1vaknd

Cheers VG. So many hours in it. Im glad i can put it in a shed and forget about it for a while. Sleep the last few days has been wonderful!

okay. so here is the final product. still a fair bit of work to do but its all sealed up ready for the last few bits to be sorted then one day in the future i may get it into final paint!

as you can see. the swages need a fair amount of attention still, but ill get there.

have more big plans now that the tube frame is finalized. basically i can lower the motor another 80mm now so i will be making a new cross member to suit an after market rack of some discription (todd/boost+k insert opinion here!)

whilst doing that i will be making up a new exhaust manifold to suit a VF twin scroll turbo. finish off the intake manifold and get a link g4 wired in.

lets hope it all goes at a steadfast pace while also trying to get my new ke25 project daily road legal

okay, so i basically have stopped working since the last post (except Keisuke's Christmas drift bash)

lots and heaps of progress, its been tough but now that its starting to take shape the motivation is great. its starting to look like a decent car again! kinda excited now also to see it all one color. anyway, no need for jibber jabber heres pics thati have been taking over the recent days

Stuffs gettin overhaulled

Pics, pics, pics. Everyone love pics.

To lazy to write but pretty self explanitory.

I think that this may have been why the starly got upset during the club k trackday and hori dori

http://s1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff368/1vaknd/?action=view&current=59434B14-6C32-4EF9-BEF7-692CB1EDCAB7-156-00000003E3C37301.jpg

Chassis rails

Enjoy! All questions welcome!

Wez

sweet, sounds like stp and diesel oil for the first 30 min then swap then the next day after a drive to and from work then onto running in oil. cheers for the help guys, much appreciated

Wez

yeah block is complete and un touched, was told that it had no knocks when it gave up due to head gasket. was thinking the cheap oil thing. will see what a few others have done before i do anything

okay so i have rebuilt the whole top end of an f8a suzuki motor with a new head and recon'd parts but now for the bottom end. What is the best way to clean all the milkshake out of the bottom end, first thought of degreaser and a parts bath but what happens when you put the new oil in? does the degreaser react with the new oilor should i just strip it completely down?

cheers dude,

seriously hate these new flare things aye, might have to trim them down a bit.

this is what its starting to look like. i dont like it but its what has to be done to not get another defect. its only screws so i can just take them off when ever and they will be fine till i get my steel flares made up

defected for to much poke tonight, have tomorrow off before i start my new job Thursday, will fabricate some flares out of garden edging then to get me out of the shit, will post progress pics once done. might get my rear skirts on also to get it looking a little better

all in know, super stoked with the new 3.9 ratio compared to the 5.1, im know running 3,200rpm at 100kph compared to 4,700ish rpm.

took it for a drive to the GC and back and it handles alot better, its tightened the rear end up a ship load.

bad news is the diff head is seriously noisey but that just seems to be a datsun thing from what ive heard, i think once i fix the tray and get some marine material on it the drum effect will weaken slightly. hopefully the noise wont resinate as bad.

i have a new mufler sitting there and a whole lot of pie to get some crazy extractors and the new system in.

in the mean time im waiting for a rainy day as it hasnt rained here in over a month. i want to get out and have some fun as the 800cc does not sustain fun.

anyway heres some pics of the new setup all in and finalized

in the mean time i have been getting a little tired of the ridiculous final drive ratio so i know have a datsun 1200 diff that will be slammed in the rear and while im at it i have decided to replace the boring old leaves with a parallel 4 link plus pan-hard bar set up.

in doing this i will get better brake performance due to the loopy old brake system, and brake parts are readily available compared to the oem parts.

also the price of custom driveshafts over here gave me a scare, put it this way, it was alot more then getting my two piece subaru starlet shaft modified

anyway it aint a post without picks

Was looking at special reverse boxes but cbf with all the money and drama. Will just use a 5 speed box with a 1 to 1 fifth gear

Wood you call his style somewhat against the grain?

I bet i wood have an evergreen fuel rating

Have been looking at bike engines and basically the reverse box will set me back more then a complete bike all together

yeah i might keep it level but try and roll them up at the end slightly

So heres a shot with all the wings painted up.

In the mean time i have picked up a datsun 1200 diff. Its 1300 overall drum yo drum. An the factory carry diff is 1280, i could make do with another 10mm of poke so im happy.

Have sussed out all my trailing arms to do a 4 link conversion just nee panhard bar an some sort of coilovers. Motorbike suspension might be the way to go, designed all the bracketry and it will be made this week.

On another note i have started on the side skirts or whatever you would call it and im stuck as to how to do the back end

Straigh skirts or slanted skirts

If its tapered at the rear then i dont have to do anything, if it is then i have a bit of work to do to try and blend it in

yeah richie, if its not to much trouble dude it would be much appreciated

as stated im trying to track down the red advan paint code for a3a wheels or the same as thier logo, have done a fair amount with very little results.

surely someone on here has resprayed some wheels at some point with this colour.

any help would be appreciated

Wez

so here is the chin lip and the roof spoiler

also got stuck into the wheel bearings and oh my no hub, the hub and the drum are at one with each other

on another note i now have ke front suspension to mod to fit the front as a brake upgrade

and i also have a datsun 1200 diff to slot in the rear for better motorway capabilities

Wez

Haha i have a fast toy already, all my mates are trying to convince me to do a 12a coversion but i think a motorbike motor would be just as fun and would rev to 10k + with next to no mods

Heres a pic for size comparison

So i sat down one day and thought of what direction i wanted to go.

I missed out on richies advans and dicide i wanted to go along those lines. I managed to find a set in perth and luckily i new the right people and they were on thier way in no time.

So they turned up last week and i got them fitted up with 175/60 r13s and im very stoked with how they look on the ute.

Also folded up a rear wing and am not quite happy with it so a new one will be folded up tonight along with 2 other spoiler type things

Stay tuned

Project thread here

viewtopic.php?f=17&t=34934&p=878781#p878781

Discuss away.

Disscussion thread here

viewtopic.php?f=18&t=34935

So this is the wee beast as i bought it, im offically the second owner. The ute has a bit of history in the area. Was bought from the dealers down the road in 1983 hand has been in the area its whole life. When i took it to the dealers to get a few parts they all knew of it and were more then happy to help out.

It is an st90 with an f8a engine (thats a mighty 800cc of fury)

It has a curb wheight of 645 kg so thats not to bad really.

Downside is it has a 5.1 diff and isint quite motorway capable(problem to be solved)