My brother and i have been building our 206 trackcar which runs a cossie engine and 4x4 box and running gear
We originally where restoring a 1996 nissan primera btcc car which was built by janspeed but money and the fact that parts are either to dear or like hens teeth to find made us sell it with a few tears in our eyes,but with the car on the trailer and off to its new home we took our cash and headed to ebay and then to bolton the next day to buy a sierra 4x4 cosworth which was an ex hillclimb car.
We got the car up the road and we were pleased with our purchase but being us 2 and never content we wanted something else hee hee.
A few phone calls to our mate and a few quid later we had pugworth which started out as a 206 1.2...
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Projects & WIPs
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Introduction
As this is going to be quite a big ongoing project, I thought I may as well get a project thread up for those interested. The car was taken off the road about 10 months ago as I have two cars so only used it as a weekend car anyway. I have plenty of experience from a young age from working on several mates cars and projects and that of my old man. This, however, is my first big project completely on my own.
How the car stands
The car was nearly standard when I got it. It now stands completely stripped weighing 910 kgs and running about 180bhp at 18psi. A GT of the same spec as mine with full interior can run a 14.5 flat quarter mile on crap tyres. So est. low 14's for mine. Bodywork needs attention but is standard...
Hey guys, it's been a while since I've been online here. I've spent all my time on a Fiero forum, they've been awesome help. I'm also posting this build there, so everyone can see it. I know most of you guys live in England, so you don't have Fiero's there, but this is one helluva project for me (It's my first project car, engine swap, brake job, and restoration ever). You may also be interested since the whole project is being kept a secret from my parents, and I am only making minimum wage so this is quite a balancing act. I'll post some pics in a little bit, but I really want feedback.
Heya folks, while I'm taking a break during a poor weather streak and awaiting for more parts to arrive. Here's a bit of progress on my daily driver E34.
Found on craigslist, I wasn't necessarily looking for a BMW. But I did want a V8 & manual trans.. anything. Found this E34 540i that would crank but not fire. I checked it out, deemed it a neat little car, made a deal and towed it home. It was also riddled with fake ///M badges everywhere I promptly pulled all of those. But kept the M5 door sills, I kinda like those.
After going round and round for a month, I finally found that the harmonic damper was installed clocked wrong. Assumingly done when a water pump was changed out. The crank trigger uses the damper for timing, so the...
Hi guy's.
As i've come back from the dead and on here once again, I thought i'd also introduce my latest car.
Shes a late 93 Version 1 STi (confirmed by my local Subaru Research garage after about 2 months of them checkin the vin plate lol) It's a full Jap import and so far has been tuned to 315bhp/333lb of torque.
When I got it back in April it was quite standard other than having black, standard 16" wheels and a 2 piece newage spoiler with the top half being black, facelift bonnet, wings, grill and lights (basically a near full facelift front end conversion par the bumper which is still original) oh and also the 3 ", turbo back, straight through exhaust with 5" HKS back box.
Since i've had it i've done:-
-TD05...
Hi all,
I bought this car quite a while ago. Originally I got the car as my Civic was involved in an accident and I needed something to get me from A to B, but wanted something that would hold it's value. I travelled to Peterborough one very snowy evening to check the car and it was fine (mechanically) so I lowered the seller to £1200 and drove it away that night. After owning the BMW for a while I decided to keep it instead of the Civic.
I've quietly started my project over the last month or so and decided to share it with everyone on here. It's not the most powerful car in the world but right now it fits the bill perfectly.
The previous owner's work wasn't the best so I have to correct scratches, rust and the awful back...
hi guys i"m new to this site ..... would like some info on how to increase the power on my ride:blink1:
picked up our addition (at a bargain price) on tuesday and im loving it, :)
she's a 97, had a £4.5k engine rebuild by Graham Goode Racing in Leicester (have all the reciepts for the work done)
Full magnex system, decat (gorgeous sound)
17 inch gold speedlines,
STI interior
Spax springs and shocks
Running 290bhp
well i picked this up for £80 yesterday, my initial thought was to break it for parts as the Weber carb on it is worth £120 s/h, or fix it up and sell it...
well thats not happening now, i am actually amazed at how solid this car is, and how well the engine pulls. its on 116k miles and drives like a dream. TBH, id probably say it was in better condition on the whole than my old green one was when i got that!
