Gormzz's Stazza..!

niss720 · Post by **niss720** » Wed Aug 08, 2012 6:31 pm

the starions are defiantly underpowered! hand brake is more important than d2's!!!

GormzZ · Post by **GormzZ** » Wed Aug 08, 2012 7:28 pm

yeah my handbrake definitely needs to be sorted out! haha. thing is basically gone.. might look into a hydro.

GormzZ · Post by **GormzZ** » Fri Aug 10, 2012 10:00 pm

Have now got this as a backup centre, thanks pete :D. Shipping is still getting sorted for the lsd.. wing hasn't arrived yet so i'm still waiting for that.

Also ecu is being sorted out to best suit the basic setup im going for.. hopefully won't be to far of from going to mpfi..

GormzZ · Post by **GormzZ** » Tue Aug 14, 2012 10:27 pm

Have primed up the rear hatch.. starting to get over the matte black on it and hadn't painted in a while so said why not! Also took the rear bar of to try get some of the ripples out've the bar itself.. and man heatgun = check, instant cooling material = negative.. what's recommended to pop the ripples out in regards to cooling resources so it doesn't sink back in etc?

Also found out that its possibly had a "love tap" on the rear end as the rio bar inside it seems to be slightly bent on the metal arms which are used to locate the bolts from inside the boot and under the car near the fuel tank. Only thoughts i could think of was try and pull them out straight or cut them of and reweld them back on straight again? Explains why my rear bar sort've hanged down a little bit and wasn't snug tight underneath the rear taillights. Anyway.. now i can't get the damn thing back on right so i've left it for a few days till i get some time with sunlight to try get it back up.

Will get some photos of it sometime soon..

redzone · Post by **redzone** » Wed Aug 15, 2012 9:15 am

Panelbeat the braces on the reo back into shape, shouldn't be too hard. Ems stinger is perfect as a basic good ecu for your mpi setup. There are a few cars running them so you can get a base map easily!

flav · Post by **flav** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 1:55 am

heheheheh...welded diff! Fun!!

GormzZ · Post by **GormzZ** » Mon Aug 20, 2012 8:21 pm

yeah thats what i've been trying to do atm with the brace.. Just need some bigger whallops at it.. and get it straight as possible.

Yeah the welded diff shall be fun as long as it doesn't ruin my torque tube etc while on track haha! I'm keen to test it out though.. as rain sliding just isn't cutting it anymore lol.

GormzZ · Post by **GormzZ** » Sun Aug 26, 2012 7:42 pm

righteo. the rio is a bit better now after smashing it straight again.. so hopefully the bar will sit up underneath the headlights properly instead of drooping down. started prepping the bar today and trying to fix up the ripples... what a nightmare! i must be doing it wrong.. anyone approached this before and conquered it, if so how did you do it? anyway i left the bar in primer this arve due to rain coming about so will tackle more of it this week.

redzone · Post by **redzone** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:19 am

You can't do anything about the rear bar ripples that will stay fixed

GormzZ · Post by **GormzZ** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 7:58 pm

oh cool lol. i managed to get them as flat as i could with a heat gun.. but still see them when the primer is on it. No chance of using a plastic type filler on it? I've used some before at a panelshop.. but in this case ill need a good amount of it to fill it up and smooth of. Trouble is when sanding it applys pressure to it and hence possibly not getting a true line opposed to a metal car panel. see how i go i guess... otherwise it might be time to get another rear bar/rio bar.

redzone · Post by **redzone** » Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:30 pm

one slight tap and all the filler will fall off as it's not the type of plastic that anything other than paint will stick to (and even then..)

GormzZ · Post by **GormzZ** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 10:36 pm

ehh i've just left the ripples in it and painted and cleared the rear bumper and rear hatch (now i don't have that hideous matte black hatch redzone :P) as it will do for the meantime as it looks alot better then peeling old paint! Will get a proper straighter rear bar later on or get this one fixed properly eventually..

Anyway took it for a drive tonight as it hasn't been for a few weeks.. yeah joy got a boost leak from the turbo silicone joiner onto the small plastic pipe going over the top into the manifold... Stupidest idea of a joiner as it doesn't go big to small or have a bend in it.. just a straight one and needs clamps to tighten them down.. which are now stuffed so i'll need two more of them and fix this boost leak up. Also noticed that now my oil pressure gauge isn't working? Checked there is oil in the car which is on full... but either no oil pressure or the gauge aint working. It was working perfect last time i drove it and i wasn't reading low or high oil pressure readings.. was perfect until i let it sit for a few weeks... Any suggestions?

redzone · Post by **redzone** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:38 pm

Probably the sender, it's the same as an early 2.6 pajero

GormzZ · Post by **GormzZ** » Fri Sep 07, 2012 6:02 pm

whats the best way to get to the sender and check if its buggered?

GormzZ · Post by **GormzZ** » Thu Oct 25, 2012 8:44 pm

wow due to site issues recently i keep forgetting to update progress.. anyway!

LSD, Torque tube, Axles all arrived a little while ago.. so i will get up to fitting them soon hopefully! Rear hatch and rear bar as mentioned earlier got painted and cleared but rear bar is starting to crack in some areas i think (due to my slackness in prep). Regardless though its better then what it was before and i just wanted to drive it.. Drove it a bit.. now my fans don't work!? Any common reasons as to why the fans would stop working? (Not referring to fuses etc).

Anyway.. believe it or not.. i got tempted and bought another project..! A toyota mx32 cressida! Plans for it are to fix up a few spots of rust... pull dead motor out and put in a 7mgte or 1jz. Its a longer project so most of the bank department will be going towards the mpfi on the starion hopefully.. Will get some pictures up soon of more progress as words are boring!!

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