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Good luck to John and the lads, they are currently on route to Oulton park Been a frantic couple of weeks for all concerned but it will be worth it. With the team he has with him he will be sorted for knowledgeable help, including kenny and Craig so no pressure on track then. he just has to remember he has no servo any more Also good luck to Grant and the lads from AWD

As said before 986-h. I just changed mine on the road car last night for some Endless racing ones I got from As performance and must say after the few bedding stops I am impressed they seem to have more bite than the Ds2500's I had on the track car last year and they are cheaper and last longer than the Ds2500's - result

Well not much to update at the minute. I have got the fans mounted and hope to start on the intercooler pipe work tonight but need to attend to the brakes on the road car first as they need some TLC - cars who said they were fun

Well you will have to go quicker than you did the last time

Thats a quick time in practice John. Did hear about your excursion hopefully there isnt much damage.

Pretty confident that I will make it unless I have a major disaster Hows your strut top and top mount? You really dont want to hit those rumble strips on the corners at the esses. How many times did you say "oh **** oh ****" the first time up

Open to offers on it grant, drop me a PM if you are interested

Craig http://www.tyressouthshoreltd.co.uk/ As far as I am aware you cannot get the R888 in Soft, as I was informed by two very knowlegeable chaps today

Ah sorry craig though you meant that we had not given the info required to match up the front to rear diffs on the box I sold to grieg. Now that is bad luck, hope its all sorted now

No problem peter all sorted without any issues

Craig Not sure why you fitted a 3.9 diff with the box I sold to Grieg as Both John and I had previously put posts up saying it was a 4.1 front diff when Grieg had it advertised. Glad its all sorted now.

Thanks paul just a lot later than its should have been

Once again due to work etc I have not touched the car for a week but managed a full day on the car today and achieved quite a lot. I have finally got round to mounting my ECU in its new bracket Still have some tidying up to do but all the wiring inside the car is pretty much complete I have solved the clearance issues with the phase 1.5 manifold by removing my 18mm spacers and fitting a set of 10mm ones which Carl Davey posted rapido after a call for help - thanks Carl can always rely on you in a crisis However after solving the problem I have had a change of plans and the pahse 1.5 manifold that looks so shiny is now sat here, anyone after a shiny rotated phase 1.5 manifold So with no manifold it looks like this again But as I said a change of plans and another quality item from Stevensons Motorsport spares just happened to find its way to my garage Well be honest it really is to shiny to say no to This meant changing back to my original phase 1 fuel rails and swapping the injectors etc back over. While doing this I changed a couple of the fuel hoses as I wanted them a little longer so they can be routed as much as possible away from the water pipes and the block. I have used the two sets of spacers with the phase one manifold which spaces the manifold up a total of 28mm. This gives me plenty clearance under the manifold I have also changed back to my phase one throttle body and ICV. The only reason to going back to the phase 1 ICV is the pipe is in a better position for my plans and I know it works I have also fitted Carl's alternator bracket and a light weight alternator. This bracket is brilliant it weighs next to nothing and fits perfectly with the Denso 40 Amp alternator which I sourced from ebay seller Electrostart2006. I have also fitted a newage power steering pump and lightened the bracket, which is lighter than the standard bracket anyway. As well as lightening it also creates a bit more space for some pipework . I have had the newage power steering supply pipe modded at Pirtek to give me the length I need. I will also fit a newage remote resevoir. I have sat the new alloy radiator in place to measure up fitment of these The last thing i got done today was cutting the bonnet for a set of aero catches. After my slight excursions at Doune last season the bonnet never really sat properly so decided to fit these so that it can be adjusted easier than just using the normal centre striker. They are not that hard to fit when the radiator is out. The first thing I done was mount the pins. I used the pads on the slam panel where the centre rubber bungs strike the slam panel. I then closed the bonnet marked where the pins struck the bonnet, I did this by lying down and marking the underside of the bonnet through the hole where the radiator usually sits. I then cut a hole in the inner skin with a hole saw so that I could see where the pins strike the outer skin. Having done this I drilled a pilot hole from the underside right in the centre of the mark where the pins struck the outer skin. Now working from the top I drilled a another hole with a hole saw just big enough to allow the pins to come through the bonnet. With the pins through the bonnet I used the template provided to mark out the area to be cut out. I then used a couple of hole saws smaller than the diameter of the two ends to cut out as close as possible to the template. I then used a pad saw to cut the straights. It did need a fair bit of work with a file to get them to fit snuggly. Then its just a case of using the catches to mark and drill the mounting bolt holes Didnt bolt the catches on straight away as I wanted to paint the edges to seal the bare alloy where I had been cutting. Still have a fair bit to do including mounting the front calipers and PF pads. Thanks again to Alyn at AS Perfiormance for all the help with many of the spares and for digging out a set of caliper mounting bolts so that I dont have to go to the stealers and pay £6 ish a bolt Feeling a bit happier about the car and confident now that the car will be ready for the Machars Sprint.

Cracking pics as always Must admit it was a strange feeling getting up on Sat and not heading down

What gearbox code were you using and how was the car used i.e daily driver or track based with launches

Craig you could just go for a dawes device then these can be had for around £30 - £40. The AVCR is an accurate and reliable way of controlling boost tho but I agree its not the cheapest I may even have a a dawes lying around I cant remember if I sold it or not will have a look over the next couple of days.

Jac sorry mate that should have read anti-clockwise and I think you will be running clockwise tomorrow

AVCR

Really cant see these fitting. I have 17X8's with 235 tyres with rolled arches and I have issues

If its clockwise you have to get under 86secs or I will laugh at you

If you do decide to have a think about how much your social life means to you coz you wont have one once you start and your bank manager will love you

Good luck tomorrow mate hope you and Don do well. Wish mine was ready but will have to wait until the Machars Sprint

I have actually ran out of time and will miss the first event which is this weekend at Kames. It is only a single day event so not that concerned, I have decided to take the longer term view and get the car ready properly rather than compromise too many things. That said I am going to have to make some compromises that I hope wont bite me but hey thats the nature of the game.

Rich never thought of that like your thinking

Well a combination of work and some problems along the way have resulted in progress being painfully slow. The inlet manifold is painted and the fuel rails etc all fitted. I have also cleaned up a phase 1.5 throttle body and ICV and fitted them to the manifold. I have also fitted a new set of headers supplied by Stevenson Motorsports for all aspects of Subaru tuning, spares new and used These have been heat wrapped and sprayed to protect them from water ingress and fluid spills. The engine is now in the car which is the easy part getting everything to fit and work together is the hard part. One problem I have found already is that the ICV hits the bonnet and stops it closing properly. I have already cut a section of the bracing out but it still touches. The manifold spacers i have fitted are 18mm thick so I am sure that fitting a set of 10mm spacers will buy me the room I need. Thanks again to Alyn at ASP for saving the day again with a set dispatched in double quick time JUst need to get the manifold off and get them fitted. I will also have to change back to the phase 1 ICV as the angle of the ICV pipework just wont work but that is not an issue.