£999 challenge car, free car!!
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We have decided to enter the PPC £999 challenge next year. We were very lucky to be given a Subaru! this now means that we can spend £999 on the car plus another £250 if we can sell £250 of parts from the car.
This is not the car. I will get some pictures of the actual car at the weekend. It is mettallic puke green with a dent in every panel and it sits on steel wheels. It came with 11 1/2 months MOT and 8 months tax! The idea is to keep it as a street sleeper.
First things first we looked for a turbo engine as this had the 2.0 NA engine. We got a Subaru Sti engine for £203 from ebay and we got the gearbox to go with it for £38 as the original gearbox had no synchro left on 3rd gear. The engine came with all ancillaries, turbo, loom and pipes. The only thing we needed was a flange (ooer missis) and down pipe for the turbo. From the downpipe back we will be making the exhaust from 4 Celica GT4 exhausts that we have been given. We want it quiet but free flowing. I have got a K&N lying about that can filter at least 360bhp's worth of power. We are currently searching for Intercooler pipes and a front mount intercooler. I might be able to get an intercooler for free, but I will have to see how cheeky I am willing to be. We will be making an intercooler spray system from a late Volvo washer jets. The Volvo ones apparently make a spray mist rather than a jet. We will try and link this to a kickdown switch from an auto car. This will mean that it will only kick in when the car is on full throttle. We also managed to source a lowering kit from america for £60
It is fully adjustable from 0-100mm drop. We will get some airconditioning ducting from B&Q to cool the brakes.
At the moment we are sat on £308 spent.
For the future we are planning on winding the boost up and a remap once the upgrades are all fitted. we are planning on getting some part worn Toyo R888s from ebay too, but we want to find some wider wheels before we do that. Does anyone know if There are any steel wheels wider than a 185 fitment that will fit/are from a Subaru? If so it would be a big help. Perspex side and rear windows are on the cards too, as is cutting the inner skins on the rear doors away and welding them shut. Same for the boot lid and electric windows etc.
My mate decided that he was bored and that he didn't want to wait for me so he took the old engine out and fitted the new one. Just plumbing and wiring on Saturday then!
Next update on Sunday/monday when I get the photos to put up here.
This is not the car. I will get some pictures of the actual car at the weekend. It is mettallic puke green with a dent in every panel and it sits on steel wheels. It came with 11 1/2 months MOT and 8 months tax! The idea is to keep it as a street sleeper.
First things first we looked for a turbo engine as this had the 2.0 NA engine. We got a Subaru Sti engine for £203 from ebay and we got the gearbox to go with it for £38 as the original gearbox had no synchro left on 3rd gear. The engine came with all ancillaries, turbo, loom and pipes. The only thing we needed was a flange (ooer missis) and down pipe for the turbo. From the downpipe back we will be making the exhaust from 4 Celica GT4 exhausts that we have been given. We want it quiet but free flowing. I have got a K&N lying about that can filter at least 360bhp's worth of power. We are currently searching for Intercooler pipes and a front mount intercooler. I might be able to get an intercooler for free, but I will have to see how cheeky I am willing to be. We will be making an intercooler spray system from a late Volvo washer jets. The Volvo ones apparently make a spray mist rather than a jet. We will try and link this to a kickdown switch from an auto car. This will mean that it will only kick in when the car is on full throttle. We also managed to source a lowering kit from america for £60
It is fully adjustable from 0-100mm drop. We will get some airconditioning ducting from B&Q to cool the brakes.At the moment we are sat on £308 spent.
For the future we are planning on winding the boost up and a remap once the upgrades are all fitted. we are planning on getting some part worn Toyo R888s from ebay too, but we want to find some wider wheels before we do that. Does anyone know if There are any steel wheels wider than a 185 fitment that will fit/are from a Subaru? If so it would be a big help. Perspex side and rear windows are on the cards too, as is cutting the inner skins on the rear doors away and welding them shut. Same for the boot lid and electric windows etc.
My mate decided that he was bored and that he didn't want to wait for me so he took the old engine out and fitted the new one. Just plumbing and wiring on Saturday then!
Next update on Sunday/monday when I get the photos to put up here.
Normally a 1/4 mile drag race and a sprint. Receipts not asked for for bought items but will be needed for sold items to make your extra £250. Car has to have an MOT. It doesn't have to have tax or insurance so you can tow it to the event. It was at Curborough this last time.