So, generally its not as bad as the last owner made out, couple of bits of paintwork damage, few dents here an there, but only a few tiny tiny rust scabs on the rear plinth. It needs new front brakes but that should be enough to put it through an MOT. :)
plans with this one are simple so far... lowered, sort...
spent about 1800 on the mk1 so far, but then that is since late august.
next year she'll be getting a respray (not that she needs it) and a 20vT conversion, with some more engine mods. Im budgeting 5.5k next year.
but the predicted stats look very nice indeed...
Power at Flywheel (BHP) : 350
Weight without Driver (KG) : 968
Power to Weight Ratio (BHP Per Ton) : 367.37
0 - 60 (Secs) : 4.21
0 - 100 (Secs) : 9.28
60 - 100 (Secs) : 5.06
Quarter Mile (Secs) : 12.46
Terminal Speed (MPH) : 115.91
Drag Strip Quarter Mile (Secs) : 12.26
Drag Strip Terminal Speed (MPH) : 118.07
12.3 Quarter in a mk1 convertible??? yes please! :)
Hi all, 2008 Suzuki Swift 1.5 Petrol
My Suzuki Swift is in need of some more performance, It's all ready fitted with k&n induction kit and longlife cat back exhausts.
I've read loads of coments on the best things to increase performance on the Swift. I keep reading that the k&n induction isn't the best for my car, I've read that the best is either hks suction kit or R's sports cleaner.
Also because my Swift is the 1.5 it's best to get a piggyback ecu fitted then after you've got exhaust, induction, piggyback eg. then only should you get it mapped, otherwise the mods that I do won't help much.
Does anyone have any advice that could help increase my performance without forking out for a turbo or supercharger.
ie...
This car is my first project car. I got it just a couple months ago and I'm going to build it up little by little as I can afford. As I mod it, I'll post updates here.
My exhaust as it is now- going for a full 3" race exhaust soon, but here it is now:
As of June 2015:
Injen SRI
Uniq rigid subframe collars
dropped muffler, replaced with stinger
various cooling tweaks under the hood
rebadged the Hyundai badges with Art of Speed badges
IC grill LED custom lighting mod
Interior red LED map lights and custom footwell lighting
Deltalip rear lip spoiler
Hey guys, here's a little pictorial of my most recent project. A T-bucket with a supercharged BMW V8.
Speedway motors '23 standard fiberglass body and a repro '32 Ford grill:
Speedway motors bare T frame:
Mid 70's Jaguar independent rear end:
Rear wheels, American Racing VN502 15" x 10" with M&H 30" x 14.5" (12" tread) cheater slicks with tubes.
Front axle, Spindles, GM disc brakes, split wishbone radius arms, 15"x5" wheels with Firestone F560 165/80 tires:
Next post, Engine build:
Well looks like the cammed V6 idea is going out of the window. I can't justify the amount of money needed to get anything decent out of them. Not as tunable as other V6 I've had in the past so I'm afraid it has to go....
...to be replaced by a 250bhp T16 engine with front mounted intercooler, all pipework and ancillaries, custom loom, garrett t25 with a t28 very soon after, uprated drive shafts and modified mountings.
I will be using Rover 420 T16 none turbo engine stabilizers and fitting them to the ZS subframes rather than using the Rover Coupe ones which aren't as strong, and don't want to mess with the handling of the ZS by using crapper parts.
The conversion is coming out of an MG ZR so half the conversion is already done, just...
OK thought id better get this started seeing as the bora has now gone to car heaven
only one pic of the car the now as not had the time or the weather to get the car properly cleaned up
1 2009 VRS TDI CR. decided to go with the newer CR engine rather than the older PD engines as there seem to be more issues with the DPF on the PD engines as they produce too much smoke and were never designed to run alongside the DPF. there was also the good old injector issues as with the 1.9 PD engine - for those who dont know the 2nd pump in the PD engines is the injector itself.
some work needs done so as its still under warranty then its going into skoda next friday to get looked at. central locking within the car doesnt work...
thanks LOZ ill put everytyhing in here regarding my car.
hi peeps this is where ill keep everyone updated on how to turn a 98 ford escort estate into either a pile of scrap or something worthy of being on a road.
ill try and get some photos done asap of what im starting with so you can all see it come together or fall apart lol.
only things i can say about "plans" so far is TRON...keep watching this thread.
NEW GTO PROJECT.
Hi people,
I just stumbled onto this sight and it couldnt of happened at a better time as I have just purchased a 1998 Mitsubishi GTO and not having much luck finding any information on it as it is a full import from Japan and not even the local Mitsubishi dealer is being of much value.
