Some other things i've been working on
#1 _jabba_
Posted 14 June 2009 - 11:23 PM
I bought this HQ the a few weeks ago, i got it off a mate for $200... I dont want/need it but the price was too good to say no!
Its completely origional, 202/trimatic on the tree and orig colour two tone paint. The interior is cream in colour, the bench seats are in perfect condition and door trims are just average.
I dont have any plans for it, its too good/origional to wreck out so ill just store it for the forseeable future at my sisters farm.
While i had the car trailer i desided to bring in the celica that my mate left me when he moved to queensland, the timing was perfect as dad took the statesman back so it free'ed up a spot in the shed...
Its a 1977 RA 23 celica with a 2L 18rgeu fuel injected engine, nice big fuel setup with swirlpot pickup pump and high pressure pump etc etc.
Its been out at the farm for the past 3-4 years so the mice have had a nice go at eating the interior and wiring, but after replacing 3 wires that the mice ate it ran and we had abit of fun thrashing it around the farm.
A few months ago i stumbled across something that would make it alittle more fun... A turbo kit
Two hours worth of work and i had my newly bought turbo kit fitted and working!
Running 5psi of boost really woke this engine up, the guy i bought the turbo kit off said his car with same engine and boost made 125rwkw, not bad for a 1000kg car . I upped the boost to 10psi, the turbo is way to big for the engine and wont actually make anymore boost than this. The turbo is a cheap ebay job and is blowing lots of smoke (which i new before buying the kit), more smoke after a heep of thrashes around the farm .
Needless to say it never gets traction in any gear, by 4th gear it gets too much for the clutch and it starts to slip.
Anyways tonight i gutted its interior, put the carpet through the washing machine (it worked better than i thought) and cleaned out all the mouse shit/nests and dead bodies... Hopefully that smell will fade . My plans are to repair the rust, clean up the wiring and maybe splash some fresh green paint on it and take it to the drags for some fun .
I also gave my nephew my old purple HQ to do up for his first car, he's 15 now and wants to have it finished by the time he's on his p's. We are just fixing the rust and splashing new paint on it, its going to be its orig grey colour with gts stripes, not sure what colour yet. He's been coming around every weekend and working on it, its coming along slowly but surely.
Lots of progress pics on my camera, ill post them later on.
The diff is in the monaro now, i'm still trying to sort out a new one for it.
Hmm i wonder why the monaro isnt done yet .
Damien
#2
Posted 15 June 2009 - 08:12 AM
#3 _jabba_
Posted 19 June 2009 - 11:28 PM
I also had a go at making a full exhaust for it, i cut the old exhaust out and took it to the exhaust shop where he bent up the main part of the system in 3" pipe and gave me a few mendral bends to get around the diff.
Ground clearence is my biggest issue, the old exhaust used to scrape on everything and the cat converter has taken a huge beating and has shattered its insides. I've tried to run the exhaust as close to the body as possible while still leaving room for a new cat converter when i can afford one. The pipe only just hangs lower than the chassis rails, and with a bit more air in the tires im hoping it wont scrape
Armed with a 4" grinder and my trusty mig this is what i've got so far...
This is the 3" dump pipe that came with the turbo kit
Old exhaust
This is the old muffler that ill clean up and reuse for now, it only has a 2.5" inlet so i will replace it down the track with a 3" muffler
The exhaust was very close to the boot floor, after i removed the exhaust i cut the spot welds and moved the pipe slightly to give a little more clearence.
The diff JUST clears the exhaust when i jacked it up under the car without the springs, so it shouldnt hit unless i hit a huge bump.
Damien
Edited by jabba, 19 June 2009 - 11:34 PM.
#4
Posted 20 June 2009 - 06:52 AM
Theres nothing like having a few projects going at once.....
When that turbo motor dies,a 308 will go in real easy with a hilux V8 conversion kit and some LH manifolds.
Thats if its a factory 2litre .
#5
Posted 20 June 2009 - 10:09 AM
#6 _jabba_
Posted 20 June 2009 - 06:14 PM
You are one busy boy.Love the 2tone Lingy.
Theres nothing like having a few projects going at once.....
When that turbo motor dies,a 308 will go in real easy with a hilux V8 conversion kit and some LH manifolds.
Thats if its a factory 2litre .
