WRX Turbo Notch gone balls deep with the Porsche bits again

splitbusvanatic · Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2017 7:56 am Post subject:

Ewww.
I like the fan controller.

Kai · Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 5:06 pm Post subject:

you are all welcome to get yourselves a fan speed controller, I'm very pleased with and its value for money too

Well the beamer is broken again. Which coincidentally meant I had to stay at home today as I can't work without the car. Does mean commuting by train tomorrow morning very early but it's worth it if I get a day at home to spend on the Notch.

And what a productive days it's been.

I started off by swapping out the clutch master cylinder. With the Porsche box I had fitted a .700" master cylinder from a .750" master cylinder in attempt to lighten the pedal. Can't say I ever noticed any difference with it when I did it before. I'd like a nice soft silky pedal. So most people recommend the .750" for the clutch, I've now fitted this to the Subaru box..... hmmm, honestly I can't say it's made much difference. It's definitely more springy now and the biting point is higher but I'm yet to find the silky sweet pedal.

But in the name of sticking to a rolling project I'm going to stop messing with it. Got to MOT it for next month. Needs a stop and tail bulb and that's it.

Went out for a short cruise earlier. Swapped the throttle snails back over as my modified one was a bit wild and racey. Having swapped out to the stock subaru one I can't say it's made much difference, out for a test drive and the throttle wouldn't shut properly so kept the revs up. I was just happy to be rolling done the road. Pulled over and adjusted the cable and sorted that little problem out. Didn't have any problems with it and the shifter and clutch are working a charm at the moment.

Decided to sticker bomb the toyota chargecooler. Quite pleased with the result. felt very strange to be doing something recreational to the car and not mechanical in the name of getting it back on the road.

Finished sticker bombing and decided to have a measure up for the big wheels. Looks chavy but I'm going for it as the diff ratio with the 17's makes for a twitchy drive as is.

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Kai · Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 5:14 pm Post subject:

These are the wheels I have left over from my campervan. Just wanted to see what the where like.

After the excitement of the wheels I still had an hour left before I had to put the car away.

A mate of mine works at a factory where he makes prosthetic legs. He's got a mill and a lathe available to him so we decided between us that the car could benefit from having a strut brace for the front shock towers. Out comes the cardboard for a template.

Template for my front radiator cover.

It's been in the top of my tool box for almost a decade it feels like. Tonight it went back on the car signifying the cars road worthiness lol

Well, After putting the car away in the garage I found an oil mark on the driveway. I'm going to assume this is transmission fluid from the dipstick tube. I can see myself just blocking this off soon as I'm not up for another rebuild of this gearbox. Currently it's got the subarugears yellow tampon plug fitted which has a odd looking breather filter attached to it.
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Wilfred · Darth Admin Joined: 13 Nov 2013 Posts: 366

Wow, those tires look big.....

Too big for the car in my opinion....

Other than that, this is such a cool car!
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Kai · Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 7:49 am Post subject:

Wilfred · Darth Admin Joined: 13 Nov 2013 Posts: 366

They Grow.... so they will get even bigger??? Laugh Out Loud

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Kai · Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2017 10:40 pm Post subject:

Wilfred · Darth Admin Joined: 13 Nov 2013 Posts: 366

Will they really stick out? As on one of the pictures above?
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Kai · Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2017 7:51 pm Post subject:

Kai · Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2017 9:34 pm Post subject:

Since the front end was modified, I've always had a problem with the steering UJ's giving me the sensation that they're out of sync. They had a tight spot every 180 degrees of steering input. The particular UJ's are connected with a HEX bar made no difference regardless of how I rotated them.

£110 later bought me this lot.

Measured, cut and tapered

Welded

Sleeved

Welded

No idea how I got away with this.

Finished

The end result, the binding is must less noticeable. It's much easier to adjust now and I spent ages playing around with it. However I've not driven it much as no had MOT. Booked in tomorrow for a test.
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TonzMagonz · Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2017 11:54 pm Post subject:

Splined shafts look good..
Are you able to say what they are from.?
I'm looking to do the same with a gearshift linkage.
Cheers Tony

Kai · Posted: Thu Mar 16, 2017 10:05 am Post subject:

Red lenses....

Amber indicators

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