Well, seeing as the BMW is near enough finished, and I need something to fill my spare time with as I’m trying to save money, figured I best buy something that I can work on over winter ready for next year’s ODC, so I bought myself an S13 from a very pleasant gentleman on here so off we trotted 103 miles away to collect the car of my nightmares The car was advertised honestly, requiring welding and a fuel pump, which sounded perfect to me cus I’m going to SR20DET it anyway, and the welding is what’s gonna keep me busy in the months to come, but I wanted to make sure the CA18DET ran before I bought it so I made sure we had some easy start to hand and a battery to crank it over with, and et voila, it started fine, no knocks or strange noises, only the clutch wouldn’t engage properly which I thought a bit strange at the time..but I was happy with my purchase so I paid the cash and took the car home. It has got a bit of rot but nowhere near as bad as what I was imagining if I’m being honest, I was expecting rotten chassis legs, rotten rear sills, rotten everything pretty much, but turns out its only got a small amount of rot on the drivers chassis leg, the battery tray is non existant, and the rear of the drivers sill.. oh and ofcourse the tailgate, with a few small patches here and there, but mostly it appears quite solid Plans are simple.. Ca18DET comes out Weld the rust/rot Tub the arches (one way of ridding the rot lol) Paint the Bay Fit Hydro Drop SR20DET in Get Running Fibreglass front wings (there a bit rotten already) Sort something out re: boot Suspension Wheels Bucket Seat Happy Days. I Immediately got started after getting it home, after sorting the fuel pump out and getting it running sweet (had to be sure) I reversed it into a wall then removed the engine with the help of a friend Got the engine out, and found out why the clutch wasnt engaging.. Now ill bombard the thread with pics of the rust :'( stay runed! weekends are full of win
Oh dear not another one lol. You better be keeping this one dude! I actually want to see this car before you sell it haha
How much did you pay for that? Ain't be worth more than 1,000€.. anyways, you got a lot work to do on that S13 - good luck!
to be fair, and looking at other threads, NORFY's s13 had more rust than this, its mostly solid and covered in surface crap, the actual rot is rather minimal, but i will sort it either way, and you will Victim, seeing as my gate has already stoved in the quarter i'm sure wheels wont mind xD been shopping today anyway, got an S14 engine loom, S14 ECU with H-Dev stage 1 chip (didnt want this but it helps cus meanss its 270-280 BHP fromt he word go, and the fuelling should be 'economical' Lol), and a stainless 4 branch..just cus it was cheap and there woop woop! someone buy this CA anyways
Just you, You're special ;P it really aint that bad, if you came and looked at it i think you'd be surprised.. i was expecting a hell of a lot worse than i got to be fair :O
price better have been sub500 notes the one i sold charl was cleaner and that had been sat for 3-4 years under a tree with no back window in it! as for the special comment, i am whats your excuse?
i was born this way, then i had a few operations and came out with a small penis. ps, it was cheaper than a blowjob from a london tramp
to be brutally honest lop the battery tray out and move that to the boot, fix the chassis rails and it probably wont be to bad, the holes in the boot plated over will be fine then drift it for gods sake! the e30 is to clean for wheels man!
yeah i know buddy, its pretty much what i was planning on doing anyway, cept with T&T and putting an open diff back on the E30 as a daily, got to that age where i can just about afford to run two cars haha might aswell go lifestyler spec on this though xD
looks alright tbf. lots of work to be done though by looks of it. hate rust, its a pain in the arse. lets just hope you keep this one and i get to see it out on track
This makes my new red heap look good. And that's a rusty old dog too! Saw this one on egay while I was looking.
gee thanks, bout time you posted something on here aint it? get some pics up div! shiiit man, e30's already lifestyler ay it! dont think it was on eGay, i got it off here wait til the weekend and you'll all be proven wrong muahahahaha! i hope
lol i know yeah been on here long enough. erm pics? nahhh :/ oh and gotta agree with stavros, keep it as a drift slag...
ill just confirm before it gets out of hand.. it was never gonna be lifestyler just replacing the rot with less rot and the rust with fibreglass, and the ever so reliable ca18 with a powerhouse sr20 and give the quarter a real reason to be battered