20b Turbo track car build (England)
 

We've been building a 20b track (and road legal) car for the last few months, thought I'd better share some build photos
for all 20b enthusiasts. :)


The build for K-II has commenced after Sundays run around Rockingham, here's just a few early pics.

Inspiration for the wheels... Team America... FDUK Yeah !! :)

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A bit of front bumper widening and fettling.

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A few pics of the new bodywork in progress.

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Most of the prep done now. :)

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Here are the newley modded Re-A sideskirts. Just a bit of adjustment to
the front wings to do and I'll bring her home tonight. :D

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A side shot.

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The second set of Rota GTR-D's have arrived, these are for the wet/road tyres.... asked for green wheel nuts this time. :D

And the 25mm spacers for the rear from Danny at DM Motorsports... eeez a good lad. :thumbsup:

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K-II's new insane snail !!!!!!!!! :eek:

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Got home to work on the dash this evening

Cutting out the templates to then cut them on the carbon panels for the FRP dash.

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Oooohh Ahhh !! Star ship Enterprise...eat ya heart out !!! :D

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The Takata's arrived today

NOT.. Because Race Car.... but .... Because GREEN !!! :rolleyes:

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I've heard of lightweight fuel tanks but surely not !!! :D

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Here are a few pics of the tanks being built.

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Starting prep on the tanks

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Cutting the rear bar in the roll cage to fit the new tanks

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Pondering a few problems

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Welding the tanks up

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The finished tanks in situe :)

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And from the back

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New swirl pot made and positioned

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Fuel Pump brackets positioned in front of the swirl pot

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The Firewall starting to be built to cover the entire assembly

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And the Firewall is complete :D :D :D


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Just a few more bits to go, these pics show the completed firewall and funnels through the top for the filler neck and pipes.

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I'll have my own pics later but this is the finished article.

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And here is now what hides beneath the cover . :D :D :D :D

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A few delvelopments tonight in preparation for his trip to Pip at WGT tomorrow morning.


Up on the ramp ready for surgery


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In goes the brand new Kaaz diff


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Out comes the plasma cutter to remove a section of tunnel for easier access to the gearbox


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Cut section in hand


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The hole left behind


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All loaded up ready for her travels tomorrow.


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And one last arty shot of Roxy and K-II :)


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Thanks Phil. :)

And another parcel from Pro Alloy

The filler covers and fabricated funnel inserts ( one assembled and one broken down)


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Not too much to report until Pip sorts his phone out and retrieves his pics.

Here is one of the last bits of kit to arrive for the build, a lightweight ally Sparco remote fire extinguisher kit.


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The new carbon roof scoop arrived today.


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Well, pretty much my last bit of expensive kit arrived yesterday and HAVE to say... it's fecking amazeballs !!!

This race battery is only 1.5 kg and is about the same as an oversized rubics cube with big power output,
considering it's JUST a battery..... it's ubber cool. :D


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I'm VERY limited in what I can do without the shell but I had the dashboard flocked today. :)


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Righty, again, without the car I'm limited with what I can do but today I've secured the switch panel and MoTeC
digi dash to the flocked dash, we couldn't resist to fire them up using a jump pack to see what they looked like......
...... OMG, FDUKing awesome !!!! :) :) :)



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A few better photos now shes back at her home.


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Here are a few manifold pics... and a rare pic of me in the process.


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Ok guys, now the car is back the photos will come thick and fast, here is tonights work, the focus tonight was
the windows, wing mirrors, roof scoop and fuel filler caps and necks.

Enjoy. :)


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A few more :-


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And the finished article for tonight, onto the exhaust tomorrow. :)

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As we were working on the Scoobie to sort out an oil leak on the gearbox and the fact that were waiting
for parts we didn't work on Kermy, I just finished off the fuel filler necks and firewall tubing.


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Apparently we're just about to build a church organ !!! :rolleyes:


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Righty, there were two jobs going on this evening... the first was the exits for the exhaust.

Lining em up
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Plasma cutting the holes
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Voila !!
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Mmmm, maybe a bit too long !! :)
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She has a rather nice smily face on her arse !!
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Machine guns at the ready !!
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More mods to what used to be a nice C-West bumper
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Welding them in place
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The finished holes.
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The holes will have a custom carbon cover and the 3" pipes that come through the holes will have a reducer
pipe welded on to make a 4" exit.


The seond job tonight was to position the radiator and intercooler so that we can make the brackets.

Temporarily securing the bumper to check for clearances
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Securing the splitter in place to check fitment with the wider bumper.
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Positioning the radiator to make the brackets
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And overhead view of the newley sited Rad.
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...this is sick!!! Good stuff man!! keep it up!!!

