Popular Post d.p.n.s Posted December 9, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 9, 2022 just the rear valance to go now.. almost all the black has gone.. the roof is as good as going to get ....I'm not that keen. this car will be mint from a far but far from mint... I plan on driving this and it's going to get dirty and dented probably ....I just want it looking clean and not black....... it's not a 20 grand paint job ..all of the paint supplies including bog,primer,sand paper,masking sheets and tape,tack rags,panel wipe,paint ,all the thinners and mixing cups ..$580 to my door... but one thing I will say it makes me realize the work that has gone into the other mk3 ....and if it had been this rust free I wouldn't have modified it.... anywhere roof and sides all done.. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted December 9, 2022 Author Share Posted December 9, 2022 I've also been talking to a mate about under bonnet heat and after much chatting I'm going to need to vent the heat.. I was going to just lift the back of the bonnet and hope for the best ..but we put a model mk3 in a theoretical wind tunnel and the best place to draw heat out of the engine....like most cars is in the front half of the bonnet.....and I want to do that before I paint it... wasn't really wanting to cut holes in a mk3 bonnet...but this car will never not have a turbo motor in it ....so may as well. after looking and marking it out on the underside for room for vents... there are 2 basic areas.... marked with stars..... and I'm probably going with where the big star is.... same area I did on the other mk3. I have a plan though 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted December 11, 2022 Author Share Posted December 11, 2022 I had a look at the rear valance today ( I had a feeling it was bad ...as they all rust). I stripped it back to bare metal ( if that's what you could call it..... and I didn't even get a pic).. it was full off shifty rust repairs and dents... I did look at palms ideas for a new valance but at over 500 bucks I realized a new valance wasn't on the cards for this old girl......(not yet anyway).... I wasn't to keen on cutting it all out and making it..... so I did the next best thing....... bogged the shut out of it and sanded it back with the orbital sander and primed it........ fucking done. will I had the bog in hand I did a few little spots I had found... 2 on the roof and on the driver's Rea 1/4. and also the petrol flap and radiator mounts. so that's everything that's going bogy colour done.... just have to resend it all with some 400 and fix anything i find. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted December 11, 2022 Author Share Posted December 11, 2022 ok so on the bonnet vent situation.. I have set of cheap steel Rendon vents on the way 200x115mm...... not sure I also liked the look of the audi sport quattro front vents ... and in the same sort of place... but hard to find and expensive. and the lancia delta integrale..... just the front one... but again expensive and hard to find. then I looked at the cosworth, escort ..to rounded .. the sierra cosworth almost ..... and then I found them... sierra cosworth rs500... down side won't be here till and of January.. I am hoping he can send me a template of the hole so I can al least cut that and still paint the bonnet.... but might just have to paint that layer on....maybe. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post d.p.n.s Posted December 18, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 18, 2022 was having a play with the SC14 for my nephew and looking at the carbs. II found him a set of rover v8 carbs and am going to mount them next to each other. Didn't want to make a base plate and a flange for the carbs and weld some runners in as I'm want them as close as I can to the supercharger. so I've had this idea in my head for about a week now. so I made a start. remember I'm not a engineer and it's all done at home with vice grips and a battery drill so I made a base plate....holes drilled same angle as center plate.. center plate I drilled the holes on an angle to try and get them close to the SC inlet ports and port match to base plate... and used some counter sunk screws I had from my set up. (have ordered some longer ones as I Need them as well. and top plates that space the carbs out a bit so the linkages can move and the butter Flys can actually open.. these will all be sandwiched with gaskets and sealant when the time comes.. but they are close enough now to be able to.make 1 linkage to.move both, all fuel pots sit on the outside ... I think it looks fucking awesome by the time I slap some velostacks or filters on.. cheers... 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted December 29, 2022 Author Share Posted December 29, 2022 back to my old black mk3... I got everything sanded back 320 then 400 and finally 600. pulled all the masking off the shell and blow it out ..cleaned the garage and re masked the car back up... turned the garage into a bit of a booth to try and keep dust down and overspray of everything. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post d.p.n.s Posted December 29, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 29, 2022 then Wednesday evening I locked my self in the garage and painted the old girl.... no more black... it's not mint it shows up all the dents .. but it's clean..the colour is stunning and I'm stocked .... also cost me less than 600 bucks for all the materials.. 