Frayz's V7 Prodrive Edition Impreza STi - "The Bomber"

frayz · Post by **frayz** » Fri Sep 17, 2010 8:26 pm

I took some parts to be zinc coated yesterday and i told the guys there that i wanted them done double quick. Sure enough they called me at 1pm today to say i could collect them.
The black zinc came up real nice. Heres my pan with baffle in black zinc and gloss black powdercoated outer case

AVCS lines modified for turbo oil feed and modified water feed with AN fittings also in black zinc.

Lines all fitted up.

Cosworth windage tray and oil pickup fitted.

Then on goes the oil pan

Then new Apex engine mounts

With the AVCS lines finally fitted i could get the timing covers on, fit the sprockets and get her all timed up. Kevlar belts are damn tight but go on with a little push.

As i left it tonight, im waiting for an RCM belt guide to come through then the timing covers can go on. Hopefully get some more done tomorrow. But with the intake manifold rested on its starting to look quite smart and like an engine again

Tonynos · Post by **Tonynos** » Fri Sep 17, 2010 9:26 pm

Looking really good, top job. Just needs a nice shiny oil filler pipe and cap rather than the plastic ones.

frayz · Post by **frayz** » Fri Sep 17, 2010 10:04 pm

Yeah maybe, i dont know where the ally pipes are available though, do you?

Tonynos · Post by **Tonynos** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 12:09 am

I thought they would have been easy to get hold of but after doing a search maybe not

frayz · Post by **frayz** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 9:51 am

OEM one will do just fine then Tony, hahaha

frayz · Post by **frayz** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 4:01 am

As you know I enlisted the help of my friend Ian to modify my foglamp covers to intake ducts. Well he did a super job of those and today he brought me another gift.

He has made me a duct to fit my 19 row setrab oil cooler. This is a tight fit over my oil cooler and will force feed the core from one of the foglamp cover ducts.
This will now be mocked up in place and then i can cut a hole in the front (square section)to run a hose into the duct from the ram-air ports at the front of the car.

He even managed to form it from some funky carbon effect plastic. Cheers fella, youre a star.

And as for the engine harness, well i decided it was awful in stock form so heres how it looks right now. lol. Im spiral wrapping all take offs and then sleeving them.
Looks horrid at the moment but i have faith it will look pretty neat once complete

Post by **Stuart** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 6:17 pm

Looks great Frayz; truly great buddy. One point, being a pedant. It's not 'black' zinc. It will be the passivate that is black, zinc is always the same colour

(The zinc is plated on to the mild steel and then the passivate is plated onto the zinc. The passivate is selected due to the corrosion properties required)

frayz · Post by **frayz** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 6:26 pm

I stand corrected. Thanks Stu

frayz · Post by **frayz** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 3:49 am

Oil cooler duct tried in for size. I think i measured that about right. Lol

Need to cut the hole in the front once its all bracketed in.

Loom starting to take some shape now.

frayz · Post by **frayz** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 7:13 pm

Had to machine some more off my home made fuel rails.

So now they look like this