AS my wife has started her thread i thought it was well overdue that i put a few typed words on the screen of my project,so far its just been a big shopping list that i have been buying over the last three years,yes you did hear me right (3 years)as they say rome was not built in a dayanyway its hard to save money in my household with a wife and four children two dogs three water turtles one iguana and five adult beardiesand thats without the other day to day bills.i have been into cars for as long as i can remember as my dad was into cars himself so i guess it was only natural that i was going to follow in his foot steps.i have owned or driven most performance cars of the last 25 years,but my first experience of turbo power was the Renault 5 turbo gordini which back in the 80s was a Rocket,i then understood what micheal knight was on about when driving Kit in the series knight rider.But i did not learn properly and bought myself a vauxhall Astra mk1 GTE 1.8 injection it was a nice good handerling quick car,that was untill my mate was at the lights with his R5Gtt and left me for dead i then realised i had to get turbo power and get it soon,so i never had to experience that feeling of losing badly and seeing my mates big cheesy grinso i sold my astra and bought my renault 5 gt turbo that i owned for 10 years and spent loads of money to get it to 230+ bhp.i really loved that car and still do (my friend owns it now)if i never started a family back then i would of still had it anyway that was my excuse that i needed a bigger car with four doors and my new love affair with the subaru impreza wrx sti began.heres a few pics of my renault i will download my parts for my subaru later on,peace.SJ.





















My second love my first being my wife(typed with one arm being bent behind my back by my wife)

 

At first i was going to stroke my 2 litre sti engine to a 2.1 but after talking to Neil at slowboy racing i decided to just do the 2.35 and started to source my parts for that. before hand i had already started to modify my car over the years with such mods as GARRETT GT28 some zero sports parts front mount 650cc injectors etc... and a bit of bling.its funny when i look back to how my engine was evolving in looks and performance from when i first got it.SJ.



more changes.


even more.


And thats how it is for now before i get really serious with it!!!

more to come.SJ.

 

scoob looks really nice mate................the 5 on the other hand but each to their own matey

 

i am giving the subaru more thought,the 5 was more raw and was modified in a different...Ahem! time in my lifeit was super quick though and would light the front wheels up 1st to 4th gear.SJ.

 

they have to be quick to outrun the hoards of people trying to light them on fire for being so fugly

as said matey-each to their own and all that

 

you got me thinking now,there was that one time i thought a fuel line had burst maybe it was those hoards trying to put my car out of its miserySJ.

 

 

Nice one Adrian and looking forward how you will be progressed

Seen yours last time at Neil and must admit,yours is super clean

Good luck with the project and subscribed too


Jura

 

thanks my friendi was up at neils this week and started to move some of my parts for the build down there,i was greatful because at least now i can start moving around my bedroom againi have parts everywhere around my house.I will post more pics up of my intended mods later on.SJ.

 

Found some pictures of when i got my perrin anti lift kit roll bars and stout mounts.Work done at tsl.SJ.

 

Good work Adrian...

I had a Phase 2 R5GTT back in the day, which was also my first turbo car....I had to have one after driving a friends Phase 1!

 

cheers jay

 

Coming along nicely matey lovely reggy 5 to they were fast little things put most things to shame just a p.i.t.a to start when they were hot lol

 

Both great cars. I had a r5gtt back in the day then a 19 16v.
Loved them both.
The blob is looking a great spec car too.

 

Thanks for the positive comments lads.SJ.

 

Nice work with the front mount that's a quality item I can't quite see from the pictures but one thing I have picked up over the years is to be aware of the positive battery terminal and the spacing between the pipe work for the front mount..... I would suggest getting a large diameter silicon hose and cutting down the length and sheathing that area of pipe near the terminal for safety sake

 

yes it was tight but am going to relocate the battery in the boot now to avoid any mishaps,the engine that you see in those pictures will be going into my wifes classic thats why she has started her own project thread,i keep on telling her to update her thread i think shes going to do some today with some pics.SJ.

 

i thought i would put up some pics of my interior changes from since i had the car.SJ.

Gearknob changed first and a camera and lazor detector added.


Then came sti defi gauges which took me ages to source and head unit changed for a kenwood dvd player,sat nav,digital tv receiver.etc...


i almost forgot my side gauges also.


the once empty boot.


Now not so empty,but the cd disc changer is removed now for a MP3 set up.

 

lol eastenders on the stereo


riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiicky...............

i love the genome gauges, ive been searching for ages for these, bloody rare and very expensive.

 

i think it took me a little over a year to find the Genome gauges with the original controller,Defi only made a select number for subaru japan to celebrate the launch of the newage sti,I had to import mine from the land of the rising sun and pay through the teeth for the pleasure.SJ.

 

i can imagine, i spotted a set on ebay last year for well over 500 quid.

do your defi pillar pod gauges light up green?

 

yes they do TT,even though they are the standard defi link gauges,The match is perfect.SJ.

 

any links to them?? i have tried for ages to get some green ones as i have the same dial set up as yours, i can only find the amber ones.

 

I got some bad news for you TT,Defi has stopped making those green defi link gauges,they were discontinued a good few years ago now,the reason i was given is the change of gauge lights was moving from what they claim to be the (old fashion Green) to Amber/red colours.You might be able to source a set second hand,but there getting rarer then gold plated hen teeth now.SJ.

 

I found a couple of pics of when i upgraded my standard brembo disc and pads with the Performance friction set up and changed my rear disc too with grooved disc PF Z rated pads all round.The braking of my car transformed i would highly recommend this set up to anyone with the brembo caliper its one of the best mods ive done to my car since i have owned her.SJ.

rears.


fronts.

 

Subscribed :-)

 

no doubt those new "prezzies" will work quite well.....

 

I should hope so Alynim slowly getting to that bitSJ.

 

Now my engine parts are gone to the builder i thought i would start my mod list of parts that i have bought for my build (with pics)to give anyone looking to do the same some ideas i wont go into cost because it hurts to think about it but because my car is staying with me for along time it is a good investmant plus my son (6 years old)is already making plans for it for himself when i pass him the gauntlet.so first things first the block.SJ.

EJ22T.






MAHLE PISTONS.



NITRIDED CRANK.






ACL BEARINGS.



RCM 14MM HEAD STUDS.



CARRILLO H BEAM RODS.



SPEC C HEADS.









VALVE GEAR SUPERTECH.









COSWORTH CAMS


I will update again when i get time to take more pictures,but it should be enough to wet your taste buds for now.SJ.

 

oohhhhh very nice proper engine ****