retro-xr6t Donating Members 95 Member For: 14y 11m 12d Gender: Male Posted 26/07/12 12:49 PM Share Posted 26/07/12 12:49 PM Hi allI thought I'd share my current project that I have going at the moment.Last year I purchased myself a 1994 ED XR6 Auto in Cobalt Blue with 197,000km on the clock, apart from a few car door dings and stone chips, slight rust in the front of the sills the car was pretty straight and in decent condition for its age. The plan was to build a maximum 500rwhp Turbo SOHC street/eventer, however after I got talking to Justin at BYE Performance and Brad from Atomic Performance I soon decided to go down the road of the DOHC conversion with a T56 running it.Shortly after buying the car on a hot the power steer unit clapped out, so while I replaced that I put in a complete new power steering rack, also replaced the tie rod ends, new feed line from the pump, new pump and housing, and got a wheel alignment. New slotted rotors fitted to the front with Bendix pads, and had the rear discs machined and gave the rear calipers some Bendix love too and also Replaced the wheel bearings all around.Shortly after this I had the car go to WA Suspension and get some new suspension. In went some Super Pro bushes, new ball joints, Whiteline adjustable swaybars, Koni Yellow adjustable Shocks and Lovells Super Low springs all around. Once I got it back I replaced a few things electrically and cosmetically around the car, A tail light was cracked so put a new one in, fixed all the mouldings and garnishes up, fixed the brake light switch and cruise control switch and also changed the orange side repeaters to clear BA ones.Lastly I changed the 15 inch 5 spoke ED XR wheels to EF/EL 16 inch FTR's and got it Tinted.Then a couple of months went by as I hoarded coin and pillaged settlements for food and beverages until I could afford to drop money down on an Atomic 698 GT-A with a few custom modifications done by Brad and a Malwood T56 Conversion Kit. I originally had the Ace option 3+ kit, but it was at this point that things started to get out of hand and the build just kept getting bigger and bigger.. So instead I swapped out the original kit and got an Option 6 Steel Composite Assembly Twin 9.5" Carbon plate clutch and lightened Flywheel kit instead.From here the parts just kept coming, hoarding anything shiny and metal.Picked up my turboBillet pulley kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retro-xr6t Donating Members 95 Member For: 14y 11m 12d Gender: Male Posted 26/07/12 12:50 PM Author Share Posted 26/07/12 12:50 PM Viper intake manifold with fuel rail6boost manifold50mm Turbosmart Progate WastegateAfter I had all these things it was time for the removal of the old faithful SOHC donk, the cruise control was also removed, aircon removed. All unused holes were marked for welding and filling and the battery tray was marked for removal as the battery was getting relocated to the boot.The car then got towed to Outter Limitz spraypainting in Maddington where Alan and his boys welded up all the marked holes, prepped the car, removed the battery tray and then painted the engine bay in a custom Cobalt Blue with blue crystal pearl. The paint looks awesome in person and the sunlight makes the whole bay light up, the rest of the car will be getting this same paint once the conversion is done.While the car was being painted my turbo and intake manifold went off for polishingSo this is where the car sits at the moment, about to go back in to BYE Performance now for the engine conversion next week with a few other bits and pieces. The K-Frame will be painted once it's been modified to fit the BF sump.Cheers for reading, I'll post updates as it comes along, the plan is to have it ready for Perth Powercruise this year in October.Leigh 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shyfrd Turboless Donating Members 5,992 Member For: 13y 9m 29d Gender: Male Location: Geelong, Victoria Posted 26/07/12 01:08 PM Share Posted 26/07/12 01:08 PM Nice thread! Love where this is going. Good paint choice too. Can't wait for moar pics!! She gunna be a real mover when its finished! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbotrana Member 2,586 Member For: 21y 8m 25d Gender: Male Posted 26/07/12 01:12 PM Share Posted 26/07/12 01:12 PM Good build but that turbo looks a bit small for what else you have.Where did you get that aluminium pulley set from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retro-xr6t Donating Members 95 Member For: 14y 11m 12d Gender: Male Posted 26/07/12 01:37 PM Author Share Posted 26/07/12 01:37 PM Thanks fellas,Yeah im not too sure how this turbo is gonna go actually, I dont think the pics here do it justice for its size to be honest.Here's a pic of it in my Force 8 engine bay for comparison, the one on the right is mine and the one on the left is going into another car, the one on the left is the next size im gonna go if this doesn't get me where I want..I got the pulley kit off Atomic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pazzo Donating Members 11,132 Member For: 14y 2m 4d Gender: Male Posted 26/07/12 07:22 PM Share Posted 26/07/12 07:22 PM Sweet project, well done. Me likey the pully kit big time, cannot wait till finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonjaz Donating Members 1,841 Member For: 16y 18d Gender: Male Location: CQ Posted 26/07/12 08:23 PM Share Posted 26/07/12 08:23 PM Much respect looks the goods Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1NSANE Donating Members 279 Member For: 14y 7m 16d Gender: Male Location: South West Melbourne Posted 27/07/12 06:09 AM Share Posted 27/07/12 06:09 AM Fantastic!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionicxr6t05 Bronze Donating Members 2,216 Member For: 13y 4m 29d Gender: Male Posted 27/07/12 07:59 AM Share Posted 27/07/12 07:59 AM Awesome build, turbo needs more big 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 16y 6m 25d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 27/07/12 08:17 AM Share Posted 27/07/12 08:17 AM (edited) love the cobalt colour mate and good onya for going all out first time round with the hardware, its going to be a weapon Edited 27/07/12 08:17 AM by JETSNOT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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