Basic information for those that don't know me. I'm now 20, Second year apprentice sparky. Loved cars but absolutely no history on them. I feel that I missed out on a fair bit of my childhood not learning anything about these mad machines. So thats a massive f**k you to the parents.
I learnt to drive in a N13 Pulsar then quickly sold up in a few months to buy an FTO, which gave me trouble and cause I didn't know sh*t I was getting eaten by a mechanic for a while. I sold up cause I got over the bills. Then I bought another, and then another!
I then moved on to a newer car (RX-8) Which has been good to me, just general maintenance. But my problem is I wanted to learn how to work on these cars and didn't want to risk doing it on the RX8 & also the fact that it was worth something also scared me off.
The point of the KE70 is to do everything myself (and with help of friends). I want to build this thing up and learn how to do things on the way so I don't have to be depending on a mechanic for the rest of my life.
I am fairly mechanically minded but still, never seeing these things before is still a little different for me.
NOW, onto the car!
Here's some pics of how i got it. [Big photo's so click thumbnails for bigger photo's]
So, yeah its fairly rough! But hey thats a good for me.
Things going for it?
-The exhaust is one thing I like about it.
-Welded diff? If you wanna skid.. unsure if this is something I want at this stage.
-Deep dish wheel - I'm personally not a huge fan and will be putting on the one I got from bennoz
-I got some meshies with it I just need to sand down the lip. I like them.
-Has minimal rust!
Thats about it.
Now, bad sides are;
-Front door cards = fucked... wtf happened?
-Rear centre seatbelt clip is fucked.
-Bonnet doesn't latch down properly.
-Wiring is dodgy as f**k.
-No stereo
-Fuel gauge not working
-Stereo console is fucked.
-Carpet needs replacing.
-Spray can job.
-Missing 2 bolts on passenger seat. (yeah sick?.. fuckheads)
-Need's new bootseal as its cracked in half & leaks in when it pours down.
-idling at 200
-engine oil filler cap melted?
-probably a fuckton more I have forgotton about / havn't even found yet
First things first, is to get a RWC and Rego so I have transport apart from my bike. (The RX-8 has no bodykit as its currently getting repaired, resprayed and getting ready for sale!)
In the last few days I have
-Degreased the f**k out of the engine bay.
-Cleaned plugs
-Fixed Idle
-Borrowed a friends, friends standed KE70 steering wheel & put it on.
-Fixed Fuel guage, (pulled the fuel sender out and sanded the terminals down and works a treat!
)-Scored some free doorcards & put them on!
-Got a new gear knob & fitted!
-Got a new engine filler cap & fitted.
-Fixed down the middle console thats fucked anyway.
-Hidden some of the wiring for the RWC.
Few pics;
So for RWC I need
-rear seatbelt clip
-a leinant person for the welded diff thats not gonna drive it
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My plans after I get it on the road ARE:
-Flat Front Conversion.
-Dual headlights.
-Put a SR20DET + Box into it. This is a fairly common swap & has lots of information on it which is what I want.
-Fully re-wire the whole car when the engine goes in.
-Custom dash made by myself.
-Fit a stereo system.
-Tidy the car up all around. and learn how to paint.
Obviously this isn't all going to happen within a week. More likely over 2 years as I have seen how these things can go pear shaped. I'm keen to learn and not gonna give up on this easily!
Will update when needed.
Thanks for following!
Stef
