I was intending on taking lot's of built pictures, but not showing them until it was complete. Things have changed a little now that we're left with such a small amount of time to get the car complete before the start of the season. so I thought I'd show the battle that we have ahead of us step by step..
Garage D have put alot of hard work into getting their premises sorted so that they can ensure our S15's shell prep get's done properly, and they've done a great job of it.
I turned up on Saturday, just a couple of days after work started on the S15, and the shell is surrounded by everything we need to get it prepped now. Fingers crossed with the hard work that Julian and Ant (and myself when I can) are putting into it, we should have some much nicer progress shot's the next time I go down to get my hands dirty on it.
So, alot of you have probably worked out that the plans for this car have never been to keep things simple.. Some may have even guessed that the plans we're to move on from the 4 pot SR engine.. I don't think to many people would have worked out what exactly we are doing with it.. We have all the bit's, and the recipe goes something like this:
1 x Spec R S15
1 x 2JZ GTE 3.0 Supra engine, with a GT35, running minimun 590bhp, and using the 6 speed Getrag gearbox. All of this will be pushed back through the bulkhead 8 inches to get some balance back with the longer and heavier 3 litre lump..
Now it should be quite easy to see how much work we have ahead of us, let's get on with the first batch of photo's, and everyone can then cross their fingers for me that we get this done in time
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A seriously scary hole in my mint S15
Some thought, then some measuring, then some welding and bashing
Doing what he does best
Julian using himself to mock up the weight of the new gearbox
