it and then fully forge the engine with either a 2.1 or 2.3 stroker kit and go for a rotated turbo set up.

My mate has built me a decent size unit on his farm in the middle of know where to do this so i have no time scale for this and cause of that there is no real budget, if i want something i will save and buy it and it will be complete when its complete.

If anyone has done any of the bits that i am looking to do then your advise would be great to help me along the way suppliers etc.

this is what she did look like:

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this is after the crash:

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It had damaged the floor pan and also snapped the hub in half, i have owned her for about 3 years and spent so much money on her i couldnt just let her go so that is how this project is starting, here is the shell that it is all gonna happen to

http://i780.photobucket.com/albums/y...psef95667b.jpg

Nice! Obviously before it was smashed. What exhaust is on it? I like the look of it!

Good luck with the build:thumb:

The back part you can see is a cobra racetube the rest of the system is just a 3inch turbo back with no boxes in it

Shame, was a nice looking car.

Best of luck with your build.

Good luck with the project

Andy

Nice bug, good luck with it all :thumb:

i have now purchased a Hawkeye bonnet and front panel

http://i780.photobucket.com/albums/y...ps7bba2525.jpg

and also just ordered my WRC front wings from ABW Designs

ouch not good mate but good on your for rebuilding it and oohhhh hawk front end sounds good better get saving for the headlights they seem to be the most expensive head lights .................................................. ........ in the world

there no problem i have sourced some pattern part headlights 100 pound each

Get stuck in fella...

Mine is in storage waiting for some cash. :(

Still have a pair of OZ alloys sat here ;)

From my collection.... LOL !

dunx

im still trying to source an OZ wheel but cheap lol

Right i have now got both cars to my mates farm where he is building me a unit for the project to begin, I will have loads of parts for sale so keep an eye on the forsale section or drop me a pm

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looking forward to the updates on this,looks interesting :thumb:

subscribed i love a bit of surgery.SJ.

Just a quick update my new unit is nearly finished so i will get these hopefully side by side and all jacked up on axel stand in the next few weeks so i can start properly but been over there today just to start stripping the shell

http://i780.photobucket.com/albums/y...psebbf9d37.jpg

good stuff matey,keep me informed about the turbo/pipe ok

will do mate no problem

cheers buddy.also what induction kit are you using?

very interesting, i am doing something very similar, bought a rolling bug sti shell and doing the hawk front end

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I dont think you can see there but its just a cone filter mate

just a cheap one then,nothing special?

no the cone filter is just a normal one mate but it flutter'd well loud lol but its the induction pipe that makes the most difference

cool,are you running a standard recirc valve?

no mate

what sort are you using? im looking to get rid of my hks because im fed up of the high pitch chirp

haha and im not running anything mate

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when i had the front mount fitted i never fitted a dump valve i fitted a blanking plug instead

yeah i noticed your front mount but still thought some sort of dump valve would be required