The new kettle!!

[Smokey Bear]

Have had the car a few weeks now had it out for two drift days, its time I did some work to it now though!!




As I bought it boggo besides a welder, the cage some bonnet pins and a kill switch








First couple of days out in it went well

Somebody managed to catch a photo of me going in the right direction



The second day out I fitted a carbon fibre bucket seat that I had from my last car and an out of date TRS harness and sidemount I picked up from www.johnmoynihanrallying.com

First off I had to make up a solid base to bolt the aluminium sidemount to...


I Couldn't fit the eyebolts for the harness in the original holes for the be;ts so I welded in some eyebolts with load spreader plates. It was tough enough not to blow holes in the floor with the stick welder but I got there in the end and gave it a lick of paint.


Seat with the sidemount fitted:


During the second drift day I hit a tyre pushing the rad back onto the viscous, I was lucky not to do any damage so I took it as a warning and made up a bar going between the two front impact dampers. While I was preping the car for this I took out the aircon rad and fan, it probably wan't doing any favours for cooling.



I don't have a pipe bender so I cut a V out of the bar like this


Then put it against the wall and hammered it until it was at the right angle and put some weld across the gap.


Mounted


Painted:


I've lost the use of the impact bars now as they are welded but I can take the bar off whenever I want so i reckon its a better job than welding to the chassis legs. Note to anyone doing the same, be prepared for the impact bars to make a fair bang when the gas gets too hot inside them and wants to get out

Must trim some of the bumper brackets to get it sitting right with the new bar


Badly needs coilovers and possibly a hydro too for next day out.

[PeterT]

right yoke for the wrecking!

[gem-s13]

was deans yoke, a very nice clean shell, good start off point anyway

[Smokey Bear]

Yeah probably the straightest car I ever bought! haha...

[Smokey Bear]

One of the lads said my handbrake wasn't locking both wheels the last day so I'm hacking together a hydro out of shit I've lying around. If it works I'll keep it if not I'll man up and buy one.

Using a master cylinder from a 5 series that I scraped a while back so must make a bracket for it to sit iinto. Welding is cack should have clamped it together but I was too lazy i must put more box in anyway to strengthen it cuz the steel I had was very thin.









Dog rough going to mount it where the back seat used to be, saw a similar job done in that hickey lads cam in ennis so hopefully I can make that work.

[nicky h]

Johns car has a proper cylinder but a extended pin to get the Handel in the correct position for him and the corolla hasn't much space ,
Looks like in one pic your using the servo ?

[Smokey Bear]

Yeah, as I say its just shit I have lying around, its a master cylinder and with the resivoir and all that I haven't space to sit it up next to me so I'm going to mount it behind me and just have my handle up front. Was just seeing did the holes still line up with the stud of the servo, it all warped a good bit while I was welding it, duno if I'll use it or not yet.

[Smokey Bear]

Master cylinder I had started leaking so I fucked that idea away, going to just buy a hydro, don't want brake fluid all over the car cuz its horrible shit.

Been quiet with this for a while, got hacking again tonight though.

Found an mtech gearknob badge and stuck it on this black gearknob


Was going wiring my killswitch and the heater box was in the way of the heavy wore (kind of) so I took it out with a hammer, a bolt cutters and an angle grinder. Couldnt be arsed unbolting it, and I wont be putting it back in ever.

Here


Gone


Got to take off the plenum tomorrow so I can get the heater matrix pipes to I can link them up coz thats gone for the skip.



Got some FK coilovers


Maybe I bought ones that were too cheap but the back have no height adjustment

good difference between the two


On the car, will be raising the front a bit


One of my 5 series wheels fitted


Mandatory engine dog picture

[andy t]

like the looks of this & the way you are goin about it ,

thumbs up man

[rhysmate]

Dog pictures are very important.. i was getting a tad worried as i was reading through but you pulled through in the end by putting one in.. im surprised you got her to stay still for half a second...