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vortex87 · Post by **vortex87** » Thu Jun 30, 2011 8:25 pm

Hi i am building a vortex for racing i have a build thread on subie club so far iv fixed up the paneling welded up sunroof, full respray red gloss, and plans to put a ej20t driveline and rwd setup.

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 2:15 am

Welcome to the forum vortex87.

Post up some pics or a link of your vortex so we can all drool over (what steptoe calls it) this door wedge

That's a dig at steptoe, not your vortex for the record!

And wouldn't an AWD setup be more beneficial for black top racing - which is what I presume you'll be doing??

Cheers

Bennie

vortex87 · Post by **vortex87** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 6:50 pm

nah mate all good she sure is a door stop. awd is good but for the track i wana have a bit more fun and more of a handfull not looking to brake records. ill post up some pic

vortex87 · Post by **vortex87** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 6:55 pm

some more photos of the rig, home made strut brace working on the roll cage at the moment.

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 7:05 pm

0 views ?

we are in a small Vortex appreciation class aren't we ?

Lookin' good, like the sunroof treatment!

And great choice of colour. Is it two pack back yardy style?

vortex87 · Post by **vortex87** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 7:17 pm

i got heaps of views on suby club, belive it or not its enamel padock spray job, with2 pac high fill. so wat vortex u got mate?

Johnny T · Post by **Johnny T** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 7:21 pm

Great looking vortex you got m8, hope everything goes well with it and keep us posted

vortex87 · Post by **vortex87** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 7:22 pm

thanks mate nice one urself would like ur front bar lol got a spare?

coupe · Post by **coupe** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 8:36 pm

Welcome to the party. That is a great job you are doing.
I love the roof treatment to the sunroof problem.
Vortexes are getting rare here.
Cheers Pete

vortex87 · Post by **vortex87** » Fri Jul 01, 2011 9:45 pm

yeh it had a lil bit of gutter rust so cut that out made a new gutter then welded the sunroof up was a bit tricky with subies bein galvanised even when u grind it off it still is there and thin material had 2 tack n tack n tack till it was ridgid then liquid metal filld the small gaps then metal flake filled to seal over, then boged to smooth it turnd out alrite could have been alot beta but how far do ya go was runing outa time to paint before winter and its only a track car

coupe wrote:Welcome to the party. That is a great job you are doing.
I love the roof treatment to the sunroof problem.
Vortexes are getting rare here.
Cheers Pete

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Thu Jul 07, 2011 4:45 pm

steptoe wrote:0 views ?

we are in a small Vortex appreciation class aren't we ?

Lookin' good, like the sunroof treatment!

And great choice of colour. Is it two pack back yardy style?

10 and 15 mins after the OP was posted was not a big worry that no one had viewed the pics.. it does take a selected few to enjoy the sweet aerodynamic of the Tex but sales did show they went the hot flavour of the 80s.

vortex87 wrote:i got heaps of views on suby club, belive it or not its enamel padock spray job, with2 pac high fill. so wat vortex u got mate?

I like it

looks the goods in bright red.

Here's my one in need of some good lovin'
showthread.php?t=16249&highlight=vortex
I love mine (I'm still not convinced of giving it to my son) and I'd love to get it looking like my friends...

Here's my friends...
showthread.php?t=17089&highlight=vortex

vortex87 wrote:yeh it had a lil bit of gutter rust so cut that out made a new gutter then welded the sunroof up was a bit tricky with subies bein galvanised even when u grind it off it still is there and thin material had 2 tack n tack n tack till it was ridgid then liquid metal filld the small gaps then metal flake filled to seal over, then boged to smooth it turnd out alrite could have been alot beta but how far do ya go was runing outa time to paint before winter and its only a track car

Very well done sir. You seem to know what you are doing

vortex87 · Post by **vortex87** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 8:44 pm

pics of the rollcage now fitted ordered custom coilovers should be ready in a few weeks.

vortex87 · Post by **vortex87** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 8:46 pm

thanks mate yeh its been a good challenge, slowly geting there good 2 see another one.

RSR 555 wrote:10 and 15 mins after the OP was posted was not a big worry that no one had viewed the pics.. it does take a selected few to enjoy the sweet aerodynamic of the Tex but sales did show they went the hot flavour of the 80s.

I like it looks the goods in bright red.

Here's my one in need of some good lovin'
showthread.php?t=16249&highlight=vortex
I love mine (I'm still not convinced of giving it to my son) and I'd love to get it looking like my friends...

Here's my friends...
showthread.php?t=17089&highlight=vortex

Very well done sir. You seem to know what you are doing

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Mon Aug 01, 2011 10:11 pm

I like it.. I'd be interested in one of these roll cages

vortex87 · Post by **vortex87** » Wed Aug 03, 2011 7:21 pm

ill be taking orders as soon as theres a demand lolol took long enough to make that one me old boy made it at work could only work on it on his lunch break. may look at putting intrusion bars and ones over the top to the front on it in the future

RSR 555 wrote:

I like it.. I'd be interested in one of these roll cages

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 8:10 pm

Put me down for one

vortex87 · Post by **vortex87** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 5:43 pm

recieved my custom coilovers last week, so rears are now fitted, cant do fronts till i convert to wrx steering nuckle when the half cut goes in, just runing a stiff spring with standard strut.

with the vortex front towers being diferent bolting orientation to wrx/liberty and wanting camber adjustment on the tower i ordered them to suit the vort but they still sent me wrx ones, so i ended up geting me old boy to make some new ones on the cnc plasma cuter at work.
heres some pics.

sven '2' · Post by **sven '2'** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 6:35 pm

Hardcore build.

Respect man.

Sven

Post by **TOONGA** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 6:46 pm

looking good Im thinking red is a nice colour for any vortex, now Ive seen a couple

TOONGA

guyph_01 · Post by **guyph_01** » Sun Sep 11, 2011 10:03 pm

cool, What did the coil overs set you back? Any info on them? are they off the self units? any part numbers? I'm gonna look into some for mine:)

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