love ke70 Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 hey guys thought it was about time i got serious about a rides thread, seeings as there is alot of dollars going into this car i thought i should atleast boast about it a little :rolleyes: its kind of a long story, but basically i bought it at the very end of 2005/start of 2006, too long ago, off here as a cheap go fast car. picked it up for 1300 unregistered with the 1g, W57 and alfa diff all there. blue plated and LPG certed too... was under the impression it would need a set of turbos and a crossover pipe and it would go. upon getting it home, i realised just what a mess the whole bloody car was. that was it around the time it came home. it then spent many months in the shed, while i learnt alot about turbos and tight engine bays and all sorts of other annoying things. i got it running, and it was soo smokey i switched it off and started on pulling the motor out. rebuilt it and got the gas system rebuilt and tuned, and was making 150 hp with only 8 pound boost and about 40km on the motor. they wouldnt give it a full power run, or boost it up until it had some miles on it. the day i was meant to be taking it to get registered, i drove it to the servo to get fuel, and then it would not start again. after many expletives and so much frustration i wanted to torch it i found this oil pump pulley had completely disintegrated, f@$k knows how. got away with only a destroyed set of factory turbos and replacing the pulley. some how passed roadworthy with turbos that were seized and made horrible screaming noises if you tried to give it any go pedal so i got it registered but the motor was never happy, it always had a tappety noise, which no one could diagnose, and we put it down to valve springs being f@$ked, as couldnt think of anything else. i then got a 6 boost manifold made for it ran with RB20 turbos, saving for something larger. i think i destroyed 4 RB20 turbos, some just wearing out from a shagged oil pump, the last one saw the exhaust wheel find its way to my muffler...gotta love ceramic wheels and gas... it was at this point i got the shits with the car and de-registered it, planning on a re-shell as one of the rails was breaking at a join and you could feel it flexing under acceloration and cornering, new motor and lots more power. when i pulled the motor out and apart, i discovered that i had put 2 of the thrust washers in with the soft side facing the block, destroying the crank and the thrust washers, and possible explaining the strange clutch feelings and maybe the other noises, but I'm still not convinced. i decided i was gonna do the car properly and get a cage done, 6 point weld in and get the motor built by a workshop, go back to petrol just for the ease of power. got put onto mick at signature performance in ipswich who picked the car up from mine in august 08, had the diff and struts in, and had been sanded, soda blasted and primed. after about 2 months he finally got under the car and measured everything for straight, all was well except a 4mm bend from the engine crossmember to the bumper on one of the rails, which he can easily fix, and probably came out of the factory like that. so i was stoked with that, as the factory diff that came out of that body had a panhard with a 45* bend in it, bent axle and cracked bearing casing from a gutter hit before i got it. thats where the car was at when it went to the workshop. so 12 months later, it now looks like this panelvan door hung door on, pillar gone the first attempt was to use the 4 door pillar, but the angles don't quite work. so I'm sacrifcing my panelvan, and we are gonna take the sill, the pillar and half the rear quarter all in one, so everything will be spot on and look factory. i ahve sourced 2 door quarter glass from the states, so the C pillar will get modified and the original glass fitted. this should result in the car actually being indistinguishable from an original two door. ;) hopefully things will happen a bit quicker now its started, and it may have rollcage, 2 doors and paint by around christmas time. with the HKS 1g in it, and a base tune, ready for rebuild and power runs ;) hope i havnt bored anyone too much, i tried to keep it short :D cheers, andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jono Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 sweet, was keen to find out more about your car! nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canna Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 Nice. will keep an eye on this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
love ke70 Posted August 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 i often get asked if i even have a car, so yeah, it was about time i did post something haha wheels are 15x7 fronts, 15x8 rear diff is from a 1971 104 berlina, is just over 8" and took a good flogging, but I'm not sure how long it will stay, the 4x108 stud pattern gets on my tits. might just modify the axles, theyre friggin huge, 27 spline suckers. front struts are RA60, with adjustable coilovers and koni yellows, and adjustable strut tops, and still struggled to even get 0* camber, so looking at adjustable lower control arms, or swapping to XT130. i like the look of the adjustables though. feel free to ask anything you might wanna know, i don't keep too much secret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medicine_Man Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 About time there were some progress shots ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
love ke70 Posted August 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 yeah, i did have to have a stiff talk to the mechanic to get it kickin over, i thought 12 months of nothing was quite enough really... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolliac Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 12months of nothing! Wow. 2 months of nothing is too much. Anyway I’m feeling ya pain with the build man. Some fellas have a smooth run. Others just can’t get a win. Keep us updated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 Yes 12 months is long but there was a huge delay with the approval and then the fabricator that was going to do the build fell through so I'm the one doing all the work and if it wasn't for me then the car would probably still be sitting doing nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
love ke70 Posted August 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 actually trev, it sat for over 6 months waiting for a cage to go in it as a four door, i got bored of waiting and came up with more ideas, the original plan never involved 2 doors. the approval only took about 4 or 5 weeks did you get much more done to it today/yesterday? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev Posted August 21, 2009 Report Share Posted August 21, 2009 actually trev, it sat for over 6 months waiting for a cage to go in it as a four door, i got bored of waiting and came up with more ideas, the original plan never involved 2 doors. the approval only took about 4 or 5 weeks did you get much more done to it today/yesterday? Nah was putting together the 1j and had to do servicing as Pete didn't turn up this week, Hopefully monday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted August 22, 2009 Report Share Posted August 22, 2009 This is THE ONLY way to do a 4 to 2 door conversion on an ADM E7 sedan. This is the whole reason I bought my van but my bro talked me out of cutting it up, lol. Top work, I'll be keeping my eye on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beauc Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 Will be awesome when it gets going, those 2 door ones that they run in PR are hot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
love ke70 Posted August 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 thanks guys, i love the PR cars :lol: not much to report unfortunately, more excuses from the mechanic, but thats about it one side of the van has been cut out and trimmed to suit going into the sedan, but thats where it stopped it would seem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JiP Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 Bummer man. Will look hot tho when it finally is done :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 thanks guys, i love the PR cars :lol: not much to report unfortunately, more excuses from the mechanic, but thats about it one side of the van has been cut out and trimmed to suit going into the sedan, but thats where it stopped it would seem As I said man, When Pete decides not to come into work I get pulled away from fabrication and have to do servicing & mechanical, He nearly had the last 2 weeks off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.