New Sil80 Project !!!

[SIMO]

Sound man, looks fair clean arright in the pics and its still good now bodywise bar them bits of rust i had to cut out.Who owned it b4 gem got it?think it was silver b4 it went red!!

[180sxbreaker]

twas red wen i first seen it from wat i remember it came from the galway side down to our area so prob few of the galway heads can put a bit of light on the subject to if it was silver before
your project seems to becoming on well too mine is at a stand still till money frees up

[SIMO]

could have been red coming from japland but the boot door inside is a wierd silvery/graphite color and same with the doors!!! Yeah man same as feck all cash,once engines in ive to buy the front end when i get a chance to drive dwn an pick it up!!Not gunna skimp on it either tho do it properly!!!

[pauljosephfurey]

its coming on good the build is. i think that car was in galway about 5-6 years ago. it would have been one of the 1st of 180s to be imported in galway region

[SIMO]

**Small Update**
well lads have small bit done, bushes for my subframe havent arrived so im doing little bits here and there.

-Stripped the s14 engine loom down and got rid of loads of wires and connectors im not using then taped them all up and put the loom into the car!!
-Have the s14 engine and box there and stripped few parts off to clean up started by removing the pullys to be cleaned and polished, then decided to sand the inlet manifold down to remove all the pitting then polish the shit outa it!!Its taken ages to get it sanded down to the below pics thought loads of times just to put a spare one on and save the hassle but went with it and ive a bit more to do b4 polishing but will look class.
-Sanded the manifold down abit and polished one of the exhaust tubes quickely looks well so ill remove it and do it all!!


Heres some pics anyway!!
Cleaned front of engine abit


Sanded inlet Vs Standard pitted inlet



Inlet mani only sanded yet to be polished but looks good anyway!!


Manifold Sanded lightly


Nearest Manifold tube polished


Im thinking of polishing the rocker cover too in 2 minds it mite look cool with the inlet,rocker cover and mani all shinny shinny or it could be too much polished parts give me ur ideas on it weather to do it or just paint the rocker!!!

[Absolutelysideways]

keep up the good work lad

[SIMO]

Finally my solid subframe bushes/collers arrived so ill go about fitting them next week have to resit my final year college exams so have to study this week.Did few small bits since.

-Decided to polish my rocker cover so Sanded most of my rocker cover to be polished but cant get inbetween the letters so have to think of something,
-Ive been sanding the shite outa the inlet mani trying to smooth the pitting down, still trying to get into the small places pure cunt of a job!!!

Heres the solid subframe bushes!!!




Heres the 3 polishing wheels

[danmoorhead]

jesus i painted that rocker cover a very long time ago!!!!

[SIMO]

haha some amount of paint to take of it,theres black on the bottom presume its original blacktop paint then a thicker layre of white paint and the pink ontop and a clearcoat!!! was chipped in places so said ill sand it down and polish the metal!!!
Any idea how to get all the paint out between all the raised letters??tryed the sandblaster from aldi and its not worth a fuck!!!

[SIMO]

***UPDATE***
Well lads been busy the last 2 nights doing a few things, have the shell rolling now given me a good boost to get it finished!! Heres what ive done.

-Put the solid subframe bushes/collers in had to take small bit of the subframe off to get 2 of the collers to fit.

-Cleaned down the rear hubs and drives and sprayed them gloss black.

-Cleaned the lower rear wishbone down and sprayed it orange

-Fitted the subframe,diff,coilovers,drives,arms and hubs

-Cleaned the engine down and all the auxilarys and sprayed them up to keep it all fresh looking.

Threw on some wheels and put the kit on roughly to see the rough outcome,very happy with the way it turned out now to get the engine in and get the kit,overfenders etc fitted ready for paint!!!

Heres some pics
Rear Subframe,diff etc














Engine Cleaned up,more to do yet,







Front end