Ok so it has been a while since i last posted on here and i think its about time i share my new project.

Some of you may remember my last project the subaru powered escort which i sold i while back now and is still in action i belive...



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmmo-...adFAAAAAAAAGAA



The 205 is well under way now, i started off building a jig and bolting it to the underside of the car so i can line up all the pick up points perfectly and keep everything nice and square.
I cut out the floor and bulkhead section and welded in the same size section of subaru in there so i can use all the stock pick up points for the engine/suspension and subframe ect although i have mounted it 35mm further back giving me more room in the engine bay and allowing me to fabricate some new lower wisbones mounting the front wheels further forward giving me more positive caster in the aid of handling.
I am going to be fabricatin all my own rear pick up points as i want to keep as much of the rear shell in tact as possible.
The main roll cage is fitted and tied into the front and rear suspension turrets. The car is going to be fitted with a t16 style wide arch kit to suit the wider track and i am thinking of painting the car white with gold alloys.
The doner car is an sti v4 thanks to John (scoobyboy1)
So short wheel base 4wd with just under 300bhp should be fun.

Heres some pics...

 

I like the look of this. Will be keeping a close eye on this.

 

Subscribed

 

The donor.

 

Fooking awesome fella

 

The kit is basicly a dimma kit but i will be completly cutting out the vents in the rear quarters and fitting a mesh simular to the t16 and using them to feed air to a rear mounted radiator, the last pic is just a trial fit of the panels.

Cheers James

 

good use of unistrut!!

should be a monster

 

maaaaaaaaaasive hats off to you mate great work in such a little garage


read your escourt til the end i will do the same with this one.

 

good to see you with a new project
good luck
Beale

 

Nice work. Subscribed!

 

Get on fella. Top project.

 

fair play im in midlands when its done i want to come have a look at this

 

What he said, you got skills my man (some of us would love to have the skills and patience for this stuff)

 

Can't wait to see it finished.

Subbed

 

Cracking progress, a lot of time spent already i see.

 

Top work, good luck in getting it finished as it will be a monster

 

Looks like it will be a tool and a half when it's done mate. Hats of to you for taking on a project like this.

 

Very interesting

 

looks like its gonna be a good thread ill be watching this

 

Thanks for the good comments guys, it definitely gives me the incentive to get my butt in the garage.

James.

 

Awesome.

 

I love this project, home engerneering at its best, well done mate! Just wish I had the time and money to do something similar myself!!

 

this is going to be quite a thing...best of luck

 

Looking good James, Cant wait to come round to have a look!!!! Will give you a ring in the next couple of weeks mate!!!!!

 

Ok so its been a while since i last updated this, here's what ive been up too..

The first job was to make suitable mounts to bolt in the rear subframe so i made up some new chassis rails out of 2mm steel to pick up the subframe and the roll bar..

 

The next thing was to bolt on the subframe with the hubs, shocks and trailing arms to see how it all lines up.



Everything looks good so i then needed to look at the mounting points for the trailing arms and the diff cradle.







I cut out a section of the old steel and made up some new mounts.

 

So all the pick up points are now finished
The next task was to remove all the old underseal and treat any rust.
After spending hours trying to get the underseal off using a selection of wire brush wheels for the drill i stumbled across one of these..



Say hello to my little friend!!!

A knotted wire brush wheel to fit in the grinder, it literaly blitzed the underseal off in no time at all, awsome tool!

 

OThe whole underside had now been rubbed down, degreased and etch primed on the bare metal and a couple of coats of red oxide primer to keep it protected, i will be painting the top coat with some industrial enamel white paint which should nice and durable against stone chips etc.

 

I have had a few days off work so thought i may aswell knuckle down and get some of the ****ty jobs out the way so i set about de rusting the subframes and suspension arms etc.

Ready for paint..



And freshly painted nice and shiny..



Some more bits been rubbed down and coated in rust converter..

 

Awesome!!