My GT coupe

[wouter86]

a small update from 2006 to 2013..

I sold the car in 2006 to my brother due to circumstances.I was moving and did not have place for the hachi anymore at my next home.I was ok with it because it would stay in the family.

the aw11 that i had also failed the mot on rust and i did not have time to repair this.the aw11 was sold and i bought a troublefree boring corsa b as a daily driver, still drive it.

now it's 2013, my brother made little progress in the meantime because he has other priorities.

I said to him, you now have 2 levins and neither one drives.we have to make a plan to make this work.I found an old garage for rent in the neighbourhood including tools so I bought back the red levin from my brother.

The idea is that one of the 2 cars is always ready for a drive, since the silver one is completely stripped the red one is chosen to be road-legal.

So step 1 is MOT for the red one, we replaced a lot of things before we took it to the mot.replaced all brake hoses,steering knuckles, steering rack rubbers,replaced the front rubbers with the prothane set,disassembled all the brake parts and cleaned them.replaced braking fluid ans repaired A LOT of rust.replaced the front fenders with xtr FRP ones,sealed of the leaky sunroof.

The car was checked for MOT friday, I have to weld the exhaust some more (its leaking) and the beams where the rear bumper bracket slides into is rotten to far (i knew this one was on the edge)all other things are ok.

step 2 is to make the car technical reliable.
big maintenance has to be carried out, oil,coolant, and belts are at least 12 years old an in a fixed position.

the clutch slips when you floor it at 5000 rpm

there is an lsd inside but it is not working, when you spin the rear wheel the other one spins the opposite way.have to check out what the problem is here, so i probably swap the rear axle with the one from the silver levin and then repair this one

the gas tank in this car does not have a swirl tank, its from a sr5 i think, i lost my original tank.i had to mod this one to make the fuel pump fit.in long corners the engine stalls because the fuelpump pumps air, the filler hose assembly was salvaged from a suzuki alto and modified, works good.

step 3 would be the extra's. lowering springs,camber plates, a cage, there's still a BT lying around here somewhere...

so the end goal is a reliable, strong car. i do not care about the looks very much, functionality and fun are most important.the silver one will become neat, in the meantime we have to play with this one.

will post more pictures later