Stunning car lad, the wheels make it....really nice :)
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Stunning car lad, the wheels make it....really nice :)
ya i wanst 2 shure about the wheels myself i had them up for sale at 1 stage but reli happy with the way it turned out now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Darenm
cheers chuck, ur own youke looks well noww alsoQuote:
Originally Posted by Chuck_g
well today i was bored so i was sick of looking at the hydro in my room so decided to fit it to the car,
1st i made up a mounting plate for the hydro lined it up and made holes etc, im pretty happy with how it worked out nice and tiday, i know its been done b4 but still happy:D
http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/a...8042010117.jpg
2nd step lining it up.
http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/a...8042010121.jpg
final pic all bolted up
http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/a...8042010122.jpg
Nice, was havin a look at this on Sunday and its just savage.
Good look with the rest of the project.
cheers lad, ya its getting their now slowly running out of things i can do to it now haQuote:
Originally Posted by Eddie
just read through this whole tread well worth the read lad infairness to ya
sweet motor :cool:
Was behind ye all on the way home, looks even better drivin.
cheers lad.Quote:
Originally Posted by tomsheen
wat car u driving lad? i had to drive back home with no clutch broke the pedal bracket snapped the welds on it haQuote:
Originally Posted by Eddie
ah im only drivin an owl 05 corolla.
right i was going to go and fit my cage last week but decided i wanted to paint it was going to stick with black but i went for green happy i did :cool: (ford signal green),.. pic quality isnt great but ye get the idea ..
just a pic of the front b4 the cage
http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/a...0042010124.jpg
and the cage will get better pictures some day, seats out ready to go.
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very very neat fair dues
this car looks ver tasty good work lad ;) seen it the other day on my way to midleton ... will hav to pop in for a closer look some day.....
cheers lad, getting their now slowley, ur own 2 machines are sweet..Quote:
Originally Posted by ste
cheers lad.. same as our own bus swwwet as a nut, do lad always at home.. no workes for me haQuote:
Originally Posted by eric25
so yesthurday i took a visit to tdp with the 180sx to see how the herat of the car was doing. (not good, 13.50:1 at 5k rpm :eek:) that neaded to be sorted with a fresh map tanx to robbie all the way home all i could was smile :).
axel horse power on right hand graph.. torque on the left.. :)
http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/a...6052010154.jpg
flywheel torque, u cnt see in the pic but its 350.1
http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/a...6052010158.jpg
flywheel torque and flywheel power.
http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/a...6052010159.jpg
nice :afro::afro::afro::afro:
ya notice it in drifitng :cool::cool::cool:
ya its nice ha.. serious go in it now with smooth pull all the way up the revs,Quote:
Originally Posted by S14a johno
ya the sliding is alot faster now with more smoke :)
is beow since i last updated this so ill start off with, the new rear camber and toe arms i got for the rear of the car as the wheels wer lost in under the arches had to get them out to meet them.
camber arms
http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/a...8052010165.jpg
toe and camber arms titted.
http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/a...4052010178.jpg
just setting the camber up a little bit so i could drive the car to get tracked an aligment done
http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/a...5052010181.jpg.
ang right on the way back from fermoy las week the mani decided to shit itself had to take it out and weld it.
http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/a...8052010183.jpg
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all welded up its been a while
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on the operating table ready to go back in
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that is a serious car you have man. credit where credit is due. looks animal.
polished rocker wit blue letters is nice. number one mod in my book should be underseal and waxoil!!!!
fitted a hydro to the car friday nite well eraly sat morning ha.
http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/a...9062010207.jpg
right i got quy in the garage bout 4 ish so decided to pull down the rear subframe and clean it it and polly all the rear end..
down and apart ready to be cleaned for painting.
