'81 Scorpion

jwebb2876 · Post by **jwebb2876** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 8:21 pm

Cheers mate. 2L is a 4G52, and ideally I'd like to find an aftermarket centre for the EX Lancer diff so I don't have to do a conversion, but if I can't find one I'll probably use an R31 Borg-Warner, or an MX63 Cressida F-series.

MPI 4G63 is probably second last, after wheels, decent brakes and suspension but before the diff swap. I was considering putting the Aus head back on the 4G52 and running a stock Sigma Turbo setup, but the '63 will be better in the long run.

GormzZ · Post by **GormzZ** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 8:28 pm

ohh righteo cool. was going to say is the r31 borg warner easy to obtain and setup? personally myself looking into differentials and seeing what people use on their old rwd mitsu's. yeah i'm keeping my 63 sohc for meantime until i can offload it and possibly buy a dohc 4g63 when i eventually want more power and have the coin.

jwebb2876 · Post by **jwebb2876** » Sun Mar 04, 2012 8:43 pm

R31 Borgies are very easy to get, there's been at least 10 R31's in the local wreckers every time I've been there lol
As for setup, it's a bit wider than the Scorp diff, not sure on the exact lengths but hopefully it's not much. The rear specs on the Sakura copies I want are 15x9 -10, I'm pretty confident I can fit them under the rear with a roll of the guards and 205/50's, if the R31 diff is much wider I'll have to cut into the guards to run bolt-on flares lol :P
As for mounting it, I'll need to get the mounts changed over on the diffs and maybe a custom tailshaft.

jwebb2876 · Post by **jwebb2876** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 7:34 am

I was supposed to be getting a few things done on this this week, but between my girlfriend leaving me out of the blue, the resulting resurgence of my depression and a trip down to Wollongong to stay with my sister and clear my head, that hasn't happened.
I'm supposed to be home on the 26th, I'll keep you guys posted with any updates after that.

OLD FART · Post by **OLD FART** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 8:25 am

Females ,I'm over the hill and still no nearer to understanding them :(
But I do know if they weren't built that way they are they would be stacked 10 high at the wreckers.
Never mind there are plenty more fish in the sea :)

jwebb2876 · Post by **jwebb2876** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 11:26 am

That's true.
Gonna wait and see for a while though, she said she just needed some space to figure a few things out so I'm not giving up just yet.

Post by **TOMSUN** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 2:44 pm

Cool... and in the mean-time... Keep busy and make some progress (not just on the car). Chicks want guys who are positive & confident (being rich doesn't hurt :roll: ) so chin up.

I broke up with a couple of girls when I was younger. Took it pretty hard at the time. Then I bought a motorbike, exercised, got fit and made the most of it. Now married (to a much nicer girl :D ) and thinking back I don't know why I made a big deal of it. Just something we all go through.

jwebb2876 · Post by **jwebb2876** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 3:54 pm

It's not my first rodeo, but this is the first time a breakup's affected my depression in a significant way. I've been swinging like a yo-yo for a week, lol
Oh well. They do say that time heals all wounds, no matter how deep.

Anyway. Back on topic, I need to do tie rods/idler arm etc, as I didn't do them when I did the bushes. I need to get around to pulling some rear spring rubbers out of the parts car while I'm at it, the ones currently in the car are, well, not in the car.
I'll also need to shorten the bump stops and buy shorter shocks for the rear, it has 30mm lowered Lovells springs for GE-GH in it at the moment, which has dropped the car a good 60mm from stock height due to the spring being located on the diff, instead of on the arm like the earlier cars. Add to that the lack of spring rubbers (another 20-25mm) and it's pretty close to bottoming out.
Still need to do something about the front. I'll probably just end up buying a pair of 30mm Pedders springs and shorten the struts 40-odd mm to run an R31 insert.[/i]

fugazi · Post by **fugazi** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 7:23 pm

jwebb2876 wrote:...she said she just needed some space to figure a few things out....

Means: "she's allready got another guy"....
Sorry to say but, been ther done that!
Work your ass of on the car for 2 months (or chop some wood) and you'll be fine!!!

jwebb2876 · Post by **jwebb2876** » Fri Mar 16, 2012 7:28 pm

I bloody hope not. I've still got it bad for this girl, finding out she'd been stepping out on me would kill me.
Anyway. Enough about that. Will update when I've made some progress on this POS, lol

jwebb2876 · Post by **jwebb2876** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 5:53 pm

fugazi wrote:
jwebb2876 wrote:...she said she just needed some space to figure a few things out....
Means: "she's allready got another guy"....
Sorry to say but, been ther done that!
Work your ass of on the car for 2 months (or chop some wood) and you'll be fine!!!

So, this guy was right :P
At least she had the decency to leave me before hooking up with this other dude, would have broke me otherwise.

Anyway. The tie rod ends I replaced not long ago fucked out on me, was going over the front end to make sure everything was tight and the taper bit fell out of the rod ends

So I need to do those again, thanks to dodgy eBay shit. Other than that, it's nearly ready to go for the blueslip. Just need to tidy it up a bit, it's pretty filthy from sitting for the last 12 months :P

GormzZ · Post by **GormzZ** » Sun Apr 01, 2012 11:32 pm

jwebb2876 wrote:
fugazi wrote:
jwebb2876 wrote:...she said she just needed some space to figure a few things out....
Means: "she's allready got another guy"....
Sorry to say but, been ther done that!
Work your ass of on the car for 2 months (or chop some wood) and you'll be fine!!!
So, this guy was right :P
At least she had the decency to leave me before hooking up with this other dude, would have broke me otherwise.

Anyway. The tie rod ends I replaced not long ago fucked out on me, was going over the front end to make sure everything was tight and the taper bit fell out of the rod ends
So I need to do those again, thanks to dodgy eBay shit. Other than that, it's nearly ready to go for the blueslip. Just need to tidy it up a bit, it's pretty filthy from sitting for the last 12 months :P

i know the feeling when your ex does that.. not the greatest feeling.. but unfortunately its a lesson in life to be learnt.. i've learnt twice ffs.. over them hey!

make your car your girl and she will never leave you..!! you can only leave her or she can just break down on you when she's indicating some more loving ;)..

good work on being close to getting a blueslip!! counting down i bet.

fugazi · Post by **fugazi** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 2:28 am

I'm allways right... but that's not allways positive!!! :x
Sorry about that dude!
Dig in on your carbuild and make use of all the frustration on her (the car I mean)!

jwebb2876 · Post by **jwebb2876** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 12:35 pm

Meh, it doesn't bother me anymore. She's made her bed, she can go lie in it.

Counting down alright, it's been over a year since this thing has been on the road. I miss driving it, it's not that quick but it handles well enough to make it a good bit of fun in the corners :)
Only downside is the cops out here seem to think that it's worth pulling over every time they see it, same with the couple of other modded older Jap cars around town. There's a running competition going between me and this guy with a 70's Gemini coupe to see who gets pulled over the most, lol
Or at least, there was when this was on the road last.

redzone · Post by **redzone** » Mon Apr 02, 2012 7:46 pm

Gemini coupe? now you speaka my language!

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