Austarion

Hi all, my names Steve from Surrey in England,


Have recently bought a starion to restore, it has had a recent respray, and I am in the process of rebuilding engine.

couple of pics below of my progress so far:


The car when it was advertised


Real Carbon Fibre dash plates, now much tidier with a custom gear gaitor

Dad and mate helping with the lift


Engine on the way out


The damage found

so glad to have found such an established forum!!!

My first tech posT:
http://forums.austarion.com/viewtopic.p ... highlight=
Steve

:drool: :drool: :drool: Carbon

awesome ride.

wow.. a widey without a lip at the bottom of the front airdam

Welcome matey, glad to have you on board. Looks like you well under way.

Hmmm be soo soo nice to buy a 'widey' as your very first Starion!!

Welcome to the forums :beer

thrash wrote:wow.. a widey without a lip at the bottom of the front airdam

yep only 88/89 had the lip. this is a 2 LITRE 87 widey, the pick of the bunch :)

the UK spec 2L was faster than the 2.6...

oh and traser, MAKE SURE u put twin cam pistons in it NOT the stock type as they have design flaws which make them prone to failure in multiple areas :)

interesting engine hoist. Never seen one like that.

nice car. Paint reflection looks sharp

Hi all, thanks for the comments,


Yeah its the 87 widebody! didnt like the 2.6's at all so waited for a 2.0,

the engine hoist is works on a screw thread in place of the hydraulic cylinder, best 70 quid I ever spent though!!!

Rgds
Steve

interesting door sills.

jeff wrote:interesting door sills.

Yeah, they look custom...