Thought I would let you guys have a look at what I have been building since Jan 2009 in my spare time after work and some weekends...

Bought a tidy 98 Type R off a mate of mine...
Spec:
STD 2.5L
GT30
Motec
coilovers
Ap fronts
HKS exhaust
18" OZ Super Leggera
400hp ish with few extras.

The plan was to build a medium budget race car but I should off known that wasn't going to happen from past experience building other cars.

So here we go:
The engine bay bit messy for my liking


Forgot to take a decent pic of outside but this will do

 

should be interesting.........

really like the facelift bonnets in two colours like that

 

very nice mate

 

Next was to strip it all out ready for a Custom Cages FIA/MSA approved weld in rollcage.







O and remove some unwanted weight starting with the sound deadening and excess metal

 

After a longer than expected wait I got it back from Custom Cages

Nice T45 cage

 

great start to what looks like its gna be a great project keep up the good work

 

how much is a medium budget??!!?!?

 

what spec engine / turbo is it going to be mate ?
are you doing ta

andy h

 

Well the budget was 15K ish but that didn't last long
Hopefully be at first round with car if everything comes together
Brief spec 2.1L and 500-550hp turbo

Will reveal all bit later on in build

 

long hours then !

are you in club challenge ?
i will see ya there

 

update: Trying to decide what color to do my wet weather wheels


And mock up for the quick release boot lid



Painted the inside you wouldn't believe the amount of spray dust you get without a extractor but still come out nice

 

I was looking at it one day and decided that I wanted something a little bit different and wide
So after a cracking deal which Kev sorted at scoobyclinic I went up there and collected a 22B full kit, Kev said it would take some time to fit properly he weren't wrong there it felt like it took forever good experience though first time I have fitted a full kit like this but well pleased with what turned out..Now do I paint it or wrap it hmmm ???






tried some different wheel options



decided on these in the end should go with my color wrap


Went for the fibreglass doors after weighing them and finding out they were still 12.5kg with all the guts cut out

More to come watch this space

 

And started to mod the front splitter onto the 22B front bumper as nobody done one, this is one off ABW std splitters getting made to fit, another first for me took some time but come out well.
Thinking about copying it for when it gets track damage




And so to sill the core in nicely I wanted to cover endtanks on IC, so just to see what it looks like

 

loving it lot of work in a short time.........

 

What paint did you use on the interior mate?

 

Satin matt black well bit more matt than matt cus first 5L came out bit gloss so added more matting agent and ended up being being more of a matt grey but loks ok and has a nice shimmer affect in the sun

 

have you got 114 hubs ?
nice project, i so wish i had a 2 door

 

You can have mine Andy, it's getting on my f*cking **** at the minute

 

you will get there in the end daz, ijust took a step back when mine was getting too me last year

 

ill have it daz im not ashamed to be a charity case, when can i pick it up?

 

No normal hubs m8, wish they done a 2 door in the hawk eye I could of been tempted to do that car if it was

 

Got the perpex glass fitted and worked out the best way to mount front door glass as well

O and got the car wrapped not as good as I thought it was going to come out but for the money it ok

" Good from afar but far from good"

 

 

Done a bit off porting on the V 1-2 inlet and reversed the TB mount plate so that the IC pipe work runs flat instead of upwards to bonnet.

Again never done some porting so was good to have a crack and was pleased with out come even though it took about 8 hours and lots of flap wheels and a face full of s**t

 

And matched to head and insulator spacers

 

Next step is to lose this lot and make a nice light loom

 

very impressive, loving the matte black, looks menacing!!!

 

Isn't it a CF wrap not matt black?

 

Matt black wrap with carbon bonnet and bootlid.

 

that looks mental mate where did u get fibreglass doors from?? and cost