10 years and still not finished!
Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2004 11:14 pm
Heres a few pics of the evolution of my JA. I bought her back in the early 90s and went for V4 Simmons, Simmons said 7s and 8s were the biggest that would fit. I soon learned the 16x8s fitted great on the front and had the 7s re-made into 9s for the rear. I ran 225/45 Goodyear Eagle ZRs, cost me a damm fortune and were some of the biggest wheels around in the day!
I had the head ported, cam etc done by Steward Reid, a rally driver/mechanic who seemed to know more about Starions than anyone I'd met (back then). With a 3" mandrel bent exhaust it ran bloody hard on Avgas at 1 bar (without an intercooler omg what were we thinking back then!).
For some reason I lost the plot and stripped the car back to the bare shell and had it bead-blasted. The idiots wrecked the guards and bonnet, started my obsession with new parts. Every panel is brand new, doors, bonnet, guards the works. Virtually any part that bolted on was replaced, right down to the door hinges, doors handles, even the rear pillar moulds. I lost track of the cost on new parts at $13k.
The colour is "de Groot Purple" a custom devised by my uncle, it can still be ordered through Dupont. For some reason I pulled done the Simmons and had them re-coloured "mint", but it was 8 years ago!
You can see the Cobra Daytona seats and TOTAL purple harnesses in the above photo. The whole interior was completely re-trimmed, including the brand new Cobra seats in a velour I preferred at the time, very 90s!
The above photo shows the 16x9 sporting 245/45s at the rear. I figured 16x9s weren’t big enough and ordered 18x10s and 18x9s, unfortunately they cocked up the measurement on the 10s and I had to buy 2 new inners and outers in order to get them under the guards, but it was worth it. Most people don't believe an 18x10 and 285/30 fits under a standard guard, but here it is:
What's happening now is completely of the charts:
19x11 Simmons FR 19 with 305/25 for the rears
6G72 3000GT motor with custom intake and two Garret GT series turbos
MOTEC M800
Supra 6 speed with TRD close ratio gear set
Fully Seam welded body with chrome-molly cage
380mm 6 pot front brakes
340mm 6 port rear brakes
Construction had stalled for the last year or two due to work commitments, but come April she's going into "On Track" engineering (builds V8 Supercars and the like) to complete the cage and mount the motor. My good friend owns "Fantasy Performance" he and I will then get serious with the intake, exhaust and intercooler.
I'll post up some pics of the engine as soon as my gearbox arrives and the engineer (Mark Barnes) finishes the adaptor plate.
Phil
I had the head ported, cam etc done by Steward Reid, a rally driver/mechanic who seemed to know more about Starions than anyone I'd met (back then). With a 3" mandrel bent exhaust it ran bloody hard on Avgas at 1 bar (without an intercooler omg what were we thinking back then!).
For some reason I lost the plot and stripped the car back to the bare shell and had it bead-blasted. The idiots wrecked the guards and bonnet, started my obsession with new parts. Every panel is brand new, doors, bonnet, guards the works. Virtually any part that bolted on was replaced, right down to the door hinges, doors handles, even the rear pillar moulds. I lost track of the cost on new parts at $13k.
The colour is "de Groot Purple" a custom devised by my uncle, it can still be ordered through Dupont. For some reason I pulled done the Simmons and had them re-coloured "mint", but it was 8 years ago!
You can see the Cobra Daytona seats and TOTAL purple harnesses in the above photo. The whole interior was completely re-trimmed, including the brand new Cobra seats in a velour I preferred at the time, very 90s!
The above photo shows the 16x9 sporting 245/45s at the rear. I figured 16x9s weren’t big enough and ordered 18x10s and 18x9s, unfortunately they cocked up the measurement on the 10s and I had to buy 2 new inners and outers in order to get them under the guards, but it was worth it. Most people don't believe an 18x10 and 285/30 fits under a standard guard, but here it is:
What's happening now is completely of the charts:
19x11 Simmons FR 19 with 305/25 for the rears
6G72 3000GT motor with custom intake and two Garret GT series turbos
MOTEC M800
Supra 6 speed with TRD close ratio gear set
Fully Seam welded body with chrome-molly cage
380mm 6 pot front brakes
340mm 6 port rear brakes
Construction had stalled for the last year or two due to work commitments, but come April she's going into "On Track" engineering (builds V8 Supercars and the like) to complete the cage and mount the motor. My good friend owns "Fantasy Performance" he and I will then get serious with the intake, exhaust and intercooler.
I'll post up some pics of the engine as soon as my gearbox arrives and the engineer (Mark Barnes) finishes the adaptor plate.
Phil