be4ver Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Discuss here 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! now to start on making it run! Found this lurking on trademe and snapped it up! 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
be4ver Posted June 21, 2011 Author Share Posted June 21, 2011 had the day off work today so spend most of the day at the engineers getting bits n pieces done. proper bracket for water pump thingo, this cunt ain't goin nowhere! got all the water pipes and crap done too. has like a million joins but they seem to be holding up so far... Also got the exhaust joined up to the extractors and all mounted proper, must say it sounds f ing mint. but way too loud, deff wont be getting a WOF like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
be4ver Posted June 26, 2011 Author Share Posted June 26, 2011 got the car down to the painters yesterday, done a shit ton more sanding and prep work. got the bog work redone since i pretty much made an abortion of it when i tried to do it. should just stick to my own trade lol. ended up getting just one guard primed but should have the whole car done by the end of next week. some dickhole thought it be a good idea to glue the light gasket thing in with some super hard no more nails type shit got some wrx seats off trademe! $53 for the pair! they are a bit rough and one smells of cat piss but they were quite easy to modify to fit the ex. probly gunna get them recovered at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
be4ver Posted July 3, 2011 Author Share Posted July 3, 2011 so i pretty much hate the shit out of sanding now but i think im finally finished as you can see it got increasingly tedious as the day went on and on and on after searching for months for some plugs to fit the 1600 dash cluster i got i gave up and just "customized" some plugs i found in an old mirage. it was pretty much the same and the couple contacts that didnt line up werent even used on the lancer dash. just had to trim the lock tab a wee bit and swap a couple pins around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
be4ver Posted July 10, 2011 Author Share Posted July 10, 2011 ok get ready for a lame update! here is my paint here is changing my speedos over from the 1200 - 1600 dash just to keep the km the same this OS build brought to you unofficially by monster energy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
be4ver Posted July 15, 2011 Author Share Posted July 15, 2011 straight as fuck!! looks funny with no windows, almost can tell what way forwards is lol this was my first car, my inspiration so to speak haha, sold it to the wreckers for $100 back in the day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
be4ver Posted July 18, 2011 Author Share Posted July 18, 2011 saw this in the rvr and thought it might make a sweet gauge pod. a lick of paint and i rekin it looks pretty good. Heres some shitcunt news... theres f ing rust in the pillar!dont know how i never noticed. someones had a go at bogging it up at some point. Its such a small amount but it needs fixing and that means taking the window out god dammit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
be4ver Posted July 24, 2011 Author Share Posted July 24, 2011 got the windscreen out in one piece! ...after a few swear words. got a nice wee intercooler the other day too fits alright, will need some tricky piping made up as its a touch wider than i would have liked but it was cheap so i guess thats what ya get Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
be4ver Posted August 9, 2011 Author Share Posted August 9, 2011 some recent purchases for when i swap engines cars sill not painted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
be4ver Posted August 19, 2011 Author Share Posted August 19, 2011 started ripping into the rvr these last few days, getting sick of taking up valuable driveway real estate. also i got my ute stuck on the grass when it snowed and i had to get back to work somehow ha ha so i chucked the plates off the ex on it and did a dodgy wee drive to work in the snow in it. got this the other day too woop woop! that is all for now. car may or may not be painted soon... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
be4ver Posted August 23, 2011 Author Share Posted August 23, 2011 took this dirty bitch of an engine out tonight, it was a right cunt too! didnt know much about these sorta 4wd gay machines but i spose i do now. managed to get it out with out removing the driveshafts too! and to top it off, once i had the engine dangling above the car the crane decided it would jam up and wouldn't budge from where it was so i had to clear some room behind the dam car and just push it away from under it so i could put it on the engine stand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
be4ver Posted August 28, 2011 Author Share Posted August 28, 2011 got some sweet news! tracked down an old factory turbo ex! so i'll soon hopefully have two, yes two, of the 10 bolt diffs, turbo drive shafts and a turbo gearbox! and what ever else i decide i might want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
be4ver Posted August 31, 2011 Author Share Posted August 31, 2011 brought this today. sort of an impulse buy haha don't quite know what i'm gunna do with it yet tho! any ideas??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
be4ver Posted September 7, 2011 Author Share Posted September 7, 2011 got some gauges and put them in this wee pod thing, not too sure about it yet. whats everyone think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
be4ver Posted September 23, 2011 Author Share Posted September 23, 2011 not too much to report lately just been spending spending spending $$$$$ its worth it tho! look at this, is it wrong to get a semi over some car parts? heard of another complete turbo ex somewhere out on a farm too! just waiting to hear from a mate of a mate who may or may not want to part with it. fingers crossed they dont know what its worth/ its not full of rust Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
be4ver Posted October 23, 2011 Author Share Posted October 23, 2011 still waiting for the car to be painted and there ain't much i can do till i get it back from the painter man. tidied up the tappet cover first we had this sand blasted pianted shineyed up words! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
be4ver Posted October 31, 2011 Author Share Posted October 31, 2011 FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK that is all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
be4ver Posted November 2, 2011 Author Share Posted November 2, 2011 rust gone! finally ready to be painted. so before too long it'll be late nights in the garage putting it back together. but i just know i'm gunna struggle since it was almost a year and a half ago i pulled it all apart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
be4ver Posted November 25, 2011 Author Share Posted November 25, 2011 thoughts? these came with the ae70 i just got. back fits mint, will just need to roll guards. front sticks out like fuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
be4ver Posted December 12, 2011 Author Share Posted December 12, 2011 started the car up the other day after having been sitting for months and it burst into life after about 3 turns, stoaked! must have done something right! oh and paint getting put on tomorrow!!! so tonight and yesterday just had a scrub up on the bare metal that's been showing for the last few months and gave it a good blow down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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