Build up of Track Car

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Build up of Track Car

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Well its been a while getting this stuff together but here is a bit of the path I went down in building up the BCFH (Bastard Car from Hell). I'll do this in a few stages.

The first being the arrival of the smashed car which was intended as the donor car for the mechanicals
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Then a photo showing all 3 cars that contributed to the build. The white JB was the donor shell and the grey car just because for $1200 with a good engine, gearbox and LSD it was too good to pass up even the though the rust was riddled with some metal. (The Silver one was Maries car - bloody nice one too.)

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This was the state of the interior of the smashed one when we got it -


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We then proceeded to strip the "good car" interior and detar it -
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and eventually came up with this

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This is the car on stands during the strip/rebuild process
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to this
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and then this

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and finally this
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I will update this thread in coming days with suspension, brakes and motor stuff and then some of how it looks now and then some when the TC goes in
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Post by Lunacy »

Looking awesome man. Nice to see a few of us building track cars now :)
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Post by thrash »

sexy!!!

why the colours of germany on the side, if you don't mind my asking?
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WANTSOM wrote:Personally, I find sloppy boxes very unsatisfying. I like them tight and taught to the point that if you dont have to push to get it in then its probably too old and time to get a new one :P
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Post by groupAralliart »

This is the sort of stuff I love reading about and seeing all the pics. Thanks for the tour! Continue please
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German colours mean nothing other than they were the offcuts my mate who does vinyl graphics for a living had left over and they seemed to go well together
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looks tasty! :drool:
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That is one sweet looking car!
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Post by RiceThief »

Nice work mate, talk about a labour of love though, started in 2003 and you're still not finished :o . Definately need more engine bay pics :D and brakes and suspension.
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how bout a front end shot? I'm keen to see what a coltspeed bar looks finished
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:D AWESOME :D lookn good !!!! :beer
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also., what size/offset wheels are they? they suit the car extremely well, not just the style, but also the sizing.. offset and dish are as perfect as can be methinks!
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WANTSOM wrote:Personally, I find sloppy boxes very unsatisfying. I like them tight and taught to the point that if you dont have to push to get it in then its probably too old and time to get a new one :P
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Post by Vulpes »

Hi Greg,
Now that my JA is nearing completion, I too am thinking about building a trackday car out of the two donor cars that are left. I will have just about everything I need to do this so it wont cost me much and it will be good to see another staz on the road/track. Any helpful hints or ideas ?
I'm figuring a track day car is a lot easier, A I dont care about the paint quality, B there is no interior to worry about, C what's needed ? Engine, Seat, wheels, steering wheel, harness ? Anyway it just a dream ( I promised my wife a Vegie garden once the JA was finished :roll: )
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looks awesome greg. Love the colour scheme
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thrash wrote:also., what size/offset wheels are they? they suit the car extremely well, not just the style, but also the sizing.. offset and dish are as perfect as can be methinks!
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Wheels are Simmons B45 15x8 rears and 15x7 fronts. Note the front wheels in the photo arent Simmons but we have since fitted Simmons all the way round now). We played around with offsets a lot to get clearance of the brakes (bigger calipers front and rear). It think we took 5mm off standard then added 25mm bolt on spacers f&r to get the track wider. Memory is a bit fuzzy now.

Daryl, this "$5000 track car" has set me back about $30K with a new motor still to come. In fairness I went a bit overboard in a number of areas but it depends what you want the car. A 5k cheapie simply will be outpaced on any given track day against the myriad Evo, WRX and GTR's that show up. If its just a fun toy to play with you are after then I would suggest just gut it, get some R rated tyres and uprated springs/shocks and then just a harness to hold you in (use the standard Starion seat). The biggest improvement will be in weight reduction - its very noticeable.
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