Yeah i believe it was a factory 2litre. I was thinking a nice v8 would go well in there but i wouldnt want to add too much weight over the front end and i quite like the efi setup, tuning is very simple. Its a fairly large engine bay for a 4cyl car...
Hopefully your exhaust work will allow the turbo to make boost....A work collegue used to have one with similar setup...except he was more into stereos..fitted a massive sub box to the boot and broke all the panel welds in the back...sounded like a kero tin full of rocks.
When i was running it straight off the dump pipe it would easily hit 10psi boost, and when i connected up the old exhaust it was noticibly laggier and could only produce 6psi of boost and felt a whole lot slower. I dont think the collapsed cat helped anything. There should be no restrictions now .
I used to be into the doof doof stereo's but these days id rather a fast car than a slow doofy one. Its alot of extra weight to tow around behind the rear axle.
Edited by jabba, 20 June 2009 - 06:16 PM.
#7 _jabba_
Posted 11 July 2009 - 10:28 PM
I used some scrap .6mm gal i had lying around to make the patch, i just ground the gal coating off before welding it. The upside of these panels being made out of such thin metal is the patch was very easy to make, the down side is welding thin metal sucks. .
Its a pitty i used the monaro to practice my repairs on because this repair is some of the nicer work i've done, maybe i should have started out on this car not the monaro .
#8 _jabba_
Posted 11 July 2009 - 10:47 PM
#9 _jabba_
Posted 13 July 2009 - 09:28 PM
A small rust hole...
turns out to be a bigger rust hole...
and the remains of a window and a mouse nest.
and the drivers side, this is the worst of the rust.
The drivers guard needs the same repair that i done on the left.
#10 _jabba_
Posted 16 August 2009 - 10:40 PM
I've been wasting alot of my time building a wide band oxygen kit from wbo2.com, but it turned out well. I built the 2y1 kit. Its a very handy kit, i've tested it out on the celica so far and its been really good. It does pc logging and has inputs for rpm, 3 thermocouples and has wb and nb outputs. I also made a pipe that i can screw the sensor into and stick in the tail pipe.
Edited by jabba, 16 August 2009 - 10:47 PM.
#11 _jabba_
Posted 03 September 2009 - 07:51 PM
There was a pinhole here, i can get to the other side of it to paint it.
I've also created the patch's needed to fix the passenger side lower 1/4 panel, they just need welding in .
Damien
#12 _jabba_
Posted 03 September 2009 - 09:03 PM
The front guard is off, it has a small rust hole in the usual place that will be repaired next . The monaro is still getting high filled and sanded, so no updates there :(.
#13 _jabba_
Posted 06 September 2009 - 10:26 PM
There were two pin holes here, all accessible from the underside for rust proofing.
My fancy () rust repair creation system!
It just needs a bit more adjusting, cut to shape and then strip the old paint and weld it in. This is for below the driver door.
I've also welded up the holes in the sill for the rubber strip that ran along below the door.
#14 _jabba_
Posted 27 September 2009 - 08:22 PM
I've started bare metalling the car but ran out of the strip disks, should have it stripped and undercoated next weekend .
I've stripped the outside of the car so i can bare metal the body and then undercoat it, taking care to label every part that was removed so i can put it back together easily. I'm hoping to have the body painted next weekend, big call but if i get stuck in it should be possible.
Damien
Edited by jabba, 27 September 2009 - 08:24 PM.
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Posted 28 September 2009 - 10:44 AM
#16 _Torrie_Man_
Posted 28 September 2009 - 12:15 PM
#17 _jabba_
Posted 02 October 2009 - 09:12 PM
#18 _jabba_
Posted 06 October 2009 - 08:39 PM
#19 _doogs_
Posted 06 October 2009 - 09:03 PM
Let us know when something happens with the HQ as well.
#20 _jabba_
Posted 06 October 2009 - 09:09 PM
Edited by jabba, 06 October 2009 - 09:10 PM.
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Posted 07 October 2009 - 10:01 AM
#22 _jabba_
Posted 07 October 2009 - 12:34 PM
#23 _mowie_
Posted 07 October 2009 - 01:05 PM
#24 _jabba_
Posted 10 October 2009 - 11:06 PM
#25 _torana_49_
Posted 11 October 2009 - 12:47 AM
nice job mate!!
i wouldnt mind getting a VL (rb30) or Celica down the track!
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