Once the bay was looking good, the cast iron (surprisingly somewhat tubular) exhaust manifold was sticking out like a sore thumb in the bay. That got refinished and is looking much better. Also below you can see the DP racing steering box brace installed along with some custom motor mount spacers made from space age material (aka high density cutting board).
Then attentions turned to suspension. Everything in the suspension needed replacing, with most of it having the quality of workmanship best illustrated in the following photo:
And another pre photo of the front setup:
This car will be a dual purpose street/track car, so the plans for suspension were to go with a relatively aggressive setup that could also be streetable. Front end components came from DP Racing and FutoFab and are of excellent quality/fit/finish.
First up, chopping up the strut towers to make room for the camber plates. A keen eye will see them all cut out in the painted bay photos from the previous post.
Next was to prep the strut tubes for coilovers. Very similar idea to e30s: remove the dust shield and spring perches to allow for shortening/welding of the new components.
Perches welded on:
Strut assembly painted and assembled:
Wheel wells were painstakingly stripped of all paint, stich welded where necessary, and undercoating before being painted body color. Finished photos below…
Now for the real money shots! Camber plates in:
Struts and control arms! Note the massive bumpsteer spacer.
And just for fun we fit the new brake setup as well…
More to come ;)
Then attentions turned to suspension. Everything in the suspension needed replacing, with most of it having the quality of workmanship best illustrated in the following photo:
And another pre photo of the front setup:
This car will be a dual purpose street/track car, so the plans for suspension were to go with a relatively aggressive setup that could also be streetable. Front end components came from DP Racing and FutoFab and are of excellent quality/fit/finish.
First up, chopping up the strut towers to make room for the camber plates. A keen eye will see them all cut out in the painted bay photos from the previous post.
Next was to prep the strut tubes for coilovers. Very similar idea to e30s: remove the dust shield and spring perches to allow for shortening/welding of the new components.
Perches welded on:
Strut assembly painted and assembled:
Wheel wells were painstakingly stripped of all paint, stich welded where necessary, and undercoating before being painted body color. Finished photos below…
Now for the real money shots! Camber plates in:
Struts and control arms! Note the massive bumpsteer spacer.
And just for fun we fit the new brake setup as well…
More to come ;)
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