just seen this thread now, car looks amazing
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just seen this thread now, car looks amazing
keep up the good work micheal, be well worth it down the road. and ye its a nightmare working on a car with no shed or anything.
rocker stoppers arrived today thanks to squire and alvin reid. tomorrow should be fun!!
engine all unbolted and wiring. all odd bolts in the downpipe and one diff bolt gave hell but all done, by myself which im happy about. dropped other engine upto stiv at md tuning and the redtop will be going up once ive it out. once engine is ready and rebuilt car will be dropped up for some work.
light bit of sanding and stripping done then went to town with a wire wheel so got a lot of the heavy stuff off. as you all can see its still in but working on it. the shite that sticks to the body is unreal. wrecked after the long weekend shifts at work as well as placement but fair proud of my progress and ive an idea of what goes where etc.
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dropped my blacktop non vvt upto stiv at MDTtuning in urlingford and he was flat out as usual, 6 engine stands being used! all taken up!
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dropped my blacktop non vvt upto stiv at MDTtuning in urlingford and he was flat out as usual, 6 engine stands being used! all taken up!
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my blacktop will be spares for the redtop if i need anything. idc spec compitition cars and road cars here.
my blacktop will be spares for the redtop if i need anything. idc spec compitition cars and road cars here.
fucking yes with 2 e10 corollas shining lights got the sr20det out and separated the box too learned a lot. all loaded in the jeep ready for Stiv McPherson. big thanks to my father and Pilib O'Duinn for the help and Joe Maher for the crane not bad after a 12 hr shift its now 1am! found an m28 garrett turbo welded to manifold and the clutch i couldnt see a make. separated it all and loaded. so happy thats done before heading for dublin again.
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dropped engine upto stiv there so another bit done he will let me know the damage once he gets to it
got a bit done some tidying done and dash out. to get the fusebox and all those wires clear do i have to disconnect from the inside? or do i have to cut it out which i dont want to do! but if have to.
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ok so more work done got fusebox out and dash as it was cracked anyway more to do get battery tray out and sort the bay fully in primer off for 2 weeks from thursday but will have work so squeeze as much work in as i can. have mt helmet for autoheroes too when cars ready!
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also a pic of the car before i had it from 2012 i think.
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also big news i have my shed! its at my fathers farm has no power but anythings better than the rain. my friends gt4 celica was being stored there but gone to offaly to get work done. its big enough too.
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Nice one dude. Good to see the motivation. It's going to be a cracker of a car again soon
Just read the whole thread, great project, keep up the work!
off for two and a half weeks dude from thursday so flat out on her. not the only one whos ocd either hahaQuote:
Originally Posted by LarZ
getting there lads and ladies. right battery tray is rust and underneath so getting it plated. shes just ready to roll. have rear anti rool bar off to do all the bushings and links. primed the skirts for paint. ran wires back through for engine and fuse box so about 90% of wires together. have to rewire the alarm wires and has to be cut to remove. also tucked the fusebox wires nice and high. need two bolts for the shocks to put her rolling. the ecu wiring is a joke theres tape everywhere so all that will be sorted.
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the new dash i got is fairly clean compared to the old one so happy
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et voila!
one bent into a loop! so that is had a great chat with stiv about what to do and whether to rebuild the engine or get a vvt sr20 loom and ecu. rebuilding means bigger pistons and a whole engine rebuild really with forged pistons etc or buy a vvt and take a gamble even seeing it run and further down the line making it more reliable for the 350 to 400bhp figure i want finished so time to think.
more progress painted sunroof and fitted wings and lights rad and front mount core just to have it done, theres 45mm spacers on the back and need 50 so got sorted there and 20mm on the front.
need to refit the rear antiroll bar with new droplinks and rubbers.
spray the inside of the boot as i sanded it all down.
get plate welded in at battery tray
spray that then after hole cut for front mount.
spray skirts also and remopved that gunk shite ahat held previous skirts on it took some paint so need touch up around the car.
sort the two rear 10j wheels i have for the back then move works to the front.
see what happens then looking to go holset after some reading around a hy35.
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gave these two images a quick sand with 320 grit to see what would come off but one has a few marks and want to get strained lips done and bores.http://i1374.photobucket.com/albums/...ps2v3w2a08.jpg
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love my chargespeed bootlid!
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uras bumper brand new on the way from brian at driftkits! any kits needed get onto him. then just sort he bonnet with a vent and catches!
such a shite day in the rain but more progress done. fitted the rear antirollbar with superpro bushing and links. look good!
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got a decat off adrian moran and the tension rods so theyre on now aswell.
50mm spacers superform i swapped for my 25mm ones for the rear.
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also got my bumper from brian campbell so delighted with that!
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not too far away!
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need two antiroll bar links for the front now as theyre not great either.
every fecking bolts is fairly bad and therse were never touched by me so a lot of swearing but i love this car i really do im waiting to have her finished asap for the summer just to cruise etc its been a while.
Nice work going into this fella fair play ... where'd ya get rear links and bushings from ??
ebay for like 70. superpro so good quality doing some of the steering as want her to feel more like a go kart than a little wayward.Quote:
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summers getting closer! love parts and where i find them. #iknowalad. changed the personal out for a deep dish and threw in the standard seat i got as sold other one. brides in time. got a quarter panel plastic as one in it is cracked. got a deep dish weheel off a friend too for a favour so i sold personal to another friend.
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also borrowed some 17 inch prozzas for the front as sick of one vskf on one side and a enkei rpf01 on the other.
