Starting build on a 182 Track Weapon!!

[Ricky81 STi]

Got all the bits ready for the big transformation. Recently bought a 2004 Racing Blue 182 Sport which should be home any day now and all the bits are ready to throw at it!!!

Quick run throught the projected plan.

• Stripping complete interior including all seat belts and airbags(which will be for sale)

Then we'll start fitting all the goodies...

• OMP 6 point cage (Undercoat and ready for 86F Subaru Cool Grey)
• Cobra Monaco seats and subframes
• Sparco 4 point harnesses
• OMP 300mm Steering wheel and boss
• 60mm steering wheel spacer
• Powerflex bushes on dogbone mount, wishbones and anti rollbar
• OMP front strutbrace
• Bilstein PSS B14 coilovers
• Brembo high carbon content discs
• Ferodo DS2500 pads
• Goodrich braided hoses
• BMC carbon filter
• Decat exhaust
• Matched inlet manifolds
• Group n ECU (GDI)
• Mocal 13 row oil cooler
• 6.5*15" rims with Toyo R888

Some pics of the parts to get us started. I'll keep adding pics at each step of the build for a bit of craic. Any words of wisdom from anyone on possible do's or don'ts would be welcome!!!

 

[tommyboy]

you've spent a fair bit lol!

 

[DH_GTI]

nice collection what is the point of oil cooler, dumb question i know lol are they really worth it ??

 

[Gareth]

niice!

 

[davejm123]

blimey! you have some work to do lol. yea oil cooler is worth it for a track sl*g!! should be nice and quick once done

 

[Ricky81 STi]

Spent almost too much!!!

Fitted the same oil cooler setup on my previous 1.9 205 pug and it droped oil temp on track by 10-15 oC so I thought I'd give it another chance!!

 

[Rich]

Looking forward to seeing the progress on this one - should be a good trackday toy.

 

[Budgie]

Money grow on trees? It would seem so!

 

[davejm123]

you doing the work yourself ricky?

 

[Christopher]

nice choice of parts!

how much were the Billies? if you don't mind me asking?

 

[Kiev85]

you wanna sell me any of the old parts??

doh...just read your post agian

 

[cat171]

excellent, can't wait to see the end results

 

[Ricky81 STi]

Gonna do all the work myself, have to try and save some money on the project!!

Billies were £700 off Andy and Mark at GDI (great to deal with and know their stuff)

Only other addidition i'd make at the minute would be a set of H&R camber adjusting bolts. Might relocate the battery in the boot as well.

 

[fUbAr]

fantastic project!

get some nice mag wheels on there, some speedlines or similar :approve:

 

[dansonamission]

i want them B14's where did you get them from and how much?

 

[Ricky81 STi]

Yeah mate the billie B14's came from Andy at GDI £700 on the button.

 

[cal46]

that sound's like it's going to be a real weapon now get it built quick!!!!!

 

[davejm123]

got a pic of the new wheels btw? just realised you didnt put one up! :rasp:

 

[Ricky81 STi]

Soon as I get her home (should be end of the week) she's off to have a cambelt kit fitted just to be on the safe side. Then we get the real work started.
Spraying the cage it's final colour tomorrow so fingers crossed for that!! Toyed with the idea of painting it the same colour as the car but thought something along the lines ot the Trophy/Cup wheel might be sweet, so there's 1/2 ltr of Bebeer's finest awaiting the cage in the morning!!

 

[Ricky81 STi]

Yeah I'll stick up a pic of the painted cage in all her glory and a pic of the wheels tomorrow.

 

[Ed_182]

Im gonna be following this one with interest

 

[G_F]

Im gonna be following this one with interest

ditto:approve:

 

[Neil G]

Looks like a good project

 

[UnixBoy]

Looks like a nice one, Hope all goes well. (Good for my first post here in almost 1 year)

 

[pusherman]

looks really good mate, keep the piccies coming

and let me know what difference those braided hoses make. i'm thinking about getting some for myself.

 

[Matt@Stealthsport]

Gonna be good mate - when are you taking it on the track?

 

[jayxx83]

very nice, would love to do this to mine. need a few bits for my 182 interior wise will keep and eye on the fs section

 

[Matt X2C]

great list of mods, will be an interesting one to follow.

Only thing i would change is the ds2500's, get some pagid blues on there or if it is purely a track car, ds3000's or pagid blacks.

 

[Lagerlout]

Should have started with a 172 Cup :quiet:

But should be good when you've finished!!! :approve:

 

[Ricky81 STi]

Hi all

Got the cage painted and laquered today and I must say it turned out better than I thought it might, real b**ch of a thing to paint tho!! looked like a monkey climbing in and out through bars for an hour and used about 3/4 ltr of paint!!

Here she is...

Well what about the colour then????????

And the all important wheels. Was gonna go for a set of Team Dynamics Pro Race 1.2 but the price put me off. Picked a set off these guys up for £130. Will do in the meantime but would still like a set of Team Dynamics.

Hopefully the look good aganist racing blue


Yeah mate the braided hoses made a big difference on the pug when fitted them so should firm up the pedal just the same in the clio, I hope!!!

Interior will be up for sale in the next couple of weeks as the car is confirmed 2 be here this weekend so after the cambelt change should be into the stripping straight away.

Yeah mate was gonna go for the pagid's but had DS2500's in the pug and liked them so just stuck with them this time. Might try something different next time. Have you tried the DS3000's yourself or the pagid's? Any comments on either???

O, and the front fogs are comming out to make way for brake cooling so they'll be up for sale soon too.

 

[Fred@BTM]

i hope the offset of the wheels is ok!!!

 

[Deeg]

£130 for the wheels?

Looks great mate, would love to do something like this, but alas, I'm still a student, lol.

Good luck.

Will enjoy keeping up with this thread.

 

[Ricky81 STi]

So do I

 

[Fred@BTM]

with that suspension on chap you'll need to be between ET42 and ET45

you're paint work looks top quality, i take it thats your profession?

 

[Peperami]

Looks good fella. Nice work on painting the cage, was it from the omp shop on ebay? How are you planning to weld/ bolt it in?

I was told the b14's are the same as h&r's, not sure from looking at that pic though.

Anyone (aka fred) confirm that for me?

 

[Fred@BTM]

front's look similar, rear srpings and platforms are different

 

[Ricky81 STi]

They're et40's but can change them if needed anyway. Paint looks good but no that's not my game at all, I'd give anything a good go at least once!!

 

[Fred@BTM]

best way to do!

 

[Peperami]

front's look similar, rear srpings and platforms are different

So not the same then...

Different damping rates too am guessing?

 

[Ricky81 STi]

Welding the brackets onto the floor then bolting the cage to them. Cage came from Prima Racing, had to wait on it a while but it got here eventually!!