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Post by bombercounty5 on Jun 16, 2016 10:46:21 GMT
Hi all, Well i'm Nick, 26 from good ol' Lincolnshire. Lucky enough to have had plenty of nice cars over the years with plenty of nice local roads to use them on. I bought my first eunos last year, an 1800. Cut a long story short, the dif ratio felt like it belonged on a canal boat and I just wasn't feeling it... Fast forward 6 months and after selling the b18 engine from my teg, stopped off on the way home to look at a £600 1600 in some sort of green colour. Ended up with this, I got a bargain really. Panasport ultralites, 200k kilometres, 12 months test. Was a V spec however been painted some dark green/bronzy/black colour  Drove all the way to portsmouth for a nice stainless exhaust  Plan was to try modify it as cheap as possible - it's not completely gone out the window but....it's stating to snowball  . I haven't touched my DC2 since I bought this and I can see it being left for a long time until this ends up with a freely revving nicely tuned 160bhp na engine! Won a Corbeau on Ebay, had to drive to kent to colect this   'uber quality corn's exhaust'. Still need to weld the hanger back on.  Over priced system I could of made myself if I still worked at Eminox - hey ho jdm tax and all that. Managed to get the seat in after I went to JB fab for a mount.  Next someone kindly reversed into it... and didn't leave me a note.  Found some bargain billies - quick drive to leamington spa.  When jacks just don't cut it  Warning - Hardtop's DO NOT fit in part's fridges, one sketchy drive home from Norfolk  Just incase I roll the table over, I'm safe  Billies were finally on   In goes the roll bar!  Weight saving, should shave 30 seconds off my nurburgring lap  Now I can roll over when ambition overrides talent.   Ditched this horrendous piece of kit, made the corn's exhaust sound canoe  Best mod i've done (maybe slight exaggeration) - fit a standard airbox, totally transformed the note of the exhaust.  More spare wheels  Ditched the tan  This brings it up to date - Fitted the new red wing ( i'm going to have issues paint matching ) Still waiting for one original drivers side mirror to pop up (that's not 1 million dollars) OEM front lip fitted.   |
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Post by bombercounty5 on Jun 16, 2016 10:50:45 GMT
  Picked up a Torsen with kia 4.78final drive, niceeee  Spoke to Saiji at Maruha and have a nice new speedo drive on the way over from Japan - So my missis doesn't think i'm doing 100mph everywhere I go. Lastly, after a quick trip Worcestershire last night, got myself a lovely Tanabe Manifold.   Plenty of more bits to crack on with before I take it on track. Need some 1.8 carriers/discs, carbotech pads. Some sticky rubber for the 14's + i'm looking at an oil cooler... it takes a pasting. |
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Post by bombercounty5 on Jun 16, 2016 11:07:07 GMT
I forgot this too - The car is quite tatty (could do with sills) and strangely I quite like the odd red wing?! I am looking to get the mirrors/hardtop painted the same colour as the car, but had a cool idea for the wing. I'm really into my WW2 planes, nose art etc. Luckily for me my other half is a dab hand with the pens/paintbrushes so we concocted an idea for my wing. Will be properly painted in colour, two of my favourite things.... The lanc mixed with wacky races   |
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Post by Horney on Jun 16, 2016 12:10:22 GMT
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Post by titch on Jun 16, 2016 12:39:00 GMT
Welcome to club retarded spec gearing. Lol.
