Sparkle Posted June 25, 2005 Share Posted June 25, 2005 ok, so, started off as most do, was going to be a perfectly standard car. That lasted a little while, I got the modified ball rolling when I tinted the windows. That wasnt quite enough, so I modified the exhaust making it a custom twin 2" system with four cobys, no mufflers (its not quiet), It went on from there Stayed like this for a while, until after having a too good of a time going round and round on the beach, I unfortunatly didnt keep my eye on the temperature gauge and overheated it big time. Luckily the only damage was a headgasket that didnt really go for a while later. Whilst the head was off it seemed stupid not to do any modifing on it, my mechanic loved the idea. Luckiy I have a race mechanic that worked on a E24 bathurst car , whilst the head was only "lightly" modified when the head came off with, lightly ported inlet and exhaust ports "blueprinted", inlet and exhaust manifolds port matched, valves ground down and polished, head slightly skimmed and the valve seats rounded off. While in was in the shop, I decided to do a couple of aesthetic mods consisting of colour coding some mirrors and removing the factory pinstripe The head is to come off again, hopefully sometime this year, to do a more aggressive porting job and a cam. Once again stayed this for a while, chucked some decent brake pads at it, and put it on the track a couple of times, lets just say, the auto wasnt cutting it out there. After saving some money I brought a 528i 5spd parts car and my mechanic once again got stuck into my car. After huge dilemmas after trying to find a motronic flywheel, I got told by a BMW wrecker "oh yeah, the boss is got one of those in his shed I think". Fortunatly his boss did, unfortunatly, being a wrecker, he knew what it was worth, lets just say I paid a pretty penny and not keen to wreck this one. Finally she came out of the shop, much more delayed than I thought, but was a huge change. Totally different car, takes off amazingly in third, my 13yo brothers eyes went as wide as dinner plates when I took him for a ride. Lastest mods that have happened are a full suspension overhall including jamex superlow springs and custom machined celica/pajero kyb shocks. The gearbox has recently been changed to a box out of a E12 M535i that I picked up for a measily $500. Custom alloy sump plate also. Heres some pics as it stands now what exhaust ports used to be like (excuse crude drawing) and incase I forgot anything Rims/Tyres E34 15x7 BBS "Basketweaves" Toyo Proxy4 225/50R15 Suspension Jamex Super Lows Custom KYB Short Shocks, 4WD Mitsubishi Pajero shocks for the rear, 4WD Toyota Celica shocks for the front, machined to fit. Brakes Ferodo Excel Pads front and rear Drivetrain Converted to 5spd Manual Factory 3.07LSD Exterior Removed pin stripe Colour coded mirrors 35% all round tinted windows Polished alloy sump plate Smoked Front and Side indicators Interior Factory electric seats with arm rests Factory Mtech1 three spoke steering wheel Engine M30B34 High Compression motor (10:1) K&N flat panel Ported inlet and exhaust ports Inlet and exhaust manifolds port matched Valves ground down and polished Head skimmed Valve seats rounded Polished intake manifold and rocker cover Exhaust Twin 2" custom exhaust with 2 cobys per pipe with twin 2.5" inward rolled tips Discussion: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/18316-sparkles-5/?hl=sparkles sparkle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sparkle Posted February 24, 2006 Author Share Posted February 24, 2006 full suspension overhall has just been completed, Jamex Super Lows that i got for a steal of trade me, and custom KYB short shocks, consisting of 4WD mitsi pajero shocks for the rear and 4WD toyota celica shocks for the front, machined to fit, suspension still needs some work as it steers with the rear quite a bit, too much oversteer. Possibly may be able to fix with a bigger sway bar up front or even playing round with tyre pressures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted November 27, 2006 Author Share Posted November 27, 2006 Has just been fitted with a new gearbox out of a e12 m535i that i brought for a steal. Custom alloy sump plate. Bang. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted December 12, 2006 Author Share Posted December 12, 2006 Got my wheels painted up today, similar gold to BBS gold. Is actually a subaru metallic. Two coats and a clearcoat. They look bangin. Cant wait to get them on the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sparkle Posted February 5, 2007 Author Share Posted February 5, 2007 HEY BOE, got some europlates from H'hermangny (germany), looking so DDM right now. Richy got a fair few pics the other night, he can chuck that stz up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted March 2, 2007 Author Share Posted March 2, 2007 Got some sounds, finally, after "gonna do them soon" for three years. JVC 50x4 Mp3 Heady JVC 6.5" 200w rears JVC 4" 150w fronts Not bad for just over $200, love work hookups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted August 1, 2007 Author Share Posted August 1, 2007 Went for a d1 this arvo etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted September 27, 2016 Author Share Posted September 27, 2016 Jeez, what sort of newb wrote the above posts. It was about a decade ago I guess.... Anyway. Even though nearly all pics above are dead, Richy linked me into the first shots I've seen of the old girl since selling it back in '07. Cool to see it's still going 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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