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| posted on February 28th, 2011 at 10:02 PM |
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Don't look at the other junk in the shed. Its embarassing!
This is what is going to supply the motor, gearbox, ecu, fuel pump, some of its front mount intercooler pipes, front calipers, handbrake, and some
other bits and pieces.
Anyone chasing parts/panels for their Subaru?
Dyno sheet that came with the car showed 205kw at 4 wheels. That will do me.
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| posted on March 1st, 2011 at 09:30 AM |
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 thats the go
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| posted on March 1st, 2011 at 04:33 PM |
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no but how much for whats left?
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| posted on March 1st, 2011 at 05:30 PM |
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Someone buy it and put a VW engine in 
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| posted on March 1st, 2011 at 05:39 PM |
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Come on! Is it a Supra and a S14 in one of those last pics? Or a Integra? Hah, sorry it's been playing on my mind 
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| posted on March 6th, 2011 at 09:05 PM |
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Yes, ok. Its a Supra but the other is a pulsar.
Look closely at the pics and you'll see a Charger, another Supra,
S13, Karmann Ghia, Mustang, Soarer... like I said, all stuff ya dont want to see.
But look at this!!
The first set of guards to come out of the mould.
Fat but not. Still looks close to standard I think.
I'm happy with the look so far.
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| posted on March 6th, 2011 at 09:37 PM |
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lookin the goods mate...u runnin spacers with those rims
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| posted on March 7th, 2011 at 11:51 AM |
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A garage of Gods.
But back on track - the Guards look great! I agree with what you said - fat but not - Still retains a certain stock quality to it. Nice work!
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| posted on March 24th, 2011 at 09:32 PM |
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lookin the goods mate...u runnin spacers with those rims
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Yep
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| posted on March 24th, 2011 at 09:47 PM |
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Mate, those guards look absolutely awesome! Great work.
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| posted on March 24th, 2011 at 10:08 PM |
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Here's the interior when I got the car.
So I stripped out the pedals and was going to replace them with the subi hangers.
Did a fair bit of bodywork removal for a trail fit and didn't like them.
What a waste of time - trying to 'reinvent the wheel'.
So I've gone back to the stock set for now.
Also changed the shifter position. Up and back. This is a rough mockup - as is the seat position.
Sitting in the seat, the wheel, shifter.... all feels fast!
The seat is mounted at it lowest setting here.
I mounted the seat in its proper position, and sat in it with my race suit/boots to check the dash layout before cutting.
Ok. The old speedo hole was shifted to the centre so I retain a speedo, fuel guage and stock guage features.
Also the wiper and headlight switch remain as I can reach them when strapped in the seat.
I've also modified the ends of the dash to allow the front rollcage legs to follow snug against the windscreen pillars.
This will allow the stock window winder handles to be used.
Here the seat is in position and the new shifter support is mounted. Haven't decided on the style of guages yet so only the centres have been drilled
for guage placement.
Dam nice seat JVL. Super snug fit. I like it lots!!
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| posted on March 25th, 2011 at 01:12 AM |
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Very nice what size tyres you running in the rear?
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| posted on March 25th, 2011 at 07:13 AM |
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Looks the goods so far mate....seat looks good in there!!! mate go Defi link guages
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| posted on April 4th, 2011 at 09:24 PM |
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Very nice what size tyres you running in the rear?
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Rear tyre at the moment is a 265 35 18. Will be fitting 285's.
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| posted on April 4th, 2011 at 09:28 PM |
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Looks the goods so far mate....seat looks good in there!!! mate go Defi link guages
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Man, those guages are too flash for me! They'd cause me to crash - watching them rather than the road...
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| posted on April 4th, 2011 at 09:52 PM |
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I've stripped the 5 speed wrx box for the SubiGears conversion and to modify the housing.
Here the housing has been shortened and is ready for a blanking plate to be welded on.
Next step will be removing the body from the pan to make it easier for the mods necessary to fit the engine and box.
I had a look at the SubiGears site for info on the engine mount system they came up with. Does the job but a bit complicated.
So I made a call to Custom Offroad, since they have been fitting EJ motors to bugs, buses and buggies for years and asked for one of their DIY Subaru
mount kits.
