frayz

Seat is for sale if anyone is interested.

rst s2

your signed one?

frayz

Yes the one signed by Marcus gronholm.

Ł1800 new without signature!!

Twellsie

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im thinking flurocent orange or green for the wheels

frayz

Lol, you must have seen this pic too then

Dunno if it would suit my car though?

Twellsie

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i hadnt seen that one, but i had seen a pic of SiB's Evo with the greeny/yellow wheels and thought it looked awesome, personally i think it is the way forward on black cars

frayz

Well consignment one is here, another should be here tomorrow.

Pleased with this and am now aware of the huge job in hand in order to make it fit and fit properly. The carbon cone fits beautifully, couldnt help but rest it in place

I have a dummy uppipe fitted and a dummy downpipe coming that will need to be modifed to fit the RHD setup. Its gonna be a pain but worth it in the end i hope.

One all the bits are here i can make a start at getting it bolted up to teh existing 2ltr, where i can check, check and check again that everything fits properly. This assembly will then be dropped back into the car so i can again check that it all fits as perfectly as possible, along with the external wastegate setup.

Once im happy, and only then will it all be taken off and sent for making properly and ceramic coating. Then the 2.5 will be put together.

But heres some long overdue pics guys, i know ive deprived you all recently.

GT3076R

kaking1982

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turbo looks a bit small mate should of gone for the gt4088r

Charlie Chalk

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Nice snail

NasRs

Turbo looks schweet fella, been keeping an eye on this thread, very impressive piece of rebuild, keep it up!

Nash

rapidcossie

this is how your phone should look



This is on a similar car

frayz

Lol, Cheers Euan but mine a 30 and not a 42R lol,

Awesome turbo but not exactly ideal on a fast road/track car lol

fezzajsy

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fooking sweet,well done

black scoob

time will tell if that is the case or not

scott

frayz

Is that your setup Scott?

Looks pretty special. Do you have any pics/specs?

jonnyrsturbo

really really like this!










for a skooby

black scoob

yes mate, its on my car....its a gt42, custom setup with twin plenums/throttles, exhaust and manifold have all been custom made as well.its got a 4.25" downpipe going into 3 systems

euan has loads of photos of the work thats been done to the car, we were going to do a thread but ive not had a chance to sort out the pics of when i first got the car....will get him to post a few of the engine bay pics....

frayz

Well i guess i owe you all a small update on the car.

Work has started on the car and im doing bits here and there when i get time. I spent 3 days with a heat gun carefully removing all the vinyls from the car and now have the painstanking task of glue removing and polishing every panel inch by inch.

Getting the car back to the way i want it will be a slow process but at least im on it now...

But heres a quick peek to show you that she is still very much alive and a shape of things to come.

Watch this space...

Frayz

frayz

Small update,

100% of the car is now fully devinyled and 90% deglued... i'll continue on this when i get a moment.

As for today i decided to drop the 2ltr long block back in and start mocking up the up-pipe/downpipe arrangement and finding out where the turbo will sit best.

The motor is sat on her mounts and bolted up to the bellhousing. The manifolds are on and i have a dummy up-pipe in place with the turbo loosely bolted up.

I have lots of fab work to do but at least she has a motor in here and the turbo system is under construction.

Heres a sneeky peek of todays work

Adam R4

top work mate!

kaking1982

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looking good mate at last getting some work done

Gadget

About fooking time you lazy ass!
How ya doing big boy? what about the others in the build bay?

frayz

Yeah, it got too much for me mate and i took a 5 month break from the car.

The whole Mocom Racing thing got me down too, but thats another story.

Yeah, all the guys are fine in the BB. Just gotta get my nuts in with the car and get it moving

fezzajsy

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gingeRS

awesome car mate......got a real softspot for impreza's

impressed with the attention to detail

considering one to replace the Focus RS if i get bored of it

BRIGSPORT

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Have you got a pic of the exhaust manifolds that feed the turbo? Are they equal length?
Always wondered what an impreza engine looks like with manifolds fitted. Where does the turbo end up on equal length manifold cars?

frayz

I dont have a pic mate but i can take some for you. The turbo stays in the same place. My headers are slightly unequal length, the equal ones move peak power further to the right and wasnt what i wanted.
Mine still sounds a little bit like an impreza on idle but after 2k rpm all that rumble is lost and its sounds more like a high performance motorcycle with a race can fitted.

I'll try and get some pics for you

BRIGSPORT

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Cheers pal.

Munch

Nice turrrrrrbo!

NEEDFORSPEED

cool!

AGAR-COSWORTH

Just read the whole thread from start to finish. Amazing built, with painstaking attention to detail. I'd love to have a project like this and put all the hours under the sun into it.

ghigo

great work amazing quality and detail

KSA-Cossie

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Looks much better stickerless m8,oh yeah,get yourself a new phone lol.

frayz

Lol, my poxy contract doesnt run out till later in the year... but yes. Im looking forward to getting rid of this "Pony Ericsson" offering

frayz

Needed to take the up pipe back off this morning to be sent back to the US.

Brigsport dont know if these quick pics show you enough of the manifold. But you can see the bulk of it and the collector. This collector is fastened to an up-pipe that goes into the turbo and from there you have the downpipe that runs down passed the gearbox to the main exhaust system.

Hope that helps a little

frayz

Progress is progress...

I know these dont look like much at the moment. (a bit of imagination required on your part lol)

But these are my fuel rails in the making. The rails have already been machined. Now some nice 6mm billet brackets should fasten them down nice

frayz

Brackets marked, drilled and checked for fitment. They fit perfect, so im quite pleased about that.
Brackets require trimming to suit and rails now marked and aligned for welding

alo

Nice fuel rail brakets you've got there frayz

frayz

Rails almost complete.

Just got to decide how im going to finish them. Might polish or brush etc. Dont know yet but the least of my worries.

Another job off of the list

Big Will_

Nice project mate - should be good fun when she's done

Just a thought though (and i appreciate space is an issue) the external wastegate take seem to be at a very sharp 90 degree angle, if there's any way you can angle it a little more into the gas flow you might find much better boost control