Mike84

Wow this is a mega build just read it all . Nice work , do you have any more info on the driveshaft setup and gear shifter setup?

I've a spare glanza and this is very tempting 

Cheers Mike

9 hours ago, Sam44 said:

Really enjoying this. 

Are you fitting the 4efte engine. 

Cheers 

Aye got a complete 4efte engine with inlet to fit 💪

Out with the old

Fitted a new custom stealth front mount intercooler and made up a nice and short route cooler pipe. Used a landrover intercooler due to size and weight . The radiator is the usual half civic alloy rad but will move the lower pipe. Also keeps from cutting any bumpers etc. Also just bought a full 2.5" race-tech exhaust and full turbo engine to swap in.

Well finally got the front end fully welded up . Just need to smooth off and blend in welds before seam sealer is applied. Then onto mocking up radiator and intercooler setup 😀

On 6/8/2021 at 11:32 AM, Dale SR said:

Nice to see her back in one piece, I look forward to seeing her painted 😀 great work!

Cheers 

So do I 🙂

Front end mocked up and all gaps checked ready for welding on for good 😎

All joints zinc primed with weld through primer. Pretty happy with the alignment 

Almost ready to weld on front section now which includes chassis leg and inner wing at n/s/f. Which was from a previous repair that I wasnt keen on. It's been alot of work and hours already but hopefully have the front end ready for paint. I will let the pictures do the talking

Bit more final tweaking and alignment checks along with trail fitting wings and bumper before welding it all up , thank god

3 hours ago, Dale SR said:

The badge is from a Reflet Starlet , There really smart

Is the rest of the starlet you got the bonnet from breaking somewhere ?  

Lad that I got the bonnet and cut from swapped out the front on the reflex for glanza parts it's also forged and turbo

So there we have it some backward steps to do it properly 

This was what was annoying my OCD 

Ok so my ocd kicked in , the inner wing at the passenger side was annoying me . While I was repairing the recent crossmember damage the inner wing was annoying me . So gluten for punishment I cut this front end off a local car . So that decided I was replacing inner wing , slam panel and complete crossmember also 😲

Then collected and fitted mint used bonnet

More progress , although it is kind of a backward step at the same time🤦‍♂️

Firstly finished off where I left off with tapping the holes for the oil filter housing

Then it was time for the drilling of the block for the 4efte oil filter housing. Must admit I wasn't looking forward to this. 😦

Took me a minute to suss out what was going to be the best way of drilling these. And decided to insert copper pipe into filter housing holes to act as a guide to drill straight holes for studs.

Also measured depth of one of my turbo block holes which was approx 23mm. So checked threaded part of studs that were being fitted approx 13mm . Decided I didn't need to go as deep as oe . So settled on 19mm depth for clearance used a bit of tape on drill bit for depth gauge. Worked well just need to open them out and tap them tomorrow 🙂👌

Bit more time spent preparing for turbo fitment which included removing one rather crusty sump . For replacing with a spare turbo sump and matching pickup pipe

On 5/24/2021 at 7:03 PM, Dale SR said:

Good work, I'm looking forward to seeing another SR on the roads in Scotland! 

So am I 😃

On 5/23/2021 at 9:56 AM, Sam44 said:

Go on mike. Starbo time. What turbo are you thinking of running?. 

I'll get them flaps upto you soon. 

Just a ct9 I had lying about which I've had Midland turbos refurb it

Start of engine mods began also ,beginning with det3 with plug and play loom. Followed with standard turbo manifold with restriction removed from cylinder 3 runner. Then fitted one of my spare glanza power steering pumps along with pipes and brackets

Got a bit more done , need to collect 2nd hand bonnet to line up and check fitment before I weld in new crossmember. 

Some weld through primer added then trail fit of crossmember 😀

2 hours ago, Keviano27 said:

Great job mate, saved another from the scraper 👍 

Cheers

6 hours ago, snails ep91 said:

nice work mate. nice to see them starting to be saved rather than stripped. especially an n/a

Have you got any pics of it with the lower crossmember removed?

im considering cutting mine up and getting a custom bar fitted to the ends so i can fit my radiator/intercooler setup better. would be interesting to see what you stripped it down too.

Cheers

Might have got carried away and not be Na after I'm finished

Managed to nip the damaged crossmember off now , the spot weld drill had a hard time

Then after trial fitting everything it was my least favourite job of dissecting the spare front crossmember. In preparation for replacing the damaged lower crossmember.

After I had it all squared up I trial fitted the front lights , bumper and indicators. Thankfully they fitted really well

Well started working on the poor sr again last week , decided to pull out the damage myself . It actually pulled at really well .

No trees were harmed in the repair of the starlet😁