Impreza Group-N project.
12-29-2007, 10:34 PM
Post: #61
Impreza Group-N project.
Today I went further on the heater connections.
After making a start yesterday I increased the hole a bit further for positioning and finished it off to fit the rubber:

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]


The finishing touch:

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]


The loom holes were up next:

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]


To give some background info, we had to do this predure about 30 times.
Building in the heater unit:

Empty!

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

Left side, this has to be wiggled between the cage and firewall and then be moved to the right for the heater element to fit:

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]


Heater element, the pipes have to go through the hole first, then the left half can be pushed over it:

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]


Then the right half can be mated to the left half:

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]


Then the airco unit, and the 2 covers left and right.
After that it can be fixed to the chassis:

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

Et viola!!

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12-29-2007, 10:45 PM
Post: #62
Impreza Group-N project.
The next step is the steering column, it's fixation points do not match the ones in the chassis.
So we had to put in the chair and dashboard for alignment fitting.

With the GL we needed a day to make the chairframe fitting.
In this chassis the guys at Prodrive have welded in some tubes for fixation.
I could fit the chair in just sitting on his side supports,so no frames were needed!!

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]


Dasboard:

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]


Chair had to be test fitted of course:

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]


The steer sits perfect in line!:

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]


Unfortunatly the hole in the firewall is to big for this collumn,this has to be adressed too:

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]


We also removed some of the pedals from the old car and put them in the new chassis:

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]


This was it for this year, more next year!
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12-30-2007, 07:11 PM
Post: #63
Impreza Group-N project.
Only two pedals? Are you installing an automatic? >Smile
Seriously: are these pedals stock?

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12-30-2007, 11:33 PM
Post: #64
Impreza Group-N project.
NICE Thumbs up!

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01-06-2008, 01:46 AM
Post: #65
Impreza Group-N project.
Today and Thursday I did a bit of work on the car.

Thursday:

I did a little bit more on the steering column, it didn't fit on either side, it needed attention.
First I cut of the fixation plate from the bar that runs underneath the dashbord, so it can be welded to the new chassis:


[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

And we fixed the last bracket on the heater, now it is locked down really well:

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

Today:

I had to cut out a piece of firewall from my old car to fit into the hole in the new chassis.
But I had to remove the master brake cilinder first:

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

So the fuel filter has to be removed and my home made brake bracket:

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

Et viola a clean area:

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

After cutting:

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

Before welding it into the new chassis I cleaned all the edges of the parts that will get new sheetmetal with a brush:

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]


Then a sorry attempt to weld.
I only spot welded the plate for the steering column because I need to check if it is in the correct place later when then steeringhouse and subframe are attached:

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

It's in!!
Well almost, I still need to weld the fixation points on the dashbar, that will happen soon:

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]
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01-09-2008, 12:35 AM
Post: #66
Impreza Group-N project.
Was a busy night but for some reason it doesn't look like much was done.
Probably because most of the time was spent building the components in and out of the car.

Anyway,

I wanted to fix the other side of the steering column, for which I removed the original fixation plate.
Unfortunatly it didn't fit very well so something new had to be found.
We had a strip of metal lying about with just the right thickness and width plus on top 2 holes that the bolts fit through.
So we cut it in half and used both parts.

As said it doesn't sound like much but it was pretty much work anyhow. Big Grin

Testing:

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]


Test positioning from the driver view:

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]


Finaly on it's final resting place Big Grin:

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]


Cardboard design, this will be lasered from metal sheet:

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

More to come.
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01-12-2008, 09:49 PM
Post: #67
Impreza Group-N project.
Got me a brakebalance devider:

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

Friday I started on the throttle, the fixation points on the chassis were slightly different to the GL.
So a hole needed to be drilled and a piece of metal needed to be welded:

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]


Then the final part of the heater, this would not fit easily I already noticed:

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

Because the cage sits in the corner the heater cannot go into it's original position so it has to move to centre of the car a bit, making it to small to fit between the cage and the other heater part.
So I cut a small part of and it fits immediatly!
Meanwhile I cut the fixationpoint and welded it into the correct place:


[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

Finaly I had tap a bulge in the fender for a better fit:

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

It fits, Aram happy!:

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

Because it has moved a bit to the centre of the car I have to adjust the opening in the chassis too, that's why I made a cardboard version that can be lasered from metal later:

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

Now that most work on the dash is done, I can concentrate on the final part, the loom, after that the interior is almost done! Big Grin

Today I started tearing the GL down a bit more, starting with the most important now, the looms:

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]


After putting the GL on a steeck (Jeff Dunham brake), I drained the iols and removed the exhaust, next is the engine/drivetrain:

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

This aluminium after 2 years on a car, the smooth piece is original:

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]


Tommorow we continue! Big Grin
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01-13-2008, 08:01 PM
Post: #68
Impreza Group-N project.
This is an awesome project!!!
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01-14-2008, 12:08 AM
Post: #69
Impreza Group-N project.
Today I started with the welding of the lasered plates on the firewall:

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]


So that's where my money disappears....:

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

I could just save it and replace it by something cheaper:

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]


My friend Alex lasered the sharkfins I made the cardboard copy for, so we welded them in also:

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

So now almost everything is complete concerning the firewall, just a few small things left to do.

After that we started on the old car, removing the internals.
I wanted the subframe to fit into the the chassis, to see if the steering column is in the correct place.

I didn't like the idea of removing all parts one by one, so I put a pallet under the engine etc. and lowered eveything on there.
After that we just lifted the body up. Big Grin

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]


But after that much work sometimes you kinda had it:

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

And you start to make mistakes:

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

If that happens you know you gotta rest, so we did Big Grin :

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]


After a good nap I had decided to mount the whole thing into the new chassis, instead of just the subframe:

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]


After that I checked if the steering column was ok and put the heater back in for trial fitting:

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

[Image: AEU86 AE86 - Impreza Group-N project.]

There's a lot left to do but I'm very happy with the progress sofar, I hope we can keep up this speed. Big Grin
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01-14-2008, 09:36 PM
Post: #70
Impreza Group-N project.
NICE job Thumbs up!

dit ziet er echt top uit man het is wel een heel karwei

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