well i thought it would be a good time to make one of these threads since theres nothing good on tv.
here is where it started, found this wee gem at the local wreckers and subsequently brought the shit out of it!
nearly fell over when they said $200!!
must have been a write off..
cost almost the same amount to replace the guard and lights as it did to buy the whole car haha.
Got it revinned and registered and drove it round for a year or so then took it off the road and got stuck in to it!
think there was a wee oil leak..
cleaned up alright
brought a premade exhaust off an ex off trade me,3" and goes right up to the firewall
scored some cheap rims care of the wreckers again, might paint them black!
got an n/a rvr engine since thats as far as the funds would stretch at the time. seems in pretty good nik tho!
cut and shut the manifold
made this crazed thing for the water pump
this is what i done with the back water outlet, no the most space efficient but i'm gunna box the firewall anyway so there will be heaps of room
had mad issues trying to find a rwd 7 bolt flywheel for it tho, im told they exist but i got impatient and gave up looking and instead got a mate to chop the gearbox to suit the fwd flywheel, so i ended up with a evo 3 flywheel with an rvr clutch plate and cover.
as you can see this was a dam mission and i would not recommend doing it this way!
not only was it a shit to get the starter lined up properly but the clutch plate was hitting too, nothing an angle grinder couldn't fix tho
with that all sorted i could finally put it in the hole, but first i made another hole! just to make life a little easier down the track the dash was already out so wasn't too much of a biggie
now put the engine in!
i originally was using a sigma crossmember but after a trial fit with that i found it sits the engine back too far so tracked down a 1600 ex one and that was perfect!
fuel system. over kill for this engine i know but it should be a turbo some time!
relined the boot and picked up some mint plastic mouldings
recovered the door cards, and other bits n pieces, looks way better than poo brown!
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now to start on making it run!
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Found this lurking on trademe and snapped it up!
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been sitting for two years and wouldn't go.. had a seized fuel pump and stale fuel, so drained that shit out, got a pump and boom it started right up, sounds mint, no noisy tappets, clean oil and drives sweet! score!
only cost $600 aswell!!!!!
so now this will hopefully find its way into my ex in the not too distant future! so stay tuned!
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