My S body

big balls to tackle that..true home build

bring this nowhere near my shit at JAE haha


jealousy be jealous

haha^

cheers lads!

I used etch primer on the drivers side but ran out so the passenger side i just hit with some halfords stuff, some protection is better than none.

Anyway.

While finishing the welding on the drivers side tub i managed to somehow melt the wire to the swan neck liner (inside the neck), so while i waited to get one I couldnt be getting on with the tubs so i spent some time on other bits and bobs that needed sorting.

Got the new Fidanza friction plate for my unknown lightened flywheel:



because i didnt know the make of the flywheel i had to make an educated guess at which pcd friction plate to get, luckily i was right!

before:


^it was that fucked even a couple of the screw heads had been worn!

after:



also got clutch kit:



I was going to clean the engine down and spray it with some high temp enamel i ordered, but with my spare time i spent a few hours with a few wire brushes, white spirits, some rag and a tiny screwdriver cleaning it up, im well pleased with the results, i really wish i took a couple of before pics.

Took the alt, power steering pump and belts off to give everything a good going over.

anyway:







I didnt get any pics but i also sealed my diff back together, im thinking about painting the back cover (you can probably see it from behind the car lower down)

The next day I managed to swing by a machine mart to pick up a swan neck liner so i could carry on with the tubs:



That afternoon the mrs picked me up from work, so in the car i start messing with the neck liner out the packet, when we pull up i bend down to grab some bags and "plop" my new neck liner slips out my grasp straight down the drain!!!!! I was PISSED!!
Luckily my dad had some mad magnet on a stick thing and we actually managed to rescue it!

So the next day i was off work and managed to crack on with finishing the drivers side and getting the passenger side done.
Also my new twin fan+ally shroud setup came, had to throw it in to see:



anyway:



my welds are getting better so im going to take back the worst, most concpicuous welds back with a grinder and redo them

nice update ezz must come round to have a gander when im free.

them weld are looking good, bit of a grind down and you'll barely see them i reckon..

Yes man, progress is looking good keep it up

ezz looks great keep it up is this gona be done for jae....

As said on facebook dude, great work.

You doing anything this weekend? I can come have a look.

cheers al, suk

work saturday day, then off sunday, you can grab your grinder too, wouldnt have been possible without that, and your glasses, i would have definately lost sight in atleast one eye if it were for those through all that grinding.

the saw came too, its too violent, whatever your sawing has to be propper secure otherwise it just shakes it to peices! i tried it on a part of the car i was cutting out and it cut through it like a hot knife through butter!!

This build is moving fast, plenty of pics and updates amazing

In no particular order:

Jay started some filler work and i started work undoing the JDM bodge that some jap dude did to my front end, the vertical supports were cut and bent out, then bolted to a huge tray which my intercooler sat on.
You can kind of see it here:



the middle support had been cut shorter to suit so i welded a new one in (was a chopped up shelf bracket ), did the job though, before when i would unbolt or bolt anything that was connected to the slam panel the whole thing was so flimsy it would twist, now its completely solid
So now the front intercooler bodge was sorted i had to actually fit the intercooler again, made up some brackets, bolted them to the IC then supported it on jacks in the position i wanted and tacked the brackets to the car, then removed it and welded it all up.





I mounted it at as much of an angle as possbile so i had maximum ground clearance:



Put some of the front back together to check alignment, not perfect but good enough for now, il make any changes once its all back together:



Went to halfords and got some shit for the car/bay;
acid 8 primer
underseal for the arches/tubs
sandpaper
filler

Just as i was finishing the welding on the intercooler brackets my welder ran out of gas, so now im stuck without a welder for about a week
in the meantime iv been getting on with bits that needed sorting, i got round to getting the arches/tubs undersealed:



Removed the passenger side driveshaft, when i was taking the diff out i noticed some minor damage from when i dirfed, so i figured i might aswell chuck a new one in while its apart.

Oh yeah, the teg sold so i have most of the money for my lips, in preperation i put the car on stands, while i was doing so it fell off the jack

Luckily the only damage was this:



So on the list of things to do/buy/get:

things i need:
New grinder
grinding/cutting discs
welding gas canister (pub gas)
Work Lips
Split rim nuts/bolts x 160
driveshaft

things i need to do:
take rims apart
nitromorse centres
paint centres
rebuild wheels
fit new driveshaft
refit diff
finish welding on driver side arch

Thats just to get things straight in my head more than anything lol

Also on a positive note, Loom should be here by friday, the CORRECT ONE and il be ordering my rear overfenders tommorow for a bargain price, 50mm chargespeeds (thanks ben), they also agreed to do my fronts for a bargain price when they start production for the 14.

Update I sweet, good progress, if you font get one beforehand ezz I can get a co2 cylinder Tuesday morning, poss Wednesday, I'll find out for deffo Monday night. I'll try get one sooner though

Can't wait to see this on the road again. Miss going to......errrrmmmm........asda? In it. Deffo need some toa dwyb actionz

lol, used to go shop so often, just to drift haha

nice one mate, let me know and il roll down with the empty one for teh swapms

sick progress Aaron, keep it up

wamp wamp

dude post this shit on DW, they'll love it. youll get the people chattin shit though

thanks lads

i dont like driftworks gary, the post count over knowledge aproach to the forum ends up with me having arguments on there, to the point i complained and now my account mysteriously doesnt work.
Theres a prick on there called 'bladerider' and during one argument he called me a see you next tuesday, which was completely un called for, normally i would let it fly but i had had enough so looked up the rules and logged a complaint, but because he had been there so long and had such a high post count he can do or say whatever he wants, educated, not eductaed, right or wrong.

ezz i had 1 on talk audio we met at a show he never slagd me again but i got ban'd from the site due to 25000v

haha^

Lips ordered

overfenders ordered

Ive got a Grinder you can borrow but ive only got cutting disc on it.

Its a shame it won't be ready for JAE, but the extra time can be used on things like making the bay perfect.

What's left to buy to get it ready then? Thought you've got all the parts to get it roadworthy now you've ordered lips, o/fenders an loom on it's way?

tax, mot, insurance, wheel bolts x 160, lower engine loom, paint, two pack primer, two pack laquer, high tensile rod, oil, filter, gb oil (also for diff) and other stuff

Shiiit that's a bit

I got my man to take a pic of my lips before he ships them, because im sad like that



exited!

:O Woooooah!

^ x2

When's the ETA