Nice build, we are the complete opposite lol
you took a Galant and used a Evo motor and i took a Evo and used a Galant motor lol
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Nice build, we are the complete opposite lol
you took a Galant and used a Evo motor and i took a Evo and used a Galant motor lol
damn man that really sucks.
I was never brave enough to run without a timing cover.
Damn.
yeah didnt have the cam belt covers on for 2 reasons (a) was planning on pulling the head off early next year and (b) didnt have the covers
i had nzefi doing the tune, not there fault though cause i told to run it without covers and to be fair they were just as disapointed as me
and JDMFTW yeah iv been following your build and gotta say very impressive what you've done
Yea, I had NZEFI doing mine too, they do a good job :)
Good luck with the rebuild, anything you need let me know, I have access to quite a bit of Galant and Evo parts/knowledge.
well i got some good news today and the pistons have little more than a scratch on them ( thank god for forged pistons ) so the head is off to the reconditioners on monday
will hopefully have it running this week, will find out if they got a power reading before it blew
well got the head in to car aid this morning and will have it back tomorow afternoon
got some good news out of this, found out the valves have been replaced at some stage with 1mm oversized items, so got some new ferrea valves going in, more good news is that its only the inlet valves that need replaced
also when i had the valve springs put in it looks like the guys who did it didnt put the valve sleeves in properly and they are completly f*cked now, so its good to find that out now instead of in a month or 2's time
well got it back and gave it one hell of a road test, picked it up from nzefi at 2pm yesterday and at half 5 i was on the road to auckland
the car is a definate monster around town with a very small power band, basically makes all of its power over 1500 revs
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/brad_511/006.jpg
over all very impressed considering all the problems trying to get it going it came together just in time and didnt miss a beat the whole trip up
will have to a vid up of it idling for you guys, sounds sorta like a rota, but it shakes the car at the same
Thats sweet man. Seems like a solid build. However you hacked the fuck out of that front bumper didnt ya?
Holy Crap
That's one hell of a power curve.... Nice :D
cheers guys, yeah not to happy with how the bumper looks, ill be getting that fixed up sometime in the future
http://s23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...t=MOV00505.flv
sounds mean !
Sounds very nice man, well done :)
You should come out and meet up with the guys from club VR-4 sometime
yeah i would man but it doesnt seem like much is going on in aucks unfortunately
figured it was about time i stopped being slack and got up a pic of the engine now its going and finished.......for now
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...1/DSC00518.jpg
those motor mounts need to go!
yeah they arent the best looking but they are custom made so i cant get anything off the shelf, ill have a look at tidieing those up once im done with the exterior and interior
you, my man, has pretty much built my dream car. Subscribed.
well i figure that this is more than overdue for an update, so for the last couple of weeks the cars been at the panelbeaters getting all the dents taken out and smoothed over, it's now all primered and ready and waiting for the new paint job of gloss balck with a red pearl thrown in for good measure, its due to come be finished on tuesday
but today i received this package in the mail
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...1/DSC00573.jpg
in which i found the most expensive chocolate bar of all time ( which wasnt an empty wrapper at the time but soon was )
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...1/DSC00574.jpg
and then i found this
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...1/DSC00575.jpg
it will be fitted and tuned as soon as i have time, should be in july unless i find time next month
back from the painters, im liking the colour, my camera really doesnt do it justice though
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...1/DSC00617.jpg