25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post d.p.n.s Posted December 29, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 29, 2022 then today I covered up the whole shell and understated the underside ( well most of it)...under the guards and the lower half of the engine bay... looks so clean now. 22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post d.p.n.s Posted December 30, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 30, 2022 dug some bits out and put her back to a roller.... 29 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post d.p.n.s Posted January 2, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 2, 2023 I have been doing a bit of putting back together. I all so bought the old 14x7 turbos back from Karl.. they all ways seem so much bigger than the 13s. but with some 195s they wit very well .the 13s are 205 . but with a clean , paint and polish.... they will look awesome 23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post d.p.n.s Posted January 4, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 4, 2023 A $600 paint job ,a rattle can of gloss black ,some wanky screws I've had on the shelf for ever and some elbow grease... and the quick clean up job I wanted looks shit loads better than I thought it would. wheels cleaned ,panted and polished. oil cooler in ,intercooler in,heater In, wipers in,engine bay panels in, booster and master cylinder in most of the loom back in.... and boot on 24 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post d.p.n.s Posted January 22, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 22, 2023 I've been doing a few bits... the problem I have is everything is so clean now it means everything this g else needs to be clean or remade.... factory washer bottle.......... NO. so I bought a alloy one for a torana... blocked the bottom hole off and drilled a new on on the side. a couple of rivnuts into the fresh paint and ....much better.....also mounted the catch can back on. the old fuse box hole ...i was going to weld it up.. but for some strange rrason if you wanted to go back to the old fuse box.... you can.. so I cut some alloy (polished it) and a rubber gasket. and that taken care of. then the header tank.... ( yup more wanky wanky polished alloy)...180sx header tank....perfect. I ran all the wiring on the driver side and a new old stick speedo cable. I got my dad to come and give me a hand to get the windows in...(new rubbers suck ....1st time I've ever used new ones).... I did order some chrome center locking strip for the winthis from the uk ....via youshop... fuckers!!!!! what turned up Is a 2nd hand ladies long sleeve black shirt ... not impressed....didnt even fit ...so they arr looking into that... but front and rear windows in for the 1st time since 2006. I didn't want to use the quick shitty heat sheld I made ... so I took the time to use card and make a new one....even made it line up to the center plate that sits behind the motor for the header hoses...... and yes I polished it...(just that side....painted the other side in high temp engine gloss black........niiiiiicccccçce). other shit ..... only put the reg on hold for 3 months this time... , head is off being skimmed ( will be using the standard cam for now....actually pretty good on a rurbo motor)... ,some more bits arrived for the motor ..so once together I'll slap it in my nephew's mk5 with standard carb ,exhaust and dizzy to run the motor in.. (it's legal and I'll just run it to work for a couple of weeks)... cheers 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post d.p.n.s Posted January 23, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 23, 2023 paid a bit of stupid tax today .... not financially but definitely in time and effort.. PK from kennally cams message me to say "can I suggest we Crack test the head before you start porting" with this pic. and to be fair a good mate (who i listen to about ponto heads )has told me a few times ...."just make sure you get the head Crack tested before you start..... guess what I didn't do... so I spent a few hours after work today looking at what I have... * found 1 all ready stripped head *2 complete heads (stripped them both). *1 complete motor (pulled the head off and stripped that). I'll drop these off on Wednesday and see if I have a good one to start all over again with. cheers 11 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post d.p.n.s Posted January 29, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 29, 2023 so this car is going to be carted for a 2.0 turbo ....one way or another.. the engine bay Temps were crazy when I had it running (without the bonnet).. so there is a need to get some under bonnet Temps out and I understand its not everyone's cuppa tea.... but I needed some vents...... and believe me I looked at all of them ....everything alliexpress had to offer lol. . but I ended up going ford .... cosworth rs500 vents.... and not no real ones as I'm cheap .....and even these weren't... also really limited to where to mount them without cutting heaps of under bonnet strength out... worked out perfect... even around the head sheld 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post d.p.n.s Posted March 22 Author Popular Post Share Posted March 22 Been a while and I have been pretty shit about up loading on here. . But the car is running and driving it is still on a factory motor (apart from ARP head studs) she is running 10psi at the moment and is happy with it.. We are still road tuning and she not legal at the moment ...but I have taken her to a bunch of meets and to work a few time... (its a fun car Lol). 27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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