Hi guys, been back on here since Christmas now when I got my hands on a very nice clean version 6 type r. I love the car to bits but now there are a few bits and bobs that I am planning to do with the car so I thought id start a build thread for anyone interested. Here is a picture of the car when I first got it.







even when I went to view the car I knew the wheels had to go, personally im not keen on the colour of the wheels with the colour of the car and I wanted something a little more after market.
Lucky I got a deal done on some nice compomotive alloys so took a long drive from north wales down to luton to do a deal on my sti rims for the compos.
The result I was very happy with, much more my cup of tea





A little pic of the inside of the car aswel



Im going to be starting with a bit of a tidy up under the bonnet. Don't get me wrong its far from a mess but someone has masked up the inlet mani and painted it black which im not keen on, one because it should be red and secondly there is overspray all over other parts of the engine so I will be cleaning all that up. I also plan to make a nice hardpipe as the car is running mafless but the maf is still sat in place so this needs to go. here is a few engine pics as it stands now









I also plan to remove the air con as it isn't connected and I have no plans to use it so im going to take it off.

I also picked up these the other day so this is also on my list of things to do





Im quite excited to get these on , they should help stop her a bit quicker and they will look posh im a big tart I know.

I have a spare inlet mani which im going to prep and spray up ready to swap over.
As you will see over my project im a big fan of a bit of fabrication work, I have my own little business making custom parts so I will be using my skills to create so nice one off parts. Here is my posh daily works van I use



Shes a good old workhorse and does me well as a daily.

Anyway I will keep updating as I go along for anyone interested in my progress. cheers, rich

 

Subscribed mate looking forward to the changes, real clean one you have there too

Martin

 

Cheers martin, real looking forward to getting stuck into this one and making it my own

 

Lovely car you have, will be looking forward to your progress

 

Thanks very much fella, hopfuly it can only get better

 

Looks really nice, Good choice of upgrades's as well

Silver is the fastest colour :P

 

Hi guys, small update , made a start on my new inlet manifold refurb today so took a few pics as I went along.

The new dirty inlet manifold





Gave it a bit of a clean up before any primer was applied





Then masked up the parts I didn't want to paint





Next was a few coats of high build primer





Next was for the high temp wrinkle paint, I love this paint because it always looks very oem , the key to getting a nice even wrinkle with this paint is to keep it nice and warm as its drying. I knew there was a good reason we brought such a big oven







As you can see the oven gives it a very nice even wrinkle finish, be warned tho it also stinks the house out and my wife has just said wtf is that in my oven I put fish fingers in for tea and that's what came out, honest

 

Love it mate will set off the engine bay nicely

Martin

 

Cheers fella, whats your thoughts on my intake pipe being red? think it will clash with the manifold? could do with a blue or black one realy im thinking.

 

Imo It would look better in black... Think red will defo look over the top... I'm going to go with a black with a black manifold when my engine is built...

Martin

 

Sunday update,

Got the inlet manifold finished and looking good





Then I started to strip off the old inlet manifold. Was quite supprised how much was involved in taking this off, pipes running everywhere , but got it off, now its off tho im going to be doing a few extra bits and bobs that id not planned to do right at this time but since the manifold is off I may aswel do them. Starting with parrellel fuel mod, ive ordered some an6 fittings so as soon as they get here I will crack on with modding my fuel rails.





Im also going to change the rad for an alloy one, make a new alloy header tank, a new alloy washer bottle and a catch can setup so I don't have to connect back up all the standard pipes that I removed

 

Another little update , done a bit more today, as you can see its taking a bit of time due to work commitments, im trying to work on a customers car so dont get much time on my own

Started with my intercooler that was looking a bit tatty so got to work with a nail file and straightened some fins





A very boring job but needed doing, looks much better and should work better now too. Then I started making the rest of the cooler look a little fresher



Removed the outer plate that was looking a little tatty and rubbed it down, got all the old paint off and rust





Masked up the sti badge and gave it a quick coat of etch primer and silver paint



Then I thought id see what the cooler would polish up like so I did the top of it as a trial, came out quite well so im going to do the whole thing



I also made a start on my fuel rail conversion, im converting them to an6 for a parallel rail setup







An6 fittings all welded on, masked it up and will be ready for primer and paint once ive done the other side over the weekend
Should hopfuly have another update over the weekend

 

Few pics from a couple of bits I got done today.

I finished converting the other fuel rail to an6 and gave it a lick of paint.





I also gave the injector caps a polish, as you can see they were pretty dirty



And the same with the throttle cable bracket





Also gave this intercooler bracket a clean and a lick of primer ready to paint





I then re assembled my intercooler with new black rivets after painting the surround and polishing it up a bit, quite happy with how it came out







I then polished up the bolts that hold the fuel rail on and fitted new bolts in the injector caps then put it all back together with my modified rails to see what it looked like.







And also fitted the polished throttle cable bracket back on



That's all I got done today, quite happy with how its coming along, cant wait to get it all in the engine bay tho

 

Looks a very nice scooby mate good work also :-)

 

Thanks fella, im real enjoying tarting it up under the bonnet but I cant wait to be driving it again.

 

Haha can't beat that boxer lump and the burble.

 

You've done a first class job on that inlet,Good stuff.SJ.

 

Thanks very much sj, im taking my time with it, if im going to do it might aswell do it right. Ive just ordered all my fittings for the parallel fuel lines so will just plod along with other jobs until they arrive. Next job it to tidy up the tb ready to bolt onto the inlet.

 

Looks really good work there. Intercooler looks lot better as well. Tried to do mine but just got bored.

Done some similar stuff to my scoob as your doing to your's. Keep up the good work mate

https://www.scoobynet.com/959279-sti...arrival-2.html

 

cheers fella will have a look over your build thread in a second

Ive done a bit more today. This mod is more about me being a big tart, many of you may think its a bit extreme to just get a posh alloy shiny fitting but hey I like to be different

This is the start of my new breather catch tank setup

























So now I can bolt a nice posh an fitting onto my rocker cover and fit the same fittings onto a catch can, end result should look quite nice under the bonnet

 

Loving the breathers fancy making me some?

 

Some very tidy work, those breathers are tidy

 

cheers guys, im going to get these ones finished for my car and then if people like the setup then I will see how much interest there is in me putting some kits together with a catch tank.

 

Ok guys the car has been off the road a few weeks now, been hard juggling work and getting the car back on the road. anyway here is a few more pics of what ive been upto.

Had to make the breather for the other side of the engine















Then it was time to make a tank to go with my new breathers













Then with the basic tank made I added some fittings to match my rockers























So that's where im at right now. Tommrow I will add a fixing bracket to the catch tank and a vent ontop. Hopefuly all my braided hose will arrive tommrow too so I can get it all plumbed up. Lots of pics I know so sorry if ive gone ott but I know some people love pics

Another update tommrow.
cheers

 

Very impressive - much more professional looking than my plans

 

Thanks mate, I just wish I had a bit more time to put into it to get it done faster.
Whats your plans mate?
I want to do a tidy job of the breather setup as im hoping to put some kits together to see if they sell.

 

I know what you mean about time - there's never enough of it

Mine is oing to be a lain and simple silicon hose and jubilee clip job for the breather system...

 

Will still do the same job as mine tho mate hey.
Where have you located your battery? and the washer bottle?

 

I've tuck ed a smaller washer bottle in the back of the engine bay for now and the battery in the boot...

 

Sweet mate just looked at your build top job