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Looking forward to reading the project thread. A bug eye is a good start for a track car is it is not much heavier than a classic but a fair bit stiffer.

Great result. Well done. I have been reading the thread and the car looks great

Glad you will still be around on the forum and Knockhill Cal. I do love the look of the R32 golfs and they have one of the best engine noises around, even better with a milltek system. It is a waste to have a good track car sitting around doing nothing. Maybe when the kids get a bit older you can get back into an other Subaru.

I have not heard much about them. From what i have heard they are ok. Think they are german?? The problem is that whats good on the road may not be good on track.

Yes. Thats the ones i use and also Russ from Wallace Performance.

I would highly recomend Exe-Tc suspension. You should be able to get the 1 way adjustable for your budget. Graham Gleeson who runs the company is very helpfull too. A whole load of other guys in time attack use it. AST is also supposed to be pretty good. Car looks great in the new pics.

Thanks guys. Glad you enjoyed my wee write up. It ended up on the front page of the SIDC site.Looking forward to next year and already have plans for more power. Another 100 ponies would be nice.

RA Dunk - It goes right under the engine to level with the front of the arches. I shielded the bit under the manifold with a bit of aluminium which i rivited to the splitter. Just to be on the safe side as its v close to the splitter.

After Brands the engine had to be re-built. I had been hoping for 500 ponies as I would need every one I could get for Snetterton. Unfortunately there was a breathing issue with the engine (asthma or swine flu maybe?) So I had to make to with 420. It sounds a lot but the supra's etc were putting out 850Bhp for snetterton. With its 2 bloody big straights it takes a lot of catching on the corners. I traveled down to Snett on Friday night for a track day on Saturday. Failed noise testing. Luckily Adam and Fee from TrackScotland loaned me a bung. Decided not to over do it on the Saturday as I was having oil surge issues at Corum, despite my baffled sump. So just did enough to learn the circuit. Went out for dinner with the Wallace performance lads had 1 pint and went to my bed at 11.30(on a Saturday night :shock: )Could not sleep at all because I was too excited about racing the next day. I knew I was in for a tough time at the race, being a fair bit down on power compared to a lot of cars especially at Snetterton as it is a power circuit. I would be happy with a place in the final. Top 10 in 4WD In the morning I managed to pass noise testing without a bung :wink: And came 5th in warm up. With a 1:18.4 I did not get too excited about this as I know a lot of the guys know the circuit very well and would not be ramping up the boost till later in the day. I was 3rd quickest in the 1st speed trap which is well into the braking zone but only 11th over the start finish straight, showing my lack of power. Or maybe just dodgy lines or bad driving round russels chicane. Though I was shown the lines from Phil Glew who won Pro Class and broke the record. So I can’t blame the line! In practice I pushed a little bit harder to take the time down to a 1:18.0 putting me in 10th overall. Qualifying did not go quite as well as I had hoped. I knew I could push a little harder and had hoped to go a bit quicker. I always try and get a couple of 'banker' laps in the 1st couple of laps. As traffic can be a real issue later in the 15 min session. Even now when club has been split into 2 groups to help traffic. Everyone is generally going for it so traffic is less of an issue if you can make space on an outlap. Unfortunately on my 1st hot lap someone pulled out of the pits and ruined my run into the 1st corner. In the 2nd lap a Porsche decided to run my lap. I knew I only had 1 more lap before the tyres went off. As I was going down the main straight Duncan Graham was catching me and the cars were level just going into the braking zone. Probably either of us could have lifted but were both trying to get a decent banker lap in. Duncan missed his breaking point and had to go down the escape road and I could not turn in because he was there. I still managed a 1.18.1 late in the session in the traffic. Duncan came over to apologise for runing my lap and I did the same for messing up his lap. I finished 12th overall and 8th in 4WD which was enough to put me in the final. Result! Wheels came off to check everything was ok and found the brake pads to be very very low. I decided not to change them and possibly mess up the brake pedal as I had only planned doing a few flying laps in the final as there was a lot of heat going into the tyres. I usually spend a lot of the warm up lap with my left foot on the brake to heat up the brakes and tyres. Decided to save the brakes and just get them just warm enough and just do some weaving to heat the tyres. Into the 1st flying lap and there was plenty of space to get a couple of banker laps in. 1st corner, nearly 100mph, front tyres warmish back tyres cold. Big drift decided just to keep her lit and give it a dab of opposite lock after an impressive drift (warming the rear tires :wink: )which is on a trackscotland video. Pushed really hard down the main straight. Into the chicane a wee bit too hard and ended up with 2 wheels in the dirt. Just kept her lit again and everything was fine. Nice and clean round Corum as the tyres were getting a bit warmer now and then a nice cut at russels chicane. Turned in a wee bit more than I needed as I expected to slide a bit. Looks like the tyres were nice and warm by then as I twatted the marker and put a big dent in my B&Q motorsport splitter( right next to the plywood :wink: ) The track was still clear in front so I was ready for a proper, cleaner, flying lap. I then looked at my oil pressure which had dropped. I knew that by getting into the final I had scored enough points to finish 6th in the championship and I was not going to catch the guy in front so I decided to call it a day and save the engine. After putting in a 1:17.7 on my lairy lap putting me 7th in 4WD The end of my 1st season. In reflection it’s been an absolute blast. I have been to plenty of great new circuits and Silverstone and met some great people. Plenty of headache and heartache on the way and ill not bother adding up the bills :blackeye. The only downsides have been some of the traffic problems before they split club class into 2 sessions. And being a long way down on power and budget compared to some of the other cars. It’s a tuner series though so I can’t really complain and I know that evo's and skylines are supposed to be cheaper to tune. I love my Subaru though with no electronic aids, not even gAy B S.So ill be sticking to it Next year. I’m pretty sure ill be doing Time Attack again. Plans are already in motion for 500-520BHP. After that I might give some wheel to wheel racing a shot or maybe rallying In car video of Practice not qualifying as it says on the video Being followed by Trackscotlands Fee in the final. Hot laps starts at 1:30

