Been looking through some old pics so thought I'd post them on the new forum.
Some of you may know this thing already... had it for nearly 8 years now and bought it because one day I was bored of my company hack and decided I wanted something rwd, lightweight, and with 4 seats.
Retro Car had just ran an 86 buyers guide and then I found this on ebay and it was local, should have just bought an E36 M3.
When I first got it, bog standard except for the exhaust and lovely wooden Nardi wheel:
Ran it like this for a while smashed it into the back of some mare who pulled out onto a roundabout and stopped when there was nothing bleeding coming! The result:
Pulled the motor out and got a local body shop to start work on it, turns out it had previous crash damage in the same place so needed the work doing anyway:
While the motor was out I thought this thing needs more power... first idea was a 2ZZ from a Celica T-Sport as it was bound to be a bolt-in conversion, er no. Then I thought about a rotrex charger but found they were silly money and don't give the mid-range I wanted, so a turbo it was then! While the body was being sorted I tore down the motor and did a full rebuild and the turbo conversion.
Engine back in the car with turbo install:
A bit of fettling on the dyno and it was ready to hit the streets:
Some pics my mate took:
Bought Robs 13" minilites for track use:
First drift day at Curborough, was really pleased with the way the car went:
Polished up for the legendary Stoney Cove 86 meet:
Looking good for first day at the Pod:
Part 2 coming up...
Been looking through some old pics so thought I'd post them on the new forum.
Some of you may know this thing already... had it for nearly 8 years now and bought it because one day I was bored of my company hack and decided I wanted something rwd, lightweight, and with 4 seats.
Retro Car had just ran an 86 buyers guide and then I found this on ebay and it was local, should have just bought an E36 M3.
When I first got it, bog standard except for the exhaust and lovely wooden Nardi wheel:
[img]http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w34/TonyNunn/11102006266.jpg[/img]
[img]http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w34/TonyNunn/Pics003Medium.jpg[/img]
Ran it like this for a while smashed it into the back of some mare who pulled out onto a roundabout and stopped when there was nothing bleeding coming! The result:
[img]http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w34/TonyNunn/13082007098.jpg[/img]
Pulled the motor out and got a local body shop to start work on it, turns out it had previous crash damage in the same place so needed the work doing anyway:[url=http://s172.photobucket.com/user/TonyNunn/media/13082007100.jpg.html][img]http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w34/TonyNunn/13082007100.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://s172.photobucket.com/user/TonyNunn/media/04102007313.jpg.html][img]http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w34/TonyNunn/04102007313.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://s172.photobucket.com/user/TonyNunn/media/02112007326.jpg.html][img]http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w34/TonyNunn/02112007326.jpg[/img][/url]
While the motor was out I thought this thing needs more power... first idea was a 2ZZ from a Celica T-Sport as it was bound to be a bolt-in conversion, er no. Then I thought about a rotrex charger but found they were silly money and don't give the mid-range I wanted, so a turbo it was then! While the body was being sorted I tore down the motor and did a full rebuild and the turbo conversion.
Engine back in the car with turbo install:
[url=http://s172.photobucket.com/user/TonyNunn/media/08012009053Medium.jpg.html][img]http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w34/TonyNunn/08012009053Medium.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://s172.photobucket.com/user/TonyNunn/media/08012009052Medium.jpg.html][img]http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w34/TonyNunn/08012009052Medium.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://s172.photobucket.com/user/TonyNunn/media/20022009114Small.jpg.html][img]http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w34/TonyNunn/20022009114Small.jpg[/img][/url]
A bit of fettling on the dyno and it was ready to hit the streets:
[url=http://s172.photobucket.com/user/TonyNunn/media/20022009111Small.jpg.html][img]http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w34/TonyNunn/20022009111Small.jpg[/img][/url]
Some pics my mate took:
[url=http://s172.photobucket.com/user/TonyNunn/media/DSC_1678.jpg.html][img]http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w34/TonyNunn/DSC_1678.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://s172.photobucket.com/user/TonyNunn/media/DSC_1679.jpg.html][img]http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w34/TonyNunn/DSC_1679.jpg[/img][/url]
Bought Robs 13" minilites for track use:
[url=http://s172.photobucket.com/user/TonyNunn/media/15062009269Small.jpg.html][img]http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w34/TonyNunn/15062009269Small.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=http://s172.photobucket.com/user/TonyNunn/media/15062009267Small.jpg.html][img]http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w34/TonyNunn/15062009267Small.jpg[/img][/url]
First drift day at Curborough, was really pleased with the way the car went:
[url=http://s172.photobucket.com/user/TonyNunn/media/IMG_1027.jpg.html][img]http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w34/TonyNunn/IMG_1027.jpg[/img][/url]
Polished up for the legendary Stoney Cove 86 meet:
[url=http://s172.photobucket.com/user/TonyNunn/media/13082009384-1.jpg.html][img]http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w34/TonyNunn/13082009384-1.jpg[/img][/url]
Looking good for first day at the Pod:
[url=http://s172.photobucket.com/user/TonyNunn/media/004640x480.jpg.html][img]http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w34/TonyNunn/004640x480.jpg[/img][/url]
Part 2 coming up...
