i love how quickly mitch and driftgarage can turn cars around, it was only about 3-4 months ago i was down there and they hadnt even started the subaru yet, now thats pretty much sorted and they've got this almost there too.. lot of respect for them...
sweet build always thought these would go better with a sr in. fingers crossed boyo (MITCH) you will have my toy to convert sooner rather than later xxx
It still needs the rev counter, speedo and temp gauges sorting but Pete is getting a sparky to get convertors sorted if he doesn't go for the full standalone dash. My brief was to get it in the car, running and able to move under its own steam, and the niggly bits and exhaust, intercooler and trim will be done by Pete as he's more than capable and then I can move on to doing the next car on the ramps. To be fair I'm surprised how long it took but as it isn't my car, I had to be careful on how much I cut away etc so had to remove and refit the engine and box loads of times, mostly on my own and that takes time. Then with the loom I checked and rechecked everything even though I believed it to be right because if I let all the smoke out of the wires I'd have to find another loom at my cost, whereas if it was a dirty Neesan I could just go upstairs or outside and get one. There was a bit of a break for Christmas in there too. Excuses excuses I know but if you see Brian's one, it was done in a week so hats off to him, and I'd just like to reiterate my thanks to him for the advice he passed on to me and generally for being an all round good guy. Yep, hopefully Tony. Like I told you, the delay is no problem. If I'm available when the car is, I'm still up for doing the conversion for you
Oh, and I chucked a set of rims on there to see if Pete was interested but he didn't bite. I think they fit perfectly and with some lowering would look mint.
really interesting/enjoyable thread to read, i think the quality of work shines through with things like making sure the turbo can be changed with the engine in situe.
Only if I can find a way to fit the S body crossmember, front suspension etc. Jamie's one keeps shitting engines and it's too much of a coincedence that he's had his sump extended and pickup pipe moved, and I won't pay 2K for a rear SR sump. Oh, and only on my own car, as converting other peoples doesn't earn much money.
This afternoon I removed the aircon rad and pipes/canister etc from the car and have moved the two earth lugs for the headlight units, these were moved to enable the intercooler pipes to have a more direct route without snagging, also the expansion tank has to be moved closer to the strut top. The intercooler we are using is from a Mitsubishi Evo and is at the moment sat in situe just requiring 2 small brackets making and the rad brackets extending as the rad has to be tilted back
Man, i disagree with this, when I had my aircon, it was the tits in the summer, sat on the track with my windows up while every other silly bugger was in their cars sweltering.
