Ive been busy.. F20C AE86 (56k badness!)

[PazzaAE86]

Ive been working flat out on this from January and February with the actual restoration and buildup/installation, and its come together slowy through March and April with actually getting it running.. But here is alot of pics.. Followed by the almost finished product!

Cut Cross Member. Stripping paint at the time..


Spacer to drop Cross Member


my massively fat lady friend.


I lubed my lady up so i could slide the beast in...


And i bust the back doors in...


a bit of cutting to clear the rack and such..

How it sat on the car..

Shit is TOIGHT.

See?




JSP gear box Mount pics..






First installation..




Started Spotting..


And here is how it looked finished, before i tidied them up..



Then i cleaned, and cleaned and cleaned and then made a small make shift spray booth, and fired some Etch Prime and build at it, and it came out like this..




Cross member welded up:


Smoothed and painted with POR15:



Had to cut further back on this side for sump clearance..



Rough cut of the steering Rack Clamp, needed for clearence, also replaced the captive nut on the rack clamp with a flywheel bolt as its got a smaller head.


POR15 under the arches.. Two or Three coats everywhere in the end..


Stock Clutch line, made to go to the otherside of the engine bay and into the S2k Slave..


Brackets, LCA's etc POR15'd..




Prop..



Took the diff out.. Oh shit.. Explains the knocking.. Every tooth is smashed in half, wont rotate freely as it gets stuck in one place.

Turns out its a 5.375 ratio. No wonder it was so short/gay. Could of sold it for a mint though But thats 3 years of whining diff abuse!

More Primer and Seam sealer over the spot welds..






Paint-atron.






Building back up..










DW Fuel Pump





And then many an evening doing the bits i forgot to take pics of, and much VEMS'ing went down and there you go...