RIP Calypso Story.

[brainfood]

I love everything about this build, using it as a lot of inspiration for my henna car's s52 swap/partial bay shave. Looking great!

[ThatOneEuroE30]

Great build man I love the car

[Steven]

I will do that sooooon keep your eye on the thread,

[itskingsteelo]

picture of the top view of engine bay

[Steven]

I've been working on my car. Have some pics.

My top was leaking so I stripped my interior to dry it out. I figured I might as well re-dye the carpet at the same time!
Dirty.

Clean.





Picked these up last night. Not sure what to do with em.



What I did today!









Dad helping out..





How she sat when I was done for the day.







Today I basically just put the replacement panels on and made sure they fit right along with some minor body work, planning on the Mtech 2 valence, and I rolled the new front fender. Overall good progress towards getting the car sprayed. The interior needs some work. AKA the bottom on the front seats. But otherwise it's in perfect condition. I just need to find some new material for them.

[Steven]

I've done a few things. Nothing big but I decided I should at least update.
I scored a reupholstered set of seats! Some work is being done to the fronts and door cars so only pics of the back for now.


Dark spots are just a bit of wetness..


Also scored these and am having some headrests reupholstered for the rear.


In the process of cleaning up the wheels for this season...


Picked this baby up...



And ended up selling these...


...for this.


Much more to come ;)

[Steven]

Small update here... Got some parts in the mail and assembled my intake with the 3.5" MAF and Hard Motorsports adapter.




Waiting on a few more parts then real updates will start coming!

[Zreberlcoe]

nice to see some progress on this again. Look forward to updates. 8)

+1

[MR 325]

Nice to see some progress on this again. Look forward to updates. 8)

[Steven]

Alright guys... Long time no update.

Well, I lost interest/went off to college... But no matter, I'm back into it and tackling the rest of my project to be ready for this show season. Here's the stuff I've done.

First thing I did which got my rolling again was redo my 2.93 LSD that had been sitting for a while.

After sitting, it got rusty...




No matter, I cleaned it up with a wire wheel and it was ready for some rust sealer.







Then I went on to do the back cover. I just resealed it with RTV silicone. I also cleaned up the bolts and tag and cleared them.




Old gasket.



Mess.




Meanwhile my wheels came off to be refinished.


Mocked this up. Genuine Mtech 2 front valence. I have the rest of the kit but i don't want to put it on this season.


Started sanding it down.


Dealing with a horrible paint job and multiple layers.



Lots of stuff to fix. Should come out good through.


Anyways, smaller update... But bigger things in the works. Lots of parts on their way along with lots of stuff that will get done to the car within the next month. Stay tuned!

[DER E30]

:(

[Steven]

I fucked up and under steered into a curb. :(




Bent control arm, bent tie rod, bent strut tube, bent lip, fucked up is lip... Possibly more damage. We'll see tomorrow

[Steven]

what ended up being the issue for the no start

Bad engine harness

Any progress with this

Yes. There's been lots of progress, I've just been neglecting the thread. I'll try and update ASAP.

In other news I took it to its first show yesterday. That was oh so fun.... Not. Ended up on the side of the road halfway there because a circlip fell off the shifter selector. Luckly I had a spare. Also I guess one of the guibo bolts wasn't tight enough because it wasn't there when I went to fix the circlip :hitler: and now I sprung a really bad leak on my transmission so that's leaking onto my exhaust causing tons of smoke to pour out the back of my car. Shit. Lots of stuff to fix.

As for future plans for the car, the bay will be painted, I'm just not sure if I should paint it with the engine in the bay or to take it out. I also kind of want to rent out a spray booth at the same time and paint the entire car but idk where I'd get the money for that.

Oh well need to fix the tranny leak first then I'll go from there.

[rzerob]

Subscribed!

[01rs25]

Any progress with this