We are aimimg to do ours for under £600. It should be a 911 baiter at the end of it.
We are aimimg to do ours for under £600. It should be a 911 baiter at the end of it.
I think the 999 challenge issue was the previous issue, so possibly the october issue.
We are not sure what to do with the paintwork. It looks so crap at the moment that it is tempting to keep it totally standard, rust patches and all. But Zebra stripes, polka dots, Military camo and dukes of Hazzard have all been talked about.
We have also been tempted to go down the matt black paint look, but only so we can get out the blackboard chalks on it.
we might still do this with the bonnet.
We are not sure what to do with the paintwork. It looks so crap at the moment that it is tempting to keep it totally standard, rust patches and all. But Zebra stripes, polka dots, Military camo and dukes of Hazzard have all been talked about.
We have also been tempted to go down the matt black paint look, but only so we can get out the blackboard chalks on it.
we might still do this with the bonnet.shirt said:
for the wheels can you not get the current items banded out to the desired width?
excellent project, will look forwad to reading the updates.
Yes, we could, but I doubt anywhere would do them for less than £100 a wheel.excellent project, will look forwad to reading the updates.
I have found out that Subaru Foresters had steel wheels with tyres that are 205/65 R15.
These would be perfect, then some 205/45 R15 tyres would be ideal. I just need to find a Subaru Forester in a scrapyard with good steel wheels now.
good idea on the forester.
i have had another one though. like evos i am sure that you can get model of impreza (type ra or whatever) which comes with steel wheels and bad seats because it's the basis of building up a grp n car.
maybe it's worth looking on some rally parts type websites to see if any are for sale..?
i have had another one though. like evos i am sure that you can get model of impreza (type ra or whatever) which comes with steel wheels and bad seats because it's the basis of building up a grp n car.
maybe it's worth looking on some rally parts type websites to see if any are for sale..?
briSk said:
good idea on the forester.
i have had another one though. like evos i am sure that you can get model of impreza (type ra or whatever) which comes with steel wheels and bad seats because it's the basis of building up a grp n car.
maybe it's worth looking on some rally parts type websites to see if any are for sale..?
Good call. I'll look into it. Cheers.i have had another one though. like evos i am sure that you can get model of impreza (type ra or whatever) which comes with steel wheels and bad seats because it's the basis of building up a grp n car.
maybe it's worth looking on some rally parts type websites to see if any are for sale..?
OK, update time.
My mate got loads done in the week (which made me feel a bit guilty) but I went over to his workshop on saturday morning and we got the gearbox mounted finally and the adjustable suspension fitted and the car now is lower than a daschunds bell-end.
This is the new engine in the bay. Not much to see really as it is not in on it's mounts properly. None of the plumbing joins up to anything yet so it is just the engine. The old engine and gearbox had a cable operated clutch, the new one was hydraulicly actuated. We decided in the interests of cost to fit the cable operated system in the new bellhousing. This has worked, and we now have an impreza sti clutch slave cylinder to go on ebay!
The history of the car has become known to me now. It was owned by a female vicar who married my mate an his wife. That is how he came to be offered the car. It even comes complete with the obligatory jesus stickers and a different take on the fish symbol.
When I said above that the car doesn't have a panel on it that isn't dented or scratched, I was serious. This car must have hit every fencepost and wall in Cambridgeshire. Here are some of the shocking body panels. Notice how high the car is sat on it's suspension now that it has had it's interior ripped out. Apparently taking the interior out took the same amount of time as the gearbox took to drain!
Here are our new adjustable lowering springs. The kit for all four wheels cost £60 plus postage from America and it took less than a week for it to get to rural Cambridgeshire from Orange County, California! Pretty good we thought. The front suspension fitted straight on no problems. And when we had done both sides we put the car back on the ground.
Slammed.
Then we got on with the rear suspension. Problem number 1. The top mount has a cup that doesn't fit our springs. Problem number 2. The bottom spring platform has a cup that doesn't allow us to fit the adjusters in. Problem number one was solved with a big hammer and an angle grinder, problem number two, just an angle grinder. After cutting the cup on the bottom spring platform we found out that the dampers are dead anyway. (200k will do that to a damper!) At some point we will need new(er) dampers but these will do for the moment. This is the strut when the cup has been cut away.
This is how the car looks now.
Note the "performance bulges" in the bumper.
