xmas comes early...

[Blitzer]

hi guys... managed to grab ol'Santa for a few days to do a little upgrade on my 30...
..as she was born a 2.0 with rear drum brakes.. i thought i shud do her some justice and spruce her up a little for the long term...
..so held a gun to santa and he gave me my engine block & rear disc set up...
..we managed to get a relatively healthy iX block (from all places, japan!!); and basically had to switched the oil sump with over from a standard eta block;
and openin the head for an overhaul shows it to be relatively healthy & clean..(oh those japs...)
So here started the simple 1st stage mod in preparation for further plans when the manual g/box set up finally comes together.....
some pics of the rear brake change..

to:

the Ol exhausted m20...

And stripped:


the head-job:

a bit of a (Black) head shine... (used hi-temp matt w/corrugated finish)

re-chipped the ecu... (gonna git some dyno charts so see the gains, if any):

MEanwhile.. i was using a bro's white manual 320... i LOV manuals! :twisted:

the finished product... *SLUrrp*


who sez shady lookin workshops cant do good jobs...dats my 20 lit engine lonely at the corner
:drink:

all in santa's worshop for 6&1/2 days...to get a happy eta :pimp: ...

:p

[wycoco]

Wow, the covers look very grainy. Poor Santa.

[92 mtechnic cabrio]

wow....I wish I had that kind of money to spoil my car with!

[Jean]

Ok, you must give us more pics/info on your rear trailing arm/brake swap...

What did you have to do with the brake lines etc ?

[s52e368]

good job..

i like your car very unique

[golde30]

so you put in a manual gearbox while you had it all out rite???

[DarkWing6]

That looks like a crinkle coat powdercoating....

What did you use?

[kommissar]

Your manifold and cover looks hairy :-D.

Nice work.

[StereoInstaller1]

Wow...a bunch of work there. Good job. I bet those brakes feel much better!

Where are you, Singapore?

Luke

[cahomey]

Your motor looks fuzzy. 8-)

Nice work. I hope you swapped tranny's. Did you swap in an I motor?

[rede30]

The motor itself looks good but why didnt you give the rest of the bay a little more care? A lot of things could have used a touch-up while you had the engine out. But still nice work, should be a fun motor.

[SchnellerVert]

Where you at Thailand or Singapore? Glad Santa was good to you this year.

[mentaleeill]

so you put in a manual gearbox while you had it all out rite???

nope, he didnt kick down cable and that dreaded yellow dipstick are still there. wrinkle finish liiks good though.

[mockngbrd]

i'll state here again that i'm jealous....grrr

[Jean]

Must hear more about your rear brake swap , I have the calipers/rotors are coming and going to pick up trailing arms next week...but I have no idea what else is needed.... ;)