Austarion

Two years ago I bought a really rotten Starion, that perhaps seems like a stupid idea but they are not very common up here. I really wanted one and this was the only one I could find. There were about 70 sold between 84 and 89, and there are approximately 40 left. Mine has not been in traffic this millenium...

Pictures suck in the beginning but they will get better:









And yes, it has a tow hook (Is that what it is called?)

The plan from the beginning was a simple tune up and run the shit out of the car, but as always the plans carried away totally :D

I bought a Lancer EVO1 engine and figured that would do the trick, but naaa. It was quite expensive an after doing some research I found out that I was going to have to change the rods, pistons and cam shafts also to reach my goals. Then I sold the EVO engine and now I have a couple of older 6-bolt engines that I will use instead, they are stronger and cheaper :)

The projects is going slow but I have some pictures on the car that I will post here. I am also building a V12 twin turbo charged BMW so neither time or money seems to be sufficent.

Now I have to warn you Starion lovers, this is extremely painfull to see. Up here the government think it´s a good idee to take care of our icy slippery roads with SALT :glare: For those who doesn´t understand what that does to a Japanese car from the eighties, well here you go:





MINT CONDITION :D

Aahhhhhhh! Ughhhhhh! Aaarrgghhhhhh!

No, it's not true! Why would you post such a thing? Have you no morals?

I've seen this kind of thing first hand, bloody politicians!
Good luck with the build, I'm sure you won't be disappointed with the result! :D

V12 twin turbo BMW!!!
details plz
Welcome

This corrosion issue from the 1980's is why Jap cars were widely regarded as crap in Europe.
I was very suprised by this when I first visited the UK some years ago. This sort of stuff is generally a non issue in Australia.
It's amazing you hardly see any older Jap cars on the road at all.
Starion EVO Jap cars are regarded as ok here.

Kul att du delar med dig av lite svensk starion rost :D

StarionCalle wrote:Kul att du delar med dig av lite svensk starion rost :D

Jamen visst, -Välkomen till Australien, bara att lägga upp dina pärlor här också!

This guy has the world record in owning the most Starions in Sweden :D

The car has been going through a slow and careful restoration since I bought it. The car is being totally disassembled and rebuilt. Here you can see some work in progress:

In an earlier picture you could see the area where the windscreen wiper engine used to be seated(totaly rusted out). When I started investigating that I realized that the complete windscreen frame was totaly crap also.

I then had to remove the windscreen, which according to some proffesionals was "Imbossible to do without their skills and tools", Well I took the window out with neither of the two :). I only used some common sense and steel wire to cut the window out.



Some of the rust is gone here:




Here I have rebuilt the frame and a simple construction for the windscreen wiper engine. The windscreen is glued back in position also.

he he...thanx for that


my cars vill be upp some day :roll:

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kul och se lite mer bilder på din bil...

looks like you have put some hard work into it!

Starion EVO wrote: This guy has the world record in owning the most Starions in Sweden :D

How many?

That rust is nuts, good effort with cleaning it up.

check his sig!

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I have 3 Starions in my garage Wink

hey Starion EVO you're an inspiration anyone here with a body like that would have ditched it long ago!!! for a better one, good on ya!!!!! :beer

SOWTZ wrote:V12 twin turbo BMW!!!
details plz
Welcome

I'll give you a little teaser :)





Of course a complete restoration of the V12 engine is being done also.
You would not belive how difficult it is to make room for two turbo chargers in that car, people with brains describe it as "impossible". Well luckily I am not one of them :D
There is a Project thread on a Swedish forum(In swedish but lots of pictures):
http://forum.lazzat.se/showthread.php?t=25943

-Guess which is more fun, building this engine or fighting the starion rust? :D