whered u get ur flares? and where did u stick ur fuel and temp guages where ur tacho used to be?

Calam05 i don't know what flares you are talking about unless the last person did a home job.

The fuel and temp gauge will be moved to where the original stereo used to sit along with an oil pressure gauge, I don't drive the car more than 150kms a week so i fill the tank to full once a week.

 

Spent a little time yesterday and today just wiring the car back up and filling up the fluids, i had a huge new years and forgot the tailshaft, filled the gearbox with about 3l before i realised what was going on and ended up denting my rear quarter in a bit of rage :y: lucky i don't pay for any of my oils.

 

Also managed to dummy up the cooler after a bit of cutting here and there still need to clean it up a little.

 

 

 

Next week I'm going to mount the cooler with proper brackets, grab some cooler piping offcuts some silicon joiners and piece everything together.

 

Here is a quick video, i was testing if the car would run with the bigger injectors, seems to idle fine although time will tell whether ill be able to drive anywhere, probably not a good idea with no exhaust.

 

Edited January 3, 200917 yr by furryfrog

cars coming alone nicely

 

I wouldnt suggest driving the untuned, think of it this was; a tow truck to the workshop for a tune is cheaper than another engine rebuild :y:

Hey dude, where did you get that chrome piece that goes around your wheel arches?? I've only seen that once before on a KE55 that drives around my area and no where else. I really want that look for one of my cars.

pretty sure thats stick on stuff you can buy from like supercheap auto or motor mate.

Finally went and bought myself a 4" grinder and a bench vice so things are a little easier to do by myself.

 

Been out there again yesterday and today i spent a bit of time making up my seat brackets. I used some flat bar which i drilled and threaded, on one side it goes through the flatbar and into the seat itself as i wasn't able to fit the seat in the middle cause it fouled.

It works out well as ive made a little more space in the middle of the car incase someone needs to ride in the back.

All the bolts are high tensile and there is thread lock everywhere only drama was i made a few miscalculations and ended up drilling 2 extra holes. Thats what i get for drinking all day in the sun.

 

 

Made up some brackets for the cooler and made it sit more flush so the front end fits on better. Just need to make up some brackets to the bottom of the cooler to take some weight off the radiator support.

 

Tomorrow I'm going to cut the holes for the cooler piping then sort out the rest of the interior, after that it should be ready to get towed to the zorst shop to make the dump pipe and cooler piping.

 

Might even get around to cleaning up the wiring one day.

just letting you know . Those bucket seats will not past engineering if you want it engineered dude.

Thats fine the car is already engineered with the seats. Just not for the computer so ill have to hide that.

seats look good, mounted nice a low which is a bonus!

 

You should spray the cooler black...

please don't, black coolers are for babies :y:

I have my car booked in to get the dump pipe and some cooler piping made up on monday so i spent a little time getting it ready so it can be driving after.

 

Tomorrow I'm going to bleed up the cooling system and let it warm up make sure it doesnt overheat.

 

Then I'm going to book it in with Adam at JEM to get it tuned, can't wait to drive this thing again i forgot how much it sucks having a car off the road, especially when its your daily lol.

 

Anyway a photo after a wash and polish, well deserved i think i left it for almost 4 months without one..

please don't, black coolers are for babies :(

and shiny coolers attract unwanted attention from the boys in blue

and shiny coolers attract unwanted attention from the boys in blue

 

 

That's true although the car is red hot anyway, ill see how much attention it gets from the :( i can always spray it black later,

 

Ive gotta stop going out so much i end up feeling sorry for myself the day after and miss out on alot of car time.

Finished the car on monday got it all together ready to start etc, had it running for 10mins just to make sure it wouldnt overheat and as usual its pissing out oil from somewhere i resealed while the motor was out :jamie: I really have to stop working on my car after big nights.

 

Anyway the car went off the the exhaust shop to get some work done and i got it towed back.

 

So it was off with the x member both the sumps off, timing cover off to reseal it, i wasnt very happy at this time as something wasnt going right for me and i ended up denting the passenger door :yes: need to buy a punching bag i think.

 

Finally with everything resealed and put back together i let it sit overnight, i had my first day of work well only 5 hours but thats alot after 4 months off, came home filled all the fluids again and started her up and let it idle for 20mins, everything was peaches so i went for a little drive. Car is overfueling and i think the timing is out but i still managed to get 5psi :|

 

 

 

 

Now its time to book in for a tune.

Damn this car is nice!

 

Looks like you've done a really good job on the conversion too, grats :jamie: Any chance of getting some videos up soon? :|