(side note, I want to surprise my dad at Hyper next season... My dad has been bugging to get back into racing ever since our days in dirt track sprint car racing, funding was cut due to college so we sold the sprint car. I cant afford a v8 sprinter just yet, but i can build a missile
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The day i brought her home
After 10 min of wrenching and charging the battery, i actually got it fired up and driving. Took it around the back roads near my house, no brakes, no PS, and the ECU had not been flashed for the MAF so it was rough to say the least. Never the less, she ran, and all 4 cylinders made solid compression (over 160)
a little liquid motivation and this build is underway. Well more like tear down...
found this under the passenger seat. Guess someone had a wish list.
i wish i was joking about this, but that is insulation foam that was used to seal the speaker in the door. Im thinking they went with the Home Depot brand, good on outdoor window trim, bad on car speaker electronics
another "clever" mod on this car was the install of a custom coolant catch can. The best part, was the cheap RTV that was used to seal the hose in the bottle cap.
C'mon man, everyone knows Grey Goose is the only way to catch coolant
Also note the nice fab notches cut into the shock tower mount location for an apparent "dope" tower brace. Good for mad drifts from what I hear.
these bad boys came apart with a light tug. No worries, it was not hooked to anything important
The KA is free from its disastrously wired prison.
I know im flying through the process here but this is a build thread, not a "watch this guy take his car apart" thread
interior is getting bigger, car getting lighter...
I will say one good thing, the guy did a prety nice job of removing the sound deadening crap out of the car already. I was pleasantly surprised that after removing the carpet, I found almost none left. That def saved me a weekend.
back up front the cross member is out. Im sending the steering rack core off to JCW and having a reman rack sent back.
some nice stickers to add character... im shocked this car wasnt cambered to a trapezoid
before i even realized it, Captain Slow arrived to lend a hand. (dont be fooled, it took him an hour to remove the bumper support)
I also removed the fuel tank and fuel lines.
I am working on getting more picture uploaded but like I said, Im flying through the tear down. If there are any comments or questions I will be happy to answer or provide more detailed pics of the tear down. Checklist for the first 3 weekends of work...
-Engine, Trans removed (sold)
-Engine bay cleaned and ready for prep work to begin (tubs, fix shock tower mount, plug firewall holes, cut some other firewall holes, coming soon)
-Interior 90% gutted, still need to clean and prep for roll cage install and paint. (HVAC, auto seat belt stuff, chassis harness all needs to be removed yet)
-Front and rear cross members removed (prepping for diff weld, 5 lug conversion, new suspension bits, steering rack, engine mounts, etc)
-Fuel tank out and trunk prepped for some fabrication (going to run a fuel cell and trunk battery relocation)
Still a good amount of work needed before new stuff can start going on the car. The bulk of this build is budget dependent so as the funds come in, i will start buying parts.
ANYONE WANT TO SPONSOR??! hahaha i will put your name on the car!!
In any case, so you all are up to speed:
Im going with a 5.3 or 5.7 Iron block truck engine with a T56 transmission. Plan is to convert all the accessories from F-body cars and whatnot. Going to run an LS6 intake, mild cam, and going to rebuild the top end on the LS (stronger push rods,, etc). Engine will be coming from a family friend who deals in scrap and salvage trucks. I have almost the whole car planned out but in the early stage there is plenty of time to change my mind. For budget reasons, I am most likely sticking with the truck engine. (im cheap
)I will be updating on the regular and once the serious build up work begins, i will be more diligent with photos and details. Thanks for checking this out and reading, i hope i do not disappoint.
) come out and take black and whites of the car in 35mm. I need to get those uploaded from a CD. I also spent my most recent weekends working on chassis bracing. Made a power brace, finished up tubs, fixed my various window leaks, fabricated some bash bars for the front and rear, fabricated seat rails for my buckets, battery relocation, etc. I will have something shortly.