Bakemono

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03/19/2026

Starting to move past design on a number of items, particularly those applied to the chassis. In preparation for the cage, I made these gussets both for my own car and a friend’s S6 project in Japan. These were fun. My first design wasn’t great, due to the fact that I just estimated where the end of the part would be since the scanned part was already welded and there were pretty fat weld beads in the scan. The fix was to model the cage, scan a chassis without a gusset, align that scan to the WRC one, and switch back and forth between scans, modeling to a virgin chassis while being faithful to the bends and shapes of the gussets from the WRC car scan. Dimple dies are printed from petg cf. I also made bending dies for each bend profile….but ended up abandoning them since the metal created much sharper bends. I guess I could sell these to anyone who is interested

03/13/2026

Nothing “new” but these are the non-rendered version of what I posted the other day. This is the view I stare at during modeling….minus the carbon texture which I add at the end. Anyway, this is the S6 heater assembly. Air comes in from the cowl, through the blower motor to the heater box where it passes through a small radiator/heater core, and out through a vent along the glass in the center and at the driver side vent by the glass. There’s a valve that controls the coolant flow to the radiator. If you pull the k**b on the dash, the hot water flows through the radiator and gives you hot air. Otherwise there is a bypass on the engine side that allows coolant to keep flowing while the valve is closed.

03/11/2026

I haven’t really been posting too much. Much of what I have been doing is on the design front, and using those designs to verify fitment, create tooling, etc etc. The heater box I’ve already made but the original tooling bad burned up in the fire so I took it as an opportunity to tighten up fitment and such. I’ll be posting much more frequently as designs turn into parts.

11/22/2025

Took my son to beach practice in the GRC and took this pic. Not a super beautiful day but i thought it was a cool pic.

10/23/2025

Got to spend some time with this 1999 WRC car and note some of the deltas from the 97-98 WRC cars. I scanned some of the obvious deltas. Stay tuned I guess. There’s some fun updates coming. #スバル　 #インプレッサ

09/29/2025

I did a bit of an exercise comparing the WRC and 22B front and rear fenders. There are the obvious differences that can be seen from afar and from pictures like the arch differences, fuel lid, and side skirt area, but a few that are less obvious. Anyway, enjoy. I probably should have made a YouTube video highlighting the differences. Maybe later.

09/23/2025

So I’ve been blessed to have a few friends let me scan their WRC cars (97, 98, 99, 2000, 2005…). My original intention was to just use the data to redo my cage, and get some models for some random carbon bits. That then evolved into the widebody where the plan was to 3d print myself a widebody, make a mold and put new carbon panels on the car the burned along w the shop. I’ve now decided to partner up with to produce a metal widebody with the data pulled off the WRC cars. Being handmade the WRC panels are all somewhat unique, even among models of the same year, but they still follow an FIA spec. We’ll be smoothing out the variability, perfecting fitment and going from there. I have a few bumper options scanned and modeled, ranging from tarmac to gravel versions that I can make in carbon/fiberglass. In all likelihood, I’m going to install one on my car, make a mold and take it off, unless someone wants to donate a car. (Free install job and I’ll splash a mold off the car). #インプレッサ　 #スバル　

08/10/2025

Went to GR Garage to spend some time with the FT-1, the design concept that ended up largely being the basis for the MKV Supra. I took a bunch of pics, videos, etc that I’ll post in the coming days. It’s a lot of smoke and mirrors being a concept car and not a production car but the overall design and concept is awesome. I’d love to get myself a Supra and make a kit like this (but it seats two, and I have 3 kids so…).

08/05/2025

I’ve finishing up a bunch of modeling projects for the S6 so that I can consolidate the lasercut/plasma order. This right here is the front crossmember/subframe. The idea is that the cutting and welding can progress on these bits while I work on the chassis and body. My welding is “ok” but I have friends that have a much better tig hand than I. I’m currently in Japan with the goal of filling in the blanks on the chassis/cage so I can hit the ground running when I’m back in the USA.

07/23/2025

Just thought this was cool. I need to resurrect the car so we can take the full size pic.

07/18/2025

To go along with the intended WRC cage I want to make the WRC arch modifications. I scanned these areas on an S6 WRC car and will be able to properly locate them, using the chassis jig I made. The strut tower top will be CNC machined (very soon) and the rest of the sheet metal bits will be waterjet and bump folded. Stay tuned….much of the “planning/modeling” phase for the chassis is done and it’s ready to cut and weld soon. #スバル　 #インプレッサ

07/11/2025

Just wanted to briefly show where the car has been over the past 10 years. Much of it will be a good reference point for sort of what I want when I rebuild shortly, but details on that will be soon. I’m going to consider this a bookmark for what I had, and from this point on, the car goes under the knife and I can share what I’ve been working on while the shop was being rebuilt, and what that means for the build. Stay tuned. #インプレッサ　 #スバル　

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