Hey guys,
Long time since I have posted but I thought it would be cool to right a recap of nearly the last 2 years for anyone who would like a read and also for myself to see what I have done with all the little jobs here and there listed all together.
So to go back to the beginning I picked up the car early 2015.
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Specs at that stage:
Its a 1992 Special Edition Roadster with a long nose B6ze, factory LSD (Viscous) around 150,000 km on the clock.
Engine was stock as a rock.
Hard top with what looked like a new soft top underneath - the old owner was telling my he never really had the roof off the car so it's in good nick.
Massive 16x8 0 offset rotas (I bought the car with these being one of the first things on my list to move on - just not my style)
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So first thing I ended up doing was getting my hands on some 4-2-1 headers. (Only cheap ones but ported them with a dremel to the exhaust ports on the head to help a little - will be getting something a bit more serious if I start chasing larger power figures but for now they do the job and over all I am aiming for a fun, reliable car that isn't too insane)
Then added the Carmakecorns 1 single piece exhaust from the cat back (I want to replace the cat with a more free flowing unit but I am afraid it will attract too much attention from the red and blue street ravers - would love to hear some of your opinions on products and noise levels generated)
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Next up was moving the rotas far, far away from my car - they look OK but again, just not my taste.
These are Hayashi Streets 14x6.5 0 offset rears and the fronts running 25mm bolt on spacers to bring the wheel to the same width as the rears.
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I also sourced a Sparco Sprint V seat, and a vented headlight cover (forgot the brand off the top of my head but it's one that was brought in from Japan with my wheels.
Next on the list was to deal with the frame rails.
I didn't get any pictures of the install but I picked up some frame rail sleeves from omgpham.
The install involved bending the original chassis rails back to normal width - mine where a nice abstract art pieces form from speed bumps and the like due to the ride height (KYB struts and jap lowing springs from the owner in Japan - sorry, I'll probably drop random specs in like this as I'm writing from memory at this stage) Before I started drilling and fitting the rail sleeves I de-greased , rust treated, and painted the areas I'd be covering with the new parts just for my own piece of mind - I'm pretty sure this car was somewhere rural in Japan when it started it's life with the original owner judging by the original papers I got with the car. The chassis has very faint surface rust which I am treating as jobs take me around the car. I then pulled the hard lines on the driver's side out the way and slid the rail sleeves over the newly "re-adjusted" chassis rails. This was followed by a lot of checking twice and drilling once.
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