http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/a...3062010210.jpg
the brother cleaning off all flakey paint and rust spots
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pic of arch b4 and after,
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after all cleaned down and primed,
http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/a...3062010214.jpg
also as thier was a bit of surface rust on the rear end of the car decided to clean it all down and and tidy it up so here it started,
http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/a...3062010220.jpg
pic of the left side of the car done,
http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/a...3062010224.jpg
car will be either waxoiled or shudz under neath before the week is out more pics up later
lovely car lad :) best of luck with the rest of the build . but an chance do you still have the wheels that you have in the 1st pic? have 2 but want 4 or 6 :)
fell in love with this when i saw it in fermoy with paul, beaut of a silvia
cheers lad, no lad sold them to chucy g on here he still has them.Quote:
Originally Posted by D-turbo-lad
tanx lad,Quote:
Originally Posted by hondaluver
quick few pics here again today got quiet in the garage so attacked the arms
burnt out the old bushes and fitted poly bushes.
so i started with the rear bottom arms all cleaned down and paimted with bushes fitted.
http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/a...4062010236.jpg
then i started to burn out the oold bushes ouda the subframe wat a cunt of a job to get them to burn.
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subframe now ready and painted for these to be fitted more pics up 2moro night
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got anther qet patc today in the garage, i painted and wax oiled the rear subframe and all the rear section of the car also took down the furel tank sanded it down to clean metal and gave it a lick of paint,..
under neath of car painted and waxoiled happy enough with the finish
http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/a...5062010244.jpg
rear subframe painted and waxoiled with new bushes and half built back up. must poly bus hubs 2moro then it should go back in.
http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/a...5062010248.jpg
nearly their getting closer :)
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Like this project, exactly mount of hydro hand break. need to copy this idea from you to my ps13. Good luck with your 180sx.
Love this car, such a shame to throw that subframe back under the car!
man what a lovely 180 you done a great job on it keep it up :)
cheers lad.Quote:
Originally Posted by DOD
ya the hydro is good and tidy their but when the wipers are on the 1st notch down when you pull the hydro the wiper stalk is in the way..
cheers lad.. ya it has to be done as much as id love to keep it out and keep cleaning it ha..Quote:
Originally Posted by Romo
tanx lad. ur own s13 looks fair clean with ya also.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sapporo
another few ns done today got an hout their in today so put up the subframe and bolted on all the bits nearly ready for road again :)
pic of 1 of the hubs poly bushed u get the idea of the other 1 ha.
http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/a...6062010250.jpg
tank back up and in place was ground to shiney metal again and sprayed met silver, and forgot to paint 1 of the straps job for another day :)
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picture of the left side all fitted and it place.
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right hand side.
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very nice lad fair play, tidy work
tats a very nice car lad wheels are savage
very good project
Very tidy work mate :)
cheers lad.. getting to the end of it no slowley must find some thing else :)Quote:
Originally Posted by AndysR20det
cheers ladQuote:
Originally Posted by dan
like your own tezza, serious wheels on your carQuote:
Originally Posted by Kruizer
had it oue weekend took a few pics of the car this is how it sits at the moment.
the rear looks very high as it was parked on a slope., gives you an idea of the camber on the front an none on the rear.
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these photo's takin in youghal passed the car sittin sweet down there on sunday
picked up of raybird head lights for this well ago cant wait to get them on :)
i just read all 20 pages lad, the car is a credit to ya i must say that, im only starting my yoke and by the looks i have a long way to go to get it to your level, keep up the good work oh and keep the pictures coming ;)
Deadly work!! looks the business, wheels seem to be perfect on her!
cheers lad. ya its taking nearly a year now but iv done nearly all i can ha, best of luck with you own 1.Quote:
Originally Posted by batman026
tanx :). ya the wheels are a savage fit i should og got wider front wings doh to run less camber its nearly 5 negative up frontQuote:
Originally Posted by tamtaf
car went for nast sunday they had fun in the test centre getting in and out of car and it failed ha..
failed on no horn button. and they coudnt get it up onto the ramp to check it out so had to come away home and raise it up and wire up a horn now its booked back in for thursday and will have 12 months nct :)..
few pics.
on lift getting raised up.
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is this high enough for you nct :).
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