In the near future i am looking at doing quiet a few mechanical modifications to it and also a few changes to the body along with a full re-spray, and would appreciate any helpfull info or advice anyone would like to share with me.
Cheers
NIKKO
:lol::blink::lol:
Hi guy's.
In amongst my travels I've spotted a couple of scoobies with the touring car graphics on them. Now as I already have a few bits on my car from Cusco, I wanted to apply the graphics on my car. They have cost me £90 for the full set of graphics (23 in total). So i have had a play in my graphics program to see what my car will look like with them on.
Now bear in mind i've only added the main part of the stickers and not the sponsors. But what do you guys reckon? (it is a pic of my car by the way ;) ) Oh and i've added a red rim on the alloyes ;)
Ok so the mk2 is coming off the road for a 20vT conversion and ground up rebuild and spray, so i needed a cool VW in my life as a daily driver.
got let down on my first choice when guy changed his mind and sold it to someone else :( so figured id never get a Corrado anywhere near my kinda budget (ie what i had left in the bank from last month)
but then i found this one:
Got it VERY cheap due to some minor cosmetic things that can be sorted in a day :)
1.8 16v (the better of the 16v engines!) 130k on clocks, 11 months mot, 6months tax, service history, and engine pulls hard as it should (not a rocket ship by any stretch of imagination though!) 17's, coilies, G60 brake conversion with braided hoses, full stainless...
thought i'd give you all a head up that im finally starting my project bmw 318is m44 now ive got some form of cashflow, got lots of plans for it but i'll go into detail about those in another post, more to follow
Next year the greanmachine is going seriously hardcore so I have just got another stagea for daily driving driving around town and in the snow
Its a very rare Series 2 RS Four S (maybe 5 or 6 in the UK ) and the last model with the early style body. Colour is called "snow white" which is pearlescent
The S is the only factory manual stagea made and has all the following as standard out the factory from an R34 Skyline .
Later Neo single turbo engine with just under 300bhp out the factory
Latest dual syncro 5 speed gearbox
Attessa pro awd system - with electronic stability program
Exactly the same suspension and brakes all round as the R34
HICAS 4 wheel steering operated by seperate ECU
LSD
GTR Drivetrain
Xenon...
CHECK THA SHIZ!!!!! ok pics not too good :) ill get some in the day light tomorrow :D
it actually is surprisingly quick!
anyway down to buisness!
no mods atm!
gettin some black angel eyes for bday - just seen that they are in production
rear LED Techno lights
18" alloys
Full exhaust system
Induction kit (k+n)
bodykit
Brake Upgrades
Full Susp Kit
Gearbox Upgrade
Then hopfully this time ish next year a big engine dump!!\
its ace to drive, the engine sound ace, exhaust doesnt though :) so ill get that done first, but i have to give 700 quid to my mum first though :(
oh th insurance was only an extra 9 quid :lol: for the full year!
i hope this thread is as popular as the last :)
P.S. could you...
Hi all just thought i'd let you know I've posted a few pics here http://www.flickr.com/photos/32177776@N07/ Cause when I tried on here all my pics was too big so this way was easier. Anyway let me know what you think and bear in mind it is a work in progress.... I'll add more pics when I take them.
Thought this would be the best place for this, so here goes.
This was my car when I first bought her a few years ago
and this was after her first 'facelift'
She now, however, looks like this
Interior is stripped out apart from the dash
She's having some body mods done, including de locking, shaved door handles and a few other things.
Her new colour scheme will be green and black.
Here's my engine bits ready to go on her
Got the strut braces done too.
They all have rainbow shimmer in them so look pretty cool when the sun hits
I've also just had the wheels back
From standard silver
to
They are all powder coated so the engine bits should happily cope with the engine bay heat as they were baked at 200C...
Picked the Peugeot 306 meridian 1.4 up last Wednsday for £200 im thinking that could be a bargain. The seller said it needed a new gasket and some body work as Nitro-mors had been thrown on it! Surprisingly enough it driven home fine (50 miles) with just a few rough starts.
The car got checked over and it needed a new coil pack all in all £100 fitted so not bad for a £200 car :D.
The roof and bonnet has been thourely sanded and the bonnet has been treated for the rust with a product called Rust Remedy, does a great job was expecting it to not be brilliant for its price :bigsmile:. Also put a terribly rough spray of primer on the bonnet.
Got some black carbon fibre coming hopefully tomorrow (Friday) which i will be covering...
I've bought another motor and here she is.....
Isn't to everyones taste but I think it's brill :)
It's a 1994 Peugeot 205 Mardi Gras 1.8 Turbo Diesel, yes it is the turbo and not the weedy non turbo....
