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discusion thread click here


right thought i better start this or the car will be finished before i upload it






thats how i got the car (literally they are the advert pictures)

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just tightening up the strut towers as 30 year old mild steel has a tendency to creak and twist haha strut bar comes later (when i can be arsed to make it)


pulled out some skanky moldy carpet (notice the sound system in the back)


scraped some old crap off the floor apparently its sound proofing to me its just 20kgs of unnecessary horse crap and tar seal


after alot more heating and scraping (and a wee paint on the bar metal)


got some new seats currently being road tested by my mate dave (my sisters monkey)


finished scraping the sound deadening up and painting any random color over the bare metal

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fixed a wee dent and drilled for pins


primed it


final coat? im not sure
also the chrome stripe from the side and the sill trim has been sent to storage in landfill


brought some of this stuff and some cobra supa lows
springs were wrong so they went back
the strut inserts i brought 3 months ago were also wrong so if anybody wants starion monroe gt inserts pm me


standard pea shooter Vs. 2.25" mandrel pipes


thats how i do it hahaha duck tape, card board and a hammer

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constipating on tail pipe position haha i make it look soo hard


linked the 2 parts together so i can make the twist on a bench not on my back in awkward positions


yes i know some of the pipe is 2.25"(magoo) and some is 2.15"(toyota camry) but i saved a fair bit of money and its only the tail pipe after the final muff so i don't think it really matters


gutted the rear


painted this stuff on, the most fantastic stuff ever, you try to be real careful and an hour later you look like they guy off the marmalade jar


new leafs 2.5" drop and have an extra center leaf for stiffy goodness


eww


yumm, smurf diff

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a little bit of my 'sadact' side


pink sway bar using my handy bonnet pin drying rack system


bolted it all up, my color scheme isn't every ones cup of tea. speaking of tea...

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new starion struts that im going to hack up to fit the lancer

thats about it for now
apart from havening a harness to fit and the correct springs

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ok so i got one harness fitted today, im not sure where the other one is, its been in the post for about a week
and i measured up for the spacers i need for my hack-a-strut job im doing
apart from that not much progress.

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re-assembled the rear end today and dropped it down, wasn't as low as i hoped but the front was still on stands

i also forgot to take photos of said not-lowness
i think it may be because ive added more leafs to the reset bunch so the car doesn't sag down as much
oh well maybe time for blocks

also leafs will be repainted after i set fire to them
and NO im not going to paint anything in black or silver..........

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sure is a lot of wasted steel haha

just clears up the how its done questions

[edit]; well that didn't fucking work
time to warm up the welder again

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i got bored and painted lots of little bits in pretty colors again
take note the black and silver is starting to make an appearance

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mocking up the gauge mounts for the dash rpm and 4 vacuums


playing around with gauge and switch positions
gauges are all good i think but switches are shit need to be all in a line

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stripped my motor down to bare bones today
needs re-bore
crank regrind
new bearings, pistons and rings (naturally)
more than i was hoping to do but thats cars i guess
also probably the damaged caused by boosting a non boostable engine (pretty sure the some goon had done a half arsed turbo conversion on this N/A engine) so will have the rods and crank and block checked for strightivity

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little up date...
polished the FUCK out of my 50 over pistons for some pointless blingage
(note previous melted valve damage to squish band)
got a flywheel which is going off to be lightened the fuck up
cleaned out and tested my rather epically huge oil cooler (RX7 FTW!)
possible have some super lumpy re-grinds on there way???
looking at the head with die grinder in hand (have yet to add effort into the equation)
...also starting to get horny thinking about the 2-stroke inspired power band (1500rpm idle and cruise at 7000rpm? )

this was the best looking bearing out of the lot

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head got a bath in some tasty acid


im sure you know what one looks like, but here is the bare block


started to modify the lower arms to take starion ball joints this will also let me drill more holes yo swing the bottom right out for uber camber

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seeing as i am no longer working as an under paid mechanic i now have some mechanical enthusiasm left at the end of the day
so into the garage i go for some long awaited progress

after a long wait fianaly got the spacers i needed to take up the 2mm difference (will be welding to the original strut tubes so i dont fuck up the cast iron and my welds crack)


slammed it together and tacked it in and test fitted to make sure it still looks pretty


looked sweet so on with the hot stuff

^up to wayne martins cert standards??? i damn hope so

stripped it all clean and gave it some red zinc


then with the compulsory matty b


all being well it should be able to take its own weight this weekend YAY!

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horay! shocks complete, and im more than happy with how captive they are

there now bolted in waiting for me to finish the lower arms which is my job for saturday

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so went down to repco today to get some lock washers and stuff
also picked up a cheap tuit, its a round one too!
and got this done today

bish

bash

bosh
(don't mess with another mans mosh)
also cleaned this up a bit

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like it was ment to be, also toyota corolla rear view mirror

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wont be using those but still sweet offset


thats why i wont be using them, clearance=2mm me no like


got happy with my soldering iron


this little present turned up in the post, aww thanks me, no problem me you deserve it


before i dip them in magic clean

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KAPOW! clean as a whistle homer!