luke187 Member 297 Member For: 10y 11m 20d Posted 25/09/14 09:19 AM Author Share Posted 25/09/14 09:19 AM (edited) Pics of the front end rebuild with the calipers finished and painted. Glad you cant see the pads when the wheel is on as the yellow and red looks like a hotdog. Turns out they're the optional brakes too as the 16" steelies I temporarily had on the front drag on the calipers now.. never even put a tape measure on the rotors lolBraided lines looking... braidedHappy with how they look once the wheels are fitted. I chose yellow because the car needed more than 2 colours, red doesnt go with green, theres too much black on the car and blue would look like I tried to make fake fpv setup.Happy to see the car wheeling around again albeit with only 1 person power at the front wheelsToday we got the engine bay pretty much completed, ripped out the "new" dash and put the old one back in and wired it up again. Unfortunately the gearbox spacer that was laser cut does not fit so we will have to cut one up by hand, but tomorrow will be spent working on a customers car so im hoping to be driving the car on monday.To do now on the car is break into the rear door which looks like I'll be cutting up the door trim, pull rear seats and install fuel pump then get the exhaust made up. It was cut after the rear diff as the car it came off had a massive hit so needs a couple of tail pipes. Finally install exhaust system, clutch/gearbox and put the interior back in and she's all go.Also need a hand to locate where this goes, vacuum line of some sort im guessing drops into the inlet manifold... just cant find where Edited 25/09/14 09:25 AM by luke187 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke187 Member 297 Member For: 10y 11m 20d Posted 27/09/14 03:27 AM Author Share Posted 27/09/14 03:27 AM Wasnt able to get the wheels repaired and powder coated so decided to tidy them up with a file/sand them back and plastidip them. Pretty happy how they fit, wasnt sure if id like the higher profile of the 275 35 19 but after seeing it I want to run a 245 40 on the front. Love it overall adds a more aggressive look to the car which it really neededHere are the wheels dipped, also painted the egg carton satin black, plastidipped the ecu.Looks much better on and I actually prefer it over the fabricated aluminium ones ive seen.ECUAlso while we were at it we swapped to the power steering cooler from the xr6t giving more room to mount the cooler properly. Ended up trimming the front rio slightly as it was mounted crooked and end tanks were marked from rubbing on the barGearbox spacer is finished and fits so will aim to have the gearbox done this weekend which just leaves the exhaust, fuel pump, hood lining then refit the interior. Happy days cant wait to drive it 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyP MattyP Cruise Control 6,317 Member For: 12y 6m 22d Gender: Male Location: Central Coast Posted 27/09/14 05:37 AM Share Posted 27/09/14 05:37 AM Have you considered changing the plenum to an fg one?Looks awesome btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke187 Member 297 Member For: 10y 11m 20d Posted 27/09/14 06:20 AM Author Share Posted 27/09/14 06:20 AM Thanks mate. The FG F6 engine which is going in already has a process west plenum and id1000s and a bunch of other goodies so this will just stay as is. I was still looking into swapping the PW for the dtock fg unit though but if it does end up getting swapped ill probably go for a hypertune manifold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke187 Member 297 Member For: 10y 11m 20d Posted 27/09/14 07:53 AM Author Share Posted 27/09/14 07:53 AM Decided I couldnt leave the rest of the plastic looking... plastic so I painted the clutch, brake, and windscreen washer reservoir black as well - will get to the power steering one later. Love how it looks, wanted it to look stock but factory engine bays are a mess and I hate clutter so this was my solution. Can also see the heat shield which I sprayed last week and made the mistake of painting the AC line black. Unfortunately the paint doesnt stick to it so it looks like sh*t now until I find a better solution Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnz Member 3,047 Member For: 11y 6d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 27/09/14 09:09 AM Share Posted 27/09/14 09:09 AM Looks awesome mate, that blue silicone joiner is sending my ocd crazy lol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke187 Member 297 Member For: 10y 11m 20d Posted 27/09/14 06:18 PM Author Share Posted 27/09/14 06:18 PM Yeah tell me about it haha. At first it was just ugly but as more pieces have been painted its become distracting, so ill be running off to buy one on monday. Found an issue with the gearbox spacing too which is a bummer Will have to call direct clutch on monday to double check a few things so it'll push back the car a day now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke187 Member 297 Member For: 10y 11m 20d Posted 29/09/14 09:33 PM Author Share Posted 29/09/14 09:33 PM Having some serious issues getting the gearbox in. Due to the bigger input shaft we dont have an alignment tool that fits both the spline and tightly into the crank.The solid center clutch plates give zero movement and the plate's bite is so brutal that if 2 bolts were half done up finger tight they were impossible to move. Took 4 remove and refits yesterday but ill have another crack at it today, I think I have a plan that will work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barnz Member 3,047 Member For: 11y 6d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 29/09/14 11:11 PM Share Posted 29/09/14 11:11 PM Might be worth making a special alignment tool so this doesn't become an issue again down the track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke187 Member 297 Member For: 10y 11m 20d Posted 30/09/14 09:57 AM Author Share Posted 30/09/14 09:57 AM (edited) Yeah for sure will get a piece turned down once everything is done, dont want to be doing this more than once. Luckily we're cheating with a hoist and transmission jack so left the plates loose, pushed the box in, gently removed it and tightened it up. Worked first time. Everything is done now bar exhaust and fuel pump then re-assemble interior. Fuel pump will be a bit of a time consumer but I'll have a crack at opening the rear door tomorrow. Have a few cars in the workshop atm so that has to take priority.EDIT - On a side note, anyone know the cruise spots for brisbane on thurs/fri/sat nights? Edited 30/09/14 09:59 AM by luke187 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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