What else is there to tell I hear your say....
Well...
It's metallic green and It has:
Electric windows, power steering, romote central locking, and thats about it.... Ooooo it does have a starter button!?!?!
That rubber thing is infact the very button, and you can only start that car by using that button, turning the key to start it does nothing!
This is how the car started life with me. Standard except for exhaust and air filter
Here’s a little moving of the car many moons ago. At the time she 297BHP
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http://s4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/gbboldej/Skyline/?action=view¤t=MOV01160.flv
Currently running 337BHP with 322lbs of torque but I do have plans for a big turbo conversion and the aim is 500BHP. I use her on track so I am not going to nuts with it as I want it to be drivable out of the bends.
Apologies for the pictures they aren’t that great and I am trying to find a pro photographer who can get me some decent ones sorted so watch this space.
Here is the spec but I...
Ok so as you know i got rid of the 16v Corrado, got sick of it looking tatty and me not having the cash to throw at it (and not particularly wanting to!)
so a few deals were done and i ended up with this beauty:
She's a 1994 on an L reg. 2.9 VR6 :)
Full black heated leathers.
Gorgeous condition throughout.
Relatively standard;
lowered 40mm on koni shocks and springs
6 branch stainless steel exhaust manifold
ported inlet manifold
JR induction kit
1.3 mm 6 core HT leads (HUGE!)
im going to be going OEM+ style with this one, its such a nice car, and lets be honest, Corrados didnt half look good from the factory!
So here's all iv done so far:
Swapped the JR induction kit for a K&N one
added a...
The really nice chaps at Talon Sportscars are building me my new toy. It's called a Talon 100R. It's basically a Rover 100 with knobs on, lots of knobs :blink:
So heres the specification.
Re-Welded Floor Pans and Sills
Fully Welded 6-Point Roll-Cage with Door Bars and Diagonal
143BHP 1.8 VVC Engine with PG1 Gearbox (Type C Gearset)
Quaife Torque Biasing Limited Slip Differential
Fibreglass Bonnet
Perspex Windows Side & rear
New Clutch and Release Bearing
2 Core High Capacity Radiator
Front and Rear Anti-Rollbars
GTi Vented Front Discs and Calipers
14" Alloy Wheels with Toyo Proxes T1R Tyres
A set of GTI rims for track days
Individualised and modified hydragas units
New Custom Designed side exit Exhaust
Fibreglass Rear...
Ok so i bought it :)
2001 Suzuki SV650S
Sounds IMMENSE with the scorpion Can :)
To Do List:
Headstock bearings
Oil and filter change
Bleed Brakes
Tax
Pass test
Then RIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Am properly over the moon. Got a blinding bike for the money, may not compare with the likes of GSXR's etc, but still a hell of a lot of machinery for the money!
Just bought a new car! A generation 5 Prelude 2.2 vtec, pictures to come shortly...
Hi everyone. :) I've had a Mazda MX5 for the past 6 years and have done loads to it over the years. I know its now to everyone's taste, but here's a few pictures anyway.
Its a 1997 1.8 fitted with an emanage blue thats currently running my supercharger with 150mm crank overlay and air water intercooler. I have larger injectors, uprated pump O2 clamp, an Innovate LC-1 kit and a knocklite sensor.
I'm a complete noob when it comes to tuning and but have managed to fit and tune everything myself. I am running about 8psi and am looking at upping the boost a bit more.
I'm also planning on fitting water/methanol injection so I've been reading up on it and am on the look out for a kit.
I know an MG isn't everyones cup of tea, but I love it. It's been in my possession for over 5.5 years and is work in progress. Not one to have shed loads of money to throw at it as having a house, wife, teenage daughters, cats and dogs etc tends to drain the stamford wallet somewhat!
So on that basis having a couple of cars is a bit of a luxury so it gets treated as and when funds allow and when bargins come up!
Technically it is work in progress as I am always finding something to do on it.
Current spec:
2002 MG ZS180
BMC CDA induction kit, silicon hoses, cold air feed to foglight aperture.
Janspeed cat back exhaust.
Decat with MIL kit.
Remapped by Reidyremaps, now running 200bhp on 95RON.
Stripped interior. Battery...