In other news, we might have been given a set of Subaru Impreza alloy wheels by a guy who is converting an impreza to rear wheel drive to use for drifting!
I also found out that my Dad used to make banded wheels for race teams "back in the day". So we might be able to band what we have already to keep the sheddy look!
My mate got loads done in the week (which made me feel a bit guilty) but I went over to his workshop on saturday morning and we got the gearbox mounted finally and the adjustable suspension fitted and the car now is lower than a daschunds bell-end.
This is the new engine in the bay. Not much to see really as it is not in on it's mounts properly. None of the plumbing joins up to anything yet so it is just the engine. The old engine and gearbox had a cable operated clutch, the new one was hydraulicly actuated. We decided in the interests of cost to fit the cable operated system in the new bellhousing. This has worked, and we now have an impreza sti clutch slave cylinder to go on ebay!
The history of the car has become known to me now. It was owned by a female vicar who married my mate an his wife. That is how he came to be offered the car. It even comes complete with the obligatory jesus stickers and a different take on the fish symbol.
When I said above that the car doesn't have a panel on it that isn't dented or scratched, I was serious. This car must have hit every fencepost and wall in Cambridgeshire. Here are some of the shocking body panels. Notice how high the car is sat on it's suspension now that it has had it's interior ripped out. Apparently taking the interior out took the same amount of time as the gearbox took to drain!
Here are our new adjustable lowering springs. The kit for all four wheels cost £60 plus postage from America and it took less than a week for it to get to rural Cambridgeshire from Orange County, California! Pretty good we thought. The front suspension fitted straight on no problems. And when we had done both sides we put the car back on the ground.
Slammed.
Then we got on with the rear suspension. Problem number 1. The top mount has a cup that doesn't fit our springs. Problem number 2. The bottom spring platform has a cup that doesn't allow us to fit the adjusters in. Problem number one was solved with a big hammer and an angle grinder, problem number two, just an angle grinder. After cutting the cup on the bottom spring platform we found out that the dampers are dead anyway. (200k will do that to a damper!) At some point we will need new(er) dampers but these will do for the moment. This is the strut when the cup has been cut away.
This is how the car looks now.
Note the "performance bulges" in the bumper.
In other news, we might have been given a set of Subaru Impreza alloy wheels by a guy who is converting an impreza to rear wheel drive to use for drifting!
I also found out that my Dad used to make banded wheels for race teams "back in the day". So we might be able to band what we have already to keep the sheddy look!
of all the cars on here this is one of my favourites!
a really good effort..!
when it's finished go and park it next to a 59 reg old persons hyundai and watch the owner's face!
i didn;t realise you wanted steels for the look - i thought it was a £999 rule to retain the same sort of wheels as the original car.
you could always rattle-can some alloys matte black or something!
a really good effort..!
when it's finished go and park it next to a 59 reg old persons hyundai and watch the owner's face!
i didn;t realise you wanted steels for the look - i thought it was a £999 rule to retain the same sort of wheels as the original car.
you could always rattle-can some alloys matte black or something!
briSk said:
of all the cars on here this is one of my favourites!
a really good effort..!
Cheers a really good effort..!
briSk said:
when it's finished go and park it next to a 59 reg old persons hyundai and watch the owner's face!
I prefer to think of a spirited drive up to the legal speed limit on some nice twistys keeping a 911 honest briSk said:
i didn;t realise you wanted steels for the look - i thought it was a £999 rule to retain the same sort of wheels as the original car.
you could always rattle-can some alloys matte black or something!
I haven't read that rule for the £999 challenge. I'll have another look. you could always rattle-can some alloys matte black or something!
Personally I think that the steels will suit the "shed" look more than some alloys. Although mixing matt black with rusty brown paint has had the desired effect before!
Ideally we want a set of 15" wheels that we can put 205/45 R15 tyres on. There seem to be plenty about on ebay.
Definitely keep the jesus stickers.
Just flicking through some old PPCs its seems the best thing you can do if you want to be competitive is learn to drive it properly and get some sticky tyres. One of the guys who came joint-first this year just put some cut springs and R888s on a stripped out Prelude.
Just flicking through some old PPCs its seems the best thing you can do if you want to be competitive is learn to drive it properly and get some sticky tyres. One of the guys who came joint-first this year just put some cut springs and R888s on a stripped out Prelude.
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