JayME's 83 Starion

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niss720
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Post by niss720 »

looks good, i love that ta22 aswell!
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ProZac wrote: Any plans for modifications? Yours is so nice and original though... Hmmmm.
At this stage it will be tidied up and my gold rims going back on (once they have some legal tread). Down the track some lowering and wheel widening will ideally be in order . . . .
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Post by perrinsohc »

Any progress is still progress on a starion lol. Good stuff mate.
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Small update

Bumpers, nose cone, light covers, front skirt all tidied up and in primer ready for paint (and have been for some time just waiting for the weather to finally warm up enough....)

pleased to find no hidden surprises pulling it all apart :beer

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other things on the to do list:
Power steering box leaking around the adjuster nut - just going to try goop it with some gasket sealer (as suggested on another thread here)

Front brake rotors - going to pull the front hubs off tomorrow and see if the rotors have enough meat on them to be skimmed

Tyres - Looking at replacing the semi slicks on my other gold centered mags and get them back on the car.

Then just some tidy up here and there - refurb taillights, plastics and black bits.
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Post by ProZac »

Looks properly tidy back there, awesome :)
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So its back together and even legal again - first time in a year. Was quite nice driving it again today :)

Of course the new paint is far from a perfect match to the many other shades of red from the last 30 years on the car - motivation to do the rest at some stage but for now it looks tidier than it was

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Gave the engine bay a bit of a tidy too - need to do some painting of bits and pieces and get some matching leads one of these days . . . .

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New tyres coming for my other mags on Friday - looking forward to getting them back on the car
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Post by Lunacy »

Love your engine bay, that is CLEAN as!
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Post by GormzZ »

so tidy mate! loving the progress of it.
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Post by popup »

Trying to work out why your engine bay looks so minimal and clean! Maybe its just the lack of intercooler pipes?
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Post by fugazi »

Nope!
Lack of leaks... rofl
Tidy and clean.... VERY nice indeed! :D

Getting some new paint (or remove all) on the servo-reservoar, and it will be tip-top!
The servofluid is aggressive shit... works fine as a paintstripper...
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Post by JayME »

Oh its still got some leaks :cry: Slowly working my way through fixing them

Took it for a wee drive today - about 900km

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Wasnt without problems however . . . . Had the boost gauge randomly start flicking around all over the place and the car started missing and backfiring quite bad (even just cruising at a constant speed). First thought was to check for vacuum leaks although not alot that can actually leak on these. Ended up unpluging the box on the firewall (where the vacuum line goes into). It drove smoothly again after this thankfully. Just drove it quietly the rest of the way home. Will swap it with the one on my other car tomorrow.
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Post by thrash »

900kms?! What did you do, a trip around the island??
quest wrote:
WANTSOM wrote:Personally, I find sloppy boxes very unsatisfying. I like them tight and taught to the point that if you dont have to push to get it in then its probably too old and time to get a new one :P
don't try explaining that to her tho..... just leave. lol
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Post by thrash »

actually i take that back..

http://maps.google.com.au/maps?saddr=Ch ... ls&t=m&z=7

so.. a trip around half the island??
quest wrote:
WANTSOM wrote:Personally, I find sloppy boxes very unsatisfying. I like them tight and taught to the point that if you dont have to push to get it in then its probably too old and time to get a new one :P
don't try explaining that to her tho..... just leave. lol
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Post by JayME »

Pretty much - Christchurch to Nelson and back with some driving around Nelson

I've had enough driving for today :P
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Post by ProZac »

Sounds like either a dodgy electrical connection on the map sensor, or a bung diaphram internally. Would like to have a go at fixing one :)

Must be nice to be out there driving it, looks awesome dude.
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