Saalro

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Where would i look for a classic Impreza race spec shell, no seal, just metal, paint and seam welds?

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daz1968

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There's a damaged spec c shell on eBay not sure what would be needed on it though

g7prs

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Possibly save you some work, scroll down this thread....

http://bbs.22b.com/cgi-bin/ultimateb...;f=34;t=003173

Saalro

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Aren't all road car shells stuffed with seal and sound deadening?

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jura11

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if you contact James@GRD he selling race shell(V8 Blobeye with APR wide body kit )
http://bbs.22b.com/cgi-bin/ultimateb...;f=34;t=003173



Jura

Saalro

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Should have mention classic really lol.

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g7prs

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Great minds

RA Dunk

Why not jut do it to your own one?


For instance look at WRC Imprezas for example, each one of them came off of the production line as a standard STi before being shipped to Prodrive and completly stripped and rebuilt using the same chassis into WRC cars.

CrispyK

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how much do you want to spend

Saalro

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It's not something i'm looking to buy as of now unless the right one at the right price came up, but what i'm thinking is that my shell a UK 2000 has under seal, seal in the seams and sound deadening.

I've alreadt started removing the sound deadening and and all the interior, just i'll never get all the seal and under seal unless i get it dropped in acid.

One day owning a shell with nothing but paint and metal with seam welds would be great.

Surely the WRC cars were free from deadinging and so on.

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jura11

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Sam make from your shell proper racing car,if you don't want something like we are suggest


But this shell which we are suggest,all ready have Cage etc.


Jura

jura11

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What i can say,just thinking like you on same shell



Jura

Saalro

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I'ld be looking for a classic

That's my plan just trying to work out how.

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lishagh

I have a 2dr group a impreza shell with weld in roll cage , seam welded , pedal box plates ,no plastic etc ,just painted white inside and primed outside with all panels,have new proflex and subframes to suit
I also have a unused 2dr impreza with a prodrive chassis number , this is new and unused
Pm me if interested in buying either

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Saalro

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Where do you get them!?

Got any photos of them showing the seams and all, i would be interested to see.

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mickywrx

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http://www.subaruwrcspares.com/36.html

Saalro

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WOW!

Is the classic Prodrive S6 the only race shell available? I'm guessing this is the one RCM use.

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ditchmyster

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Most would do it themselves as i think it works out a lot cheaper, didn't look at prices but i'd bet there is not much change from 5k.

You can pick up a shell for around 1/1.5k and do the rest yourself for ish 1k if your not in a hurry.

Welding is not difficult, with a bit of practice you will be decent by the time you have used 1 5kg roll of wire.

My first youth training scheme was in a welding shop and with a little direction you will be quite capable of producing the kind of welds required to do a cage and seams with a £250 mig welder from machine mart.

Just a thought if your a handy person.

Otherwise you will need very deep pockets to get a full race spec car together

Saalro

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It's not the welding, it's all the sealer around the shell in the seams, it's everywhere and impossible to get to in some places unless you tear it apart, it's really stuck in them seams lol.

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Henrik

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but how much does the extra sealer in the seams weigh? Might be more cost effective to get some lighter wheels (or whatever else)

Saalro

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Yeah but you know it's just there lol.

Can you still seam weld with sealer in the way, i assume it will just burn it out the way.

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Henrik

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No it will definitely need removing if you're going to weld it. It will vaporize and contaminate your weld, otherwise. With mig or stick you can probably get away with a little bit of "crud" left (mig less so than stick), but most of it definitely has to come out if you're doing any welding.

Saalro

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Darn, think i'll stiffen it up with a cage and other stiffening products.

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GC8

OP: you cant.

Subaru didnt make any cars without seal for either their domestic or for export markets. If you want a proper shell then you need to buy one (or a whole car), have it dipped, seam weld it and then weld in a multi-point cage.

Thats going to cost proper money.

Saalro

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They must have, otherwise seam welding would have been an issue.

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gussy

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sam
I was in the same boat as you, once I weight up all the options/time it worked out cheaper to buy a shell already done (Classic) which I did, at the time I inquired about the GRD shell but at the time it was out of my budget at the price james is selling it now its a bargain plus he has a lot of running gear to go on it.

Saalro

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What shell did you buy?
Any photos?

I'm happy to keep working my shell, just was curious really, i would love a rally shell one day considering they don't have sealer on them lol.

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Alan Jeffery

As Martyn refuses to diet, we've had a couple of chaps pulling parts off his classic shell all week. I'm now sick of the chiselling noises, but they've got a huge amount of weight off it!

gussy

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I bought this.







Full safety devices weld in cage /seam welded etc etc just building it up for sprinting next year.

MartynJ

The grinder's coming out next

Martyn