I've got a my99 Ra, I've stripped the underbody and chassis, and had everything stripped, powder coated and zinc plated. It's a labour of love thats for sure. I'll be keeping a keen eye on your progress mate. Well done
I've done so many oil changes on Williams's over the years. The oil filler caps get tight as fook! With the standard intake manifold, access is so tight in that with that F7R in the tiny engine bay. Much easier with ITB's. Can I guess the alloys are Prima Racing? Is it a standard Willy? With the McRae, make sure the rear diff is good. Unless you've driven one with a good rear diff it can be hard to tell if there is any damage to it (unless it starts jumping/making noises or the rear suspension setup). I smacked the rear offside wheel of my old McRae into a curb on a high speed corner after I got the rear end out and it wasn't right after that. Looking back I should have checked the diff for metal fragments in the oil and the rear beam etc for damage. Mine may have just been a bent rear rod though, but I knew very little about cars back then. I guess you've not taken the side sill plastics off yet? Usually some nasty surprises there...and I think you've got a bit of a hole on the drivers side rear! I'd probably get it all refurbished and do the tank/pump, then put the rear beam on and piece by piece fit the parts as you go. That way you reduce the chance of damage to the new powdercoat and it is just less strain on your arms/back. It is quicker to do the whole lot in one go off the car, rally-stage style but are you in that much of a hurry? Nah.
@@BarneyWobba yeah I've done many a change of oil on my wiliams too and they are a massive pain in the ass where the filter is! The wheels are genuine speedline ones. There's a intro video to my williams here on the channel, it's worth a look as it explains lots about my car. The engine is 100% standard, only mods are ones I can remove easily and all within a day. The impreza is, or was 100% standard when i got it. The engine has never been messed with and I'm not planning on doing too much. Try again to keep it OEM+ like the williams and all mods will be removable within a day or two if need be. I'll always keep all the standard parts too for all my cars. The diff seemed all good before I took it apart, hopefully it goes back together alright. Yeah I'm expecting a few rusty bits under the side skirts. I'm thinking of running it without the skirts anyhow to give it more of the early grp a rally car look. I'll be refurbishing the tank and fitting a new fuel pump, that's in the plans. I just want it tidy under there, I'll never be concours as I use my cars. Just usable mint as I like to describe them lol. Cheers for all the positive comments matey. Much appreciated 👍
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I've got a my99 Ra, I've stripped the underbody and chassis, and had everything stripped, powder coated and zinc plated. It's a labour of love thats for sure. I'll be keeping a keen eye on your progress mate. Well done
Hi mate, love a GC8 RA! Thanks for subscribing, I'll be doing many more videos on the impreza 👍😊
I've done so many oil changes on Williams's over the years. The oil filler caps get tight as fook! With the standard intake manifold, access is so tight in that with that F7R in the tiny engine bay. Much easier with ITB's. Can I guess the alloys are Prima Racing? Is it a standard Willy?
With the McRae, make sure the rear diff is good. Unless you've driven one with a good rear diff it can be hard to tell if there is any damage to it (unless it starts jumping/making noises or the rear suspension setup). I smacked the rear offside wheel of my old McRae into a curb on a high speed corner after I got the rear end out and it wasn't right after that. Looking back I should have checked the diff for metal fragments in the oil and the rear beam etc for damage. Mine may have just been a bent rear rod though, but I knew very little about cars back then.
I guess you've not taken the side sill plastics off yet? Usually some nasty surprises there...and I think you've got a bit of a hole on the drivers side rear!
I'd probably get it all refurbished and do the tank/pump, then put the rear beam on and piece by piece fit the parts as you go. That way you reduce the chance of damage to the new powdercoat and it is just less strain on your arms/back. It is quicker to do the whole lot in one go off the car, rally-stage style but are you in that much of a hurry? Nah.
@@BarneyWobba yeah I've done many a change of oil on my wiliams too and they are a massive pain in the ass where the filter is! The wheels are genuine speedline ones. There's a intro video to my williams here on the channel, it's worth a look as it explains lots about my car. The engine is 100% standard, only mods are ones I can remove easily and all within a day.
The impreza is, or was 100% standard when i got it. The engine has never been messed with and I'm not planning on doing too much. Try again to keep it OEM+ like the williams and all mods will be removable within a day or two if need be. I'll always keep all the standard parts too for all my cars.
The diff seemed all good before I took it apart, hopefully it goes back together alright. Yeah I'm expecting a few rusty bits under the side skirts. I'm thinking of running it without the skirts anyhow to give it more of the early grp a rally car look.
I'll be refurbishing the tank and fitting a new fuel pump, that's in the plans. I just want it tidy under there, I'll never be concours as I use my cars. Just usable mint as I like to describe them lol.
Cheers for all the positive comments matey. Much appreciated 👍
as said mate, imo build back up on the car in stages, less likely to scratch anything and can line everything up the chassis then too. SEND IT
Yeah, I think I'm going to do that. Makes sense as I think it'll be too heavy and awkward to do it all as one