SHIZZL's gravel rash RS

[shizzl]

So I did a thing and sold the stockcar. 

Then got itchy and somehow joined the Pukekohe car club, and impulse bought an RS legacy.. 

The actual f##k right??? 

Have a cage kit ordered, picked up 2 knock off bride seats for mock up. 

The body of this car is mint, really straight, and primered ready enough for the colour I'm sending in.. 

The engine is a bit meh, water temp gauge no go, oil light on, cat light on.. 

Gearbox is good though. 

Still has a wof, reg just ran out. 

 

Plans:

Update reg

Give some jandal on the roads to find any quirks I don't like 

Coilivers

Gut it out

Cage

Seats and belts

Gauges so I can actually see how bad its dying

Then go full send on some club events.. 

Will try and get the Mrs to jump in the drinkers side, she's done a couple of tarmac sprints before, so here's hoping. 

 

Ideally I'd like to biff the twin turbo IN THE Bin! And run a WRX turbo set up, keep the top mount too. 

 

[shizzl]

Water temp gauge works now, so does the oil light.. Some moron flat peaker switched them round... Plugged vac line 21 into its home, so now it idles better and may sort its other issues out.. 

 

He reckoned it had a blown turbo... No smoke, but wouldn't full spool... 

Turbo flap actuator not plugged in.. Penis

[shizzl]

So the car is booked in for a cage next month. 

Gives me a few weeks to do some honing on the last of its wof before stripping it out. 

 

Will flick off all the interior bits I don't need

[shizzl]

Fitted these seats today.. 

Not sure if I like them or not.. 

But she's booked in for a rollcage next month. 

[shizzl]

Well, she is stripped out ready to go in for a jungle gym installation. 

There was so much fuckery with the wiring in this... 

I cut the alarm junk out of it. 

Found all kinds of shit spliced in everywhere... In the bin it goes. 

 

Found some more engine bay plugs unplugged, one has a loop wire in it.. The exhaust temp sensor isn't plugged in and I can't for the life of me find the plug it connects to. 

 

But she still runs as it is so I haven't cut anything I shouldn't have haha

[shizzl]

So I did a thing, got sidetracked slightly and bought a single phase hoist.. 

Question is, how many years will the hunter live on it

[shizzl]

The more I dig into this car the more odd crap I find. 

I take y pipe is damaged, needs replacing. 

F pipe is broken off. 

1 of the intake manifold bolts wasn't even done up, not even close.. 

 

So now I need a y pipe, or a way of making a new one but better. 

Have 2 turbos to chuck on instead of the ones that are on it just rule out that crap.. 

 

[shizzl]

Oh snap... So this just happened. 

Had a look at something yesterday which made me want to change direction from running modern turbo, to OS carb fixing.. 

 

Throw your guesses below what you think I'm replacing this with... 

[Nominal]

I dunno?

 

[Willdat?]

Surely.... 

[87creepin]

Leone? 

[kyteler]

Common sense? 

[Nominal]

Surely the only OS rally car worth bothering with is an Escort?

[kyteler]

I'm going to guess that he's found himself another Cortina... 

[UTERUS]

This thread sucks, do you ever finish anything?

[shizzl]

5 minutes ago, UTERUS said:

This thread sucks, do you ever finish anything?

What's the fun in that? 

 

Only decided last minute to flick the legacy to replace it with something I originally wanted. 

[moparmuppet]

A 13b Hunter?

[shizzl]

Close, but I'll stick with the 12a