Pikey009

How long did you let it cure for?

Now I just need An ignition module as I did order one from what seemed like a trusted eBay seller to find that it’s been three weeks and 4 messages with no replies or item delivered.

I travelled up today to give the car a good look over. Connor is a good mate and I trust him but I needed to see it for myself to know what I’m letting myself in for. Where the lockup is you’d never know what was hiding inside. the car seems solid to be honest. The pics actually make it look worse than it is and I can’t wait to get cracking. Speaking of cracks, the exhaust mani is toast, the downpipe May be saveable but has at least two cracks so a ct9 powerup kit will be on the cards.

Drop him a DM mate

Stevie, what did you use to seal your sump? I’m picking my GT up next sat and it needs re-sealing

I too had a white sr when I was 18! Then bought the black one a few years ago when I was 32. They have gone up in value for good ones I reckon

Yeah his mate does them, I’ve had a set in the past and they were top quality

There’s one on eBay buddy think it’s the same

It’s funny you should say that, I’m exactly the same but a toy for me will have no compromises ha ha I don’t even care if somethings got a radio. How’s the ep3 going? A lad at work just bought a rough one, was dirt cheap though

Well it’s always good to see another one making its way back on the road mate. is it still solid? I’ll watch out for the thread

Great progress mate well done. Fuck AC though lol I think it’ll be more trouble than it’s worth, that’s what daily drivers are for.

Lovely motor, have you got a thread?

Jesus

Well that’s a nice surprise- it’s usually pistons that go in these but never a bad thing having stronger rods

Annoying set backs mate but the positive to take is that non of it is your fault. So when you’ve got the right bits you’ll smash it

I agree actually, this place has improved loads. Less dodgy sellers too and more about helping fellow enthusiasts out. Ill find out what year it is. It’s definitely a Mk2 and as far as I’m aware the original engine but who knows ha ha

Cheers buddy I’ll do my best. These old jap motors need keeping on the road

Thanks for the comments all. Sam- Massively underrated motors. Bean has my old one and I wish I’d never sold it but I panicked when my wife fell pregnant and thought I had to have something sensible. Bean- Thanks for the link mate you’re a great help as always. I’ll try to stick to big updates on here as I’m sure what I’m planning on doing has been done hundreds of times on here already. Skiny- I’ll check it out mate

Yeah I mean it doesn’t offend me or anything but it’s a bit full on for me. Always liked that shape and the older Avensis style too.

Cheers mate, the wraps coming off though as it’s not my thing. have you got those for sale or is it your current set up? hows the caldina? Don’t see many around. Miss my GT4

I’d like some help with FMIC set ups that don’t cost more than the car and that aren’t huge, resulting in loads of lag and bumper chopping. Spoken to bean a little and he’s running an eBay special but can’t remember which kit. If anyone else has had a good experience with one then let me know. I’ll never be running more than 200bhp so I don’t need some crazy thing

Picked up a nice pair of stock seats at the weekend (still need to collect the car but COVID and work have delayed this) I’ve now wet vacced the seats and they’ve come up even nicer

So a bit of work needed. It currently has: . Meisters on it which weren’t that old at the time the car went off the road . Wilwoods for the front . Evo seats which will be getting swapped for stock items . Civic rad . Rota slip streams Plans for the car: . Give it a thorough once over and get it running . It needed a map sensor and ignition module which I now have . Re-seal the sump as it had a minor leak before it went off the road . FMIC . Filter relocation . RW rocker cover and catch tank . Remove the blue wrap and conve

That’s how the car sits at the moment. It was going to get broken for parts as he just didn’t have the time to get it back on the road. Some parts were actually sold but nothing too major. So I offered to buy the car in order to save it. A few more pics of how it sits:

So pretty randomly I’ve ended up with a Mk2 GT. I wasn’t going to do a build thread but to be honest it’s a good way to log all the work that’s going to be happening. These little things seem to be getting pretty rare now so I thought it’d be nice to see one getting some tlc. The car: A good mate had owned it for a number of years. I remember going out in it and loving it compared to all of the modern stuff. He took it off the road when he had to work away and that’s where it’s stayed in a lock up since then.