mannac Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 I bought this car as a rolling chassis with a ton of junk that will mostly be sold/donated/scrapped. Everything pictured in the beginning cost me $1500. Since I was mad at myself for barely taking any pics of the WRX swap I did a year and a half ago, I went nuts with pics this time. Right now I plan on doing a chevy V8 swap. I don't want to mess with carbs. I'm looking at 5.3L or 6.0L engines from late model GM trucks. It doesn't take much to get power out of them and since they're LSx based, most LSx parts will swap with ease. This car will just be my toy with no specific purpose. I'm putting a cage in minus the halo bars as I've read those can be dangerous in a crash without a helmet and 99% of my driving will be on public roads. Every now and then I'll do autocrosses, drags, and trackdays. I can't afford to have just a track car and that would be boring anyway. Most of the interior won't be going back in. It will be pretty bare and just have the old HVAC setup (no AC), seats setup for 4 point harnesses, door accessories (window crank/lock/handle), custom aluminum dash for gauges/switches (saves ~35lbs), bedliner floors, everything on the steering column, etc. It's made for raw performance and not a luxury car like my Subaru....oh wait. I'll try and answer any questions you may have. Feel free to throw ideas/suggestions at me too. I'll try and update this as I go. Unforunately I've been too busy for the car the last couple weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mannac Posted July 6, 2009 Author Share Posted July 6, 2009 After getting a little more organized: This car is tiny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannac Posted July 6, 2009 Author Share Posted July 6, 2009 Originally I planned on using the L28 that came with it which is from a 280zx but I've learned that compression is going to be too high with what I have set up and I would like to be able to run on regular 87 octane which can easily be done on a chevy v8. E88 head, machined by previous owner. But machining only raises the compression. Sigh. That engine will need new bearings so I stopped there because I don't want to put any cash into it. I found a rabbit's foot in the exhaust . No idea how that got in there and it definitely wasn't on a keychain before! Good luck? I hope so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannac Posted July 6, 2009 Author Share Posted July 6, 2009 Gutting the interior: This furry ♥♥♥♥ was all over the floor. I'm not sure if that's stock or not. But it reeked and was full of mouse ♥♥♥♥. The "fur" was probably half an inch long. I'll probably be covering the floor with plasticy bedliner later on. This was all in the car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannac Posted July 6, 2009 Author Share Posted July 6, 2009 Has new Tokico springs. Haven't researched the number on them though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannac Posted July 6, 2009 Author Share Posted July 6, 2009 How I moved it with two other people onto a flatbed trailer: Bought a rotisserie from Monkey T88 (on HybridZ and nasioc) and made mounts for the car and modified the rest a little. Moves very smoothly. Just a little heavy to move because I couldn't get it centered like I wanted to. Where the rear bumper mounts is in rough shape and I didn't trust it holding half the shell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannac Posted July 6, 2009 Author Share Posted July 6, 2009 Sandblasting: Left the sound deadener on: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannac Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 Primed: It's sitting in my garage primed right now. Body work, frame rails, cage, and other strengthening work will be done next. I still can't decide on a color. I'm thinking something like this: or the switch around the white and red and maybe extend the "rays" on the sides to be parallel with the rear hatch. If someone could photoshop that, that would be awesome. But I'm still undecided on a color so give me some ideas because I have to paint the interior once the cage and stuff is done. Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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