Hey everyone. I am already a year into my build, but I figured it was about time to share some of what I've been doing in a build thread. I'll start with a little back-story.
I purchased the car in July 2013 with the intention of building a track car. I wasn't sure if I was going to race wheel to wheel or do DE's and TT with it until I realized the potential to wad it up in wheel to wheel was more than I could afford to risk.
I paid $3000 for the car, and it had:
Brand new Bilsteins
Brand new H&R Sports
M50 swap done cleanly (but incomplete) with ZF Trans
New Valves, Springs, Retainers
New Vanos
New Control Arms
Here she is when we first got home:
This was a Northeastern car, so the under body rust was BAD. I put a 4x8 sheet of fresh metal into repairs, and every nut/bolt/stud had to be cut and replaced.
Over the next 3 months (in addition to rust repair) I replaced all of the fuel and brake lines, rebuilt the stock calipers, rebuilt the diff, did every bushing in the car, new guibo, new csb, new shifter bushings, finished the wiring for the swap and got her running right. All of this was done in the driveway, since I didn't have my own shop yet. Then the fun stuff started. At the risk of getting too wordy, I'll let the pictures do the talking.
New Bushings, some reinforcement, rebuilt 3.25 LSD, new half-shafts
Weight Reduction. No mas sunroof cartridge.
Aluminum Cluster
Carpet and sound deadening out, bed-liner in.
Cluster Finished:
Door Cards:
I purchased the car in July 2013 with the intention of building a track car. I wasn't sure if I was going to race wheel to wheel or do DE's and TT with it until I realized the potential to wad it up in wheel to wheel was more than I could afford to risk.
I paid $3000 for the car, and it had:
Brand new Bilsteins
Brand new H&R Sports
M50 swap done cleanly (but incomplete) with ZF Trans
New Valves, Springs, Retainers
New Vanos
New Control Arms
Here she is when we first got home:
This was a Northeastern car, so the under body rust was BAD. I put a 4x8 sheet of fresh metal into repairs, and every nut/bolt/stud had to be cut and replaced.
Over the next 3 months (in addition to rust repair) I replaced all of the fuel and brake lines, rebuilt the stock calipers, rebuilt the diff, did every bushing in the car, new guibo, new csb, new shifter bushings, finished the wiring for the swap and got her running right. All of this was done in the driveway, since I didn't have my own shop yet. Then the fun stuff started. At the risk of getting too wordy, I'll let the pictures do the talking.
New Bushings, some reinforcement, rebuilt 3.25 LSD, new half-shafts
Weight Reduction. No mas sunroof cartridge.
Aluminum Cluster
Carpet and sound deadening out, bed-liner in.
Cluster Finished:
Door Cards:
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