pozman Posted February 6, 2011 Report Posted February 6, 2011 (edited) hi guys a lot of you would already know my car or remember it from my conversion thread, but i thought i better do a real rides thread ive got a whats started out as a beaten up old ke55, which i thought was awesome at the time, which had a stolen 3t-c with extractors and 32/36 weber on it it went OK but the t50 was farked and the whole stolen thing put a gigantic spanner in the works, so a mate of mine was doing a ca18det convo on his de powered s13, and i bought everything he didnt need any more for the massive sum on $300 so the stolen motor and shitty box came out to make way for the ca18de (also painted the bay green, i was going to paint the this colour, hok lime time pearl, which the rest is for sale if anyone wants it) gearbox cross member fuel system and boot trimmings were done running xt130 struts, pug rotors and hilux calipers with coil over sleeves things were good for a while once i got engineers and rego, but then started breaking diffs so upgraded to a t series from a ra60, went in nicely, but as it turns out ive got it a little twisted in there, ill be fixing this soon put my chrome lensos off my pulsar on it Edited February 6, 2011 by pozman Quote
pozman Posted February 6, 2011 Author Report Posted February 6, 2011 rolla stayed like this for ages, until my stupidity, putting too wide a tyre on the rear, smashed all the bog and rust out of the guards, the whole car was in realy poor shape, it looked ok from a distance, but really needed some work there was more rust that needed to be sorted too, so i pulled it off the road to fix it up. got a bit into fixing it and then i lost interest (body work is balls) and i was having trouble with what to do with one on the rear guards, it was really bad it sat like this for nearly 18 months, then a Tate's wedding, i got some motivation back, and i needed it done for the 5th GOR cruise so i went like a cut cat, fixed all the bodged repairs 2pac primed wet sanding got scared of wrecking all my hard work and got a friend to paint it for me, all taped up ready to go Quote
pozman Posted February 6, 2011 Author Report Posted February 6, 2011 painting all nice a white then came putting it back together, got a few goodies to go with it rebuilt the front end, including kyb excel-g st185 inserts, 6.25kg 200mm free height springs shortened struts buy 40mm, t3 camber tops and spring hats, ae86 steering arms and GH sigma control arms got ke36? bonnet, fender mirrors, chin spoiler and modified the rear vents and covered them all in the 3m ni-doc carbon wrap ba side indicators, cleared the fronts, and resprayed the rears, and wrapped the surrounds all new rubbers and locking strips, all chrome work was loving polished by the one and only teddy (thanks very much for that man :y: ) and the best bits, new wheels 16x8 +0 offset and te27 flares so here is how it stands now big thanks to teddy for coming down a week earlier to help me finish it off for the cruise, wouldn't have been quite as nice with out him paul Quote
Teddy Posted February 6, 2011 Report Posted February 6, 2011 hahah cheers mate : ) Had a blast getting that thing all smick and fine :) ! Had a few flashbacks from operation blue car :P Car looks a million bucks & receives no less than that in views every time its driven! Rock on =D Quote
Trev Posted February 6, 2011 Report Posted February 6, 2011 The CA really looks at home in there, good to see that it eventuated into a little beast. Quote
78_7kRolla Posted February 6, 2011 Report Posted February 6, 2011 (edited) About time you updated your thread mate. I don't think I need to comment on it though as i'm still green with envy ;) P.S. fix the link in your signature so that it actually links to this thread :P Edited February 6, 2011 by 78_7kRolla Quote
pozman Posted February 6, 2011 Author Report Posted February 6, 2011 cheers guys will do matt went to mates today a checked out the compression, as expected, shes f@$ked stock comp is ment to be 199psi, acceptable is 171 psi, mine is as follows 1=165, 2=155, 3=130, 4=160, and oiled was 1=175, 2=175, 3=150, 4=175 so looks like i have ring and head issues would explain the rough idle and lack of power saving up over then next couple of months and going to go a liitle crazy with her, with a bit of "correct induction", as teddy would say paul Quote
kickn5k Posted February 6, 2011 Report Posted February 6, 2011 (edited) Well bout time for a bit of a rides thread poz. You've had those photos for a long time mate. Been getting to spy on this last resto every now and then and it's ssooooo much better in person. Not one bit sets it apart not the flares, wheels, stance, carbon bits or colour, it's more like everything works together for the sickest ke55 I've seen period!! Hehe Get some cans and I'll come and do the donk for ya even though it's a dirty datto engine. Stu. Edited February 6, 2011 by kickn5k Quote
pozman Posted February 6, 2011 Author Report Posted February 6, 2011 hahaha well we'll see how much money i can get up for it, but it should be staying naturally aspirated, and hopefully as lumpy as it is now, just not shit first thing to do is extractors, the old ones are not cool Quote
Trev Posted February 6, 2011 Report Posted February 6, 2011 cheers guys will do matt went to mates today a checked out the compression, as expected, shes f@$ked stock comp is ment to be 199psi, acceptable is 171 psi, mine is as follows 1=165, 2=155, 3=130, 4=160, and oiled was 1=175, 2=175, 3=150, 4=175 so looks like i have ring and head issues would explain the rough idle and lack of power saving up over then next couple of months and going to go a liitle crazy with her, with a bit of "correct induction", as teddy would say paul Quick DET it while it is decompressed :P Quote
Raven Posted February 6, 2011 Report Posted February 6, 2011 Needs moar turbo! Haha, looked awesome in the flesh and looks awesome in the pics Poz, and I didnt even get to go for a spin, but not to worry, always next year! Quote
kickn5k Posted February 7, 2011 Report Posted February 7, 2011 big thanks to teddy for coming down a week earlier to help me finish it off for the cruise, wouldn't have been quite as nice with out him paul From memory Teddy stuffed up and came down a week early for the GOR didn't he? Haha free accomo for a week polishing who got the better deal? If you paint the bay when motor gets done I'll nominate this for rcoty. Stu. Quote
kickn5k Posted February 7, 2011 Report Posted February 7, 2011 (edited) Oops double post bloody iPhone. Edited February 7, 2011 by kickn5k Quote
dfunkt Posted February 7, 2011 Report Posted February 7, 2011 If you paint the bay when motor gets done I'll nominate this for rcoty. Stu. Stu, if you get Godfrey on the 2012 GOR i'll nominate it for RCOTY!!! Quote
jimi91 Posted February 7, 2011 Report Posted February 7, 2011 (edited) This thing is one sweet ride and the carbon look alike stuff looked great and u did an awesome job on the mirrors with it :cool: see ya jimi Edited February 7, 2011 by jimi91 Quote
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