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FST4RD · Post by **FST4RD** » Fri Nov 04, 2011 5:35 pm

Would be fine if the guy didn't dick around with the exhaust to put the headers on it...
I still have the factory down pipe... attached to half the turbo! lol The other half is still attached to the exhaust manifold rofl

There was a chap on trademe selling full recond TD-05 small and large 16G's, genuine ones for about the same price as those new chinese ones. Would rather a genuine recond one?

thrash · Post by **thrash** » Fri Nov 04, 2011 5:53 pm

post some pics!!

fugazi · Post by **fugazi** » Fri Nov 04, 2011 8:13 pm

FST4RD wrote:...I still have the factory down pipe... attached to half the turbo! lol The other half is still attached to the exhaust manifold rofl

Eeeehr... intresting...

So... the housing is plugged up? Or... turbine still in? What?

FST4RD · Post by **FST4RD** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 6:50 am

fugazi wrote:
FST4RD wrote:...I still have the factory down pipe... attached to half the turbo! lol The other half is still attached to the exhaust manifold rofl
Eeeehr... intresting...

So... the housing is plugged up? Or... turbine still in? What?

Long story, but when I was talking to the guy he said he had taken the turbo off and just running it N/A, I though no problems.
Got there and it's running some sort of headers bodged to the exhaust. He showed me the turbo manifold and it had the turbo exhaust housing attached to it and the shaft and fan, the compressor housing was in another pile... I'll get some pics up today.

FST4RD · Post by **FST4RD** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 4:58 pm

Well took some pics... please remember that this is how I purchased the car... All apart from the first bit was done by the revious owner!

The green plastic coated wire is how I pop the bonnet. I did this as there is no bonnet release cable. Much easier then climbing under the car. You just press down and the bonnet pops.

The mighty engine bay

The electric fan is held on by wire... and that red wire that you can see curled around it actually goes to the temp sensor and the main on the battery. It works... I give it that.

The cross over pipe is far from pretty, so is everything else though as you can see...

Dodgy battery holder

Charcoal canister thingee not actually hooked up at all, even underneith

More dodgy stuff, note the AFM and the strut brace

Photo of the exhaust

More dodgy engine bay photos

bridgey · Post by **bridgey** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 5:13 pm

this make me sad

FST4RD · Post by **FST4RD** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 5:20 pm

Apart from it being dodgy as hell it actually runs extremely well.
Doesn't blow any smoke :)
Has the better DASH bottom end with the 8v top end.
Going to MPI it eventually and TD05 it, but apart from that nothing to major.

FST4RD · Post by **FST4RD** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 5:26 pm

This is going to be Project El Budgo!
I'm looking for a few things in the immediate... mainly a drivers seat, any colour, condition really for free or close to free as possible. I can swap a towbar and wiring plug for one or a pair?
As long as it's in better condition than this:

FST4RD · Post by **FST4RD** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 5:26 pm

Firebrand · Post by **Firebrand** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 7:39 pm

I've got a set of grey front seats I don't need, but would want maybe 50 bucks for the set - you could definitely make a good pair from mine + yours.

Got most other grey interior bits if you need anything...that looks like a pretty cool project, good on you for taking it on...

enthuzed · Post by **enthuzed** » Sat Nov 05, 2011 8:42 pm

Amazing with all the dodgy brothers wire & metal that it runs as well as it does. If looks were anything to go by then it would run like a piece of shit!

JAS · Post by **JAS** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 5:51 am

Ive got a drivers seat thats beter than that you can have for nothing.

As said above, its very surprising the thing goes as well as it does. :)
But you'll get it sorted :)

FST4RD · Post by **FST4RD** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 11:28 am

Thanks JAS! I'll come round and grab it off you.
Yeah the brakes, clutch and gearbox are pretty mint to... looks can be decieving! rofl

Oh and did I mention that it's non-power steering? :D

Eventually I'll get some gen 2 D2 suspension, some 17's (know exactly what I want), JAS 4 pot front caliper conversion, LSD, motor turbo'd and MPI, decent steering wheel and race seats.
I have some late model parts coming as well, front bumper and side air intakes, so I'll be getting one of JAS's front skirts as well and I think the car will be done.

It's going to be far from pretty... but going handle and drive well.

JAS · Post by **JAS** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 3:13 pm

Sounds good mate :) Like a JDM Rat rod lol

The seats are in my sigma and its still sitting at the painters.

Ill let you know when its back.

FST4RD · Post by **FST4RD** » Sun Nov 06, 2011 4:51 pm

JAS wrote:Sounds good mate :) Like a JDM Rat rod lol

The seats are in my sigma and its still sitting at the painters.

Ill let you know when its back.

Yeah it will be... I was even thinking a red door or front guard... haven't decided yet, but I think the guard might win this battle.

Sweet :D

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