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...
