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Hi everyone, I have been on with this project for quite a while, but I am only now just getting to the stage were I will be mould making and then hopefully making parts from composite materials. I have a heavily modified 2006 Subaru Impreza which I am taking to the next level!! I am making the car 2 meters wide, very low to the ground and plan on making a host of body aero parts for the car including a full flat floor too.
In October I attended the 3 day training course at Easy Composites HQ, after a few months working on the chassis of the car making it lighter and more balanced the car has now gone away to have some fairly special suspension modifications carried out. So a friend has given me another Subaru chassis so I can start making panels to suit the new design. Here are a couple of pictures of the car in last years colours and finally some very recent pictures where I am getting close to finishing the hardest and most complicated body part…. the front bumper.
We have already made the rear doors and window in one piece, have front doors ready and boot lid too, once we have the front wings, arches and front bumper finished we are doing a similar design on the rear arches too so it should look fairly spectacular?? The plan is to make all the panels in carbon, some stronger than others, some with an aramid inside layer. I plan on using foam core materials as well as lantor soric in other ares too.
When I start making the moulds (within the next week or two hopefully) I will start posting up pictures, I have never done this stuff before so its all first time stuff!!
Obviously once the mould making is complete we will be pressing straight on with making the composite parts
Hope you like!!
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Time Attack Subaru
Toffee
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10 Years Ago
Man, thats a big project! There was a feature on 'gobstopper 2' in last months Racecar Engineering....
FLD
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10 Years Ago
Yes! Yes! YES!!!!! I'm working on a similar project in the states--building a widebody car. It...
wildcard
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10 Years Ago
Cheers guys, I am hoping to compete in UK Time Attack against Gob Stopper 2 so we wil find out how...
Toffee
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10 Years Ago
Avid fan of WTAC here, so I'll be following this one with interest. What class would you be looking...
Hanaldo
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10 Years Ago
[quote][b]Hanaldo (20/02/2014)[/b][hr]Avid fan of WTAC here, so I'll be following this one with...
Toffee
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10 Years Ago
Very nice, I'll be sure to keep an eye out for you!
Hanaldo
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10 Years Ago
Looks great! I think everyone can relate about doing it the hard way once or twice. It builds...
wildcard
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10 Years Ago
Excellent work ! My colleague did something similar....
pahanes
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10 Years Ago
you'r doing a great job! Just as a small reminder that can prevent you a lot of problems: I hope...
matthieutje65
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10 Years Ago
[quote][b]matthieutje65 (26/02/2014)[/b][hr]you'r doing a great job! Just as a small reminder that...
wildcard
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10 Years Ago
Thanks all, thanks for the link to, love the cardboard and expanding foam, great idea!! Yes you...
Toffee
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10 Years Ago
I think you will get a release fine, I've done a few moulds of parts that I didn't realise had been...
Hanaldo
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10 Years Ago
[quote][b]Hanaldo (27/02/2014)[/b][hr]I think you will get a release fine, I've done a few moulds of...
Toffee
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10 Years Ago
[quote][b]Toffee (27/02/2014)[/b][hr][quote][b]Hanaldo (27/02/2014)[/b][hr]I think you will get a...
Hanaldo
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10 Years Ago
nice photo of me spraying the front bumper :] iv just signed up so thought id let you know
brettbt2009
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10 Years Ago
[quote][b]brettbt2009 (02/03/2014)[/b][hr]nice photo of me spraying the front bumper :] iv just...
Toffee
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10 Years Ago
Thanks for the advice, I spoke to the guys at Easy comps and we have a plan!! :D we sprayed a few...
Toffee
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10 Years Ago
So a bit more work on the car today, this time we have tried to stay to the same products and...
Toffee
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10 Years Ago
Looking good so far. Can't wait to see the molding process and the finished part. Haha. My name is...
wildcard
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10 Years Ago
[quote][b]wildcard (10/03/2014)[/b][hr]Looking good so far. Can't wait to see the molding process...
Toffee
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10 Years Ago
[quote][b]wildcard (10/03/2014)[/b][hr]Looking good so far. Can't wait to see the molding process...
Toffee
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10 Years Ago
You should be able to do the bumper in one piece. There are no overhangs, and as long as the fenders...
wildcard
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10 Years Ago
So a little more work was completed this weekend, the front is almost finished, we just need to seal...
Toffee
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10 Years Ago
Great day on the car today with Brett, at last we have the front all together and we went to hi...
Toffee
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10 Years Ago
looking great! I can't tell you how lucky you guys are to be able to be working in an area where you...
wildcard
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10 Years Ago
[quote][b]wildcard (25/03/2014)[/b][hr]looking great! I can't tell you how lucky you guys are to be...
Toffee
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10 Years Ago
This looks fantastic - great work. One thing I can't understand, is when doing projects like this,...
macgtech
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10 Years Ago
[quote][b]macgtech (26/03/2014)[/b][hr]This looks fantastic - great work. One thing I can't...
Toffee
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10 Years Ago
Same for us too! Thought there might be a more sophisticated method I am not aware of yet - I am...
macgtech
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10 Years Ago
Sorry to take this off topic, but I thought I recognised macg somewhere, remembered I took this...
ajb100
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10 Years Ago
[quote][b]ajb100 (26/03/2014)[/b][hr]Sorry to take this off topic, but I thought I recognised macg...
macgtech
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