My German look revamp - progress report and pictures....

[samcat]

Been a busy bunny the last 2 days.

wirebrushed under both wheel arches, treated a few little bits of rust and painted both under arches (will be re waxoyl'd when the wings are back on), painted various bits under the car, replaced spring plate covers (both were quite rotten), rewired lots of the engine bay (didnt like the layout of the wires or the braiding used), wirebrushed passenger footwell, kurust'd a few little patches and painted it all, relocated the MSD 6AL to under the rear seat on standoff's, wired it up, filled a few bits of exterior bodywork that I am sorting, sanded and refilled (few little air bubbles). Built the seat brackets and started measuring up where the new seats will need to go...

Previous to that I have taken the existing engine and gearbox out and sold them to make way for the new powerplant.. 2270 T4 from Jake





There has been talk of the need for rear disks, uprated front disks and I have been eyeballing some bigger wheels....

Cya,
Sam C

[kakarottt]

looking pretty good.. i thought those were some wide wheels.. then i saw you wanted to go WIDER...

did you make a removable rear clip or is that just open?

[samcat]

Originally Posted by kakarottt

looking pretty good.. i thought those were some wide wheels.. then i saw you wanted to go WIDER...

did you make a removable rear clip or is that just open?

Wheels will fit with no issue. Have done my maths and the offset is spot on...

They are looking quite likely.

Rear clip is fully removable, makes life much easier when playing engines Taking the old engine and gearbox out was so easy because of the removable rear.

Cya,
Sam C

[ricola]

Hi Sam,
What gearbox will you be running and what bhp?

I'm trying to work out what box to use with 260bhp of WRX RA power

Rich

[Bill K.]

Looking good Sam. Feels good to freshen up, huh? Nice seats and wheels.

Just wondering how you routed the ignition box trigger wire from distributor to the uder the rear seat... After reading the instructions that came with mine, I routed the trigger wire seperate from the high voltage coil +/- wires. I ran the trigger wire through the firewall, under the luggage compartment, and through the rear bulkhead to under the rear seat. The coil wires go through the left rear quarter panel passage. Appearantly, the coil wires can cross-talk over to the trigger wire and cause miss-fires. I don't know if this is a reality, but thought I would mention it.

I see you have a 3-bar Kafer brace, but have you welded the frame horn seams and added a intermediate trans mount? RAT T4 torque can wreck the gearbox without support...

[samcat]

Originally Posted by ricola

Hi Sam,
What gearbox will you be running and what bhp?
I'm trying to work out what box to use with 260bhp of WRX RA power
Rich

I have a Raby B transmission fitted, will be about 150-160bhp

Originally Posted by Bill K.

Looking good Sam. Feels good to freshen up, huh? Nice seats and wheels.

Just wondering how you routed the ignition box trigger wire from distributor to the uder the rear seat... After reading the instructions that came with mine, I routed the trigger wire seperate from the high voltage coil +/- wires. I ran the trigger wire through the firewall, under the luggage compartment, and through the rear bulkhead to under the rear seat. The coil wires go through the left rear quarter panel passage. Appearantly, the coil wires can cross-talk over to the trigger wire and cause miss-fires. I don't know if this is a reality, but thought I would mention it.

I see you have a 3-bar Kafer brace, but have you welded the frame horn seams and added a intermediate trans mount? RAT T4 torque can wreck the gearbox without support...

Cheers Bill, feels really good to freshen up and finally do some of the things I have been planning for a while.
Currently the wires are all routed together from under the rear seat through the bulkhead thats under there too, up under the parcelshelf and through another grommet into the engine bay.. After you have said it may cause crosstalk I will be rerouting and using some braided stuff I have to surroud the wires, I will then earth the braid. This should remove most of the risk of crosstalk.

The 3 bar system stiffens the rear end up enormously, I can stand on the end of the frame horns and bounce up and down the gearbox WONT move seperatly to the car.... And I am not the smallest of people.. I have been looking at adding the two additional bars to turn the 3 bar into a 5 bar system, and I think I will be getting the intermediate mount for the gearbox too... Perhaps I could tie that into the brace bars too and have myself a 7 bar system!

Anyways, got to go... Got uprated antirollbars to fit today, along with a small mountain of urethane goodies! Will be taking more pictures, so if theres anything good in there I will stick them up here later


Cya,
Sam C

[samcat]

Sorry for the lack of updates... Parents are moving house soon so I HAVE to get the car done and out of the garage.... So been concentrating on finishing up various jobs.
I *promise* to take my camera down there this weekend and snap a few shots.... Its all starting to come together!

For now:
http://members.lycos.co.uk/vdubhub/a...%20DTM_Fitted/
2270cc of goodness is almost complete.


The stereo sounds MEAN, really clean but kicks like an evil mule!

Cya
SaM C

[samcat]

Made a piece for the oil temp sender to fit into. Didnt like any of the commercially available mountings so we made one

Very much a before and after shot

Didnt much like any of the solutions for fitting the twin oil pressure sender with the dizzy, extended pipes and questions of where to mount it...


Simply rethreaded the bottom of it so it isnt tapered as much anymore, lits it fit in far deeper, a very slight dent in the top corner and the dizzy fits right in next to it


Fuel pump under the bonnet. Red top

Regulator will be in the engine bay.

And the money shot, the engine so far


Should be laying on the last of the paint on the body tomorrow, and restprotecting the chassis/pans.

Just gotta wait for the replacement stubs for the exhaust and finish off a few little jobs and we are ready to fire her up

CANT WAIT!


Sam C

[NO_H2O]

Looks nice Sam.
Bet you are itching to hit the road.

[samcat]

Too right I am, cant wait

Todays work:

Another coat of paint on the sides, as it was a little thin in places. Looks good as is, but gonna flatten with 1500/2000 then polish up for a really nice finish


And I refinished some of the carbon, it had gone very crappy in the british weather, had horrible chalk marks on the carbon from the rain! So out with the 400 grit wet and dry, then 1000 then 1500 grit... Clean it up and let it dry (wet sanding it), then a coat of 2pack Lacquer and it looks superb! Better than new



Cya,
Sam C

[NO_H2O]

Yes a good Color Sanding and buff job will make all the differance in a great paint job. Carefull on the edges hate to see you have to respray.

[samcat]

Outside shots showing the new wheels... Paint still needs flattening off fully.



http://members.lycos.co.uk/vdubhub/a...rBackTogether/

SAm C

[Ephry73]

Those look really good on the car. What bolt spacingand brand is that? I know it's posted, but I'm lazy.


Ephry


P.S. Really nice job with the car

[samcat]

Originally Posted by Ephry73

Those look really good on the car. What bolt spacingand brand is that? I know it's posted, but I'm lazy.


Ephry


P.S. Really nice job with the car

4x100, same as mk1,2 3 golf, 4 stud bmw etc.

Cya,
Sam C

[justdubbin]

Those wheels realy top it off Sam,
I'll keep a look out on the streets of Brizzal for it.