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Former Vendor
Member#: 93646
Join Date: Aug 2005
Chapter/Region:
MWSOC
Vehicle:Many Track Records Let us help you go fast! |
![]() Seems like everyone else is doing a 2010 thread, so we figured we would as well.
![]() The car was very successful last year and allowed us to win the Redline Time Attack AWD Street Class title as well as 1st in class and 4th overall at the One Lap of America. For this year we are going to build upon the success of the setup by refining the aero, building a new engine to make more power, increasing the safety and fixing the mess (more on this). One of the events we did last year was the 25 Hours of Thunderhill. Some of you may have seen this picture that was featured in a Japanese magazine which has become the focus for our ad campaign for this year. A day later and into the race and we suffered a fire that took out half the engine wiring harness and caused all kinds of other issues. The race was a great learning experience for us and will prove to make the car even faster and more reliable going forward. Couple pics of the damage. Basically, everything in the top right corner of the engine bay was toasted. We got lucky that there wasn't more damage to surrounding components. Nice hot spot on the hood. ![]() Fire damage seen from the inside! |
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#2 |
Former Vendor
Member#: 93646
Join Date: Aug 2005
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Vehicle:Many Track Records Let us help you go fast! |
![]() We first set off to fix the fire damage. Got the engine out of the way and started to tear into cleaning. A good pressure wash clean up most of the soot pretty well. We sanded and painted the area and it actually came out pretty well. We picked up a new wiring harness and installed it. Thought making our own since the car will be on a stand alone EMS this year, but didn't want to mess with it. Maybe next year.
While the engine was out we decided to run new fuel lines. We will be running a 3582 this year in place of the 3071 and wanted to make sure we could supply plenty of fuel to the engine. We ran new hardlines from the fuel cell all the way out to the engine bay. Terminating fittings for the engine bay. Bulkhead fittings. These are right next to the brake booster on the inside of the car. Also while the dash was out we decided to get rid of the giant blower motor and box. We wanted to save the weight if possible, but still need the fan system and more importantly heat for what we do with the car. Our solution was to take some brake duct fans and put them blowing into the box where the heater core sits. We pulled the resistor pack off the stock blower motor and wired the fans such that the stock blower switch operates them. They blow differently on all four speeds and have about the same amount of airflow as the stock blower motor. We routed ducting to the normal air inlet position so that it is always pulling in fresh air. Last edited by Turn in Concepts; 02-08-2010 at 04:27 PM. |
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#3 |
Former Vendor
Member#: 93646
Join Date: Aug 2005
Chapter/Region:
MWSOC
Vehicle:Many Track Records Let us help you go fast! |
![]() For braking this year we are changing from the wilwoods we had to Stoptech ST40's.
Wheels are going to be 18x10 Rota DPT's from Wheeldude.com. We are going to be running 275 35 18 RA1's most likely. Aside from that, we still have to figure out a new fuel cell. After this one got bent we need replacement. We also need to figure out a new seat as our seats were stolen at the last race. Hope to have more updates soon. Last edited by Turn in Concepts; 02-08-2010 at 04:35 PM. |
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Scooby Guru
Member#: 7492
Join Date: Jun 2001
Chapter/Region:
South East
Location: Hotlanta, GA
Vehicle:No race cars www.tomhoppe.com |
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#5 |
R.I.P.
Member#: 155186
Join Date: Jul 2007
Chapter/Region:
BAIC
Location: NorCal
Vehicle:2007 STI |
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#6 |
Scooby Guru
Member#: 60082
Join Date: Apr 2004
Chapter/Region:
MWSOC
Location: Minnesota
Vehicle:2004 Forester STI Silver |
![]() someone stole your seats?!
![]() ![]() What I read: blah...blah...car fire...blah..."someone stole our seats"...uuuurt! What?! ![]() That car kicks serious butt. I always enjoy you guys supporting the Subaru community and representing the Subaru brand name. |
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#7 |
Former Vendor
Member#: 93646
Join Date: Aug 2005
Chapter/Region:
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Vehicle:Many Track Records Let us help you go fast! |
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Scooby Guru
Member#: 70252
Join Date: Sep 2004
Vehicle:05 STI blue |
![]() Do you guys have a guess at what started the fire?
