Sweet shop. I wish mine had a lift! What have you done with it so far?

The shop is actually a friend's shop. I'm in the process of insulating my own garage so I can continue work by myself. As for the car, it has a roll cage and a stock 02 WRX engine and drivetrain in it; the engine was rebuilt 15k miles ago. The car also has a modest Borla muffler but a diameter upgrade and cat-delete are due soon.

Niiice! Im hoping to do some major mods to my kustang gt next summer or the summer after. Thatll be fun.

>awd
>tires squeal
negative.

False. Tires squeal, the car is that powerful (and light)

watch out with tire squealing, 02 wrx tranny are their major weak point

The transmission already has 200k on it, it's basically just scrap value so if it shits itself, I'll just swap in something better. But for now, it's running and I don't care about it haha as long as I don't drop the clutch from redline, I should be fine. A friend of mine is sending 350hp through his 02 WRX transmission with no issue. He doesn't do clutch dumps though.

mine is whining but running fine, eventually I'll swap a 5 speed 4.44 from a sti v6 and older or forester xt or a 6 speed from a v7-8-9 if I feel like a bawler and spend 3-4k for parts only

I wouldn't mind getting a 4.44 myself, the torque would be nice for rallycross.

are you not running a locked/welded center and at least viscous in the front/back?

Actually I think the rear is open on the 02 WRX so it might have been just one side that lit up, but I can assure you that the entire car almost slid off the onramp; it's quick and once I swap in a limited slip, I have little doubt that I won't still be able to make the tires sing. My Legacy has a limited slip rear but I can't swap that in due to different final drive ratios.

Lol

Looking good roo! ^^

what you making for whp? and what's the weight after reduct?

Not sure about whp, whatever a stock WRX would make I guess. I still have to get the car weighed sometime, but the factory curb weight of the 98 Impreza coupe was 2,600 lbs. Most of the interior is gone including all the shit in the dash like the heater core, there's no AC compressor or ABS plumbing, the hood is aluminum instead of the stock steel sheet metal, and the custom bumper beam is significantly lighter than the 80-90 lb stock one. The car also has a lightweight pulley (if you want to imagine that doing much). I was told the cage doesn't add more than 100 lbs so I figure the car probably nets out around 2,500 lbs now. It'll be even better when I get my lightweight fiberglass racing seats installed. I can lift one of those seats with my pinky finger.

My friend is pretty good with fiberglass and we're planning on testing out our skills with laying carbon fiber panels. While the rally car was in pieces, we made a fiberglass mold of the roof in an attempt to later make a carbon fiber composite piece. Plexiglass windows are also in the cards eventually.

do you have an oven to bake the CF? and i'm planning some weight reduct myself (abs, A/C, seats and i want to make a custom hatch for the wagon from fiberglass) also hoping one of the guys from the bbs finishes dev on CF hoods

You only need an oven for certain types of epoxy/resin combinations, but it's possible to use other kinds that don't require heat; that's what we'll be using. They won't be as resistant to sudden shock (as most carbon fiber isn't anyway) but I don't plan on using these pieces for anything that will be close to the ground where it'll risk getting hit (bumper, side skirts, etc.) but I do plan on making a roof, door panels, quarter panels, and possibly a hood. Also going to use carbon fiber for a custom (very minimalistic) dashboard.

Love the Lego car, Lots of respect for subarus ! :3

Thanks! It certainly is a Lego car haha

the problem is it starts out at 160 something HP x3

That is true, but even when I was driving my 167hp stock Legacy in rallycross events, I still beat four WRX's and two STi's. It's not the power, it's how you use it :D

ok im going to counter argument with power to weight ratio, so while the WRX's and STI's have more power they are also heavier.

even if you strip one down your coupe is still lighter.

its why everyone wants your car x.x

I was talking about my Legacy, which is heavier than a WRX or STi, MUCH less powerful, and I still beat them. This was way before I bought this Impreza coupe.

Point being, power isn't everything...but it sure helps! It's like when people say "I don't need alcohol to have a good time!" well you don't need matches or a lighter to start a fire but it makes things a hell of a lot easier.

I need drinks to have a good time XD

Me too brotha

How is this car running as of late?

It recently went back up to the cage builder for some refinements to the cage in order to bring it up to Rally America specs so it can be logbooked. Other than that, I'm getting some 4-1 unequal-length headers and catless up-pipe for when the car is back in my possession. I also have a version 4 JDM STi RA transmission coming my way too. It has a limited slip front differential and an electronic DCCD so I can control the front/rear power split on the fly.

All the basics for a beastly stage rally car :)

wow! Best of luck ^^

Thanks! I'm really hoping I don't wrap it around a tree on my first event with it haha

Same here. Post a pic of it when its all tuned up, painted, and numberd hehe

Good lord franken scoobie!

Indeed it is!