I am always in the garage tinkering with my bikes and all sorts. Now i have a car =D.Time to work on that. I have quite a good taste in modding. Im not going to start do what every " boy racer " does. It will look nice and have decent looks. This is what i have done so far. Keep Posted =]. Will post pics up soon
i was originally planning selling the leon but after doing an online valuation and looking on autotrader my car has dropped in value by a £1000 within a year :amazed: plus the £3000+ i have spent on it so i have decided im keeping her and going the full hog and making her even better
engine wise i am with the performance at the moment but in the future the next step would be a turbo upgrade but this wont happen for a long time yet
so im going to be looking at spending my money on looks and handling this is what im aiming for on the front i have received the light eyebrows just waiting for the grills to turn up then will decide about the lower splitter then its of to a mate of a mate for colour coding and judging from my mates car...
Ive the car 3 months now and finally i can start my build thread
When i first brought it
First job was to remove resonator box just behind the wheel arch
You can see the 4 small holes they where the only things letting air flow into the filter
Then i put on my new wheels could probably do with a refurb but are loads better than what was on
They have loads of tread 3 are brigestone so2 and one avon alone these must be more than what i actually paid for them
Now the car is 100 times better these wheels look great and im very pleased with them
My next job was change the dump valve managed to get a blitz one cheap no there was no need to take the old recirc one off which you can see just above the blitz i...
- Locked
This is my latest purchase. I bought it off eBay.de (Germany) and imported it myself. First time I’ve done this but it was worth it as you can probably see.
So the car is a standard 1.3CL model however it had only one former owner from new (who was a technician at Wolfsburg VW) who I bought it from. Plus the car come with full VW service history, two keys and the original receipt of sale from back in 1991 when it was purchased.
Now this is embarrassing, I’ve written my post but don’t know how to upload the pictures ..........help..........please
Well folks, I have been threatening to do it and promised myself I wouldn't start this thread until work began. Well work has begun so let's kick things off. I have always loved the looks of both the R33 and the R34 but particularly the front end of the R334. So why not combine the two and make a Wide arch kit at the same time. Now I am going for subtle instead of an aggressive wide arch. Also the body shop company I am using believes in doing things right, so the wider front wings and rear wings will be custom made out of metal, not fiberglass.
So here's what she looked like when I dropped her off to the body shop!
Start of the rear end strip, remove rear bumper and lights. This is a 16 year old car but not in bad nick for it's...
Firstly i'd like to say i'm new to this site. Also this is my first wee car i'll be tuning up. I currently own a 106 gti and i'm wanting to get it up to around 180 - 200bhp. I'm wondering what way to go about it? do I go cams? supercharge? turbo? or what I was thinking was an engine change but that would be very expensive and lot of work in comparison to other ideas lol. Was just looking for advice as to which way to go about this. Any help will be much appreciated especially advice from people who have already done this to their 106 gti's.
thanks
Hi there guy's. I have thought it time I started my own thread now rather than keep jumping into other peoples with questions.
Alot of you will know my planns.
Upgrade Cams
Adjustable Cam pullies
Larger Turbo housing
Remap
Carbon Front splitter
Carbon Exhaust guard
Spark cover (either AMS metal or carbon)
The cams are more or less settled. Either Brian Crower 268's or HKS 264's, im just waiting on the price difference.
The pullies are going to have to be pipers as they are the only preformance part I can find a pair for for less than £200
The turbo housing is on the cards. Just need to decide if there is a difference between wither one of these...
ok people this is my first ground up build i have a 91 ford econovan/mazda b2000 got off a mate
it has petol and gas fitted, engine is a 2.0L carby fed FE that will become a force fet FE/T with a little toyota ct9, i already had this and being off a 1.8L it should boost eary for towing power and i'll keep it set around 5-7lb of boost
i have left the block bolted in the van i'm too lazy to pull it out plus i'm covered when it rains, i have removed the pistons so she's ready for a hone
all rings and bearings will remain standard
my questions are,
would standard rings and head gasket be ok with 5-7 pound boost, the boost controller will be mounted in the cab and plumbed to the factory internal wastegate so i have full control.
i have...
I just realized I had mentioned this little truck in my Corvair post, but not really posted anything else about it. Here is how it was 4 years ago when I finally convinced the owner it was not getting any better as a lawn ornament.
He said the original engine needed a timing chain and he couldn't find one, so he stored it in boxes and put a Suzuki engine in. While doing to he cut up the frame so badly that it couldn't stand on 4 wheels. It turned out that the original 998cc engine was totally rusted and missing a rod.
I ordered a bunch of parts from the UK and an engine from Chile. After more than a year of waiting for the engine, I ended up buying another one, this time a used front end from Japan. I've detailed everything on my...