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Post by bombercounty5 on Jun 16, 2016 15:06:51 GMT
Welcome to club retarded spec gearing. Lol. Bring it on! It's limited to 112 anyway |
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Post by bombercounty5 on Jun 25, 2016 9:20:16 GMT
Managed to get my roof painted, finally! Had a nightmare having the colour matched, I suspected it had been painted a custom colour in Japan and it's looking that way. Closest colour match ended up showing as Ligier Noir (black!) Which it certainly isn't, so £30 down on buying two of those! Ended up going for the second best match which was a Hyundai Emerald. It's near enough and the closest i'm going to get! I was quoted well over £200 at every body shop in my local town, so thought canoe it, i'll paint it myself, i've had most of my previous paintwork done by a friend @ the Spraybay in Immingham, but with my vinyl roof not having a rear window, I needed my hardtop turning around ASAP! I ended up painting it in my living room whilst the missis was at work Pretty chuffed with how it turned out, to say it was prepped, primered, painted and lacquered all in the space of about 5 hours. I flatted it back yesterday with 1500,2000 finishing on 2500. Could still do with a bit more flatting but hey, it will do for now. Just need to put the little piece of plastic trim back on what goes around the lip of the roof. So in all it cost me £80 (included buying 2 cans of the wrong paint!) Ready to go  Repaired the damage from when I tried to ram it into my 406 estate boot!  scotched up  spray booth  Primed  No photo's of basecoat going on, was too busy cleaning the laminate floor inbetween the two coats  Let it dry overnight then flatted yesterday. Mid flatting  Finished result. With rattle cans, proof you can paint stuff yourself!       |
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Post by bombercounty5 on Jun 25, 2016 9:34:42 GMT
Speedo drive turned up from Maruha Too. thought they'd sent me a garret looking at the size of the box  Got all the pieces to fit the 4.7 Torsen now, Probably tackle that job next week. Still waiting on my 440mm decat to arrive from mongoose before I can fit the manifold, again, probably a job for next week. Should be a Gab strut brace coming in the post next week too. I know they aren't really beneficial but it was just a bit of cheap, retro eBay bling! |
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Post by bombercounty5 on Jun 27, 2016 8:51:28 GMT
I'm sick of waiting for my Decat to arrive ready to fit the manifold, so i've started stripping it down ready for when it eventually does get here, hopefully plated with gold and with a highly trained technician ready to fit it  Although it's given me a chance to do a few little job's i've been meaning to do for a while anyway. Heatshield was a canoe to get off, had to chisel one of the bolts off, Anyway it's out. Sat the new manifold in to make sure it's a go-er... and it is, so hurrah! I took the lambda sensor to work last night and repaired/extended that, also welded the hanger back onto the corn's exhaust. Found another little pin hole on one of the others hangers were it's been welded on and someone has blown through a bit, factory weld. Really is a strange old system, back box is beautifully made whilst the rest looks tosh nailed to me. Certainly wouldn't bother buying another one. Hopefully my Decat pipe will be here this week the little rascal, I can't wait to hear how deafening it's going to be when it's back together  17 all over again spitting flames like a rudeboy. Decided to paint the wheels whilst the car is up on stands too. Had the two cans left over from the incorrect match from my roof, so seemed logical! Colour is Ligier 20nm noir. I'm not a fan of black wheels but this is almost a dark anthracite colour with a little flek to it. Should look nice when they are lacquered up and polished. Few shots below after the base coat went on, waiting for the lacquer to dry as I type this. This gave me a headache for ten minutes, little blighter!  Out...  New manifold fits nicely.    Basecoat on the wheels   |
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Post by bombercounty5 on Jun 27, 2016 21:36:05 GMT
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Post by joeytalent on Jun 28, 2016 6:32:55 GMT
I like them!
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Post by moro on Jun 28, 2016 14:39:00 GMT
I very much like the way this is going! Welcome to club retarded spec gearing. Lol. Haha! P.S. Nick, you better retouch or altogether remove the Maruha shipping label photo, too many personal details for a public website. |
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Post by bombercounty5 on Jun 29, 2016 15:23:15 GMT
I very much like the way this is going! Welcome to club retarded spec gearing. Lol. Haha! P.S. Nick, you better retouch or altogether remove the Maruha shipping label photo, too many personal details for a public website. Cheers Moro, I have removed it, Never thought about that! The car is slowly getting there, It's no way near how I want it but i'm in no rush! Really looking forward to getting the dif on now, although I've been looking at a proper cusco plated type LSD wondering whether it's worth fitting one before It all goes in? On a plus note, my Decat finally arrived today, and some old skool cool in the form of a very retro Gab strut bar. Extended/repaired my lambda ready for the manifold to go on tomorrow. Fingers crossed the decat length is OK and it all goes together fine. I'm on the lookout for a Long nose crank 1600cc bare engine to start stripping down / rebuilding also.      |
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Post by bombercounty5 on Jul 13, 2016 16:12:56 GMT
De cat mocked up. Luckily my mother still works at Eminox so one of the lads is going to make me the extension piece I need, save's welding a piece in!   Should be up and running next week! |
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Post by bombercounty5 on Jul 16, 2016 18:22:34 GMT
Managed to get it back on the road. Decat extension piece made up.  snug fit  All clamped up now and sealed perfect. It's erm,,,,, LOUD. Also found a holesaw at work, oh dear.  Race car points.  Then thought Canoe it, I'll let gary grinder loose on the back bumper too.  Need's a bit of tidying up, remove the tow hooks, the huge plates they attach to (and look stupid now) and fab up a nice new tow point that can't be seen. Also found some little spacers in my mums shed, stuck them on the rear to fill the arches a little more.  Last but not least, a quick reminder.  And for anyone contemplating a corn's exhaust system, can you live with this?! |
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. I haven't touched my DC2 since I bought this and I can see it being left for a long time until this ends up with a freely revving nicely tuned 160bhp na engine!
Although it's given me a chance to do a few little job's i've been meaning to do for a while anyway.
17 all over again spitting flames like a rudeboy.
le sigh