Green Goblin - Thanks that was when i was pushing v hard at knockhill in time attack as i was down on power at the time. Also have another official time attack picture at snetterton where the brakes are glowing again. No wonder i only get 120 track miles, half of them are cool down laps, to a set of F series race pads RA Dunk - Splitter came from the B&Q motorsport department, its right next to the plywood and the struts were from demon tweeks. Decided to try a plywood effort to see if it worked. It did, pulled my bumper to peices before it was securely attatched to the car. Then i ripped it off halfway through qualifing at silverstone and really noticed the difference. Will be getting a carbon fibre one made up for next year

Well done guys it was Aeu Rouge at spa. Amazing corner, amazing track. I have been there 3 times and would recomend anyone to go there.

Last picture. Name that corner?

Just found the in car video from time attack at knockhill. Turned out the car had leak in the exhaust manifold so was a bit down on power. Just over 300 BHP according to the racelogic box Quickest lap was 58.5

I dont drive my impreza on the road very often. Now it has all the time attack stickers, it seems to attract even more attention. I would never bother racing anyone off the lights. However......... A couple of years ago.A boy racer mobile pulled up beside me. He was looking over at me obviously looking for a race. So i looked over and gave him a look and a nod. He was obviously not the sharpest tool in the box or never bothered to look in his mirrors as there was a traffic car behind him, not an unmarked but a great big shiney white stickered up volvo. The lights changed and he took off. So did the police car. They were both pissing themselves laughing as the took off after him.

Adam - I did not actually do the work. It was my mechanic. I believe he just took a couple of thou off the bottom of the crank sensor with a file. I'll ask him exactly what he did and get back to you. It solved the problem straight away though.

I had a slight missfire at about 6000rpm. Andy Forest advised me to grind down the crank sensor slightly. It fixed the problem. Maybe worth a shot.

And Fee following another scottish scoobie - me- who started the flying lap without warming up his back tyres properly. See 1st corner! Then decided just to go for it anyway. http://www.trackscotland.co.uk/vid/snet/fee_snet_final1.wmv

How is the car coming on? Not long till snett

Pretty much everthing has been modded mate. Forged engine. MD321t+ turbo fmic etc also exe-tc suspension, 6 speed box, all bushings changed to super pro. Interior removed and roll cage fitted. Had a slight miss in brands and silversone so had to reduce the boost a bit. Engine has been re-built so will be looking for 500 bhp now

Great write up Cal - Its scary how much these besties cost us. I have never been brave enough to keep a running total of how much the car has cost me. Ignorance is bliss!

Nice clips. They are the ultimate track toy. The car is endless fun.It makes me laugh everytime i drive it. Hopefully it will be appearing at an SIDC day soon. Anyone is welcome for pax laps

It sure was mate. I have been to spa and the ring a few times with them. Chris has made a great job of the mutaya.

Cal - Steering was amazing. So much feedback from it. And the whole car in general. You could just feel it move around. The brakes were the steel ones, not ceramic. They were also impressive for what is quite a heavy car. The car just talked to you the whole time. I would have one in a minute. I cant wait to take my own car there. It will be 500hp by the end of next week, hopefully. When it was 400 it was beating 911turbo and GT3RS around Spa. So it should be pretty quick round Bedford. There is so much run off you could just go mental. Especially in the wet. Luckily i did not damage the GT3 or it would not be Carlsberg doing track days. It would be SPAM doing dinner, every night for a long time

Look forward to seeing it at knockhill soon

Thanks guys. It was an awesome day. No euro millions jackpot yet. So im going to have to wait for the GT3 John- I cant wait to get the car back to knockhill with more power