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also found and got sorted for a fairly built engine! want to speed up my progress! as if i wasnt doing enough already!
ohh jesus what a day!!!
after months of placement and working every weekend i booked this one off, was going to go to killarney but did this ...
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its a strong built sr20 det with a few goodies inside her was was mapped before at over 360bhp. i collected from mark and ciaran synott today. plenty of nice cars about!
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so after a lie in tomorrow ill put the propshaft back together and tidy up as well as all the bolts for gearbox etc get them lined up etc sort the seal for the shifter. tidy the engine up a little too. collect the parts from stivs next weekend as hes not available, get the plugs in coilpack hard race engine mounts rockerstoppers all that and a new release bearing from petko. do as much as i can then up on a trailer and off to be finished wiring wise and hopefully colour chance as theres red s14s everywhere!!!
cleaned engine up and put the driveshaft back together and the gearbox tidied up and some of the exhaust
Some work going into it now man. Fair play, what colour yang thinking??
some work always going into it lad doing 99 percent myself, my friend phil when he can and the father. wiring will be sorted soon hopefully by stiv we will seeQuote:
Originally Posted by derek89
so got engine tidied up and gearbox and turbo on got it in collected the hoist from a friend and brought it home in the rolla haha!
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which turned into this!
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so t28 back on it just to get her going and standard ecu
propshaft done gearbox just done
mounts done
exhaust done just all the piping and bits and pieces but its so long since i done it im hazy
so got the engine oil valvoline 10w 60 i always liked the stuff and had in the last engine ran really smooth also gearbox oil,
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the gsnasdor style mirrors need to flush out the indicator parts
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catch can sorted and fpr hopefully on a car thats for breaking
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where do i start with this installment. ok ive finished palcement and college for the summer so im back working. got all oils into the car so far fixed the rad asd it got a tipgetting twin fans onto it asap and ive changed the altenator and power steering belts and popped in the rockerstoppers i had. sending battery to the boot and washer bottle so need to get that done and need a cutter to do the hole in the new plate in the engine bay. also the colours being picked for the over haul and maybe new wheels ive a set sourced : ) the cars getting wrapped in a colour ive fallen for and never really seen here. cut out old headlight wiring as it was a joke and went back to the donor s14 ive got lots of parts off and cut it out so to wire that up too. dean robinson really sold me on the rap. having seen the car in person a few times now and i just want it done so the guy doing it can take the bumpers wings bonnet quarters and have them done before he sees the car and then take a day or two to do the rest.
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Coming along nicely Michael, you won't feel it till its finished now
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Originally Posted by NoelB
car stripped and panels sent for wrapping surprised about underneath the rear quarter how neat the original arches were cut.
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then lenny morrissey came to bring her off for the wrap!
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this is one of his weapons i love it!
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so he brought the car to waterford to be wrapped the rest of the panels were done before the shell arrived. now a few people here might be wondering why the wrap and not paint?
right this is why,,
1.the amount of complaints on facebook about shit sprayers and people that i know personally being screwed around, some even on this. didnt want my time wasted and excuses. wanted the car for summer.
2. matching the colour i wanted would be impossible if any panel was damaged regardless how good a sprayer is.
3. did my research, checked out dean robinsons s14 and that really sold me on it. the detail around his ganadors especially was unbelievable.
4. the wrap is good quality and from the company that supplies it have a 7 year guarentee as well as mantas who wrapped it gives a 2 year. will fix anything i need if not happy. was also cheaper had the car panels done in a few days and the shell in 2. i was going to keep the colour a surprise to people on this but now i really dont give a fiddlers.
so here we go!
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skirts and front bumper arent on yet as the car is at lennys as he is finishing the car off for me as he knows what hes at for one and im back working fulltime, highly recommend him in the work he does and the recovery. hes getting her to fire which is still an issue tracking wiring etc.he cut out the alarm as well it was a joke!went zenki too back lights sold the kouki ones. thanks to adrian moran for them and a few headlight rubbers. got a catch can to go in. lenny has the bay tidied even more.
pissed i missed donegal but hopefully the next thing up ill be at.
Wouldnt be a fan of wrapping cars but looks like it was done well on this an i like ur colour choice. Id be a bit of oem head tho if it was originally red i would have kept it that way. Looks cool tho gonna follow this :)
wrapping in my opinion is going to be big due to the cost of spray jobs and the horror stories that have been happening regarding spray jobs in ireland. car was originally white was sprayed red. was a custom red too. i changed the colour as i got a few bits done with the old bumper and skirts and in photos it doesnt match. also there was too many 14s in red going around i know a few. ha my car is far from oem shall we say now but i love the zenki look hence keeping her like that. the colour i picked is a colour i based on going to the garage in 5 years time and still liking it sitting there in that colour. i was toying with purples but once again lots of them too and i just dont want the car to date itself. thanks for the reply and yes theres lots more to come!!Quote:
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The wrap looks excellent,, great reflection in the pics,, what brand is it?? It looks as good as paint to be honest
Had considered wrap myself and looking at this it's every bit a viable option as spraying. Looks good Michael
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Ah thats better so haha ya be wayyy too much effort to put it back to white if thats the case haha.Quote:
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Ya well custom colours look great once there done rite an if ur that picky about paint im sure the wrap must be perfect. Looks very well in the pics anyway.
I got my car sprayed but only cos i knew the painter was unreal an well priced an im not a fan of wrap.
But ya i like where ur goin with the car :) il be following this thread
to be honest white isint my thing i like a car to stand out. each to their own. ohh i know plenty of sprayers too but they cant drop every other job to do mine and i wasnt going to be waiting.