Right well ive still been cracking on with this.
heres whats been going on.
Got me some tyres! Had to get them delivered to work and I work in London, you don't see too many people with a pair of tyres on the tube!
Got some motorbike valves, don't want no curb feelers!!
lol
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They fit much better than the 9's. Might have to raise it a little!
did a few other things too. Just need to finish the sill and sort the other rear arch out.
thanks a lot guys, appreciate your comments.
Only a small update.
There was a little bit of rust on the rear panel below the lights.
Gone.
Needed some big ass anti roll bar brackets to make it fit.
Finally wheels done.
Needed to make the wing flare out abit and noticed that there used to be a bracket steadying the wing. So made a new one and extended it out abit.
Havnt done anything over Christmas been slammed with work, but I gathered some parts. Had half a day on it though. This is where I am.
As the little T25 smokes I got myself a disco potato! a gt2860R hopefully this future proofs things for a while. I think It has quite a high psi actuator, I wanna be able to run low boost and slightly higher via the boost controller so I need to find a 12-14 actuator? would the t25 one fit? wonder what that is rated at? probably 5 or something.
Got a catch can to plumb in also.
A brace bar from a s13, saw that on the internets, these apparently fit if you cut off the mounting points and re-weld further in.
Although this one is still too long and I will have to cut the actual brace bar in half as the end of the bar sits over the inner strut mount bolt, guess I shoulda measured first!!.
So maybe I wil cut and re-weld it but am worried about the structural integrity of the bar although im not sure how much force these bars actually put up with so im guessing it will be OK?
One thing that makes me laugh is at the current ride height which is the frame rails sit about 2 inches form the ground im maxed out on the coilover, I cant go higher if I want to!!!
So took the old manifold and turbo off, hate doing this as its such a bastard, so difficult to get those nuts under the manifold, I think ive got the hang of it now though.
Need to sort out how the elephant trunk will fit to the bigger inlet and am hoping the intercooler pipes will line up as they are all completely solid so theres no wiggle room.
I hate the rear arches on this thing, one is mashed from an previous owner accident that has now been stretched and doesn't look that good and the other was pretty rusty that I repaired but its not good and the arch hole is now slightly flattened with the rolling so looks bad too. Sooooo.......
obviously have to trim it and think about how to best weld it in, need to check with the wheel too for that perfect fitment!!! ;)
Tried to find a metal arch with the same diameter and style but slightly wider, might not use the full wideness might cut it down a bit, need to see with the wheel on.
Also noticed the pads at the rear where low and that the rear nearside handbrake wasn't working, need to figure out why still but here was the pads!!
so that's where I am.
Still a million things to do!
Managed to get the arch extension ready, made a bit of a mistake before so had to weld it up.
So used it as a template for the other side.
before...
after the wheel of death...
so its all trimmed up and ready just need to sort out how to extend the inner arch, then do it all again for the other side!
oh and had to order a handbrake cable from the states as I couldn't get one here, worked out cheaper too including tax and shipping so that's winging its way to the hamptons.
Post Merge
Sent off my ECU to Horsham Developments and got it chipped, least this way I know im getting the real deal as I bought an ECU before that was supposedly chipped but turns out it wasn't!! They were really quick in turning it around, just a few days and it was back.
Really impressed with them.
Got myself the handbrake cable from the states, worked out cheaper too! so need to fit that and hope the caliper isn't seized.
Got some stonechip for under the arch, never used this make before so hopefully good.
This is how I did the arch, just need to properly weld it in then seam seal the inside then on to the overside, took the whole day to do this and make the inner arch fir properly.
loved the nice weather today, need more of that! and some days off work to try and finish this dam thing!
Heres whats been going on, needs a touch more filler work to straighten a few things out, blends etc.
The worst part of this was that I attached the additional inner arch to the outer arch first, then had to weld the inside of the arch last. It was a real nightmare. For the otherside I think I will attach the inner arch to the car first so I can easily weld that and then the outer
Another micro update, had no time to work on this so very little is getting done. Im dying to drive this beastie.
This sides inner arch was really rotten, I tried to do a previous repair on it but it was really difficult to get a continuous arc so looked crap and even crapper when I flared it out and it just exploded with the different thickness of metal in the repair.
Just have to make up the inner arch, this is the worst part of the job.
Also borrowed my mates hoist so finally got the engine on the stand and out of the tyre its been sitting on for monthes!
Cant wait to strip this down and see what I have, apparently low compression, need to be on the look out for all the little things to make this a complete running engine, shame I didn't get a running donor but this was too cheap to pass up.arch, hopefully that will be a bit better.
right so finished off the other side, still needs a bit more filler work but I will do that later.
Did a bit of filler work to one of the wings as its a bit of a hack job as I used two crap wings to make one good one.
Need to look out for another wing really but just cant find any. Ã,£Ã,£Ã,£If you know of any for sale let me know as cash waitingÃ,£Ã,£Ã,£
As ive been bustin my balls with all this dirty bodywork thought id do something fun!!
Although the horn ring wont stay in!! so that's slightly annoying. I think there some stuff that comes with the hub to be able to fit the ring, need to have a closer look.
As the elephant trunk no longer fits with the new turbo I needed to make a new inlet pipe.
and also a ghetto beading tool!
Not bad for 3Ã,£ which was the price of the grips!
I cant seem to find a -4an m12x1 with a 1mm restrictor anywhere so I decided to try and turn my non restrictor into one.
I went to drill it with a 1mm drill bit but it was too small to fit into the pillar drill so I used the little cordless drill, had right trouble getting it centered so thought I would center punch it! but that just made the little bit of weld fly off! so I abandoned that idea! lol
I just assembled it without the restrictor so I could start it up, it started first turn after not being started for like 5 monthes! Im getting closer!