Looking forward to seeing the 2010 build |
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Former Vendor
Member#: 93646
Join Date: Aug 2005
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Vehicle:Many Track Records Let us help you go fast! |
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Tony is working on the rest of the posts for this thread so more info coming in those (you jumped in faster than he can type). |
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#10 |
Scooby Guru
Member#: 78952
Join Date: Jan 2005
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MAIC
Location: BSG junkie
Vehicle:2005 WRX CGM |
![]() Tom beat me to it. Who the hell steals seats at a racing event? How the hell didn't they get caught?
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#11 |
Former Vendor
Member#: 93646
Join Date: Aug 2005
Chapter/Region:
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Vehicle:Many Track Records Let us help you go fast! |
![]() Seats were out of the car. One of the drivers for the 25 hours race didn't want our seat in the car so it go switched. The seat was with the rest of our stuff on a trailer and was stolen. Nothing else was, just the two seats we had.
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Scooby Guru
Member#: 98961
Join Date: Oct 2005
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MAIC
Location: NOVA
Vehicle:2003 WRX Black |
![]() Is the cage just welded to base plates welded to the floor sheet metal?
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#13 |
Former Vendor
Member#: 93646
Join Date: Aug 2005
Chapter/Region:
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Vehicle:Many Track Records Let us help you go fast! |
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Scooby Specialist
Member#: 81659
Join Date: Feb 2005
Chapter/Region:
NWIC
Location: Snoqualmie
Vehicle:2006 STI / 2010 FXT Aspen White / Silver |
![]() You guys have a welder? I think welding the plates to the body at the bulkheads on the fuel lines would be more secure then sheet metal screws, maybe nows the time to put them inside the cage at the same time. With the wide selection of Wilwoods what made you guys switch to ST40's? Looks like alot of changes for 2010 season good luck with the rebuild you guys seem to have a good start on things.
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Scooby Specialist
Member#: 94316
Join Date: Aug 2005
Chapter/Region:
Tri-State
Location: Northern Westchester
Vehicle:2002 WRX |
![]() Have you thought about flocking the dash since its out of the car? It cuts down on glare on the windshield big time and it only takes the afternoon if you get the DIY kit.
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#16 |
Former Vendor
Member#: 93646
Join Date: Aug 2005
Chapter/Region:
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Vehicle:Many Track Records Let us help you go fast! |
![]() That's actually a really good idea. We've talked about suede or alcantara wrapping it, but we never got past the talking about it stage.
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Scooby Specialist
Member#: 141040
Join Date: Feb 2007
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Location: Designing things
Vehicle:07 2.5i wagon UGM |
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Scooby Newbie
Member#: 146045
Join Date: Apr 2007
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Vehicle:2005 STi Crystal Grey Metallic |
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Scooby Newbie
Member#: 176105
Join Date: Mar 2008
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Location: NZ
Vehicle:1912 Alco Red |
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Scooby Specialist
Member#: 12281
Join Date: Nov 2001
Chapter/Region:
Tri-State
Location: Stony Brook, NY
Vehicle:08 FSXT Tiger's Blood |
![]() looking foward to the rest of the build! what a bunch of low life scummers that stole your stuff. whats this world coming too
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#21 |
Scooby Specialist
Member#: 99140
Join Date: Oct 2005
Chapter/Region:
E. Canada
Location: YUL
Vehicle:GD Racing chassis Slowly in construction |
![]() wOOt!! another race car build thread. Watching closely.
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Scooby Specialist
Member#: 198026
Join Date: Dec 2008
Chapter/Region:
South East
Location: Asheville/Fletcher, NC
Vehicle:2002 Impreza WRX Nulla Tenaci Invia EstVia |
![]() burn-in concepts?
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#23 |
Scooby Newbie
Member#: 60981
Join Date: May 2004
Chapter/Region:
MWSOC
Location: Columbus, OH
Vehicle:05 996 GT3 |
![]() Looking good! All the best for '10!
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#24 |
Merci Buckets
Moderator Member#: 88606
Join Date: Jun 2005
Chapter/Region:
MWSOC
Location: Michigan
Vehicle:2018 Grand Cherokee Velvet Red Pearl |
![]() Looking good...and I'm now reminded that I was supposed to send you guys my leftover 332 rotor rings and the spare set of hats
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Former Vendor
Member#: 93646
Join Date: Aug 2005
Chapter/Region:
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Vehicle:Many Track Records Let us help you go fast! |
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Dunk, Hood vents were from some company online. I will ask Tony for the name. We used vents on the fenders from them as well. We were running a TMIC all last year. Since we are going to a 3582 this year though we are going to be going with a P&L front mount. Tony |
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