Team Chihuahua SR20 RX8

[slithertooth]

Dude keep it up, kinda lost interest in getting one but this has perked me up much....

[Kruizer]

Dude keep it up, kinda lost interest in getting one but this has perked me up much....

I went too far with think one, should have kept it road / track so I could have driven it ages ago BUT I'm delighted I did, try get a 231bhp out on a trackday fella and you'll love it. You can get turbo kits from the states...

We got some 007 shit going on here, my new switch panel. Now you see it :



Now you don't :



And a sweet little dry cell battery to keep everything to a minimum :

[s15richie]

That's deadly cant wait to see this finished

[Kruizer]

That's deadly cant wait to see this finished

Aiming for April...


Right so, a decent update, was up in Gripfab yesterday with John, Bryan and Brendan even popped in to say hello between building engines in the other workshop. Time came for cutting up car so after a few sugar induced conversations we hatched a plan and got to work

Chopping up the wings :



Fitting temporary braces to hold the 50mm gap at the front :


Front panel was restricting airflow so that had to go :


Engine bay needed some flattening down and all the useless original holes ground so they could be welded shut :



AE86 Spoiler needs a lot more work but have a plan now :


Stripped out the back, standard exhaust, impact bar and heat shield now removed (17kgs) :


First mock up for the wing :



A nice new big vent :


She is going to look a lot wider :




Next up the rear :



For the back we had to go 70mm even though the front is running a 33mm spacer to clear the brakes with an 18 x 11JJ +10 offset :






The rear is one of things you have to see in person, looks very flat in pic's but has a nice shoulder on it, there is filler work to do next so that will take the edge off, can't wait to get up to Kilkenny again but for now I'll leave John work away :


I have to say it was a pleasure working away with the lads yesterday, no shortcuts (excuse the pun) taken, the car is taking shape the way I want it and I couldn't be happier with who is working on it. Will aim to get up next week again to start the filler / fibreglass work. I know it won’t be to everyone's taste but it’s to mine so I'm happy.

[Dave]

Cannot wait to see this done! Great work going into it!

[ejf86]

the arches are deadly nice work man

[gpparts]

Wow! Thats some project!! One of the best i seen so far on this.

[slithertooth]

Unreal..... how are you gonna put this on the the track . It should be a show piece

[nikkisixx69]

front arches are tasty as fook!!! how much power u gonna need to spin up those 13.5j's dude???

[rico180]

front arches are tasty as fook!!! how much power u gonna need to spin up those 13.5j's dude???

A thousand million horse power!!!!!! All joking aside , the car is fucking class, I'm loving the front wings.