Austarion

Hey all, im new to this
Bought this starion for $800, stock, cd player, turbo timer, out of rego



Started panel work 26/06/2006


engine bay update:

interior update:

got the front mount off a JD on today, just a polish and get someone to do the piping and its a goer (thanks to Rod, FREAKNYOU)

did some panel work and prime today

Hi mate, I can't answer the questions but your car looks awesome! It looks really straight.

hey buddy,

besides about 6 or so small hail dents it is
rust free 2
im going to paint it the new ford citric acid green/yellow
what other car rims will fit on my car?

thanks again peepz
-Jem

114.4 pcd +20 offset, simmons make some really nice rims but you'll pay for them.

You can raise your boost to around 10psi with no intercooler or pickup a stock intercooler and raise it to 13psi (maxium before factory cut out kicks in). Might want to invest in a 2.5"/3" exhuast before you do that though.

Welcome aboard,
Not much around kit wise, do a search here and you will find a few answers.
Yeah you can cool it and put a BOV on. As above, exhaust would also be a good mod early in the peace.
Rear wing, personal choice, but fitting may cause issues if you have to strip the fibreglass part off the rear window. There's not a lot of room for fitting. Again, search and you will find options. There was also a JD style group buy a while ago, there may be one left if that's your style.
Front seats are leather, rears are vinyl.

Wheels are a bitch! Almost impossible to find wheels in our offset, but they ARE out there! As for your kit, there is a limited amount available, but if your looking to be different you'll have to make a custom! I have a rear wing on mine, but it is a custom attachment.

Be careful running boost through your engine too. Keep in mind that for $800, that engine will be the original which means it's 22 years old! Maybe a full rebuild is in order as will a turbo rebuild! These things are sadly just a few of the necessitys of owning a Starion, but get it right and you'll have a responsive, tidy, historic gem of a car that will entertain you till death! :beer

thanks heaps for the info peepz,

where would be a good starting place to look for bumpers etc off a 180sx or something so i can get them modded?
also does anybody know anything about the old school BEC turbo timers? mines not working. as for the BOV, is it a special one to make that sort of rattle blow off instead of a sneeze?
where can i source a front windscreen?
sorry dont know much about these sorts of things.

where did you find the front end? its hot as

I had a BES turbo timer on mine, ended up stuffing up everynow and then so i replaced it with a Apexi one. add me to MSN and i can tell you how to put in a new one using the wiring from the BES unit.
Before modifying it at all you should probably do a compression test on it to. might help tell you what condition the motor is. also see if it blows smoke, if it does might be turbo needing rebuild.

*If its all good the first thing is a Exhaust. i cant beleive how much better my car ran with a better exhaust. 2.5 or 3inch exhaust will do.

*Put in a front mount intercooler next. you can fit a decent size cooler in the front of a Starion. Put a BOV on at this stage if you want. but flutter from the turbo on a bigger exhaust sounds 10 times better.. well to me anyway.

*put in a boost controller of your choice although i run a E-boost2 you dont have to go to that extravagance. id say 10 psi will do on a stock motor. you can probably run a bit more but its better to play it safe.

For looks department buy the JD rear wing set (3 peices, 1 rear and 1 each side) go to this link to see what they look like on my JD http://forums.austarion.com/viewtopic.php?t=6423
Also fit a front bar. curvy shapes dont really suit the Starion as its a fairly straight car. try a Coltspeed or JD replica front bar.

Wheels are a pain in the arse to find. some mags from R31 skylines fit but whatever you choose try get them trial fitted before handing over money to see if they will fit properly. and as said above Simmons mags on Starions looks awesome. :drool:

Coltspeed do a combo front bar and airdam

Advanced in SA do an airdam and sideskirts

Aero tech does front & Rear airdams and skirts

Look for a local bodykit maker if you wanted to modify bumpers to fit the starion. The only off the shelf options are the ones starion_turbo mentioned.

Any windscreen mob can source you a front windscreen.

As for rims you can fit +24 offset if they are 7 inch wide, the main issue is the rims hitting the struts at the front with high + offset.

heya,

+24 offset, thanks, just the info i needed to know.
what is a good comfortable size u guys think?

i took the bes timer out of mine the other day and replaced it with a Full auto greddy unit, the bes one still works if you want it $10

Can I have it Brock?

LOL, i baught it off you in the 1st place, but for you its $20, its the biggest pain in the ass trying to trace wires under that dash:P, $10 to anyone that wants it i suppose