Can't believe my last update was 2016!
She was back on the road for a while after the Turbo kit was sorted and she made it to a few events, the last one being Japfest 2017 - which was the last show she has been to.. having been off the road since 2018 with a headgasket issue.
Throwback to 2017....
Fast forward, she had been sat in my unit gathering dust and being neglected for a good 2 years to which I ended up finding the sills had become rotten and needed urgent attention, these were cut and fabricated by my cousin thankfully... it could have been worse if she wasn't tucked up in my unit eh..
So since shes been off the road;
- Sills sorted
- Engine bay resprayed
- Rear lock mechanism removed
- Fully undersealed
- Standard Fuel tank removed
- Full stand alone fuel system fitted with AN hoses to a high flow fuel and lift pump / swirl pot to a FPR and a custom fuel rail
- Wilwood Big Brake Upgrade
- Interior sound deadening removed and dynamat fitted (lighter) and black carpet has been fitted.
- Bucket seats in place of the Evo Recaros (sold them due to needing money at the time regrettably)
- Original brake lines removed, rerouted through inside the car (need to look at a bias valve at some point)
- Custom ABS plastic door cards created
- Engine & 6 Speed box fitted.
- Engine loom removed to be checked and needs refitting
- S15 sideskirts chopped to fit.. still Work in progress.
- Lower Door mouldings removed
- 25mm hubscentric front spacers fitted (to help the wilwoods fit with the Rays)
- body kit getting prepped and repaired / resprayed
Here are a few little progress photos and the last one of how the car was sitting;
(Both sides the sills were pokable with your finger, my cousin definitely sorted me out for rewelding/fabricating these)
I really didn't know where I wanted to go with her to be fair, but Im tailing more to the track side of things and looking at some sprint series events sometime, it will not be fun for long drives but it will be fun for those blasts out not to mention that there isn't quite any other car like a starlet 😛
I will be uploading videos on my youtube channel again if you wanted to check out any of my content. Down At the Unit