Thank you my good man, we aim to have the car ready for paint in 4 weeks. :nod:

Aha, the new Intercooler is in place... single core and VERY VERY lightweight, I brought it home for a bit of trimming !! :D


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The sexy oil coolers arrived today, unfortunately I had to order these new ones coz I need the dash 12 fittings. :thumbsup:


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We need a few extra bits to really get into the exhaust for tonight so we've started working on the engine oil
coolers, a bit of cutting to the bumper then onto the brackets to secure into place.


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And then the other side :)

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Also my new turbo turned up. :rolleyes:


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Well for those of you that haven't seen them !! here they are through the making process. :thumbsup:


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And the result !!!

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The seats have now been fully tested !! lol


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The exhaust was our main concern tonight !!


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Whilst Eyo worked on the ducting for the oil coolers, this will be seamlessly fibreglassed into the bumper.


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Danny just sent me a quick text saying the rear wing stansions have been made.

And the rest of the V-Band exhaust kit will arrive tomorrow.


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Well we got on with the exhaust but didn't get too far as we run out of bloody gas, so the evening was cut short

One of the cans is now in place ready for the v-bands and final bends to be welded in.

The intercooler is a work of art... and bloody huge !!!

And Eyo got on with fibreglassing the ducting in the bumper.


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And for tonights developments :-

Intercooler is now positioned and one completed side of the
exhaust, the other can is in place as we are waiting for the 90% 3" pipes.

Excuse the bad quality photos tonight, I forgot the camera and these are on the phone. :)


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I've had the second set of GTR's for a while but havn't take a pic of the fronts...so... here ya go !!


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My task tonight (at home in the warm for once) is to give these two a marriage !! :D


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More work tonight, went over to my mate Roger to weld our Ally brackets onto the new intercooler, and have now
positioned and secured it. And finished fabricating and tacking the exhaust.


A few welding bracket shots


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It's final resting place

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The final gap to fill

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Last piece of the jigsaw fitted


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Re-positioning the radiator inlet

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A quick underneath shot of the positioned intercooler.


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A few of those time consuming things got underway tonight

Out came the Plasma Cutter to get rid of the seat mounting points


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These were the resulting parts removed

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Put the seat rails on to work out the seat positions


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Cut a nice big hole in the tunnel to move the seat accross slightly so my head has more clearance


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And sited the Sparco extinguisher bottle

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Ok, I got there a bit late so we didn't get onto the seat rails, so instead finished making and tacking the rest
of the exhaust. :D


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Very pleased with the end result :D :thumbsup:

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A parcel arrived today, not a lot to show for over a grand but these are the Three 2000cc injectors (left) and
the three 1000cc injectors (right) and the fuel rail. :D


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WOW you guys fabricated the hell out that fd :bigthumb: Bumper refitment was interesting to see. Top notch on everything!

Thanks fella, I really want it to have the lines of the original FD just a lot wider, it creates a lot more work doing that but will
really be worth it in the end. :o)

Not too much movement tonight considering the amount of work put in.

We came to the conclusion that the only way we could get the optimum position for me was to cut the floor
out and start again so thats what we did !! :D


First tonight I installed the 044 fuel pumps.

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Onto cutting the floor out

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More weight saving !! lol

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Just a quick shot of one of the sections ready for tig welding. :)


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Another fiddly bit tonight with the fuel system. Back onto the seats tomorrow evening.

The fuel parts arrived today, all the joins and the teflon hoses.


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Drilled a couple of holes in preparation for the hose grommet and hoses to run through.


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And fitted the fuel pumps properly and a few of the joins in preparation for the arrival of the dash 10 fuel filter tomorrow.


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Progress seems to have slowed at the moment due to a couple of time consuming areas.

Tonight Balky got to grips with welding the deeper, flatter floor in, will hopefully finish this tomorrow.

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Measured out all the fuel lines and fitted all the teflon connectors ( bad pic but you get the idea)

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And received the dash 10 fuel filter today . :thumbsup:

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OK, we've really been lacking in motivation as the latest bits have taken so long, but we stuck at it today and Balky
finished welding the drivers lowered floorpan in.

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No pics but the seat rails are now bolted in and we test fitted the dash.


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And the drivers seat in place.

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And a quick shot of the wet and road wheels now with tyres. :)


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A few minor updates

Both seats are now positioned and secured.

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I then made the executive decision to go a different direction with the stalks and switches.

Firstly I removed the stalks


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Then we fabricated a bracket and welded it into place in my optimum position.

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These are the little babies that are to replace the stalks. :D


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And then prepping the dash to accept them.


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And the finished article (they look a bit pissed but the panel isn't straight and they ARE level)

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Those look awesome! Are they the actual switch or just indicaters?

Hi Adam, they're ALL switches that have LED backlights, all except for the dual indicator warning lamp as I'm putting
a mini toggle switch behind the steering wheel. :icon_tup:

PS: you CAN get exactly the same as just warning lamps as well.

dude how sick is this build!!! Excellent stuff!!!