right then, not been here in a wile been looking through sum old threads, allot of good times so thort id share after selling my last skid car a good few months ago due to buying my first house iv finally saved up enough to treat myself :luvlove: to an na wagon iv had rx7s ae86 silvias skylines etc but I like being different so the plan lol Subaru wagon rb25det with Nissan front suspension steering setup, I don't no if its going to work all I have is hopes and dreams and very little money so this isn't going to be a big money project all the fabrication will be done by me, other than the propshaft any way here she is stay tuned
and on my drive her resting place, for some time lol iv had the car just under a week and iv removed the engine and gearbox etc, subframe and complete dash, now its time for a few beers n doobs to fathm a plan
This was my old wagon, VERY much looking forward to following your progress dude. Apologies to the scene taped to the back window. A made did it and i never bothered to take it off.
had a couple hours free today, so spent sum time on the car removed the gearbox brace as its definatly not needed, altho I will need to cut the tunnel out I wont do so until I have the engine and gearbox setup to see what needs to be removed and where removed all of the remaining dash parts and started removing the sound dentening
picked up some parts s14 front subframe s14 steering rack- poly bushed s14 japspeed track rods and ends s14 lower arms s14 knuckles wont be able to fab the front subframe until I can afford the engine setup so next on the list is to start on tubbing the front arches as the arches are very small being 4wd with smaller lock, angle grinder time
good stuff mate arches are all cut out ready and the metal is cut and bent how it needs to be, so hopefully the weather holds out this weekend so I can get the mig out and weld them in place
Check out TFS Racing on fb were fitting an RB to a blobeye it's in and mounted looking forward too seeing the progress on this.
ok mate cheers im not on fb, do you have a link to the build thread would be interested to see how your going about it
Hey Bud, this is looking sweet already. Have you seen the Impreza Classic that Jap Performance Parts have made? Check out their RB25DET drifter. It should help give you some inspiration for your project... Haven't seen anything like this wagon before and can't wait to see it progress. Nice one mate
hi there mate yea iv seen that build pretty damn cool but they got quite a few more pennys than I have lol havnt seen an rb wagon before tho and im gona try, I say try because I don't no if it will work yet to fit full s14 front end ie subframe coilovers etc managed to finish my tubbed front arches today , still got gussets to make yet but pretty happy with them made them from 2mm steel to keep strength to the turrets will chuck a pic up later
so front arches are done, still have the upper and lower gussets to make, but ther welded in, seam sealed and coated in red oxide to keep them nice, arches were made from a 2mm sheet of steel with no fancy tools didn't manage to get any in-between pics unfortunately as just wanted to crack on wile the weather was nice for once, roll on the clocks going forward so I can get some light in the evenings
The 1st photo reminds me a bit of a grown up Pulsar... I don't normally like the wagons but it's changed my opinion. Had any more updates yet bud? What are you gonna use it for & got any ideas for final colour scheme?
haha yea I no what you mean im not normally a fan of wagons but this one lukd hard no updates of yet as im still skint from buying double glazing hopeing to get on it next month when iv been paid and itl be used for drifting with what little skill I have lol
also considering going sr as the rbs14 I built allways felt front end heavy and not to nimble, so im on the fence at the moment
