d.p.n.s

thats coming along so well mate.

the motors a nice fit aswell.

thats what i want to do with

mine archs the bubbles are mean.

if you dont mine me asking mate

where did you pick the front panel and bubbles from

and how much?

with the rad suport gone theres so much more room now

and that race civic rad will fitin there nicly.

and your right about that intercooler its a perfect fit

for the front so i have to ask bro whats the dimentions

may have to get me one

all in all i love it mate so keep the pics and up dates coming

all ive managed to do to mine is fully strip and i got the gaurd off

and the bodys not to bad but i want to get it sand balsted fully before i start.

and im have such a problem picking amotor.

its between small block v8,sr20det,or the one i think ill end up going with

rb25det.

but mymind changers all the time.

dan

i use to use a rb20 out of skyline with tripple efi side drafts that thing

reved like f@#k and went so hard man.

the carbs cost a bit man

had it in a mk4 tina hahaha was nasty sidways.

hi all

any one know of any swap meets in the south island coming up.

cheers

dan

Epic undertaking boe. Always love it when people save cars when others would scrap them for being too rusty etc

Keen to see progress

thanks mate it will be a slow build as this will be the 1st time ive built

the 4link and everything from scratch.

but yeh man it will be good to save another 1 from the scrapy.

cheers

dan

so waht im thinking of is nissan skyline running gear for the 4 discs around and 5 stud pattern.

sr20 turbo and 5 speed

bigger tunnel.drive shaft tunnel and diff tunnel.

4 link rear end

full cage

bubble arch

and more when i get started.

cheers

dan

hi all

just picked this ner death 2 door up for my full rebuild

its not to bad a fer bit of rust.

but its perfect for what i need.

so heres some pics

Shot with Canon PowerShot A85 at 2007-08-18

Shot with Canon PowerShot A85 at 2007-08-18

Shot with Canon PowerShot A85 at 2007-08-18

Shot with Canon PowerShot A85 at 2007-08-18

Shot with Canon PowerShot A85 at 2007-08-18

Shot with Canon PowerShot A85 at 2007-08-18

hhhhmmmmm let the build begin.

cheers all

yeh i know that they are hard to get.

even a 2nd hand set will be fine even if the archers are rusty i dont mind

as most of it will be cut out.

cheers

hi all

im just wonderins if any one knows of a place in nz to get mk1 escort parts from i.e new panels

i can get a few things from plamside motors but they dont do

mk1 front gaurds.

cheers

hi all

i was wondering if any 1 has a trailer i can borrow

for next sat for a small fee.

its just got to be big enoth to fit a mk1 escort on.

im in chch

any help will be great.

cheers

dan

oh its just for 1 day im having to hire a ute cos its got a towbar

and was hopeing not to have to hire a trailer aswell

hi all

has any one got any plans for a simple rollover jig

or got one that they dont need any more.

im in the southisland and will be needing one soon.

cheers

dan

you done a sweet job there man.

it looks mint and just love bubble archs

thanks guys ive got some brass ones

the reason i didnt just measure the holes

is i didnt have the block it was getting work

done on it and i just wanted to get all the partd

to rebuild the block.

cheers

hi all

im after the frost plug sizes

for a pinto 2lt

the 2 on the side and the 1 at the back

of the block.

cheers

thanks guys i have found a company

over the shore that do i re-build kit for

$185+gst is that a normal price?

and ill just re-build it myself

hi all

does anyone know of a good

place that does turbo rebuilds

auckland would be better for me

and cheap would be shithot

cheers

no thats where i think i went wrong i have 2 cranks

and got the mixed up.hahahah

They have grooves in them to locate

yeh i put them in the groves the crank turned over

by itself but when i put the pistons in and done the big ends

up it wouldnt turn i tryed it with the old bearing shells and it was

sweet.

Also, the reason your crank won't turn is because the bearings are in wrong

what is the right way?

cheers

hi all i after the settings for the

crank main berings and rod big end aswell

my computer has shit itself

and im in a internet cafe so

if any one can text me them that would be shit hot

dan=021 2140427

allso with new rod bigend shells i tryed to

tighten them a little and the crank would not turn

at all is there a reason for this or should it be

that hard to turn(cant turn at all)to start of with

the shells look a wee bit thick to me.

thanks and if someone can text them to me .cheers

they were the valves i was after

as they would be best for the motor]

im buyilding but will start to look at other types a bit

more.

as for turbos im useing a t3/t4 ptrim same one

i had on a mazda familia i built i got 331 hp out of a fwd

hahahahaha

ill just keep looking

yeh 8 valves oesnt weigh much and they wanted 40 punds for shipping

i got a reply from Kelford Performance

and they dont do them they said to

try burton in the uk hahaha

yeh ask your builder mate

he mite have more of an idea

i have just emaild kelford

so ill see what they say.

that price is with postage

but it just so fuking much

i still havnt heared from

holbay engineeing or vulcan engineering

but like i said fuk me its just a lot

true i didnt thnk of them

i got a price from burton power in the uk

gp1 single groove valves and keepers

with postage in 196 pounds

will have to save a bit more hahah