WOW! Simple, easy and fast to assemble and fit.
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| posted on April 5th, 2011 at 06:19 PM |
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Wow!  A lot of work, and it looks to be very well done
indeed.
I look forward to following your progress.
You could probably make a nice little business out of producing the widened guards too - it'd help cover your costs at least! 
I suppose all the work will have to be approved by engineers etc? Doesn't matter, I'm sure it'll pass - it looks fantastic so far.
Keep the updates coming.
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| posted on April 5th, 2011 at 07:46 PM |
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awsome.
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| posted on April 5th, 2011 at 08:01 PM |
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looking great. can't wait to see this at the track, I assume it will be a track car given you're testing out stuff with your racing gear on??
what happened to the cookie cutters that came with the car???
I think you, Marcus and I need to get together soon.
keep up the great work.
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| posted on April 8th, 2011 at 08:36 PM |
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The new engine cradle and gearbox mounts are now fully welded and fitted to the chassis.
The engine and box are bolted together and fitted into the mounts.
Now I need to refit the body and check clearances to the rear valance and engine lid.
There will be an intercooler mounted to the inside of the firewall that will be feed fresh air via either naca ducts in the the 1/4 panel
glass or a scoop mounted into the 1/4 panel itself.
So the original cargo floor and firewall will be scrapped in favour of removable items.
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| posted on April 9th, 2011 at 04:32 PM |
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comin alive....
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| posted on June 27th, 2011 at 09:36 PM |
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UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE
I should show you the removable rear apron I guess.
This makes engine R&R a breeze.
Yes, this is NOT the wrx motor. Pics are from earlier in the year, but you get the idea.
The wrx motor is now fitted, and the rear apron has been trimmed to fit around the motor. I have managed to keep the rear bumper mounts in place as
well. Also had to space the motor down a little so the cam covers will be under the engine lid.
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| posted on June 28th, 2011 at 10:43 PM |
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Awesome work so far, can't wait to see this when its eventually finished.
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| posted on June 29th, 2011 at 09:38 AM |
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Wow ...great job ...if Only I had your skills ...if only!!!
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| posted on June 29th, 2011 at 09:55 AM |
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lookin great mate....got some real good coils for motor if interested..
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| posted on June 29th, 2011 at 11:07 PM |
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Boy, did I get in trouble the other day....
Brother-in-law came over for a visit. While he was inside using the facilities I removed the front bar from his ve ss commondore and sat it infront of
the bug.
mmmm I thought.
Next is when I got in trouble..... lots of!!!
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| posted on June 30th, 2011 at 08:00 AM |
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sohc or turbo? dont do the bumper thing looks hot as is.
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Boy, did I get in trouble the other day....
Brother-in-law came over for a visit. While he was inside using the facilities I removed the front bar from his ve ss commondore and sat it infront of
the bug.
mmmm I thought.
Next is when I got in trouble..... lots of!!!
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mate i have a mould here like my one if interested
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The new engine cradle and gearbox mounts are now fully welded and fitted to the chassis.
The engine and box are bolted together and fitted into the mounts.
Now I need to refit the body and check clearances to the rear valance and engine lid.
There will be an intercooler mounted to the inside of the firewall that will be feed fresh air via either naca ducts in the the 1/4 panel
glass or a scoop mounted into the 1/4 panel itself.
So the original cargo floor and firewall will be scrapped in favour of removable items.
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chop and move back even more,gearbox motor
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| posted on June 30th, 2011 at 05:35 PM |
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At this point, the plastic bar is.... well..... stuffed. I've drawn some lines and started cutting.
This bar is NOT going back to the VE.
Brother-in-law is NOT coming to visit again
I need to fill the area between the bonnet and top of the bar cover so the air flows over the front of the car.
The silver section is the lower part of a Subaru legecy rear bar. The exhaust cutouts line up pretty good with the headlights.
The photos dont do the 'look' justice.
IT LOOKS MEAN & TUFF in person.
I'll stuff around some more with different bar combiations to see what I can come up with.
All this happened because I went to a race meeting on the weekend and watched some buddies race.
But for now, it will have to wait. Doin some work for a friend at the moment on his kg.
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