74shaun

couple of progress pics. the door and boot look a bit funny coz they weren't quite closed. adjusted ride hight and painted and re fitted front trims. mainly metallic gunmetal with black centre on grille

fixed a few dents i missed today and resprayed. paint is finally getting close to finished bit more colour sanding and buffing resprayed sections. got the seat bases re trimmed and the rear wheels widened out to 7" and offset changed going to lower the rear 2 ". got new tyres 205 50 15 in back and 195 55 15 in front.

managed to get some paint down over the last couple of weekends. pretty happy how it turned out not perfect but didn't expect it to be being the first time i have painted a car. heres a few pics still have to wait a few weeks before final sand and buffing. if anyones wondering no i didn't paint it in the driveway :)

been doing a few bits and pieces waiting for weather good enough to paint. got the compressor outlet modified with a cast elbow because the silicone elbow was not tight enough to clear the strut tower and rolled the rear guards (had to shorten the guard roller to get it to fit in the small ke20 guards). next going to focus on - new fuel lines - find a brake master cylinder thats suitable - get a tailshaft made - mount rails to seats few progress pics

next full free day i have, time to throw on some paint

thanks mate. ke20s make everything look big haha. the outlets on the cooler are 3" reduced down to 2.5" on turbo side and straight 3" inch to throttle body

cheers mate. nah sorry sold the 4age a while back

bit better pic of how i have mounted the cooler pretty happy with how it has come up :) now the weather is starting to get better starting to think about doing more on the body and hopefully getting ready to paint. tossing up what colour to go was pretty set on going the bamboo but now the whole car is stripped thinking why not go something else. thinking possibly a olive green, still undecided if i want to paint it myself aswell don't want to ruin my hard work with shit paint skills.

hey mate, don't know if you have built a car before but you will need a lot more than just the motor if your wanting to put a v6 in it even if your not registering it bare minimum for it to run more than once. shortened diff custom tail shaft brake upgrades engine mounts. gearbox mounts wiring and being a v6 a fair bit of firewall trans tunnel mods and custom stuff. there is guys who have put rbi's 2js etc in their cars on here maybe have a look at their builds and see whats involved. hope thats some help

got the intercooler mounted up over the weekend pretty happy with how it turned out. bit of a crap photo but anyway

put in the full struts with axles and roll centre adjusters. have got 7kg springs

finished installing coil overs and brakes in the front. tyres that are on the rims came with them and are too large 205/60 which i already knew so should fit nice with 185's. 205's in the back fit nice prob go down to 50 profile. good to have some wheels on it purely to keep motivation up and be able to move it in and out, been a shell for a long time :)

quick run down of everything i have going in so far ca18det t28 turbo nistune ecu black intercooler proflow silicone joiners ek civic aluminium radiator (thinking may be too small) s13 guage cluster bosch 044 EFI pump carter black lift pump shortened r31 diff with lsd centre r31 15" chasers with chrome trim ring- need new tyres thinking 185/55r15 up front and 195/55r15 in the back ae86 steering arms (t3) ae86 coilovers (t3) ae86 big brake kit (willwood dynalite callipers) (drilled slotted rotors) new ball joints (1mm sleeves to fit steering arms) new tie rod ends all superpro bushings in front end nolethane bushings in rear new moulded carpet for inside new rubber seals throughout still undecided weather to put the ke25 seats back in (bottoms need re upholstering) or go aftermarket buckets concentrating on putting front and rear suspension together at the moment so i can move the shell in and out of my tiny garage still lots of decisions to be made and parts to buy :)

slowly getting bits of the fuel system together. using a bosch 044 as the main pump and have a carter black lift pump. just sitting in the back at the moment not attached yet :)