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Made a start on the guard / suspension mount Also working on the inside. Seat is mounted and it's on movable rails. And mocked up peddles on a bit of plywood. Seems to be about in the right position.

starter pic of the brumby in the paddock Managed to pick these tein adjustables for $250 from a wrecker We can start setting up the tubs now. end

Hay thanks for the tip. We are looking to do somthing in the front including some sort of fuel cell and some aero through the bonnet. But I will check it with the guy who does the cage. He will point me in the right direction. I've always put safety first. Also with the seating. You see i'm 6'3 and you will all no there isn't a lot of room in the cab. So when you put a cage in it there's even less room. So we had a think before we started the build and decided to make it a mid mount setting position also. So a lot more room to move the seat forward so the cage and myself would fit no problem. Again well have to figure out the steering. But we have mocked up the peddles on a board and it seems quit good. End

Right finished rear mounts. should be strong enough. Next we have to put a lower brace at the rear bottom of cab and weld some end caps for the rails. Then the engine can go back in. We have started the gearbox mount, just need to do final setup and weld in to place. The engine is a 1996 GT legacy twin turbo. We are going to use this engine as it was cheap and just to prove the concept will work. The gearbox is a 1998 GTB legacy. To replace the auto that came in the donna car. Got me hands on one of these kits from Bremar. Has a spline and a block off plate. Nice kit, easy to fit, just had to drill the 9 bolt holes & the 2 pin holes out 1/2 mm and change the 9 bolts to shorter ones. End

So next step arm mounts and supports, gearbox mount, Now for the arm mounts we mesured and mesured, and again to get the right distance between them. Looking at the setup things didn't look right. So we had a play and found if we just swapped the arm mount from left to right they would work better. Next was to make some mounts for the arms. Bit of cardboard and stuff come up with these. Look the part anyway. And in place. Next the cross member to support things. Pictures to come. And a teaser for the cab which will drop some jaws. But where not at that point of the build. End

Sorry about the post and images. getting used to things. Anyway you can see the rust. But not a problem. So we stripped it all back and replaced the rusted bits and she's looking good. Now while looking around for tips and tricks on the build I come across this site and the form = midengined RWD BRAT. Some good things on that form and another site I found this picture Good info of the size of the engine. So as we where moving on we would need a dona car to nect thing off. bingo, a 1996 legacy Gt twin turbo. Been in a fight with a pool and the drivers door. $400nz driveable. Ripped the front cross member and engine out and sat it in to see what's up. All good. enough room the firewall, not to mush room side to side. Engine will fit in from the top if you remove the exhaust. Other wise from under. Next thing was to reinforce the rails to handle the engine and suspension and arms. Used 75x50mm box section. way better now. Now you might think why not tube chassic the rear. Well that's something left for the experts. Its just me and my bro, We where brought up on a farm so we have things like welder, grinders and stuff like that around. Luck my brother use to be a panel beater and has worked on a lot of cars and farm machinery, so big help. Me, well I'm a mail man. but no my way around stuff aswell. So a tube rear end would be best but we are doing this on a budget. small one at that. So we desided just to use the front cross member as it was all setup to run everything. End of part 2

Pt 2 So it was a go. Cheap (free) light, mid mount engine. First step. Strip it down, The car has a bit of rust in it so will have to replace some bits. Cut the rear deck out, remove petrol tank, remove guard.

Hi there I,ve been racing for a few years now with my old 1989 Xsi Honda integra fitted with a integra type R motor, adjustable suspension and slick tyres. And she goes pretty good and reliable. The classes I race in have a time brake out, which I've managed to run to as I've got better and improved the car. But in the last 2 years the brake out time has dropped 3 seconds. Which doesn't sound like a lot but it is for my car. I could turbo or super charge it, but then your looking at some serious money to keep it reliable. Now the other car in my class are things like, RX7 turbo and na Mitzi turbo Volvo turbo V8 mustang with big power 6 cylinder cars (similar speed as my car) a few Hondas (similar speed as my car) So you can see fast cars. So I was looking for something that would be a bit more competitive, with room to improve. I've always liked subaru's and have owned a few over the years. legacy, wrx, sti, forester, so why not a Subaru. Good traction, pretty quick (would have to be an sti). New fuel pump, exhaust and a link ecu, should make 220 kw at wheels. But the problem is the price of and sti round the 1999 v5-6 model would set me back here in new Zealand around $6000 to $10000. Bit steep for my budget. So while at one of the meetings I ran in someone with this little beauty. Mid mount Subaru engine. So it got me thinking. My brother got a few Brumby's (brat) at his place. Why not mid mount brumby with ej20t engine. mmmmmmmmmmmmmm End of part one

rear deck fixed and ready for test fit. Test fit Luck the brumby has a cut out just behind the firewall our the cam cover wouldn't fit. We had to lift the back up and push the engine in from underneath. The exhaust also will hit the rails either side of the of the car.

Sorry just trying thing. So you can see my doner cars an old banger with a mid mount ej20 turbo running 300 odd hp a sti engine with all the mesurements and the brat with the deck cut out More to come soon

Hay All Part 1 Well been interested in racing for along time and with the end of my sporting career i've had more time to do a bit or racing. I built a budget 1989 Honda xsi which now has a B16B block with B18CR crank rods and pistons and skunk2 pro 1 race cams in it. 140 kw at wheels. Goes pretty good. But now the classis I run in people have V8, turbo and big rotors with 300 hp + and bug buggets. For me to run with them i'ld need to put a k20 for turbo and I only have a small budget to play with, So spending $6000 on a k20 ain't worth it. Or super/Turbo charging, big cams, then reliability problems. Had a number of subs over the years, legacy, wrx, sti, and currently now 2010 sti coupe and 1998 forester. So I got to thinking about subarus. Power, weight? My brother managed to buy 3 brumby (brat to u guys) about 10 years ago. One he has put a lift kit on it but the other 2, one was on a front and rear mount swivel stand and the other was just sitting in a paddock. So I asked him if I could have it. Sweet, my new race car. As its been sitting around for a while its got a bit of rust (a lot of rust) So stripping out and looking at things I noticed the there wasn't a lot of room for a race seat and a roll cage and with me being 6"3' it was a bit cramped. So thing had to change. So while looking around the net I stumbled across the form on this web site. Why not mid mount the engine and even better mid mount the seating position. So the project was started about a year ago. Fixing rust, cutting the deck out and the tunnel. (will post pictures when I figure how to) Managed to get a damaged 1996 BG5 Subaru legacy Gt twin turbo with a big dent in the drivers door for $400. Drives fine but its auto. (only driven on the farm) Got a manual GTB box and BG5 ecu. $550 Pretty much to make things as easy as possible and as cheap as possible we decided to just use the hole front cross member and see how it looked in the back. (tube setup would be the best $$$$$) Not to bad, plenty of room between engine and fire wall. Lucky the brumby has the cut out at the front part of the deck (pic to come) the cam belt cover fits in. So a few mounts and stuff like that to be made. How our experience is. My brother used to be a panel beater (it would be very hard for me without him) Me, well because we were brought up on a farm if you need some thing fixed or if we couldn't afford something we would fix it or try to build it. Welder, grinder and a fffnn big hamer. Well thats enough of a teaser for now. Ill try and get some pictures up for you all to have a look at.