Track/road RA
17 March 2011, 10:00 PM
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Track/road RA
Well here we go for an other thread.
Bought a 1995 WRX RA a few months ago and with the intensions of just keeping it the way it was but like most of my other impreza's iv decided to do it right this time rather than the faffing about i usually do.
I got it weight on sunday and the starting weight is 1248kg and that with a full tank of fuel. The car has no central locking,keep fit windows and for some unknown reason a steel bonnet which it should have a alu bonnet as its an RA. so as it stands its a pritty basic impreza hence the reason i bought it as there was no point in buying a top spec impreza to just rip it all out.
It's going to be road legal but with the intensions of seeing more track than road.
The car as it stands just now is:
equal lenth headers.
straight through de-cat wolfrace exhaust.
Black 16" speedline ST 2
green cottom filter
and thats pritty much it. started stripping it sunday night including all the AC,interior etc.
well here are some pics of how it stands
well decided to start getting all the paint stripped from both calipers. Also need to ordered some 330mm godspeed 2 piece bells and disc's with bluestuff pads.
Once all the paint is off they will be getting sprayied Black with the prodrive section in white.
As i got them
First coats stripped off
Thefirst hoop in which was a pain in the *** as we had to take 55mm off each side.
Rear top mount plates
Windscreen bar
barrys ugly puss
barry managed to get the dash bar in, so more updates tomorrow.
Todays progress
Dash mocked up ready for flocking
Bought a 1995 WRX RA a few months ago and with the intensions of just keeping it the way it was but like most of my other impreza's iv decided to do it right this time rather than the faffing about i usually do.
I got it weight on sunday and the starting weight is 1248kg and that with a full tank of fuel. The car has no central locking,keep fit windows and for some unknown reason a steel bonnet which it should have a alu bonnet as its an RA. so as it stands its a pritty basic impreza hence the reason i bought it as there was no point in buying a top spec impreza to just rip it all out.
It's going to be road legal but with the intensions of seeing more track than road.
The car as it stands just now is:
equal lenth headers.
straight through de-cat wolfrace exhaust.
Black 16" speedline ST 2
green cottom filter
and thats pritty much it. started stripping it sunday night including all the AC,interior etc.
well here are some pics of how it stands
well decided to start getting all the paint stripped from both calipers. Also need to ordered some 330mm godspeed 2 piece bells and disc's with bluestuff pads.
Once all the paint is off they will be getting sprayied Black with the prodrive section in white.
As i got them
First coats stripped off
Thefirst hoop in which was a pain in the *** as we had to take 55mm off each side.
Rear top mount plates
Windscreen bar
barrys ugly puss
barry managed to get the dash bar in, so more updates tomorrow.
Todays progress
Dash mocked up ready for flocking
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well i recieved a couple of parcel's today and things are comes along nicely.
The cage is now complete and its a cracking job Thanks barry highly recommended. Everything has been sent to custom cages to get FIA approved and get the certificate.
Also waiting on the inside of the car getting painted which should hopfully be this week then iv got the task of trying to remember where everything gets connected and then fit and adjust the suspension to suit.
Dash was done by suffolk flocking services.
The cage is now complete and its a cracking job Thanks barry highly recommended. Everything has been sent to custom cages to get FIA approved and get the certificate.
Also waiting on the inside of the car getting painted which should hopfully be this week then iv got the task of trying to remember where everything gets connected and then fit and adjust the suspension to suit.
Dash was done by suffolk flocking services.
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19 April 2011, 08:11 PM
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Car is all preped up hopfully it will be getting primed and painted by friday then it shall be delivered up to my unit then il start the build up.
Should be fun :roll:
Should be fun :roll:
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Well its been a while since iv updated this so il keep you up to date in whats been happening.
I attended TS track night on thurday after the car sitting about for a few months, finally blow the dust off it and after a few laps relaised the brakes werent upto much altho they are a decent set up just not for a full nights track abuse.
So i decided the following day to buy some decent brakes so i got the Ksport 8 pot 330mm set up and after some thought and iv heard good storys so i went for the Carbotech XP10 pads altho there bloody expensive (nearly £300 a set). Thanks to MIC @ wallace performance for getting the pads quick time.
while i had all the brakes out i check over the master cylinder as every trackday i attended i kept on having to top up the brake fluid so after stripping it out i found this.
So i order a new master cylinder and fitted it and job is a good yin.
Also fitted a new uprated walbro fuel pump while i felt flush
I attended TS track night on thurday after the car sitting about for a few months, finally blow the dust off it and after a few laps relaised the brakes werent upto much altho they are a decent set up just not for a full nights track abuse.
So i decided the following day to buy some decent brakes so i got the Ksport 8 pot 330mm set up and after some thought and iv heard good storys so i went for the Carbotech XP10 pads altho there bloody expensive (nearly £300 a set). Thanks to MIC @ wallace performance for getting the pads quick time.
while i had all the brakes out i check over the master cylinder as every trackday i attended i kept on having to top up the brake fluid so after stripping it out i found this.
So i order a new master cylinder and fitted it and job is a good yin.
Also fitted a new uprated walbro fuel pump while i felt flush
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Thanks for the comments guys.
Small update
Just waiting on YOKOHAMA AD08 tyres coming from camskill.
pic from my lastest track day from 15th Sept trackscotland (knockhill)
Small update
Just waiting on YOKOHAMA AD08 tyres coming from camskill.
pic from my lastest track day from 15th Sept trackscotland (knockhill)
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