Jezza's Gt Build

[Liam_D]

Looks awesome in those pics mate!!

[glanzav.tee]

Looks awesome in those pics mate!!

i love this car

[jezza]

Since getting the Honda SMX as a daily driver, I'm spending some time on the GT. Engine is almost out for some TLC.

Will be changing the water pump, thermostat, timing belt, crank oil seals, engine mounts, exhaust mani and generally tidying up the bay and protecting from corrosion.

I picked up a pair of these for added comfort. Need to figure out how to adapt/modify the gt rails in order to fit. They came out of a Proton Satria and have no rips or fag burns. Need a good clean but all in all, a bargain at £80 for the pair.

[Raffi]

Nice looking GT!

[bucketep91]

looking good jezza! bargian indeed!

i just sold some modified ep82 rails from my GT aswell:(

[jezza]

I noticed that. At least I know it's possible to modify them.

[Guest Enzo]

never realised your part of the AHD clan haha.

your car must have been registered in the same year as mine.

your lucky having one less didget on your plate to shorten it down. a free mod that.

cars looking properly sorted.

[jezza]

I've stripped out the rear and painted the floor.

Now in the process of making custom rails for the seats, relocating battery, rehanging radiator...the list keeps getting longer!

A moment of inspiration lead me to paying a visit to metal supermarket to purchase 6 metres of 1.5" CDS tube to make a 5 point roll cage. I'm hoping to spend no more than £150 on materials so not too expensive. With the aid of my trusty manual hydraulic pipe bender I hope to get it right first time!

Will be modelling the main roll hoop in CAD first to give me the best chance of getting the bends correct.

Watch the space for photos!

[fulham4eva]

the cars looking great mate, some nice plans youve got for it

[LukeSR]

Looking forward to seeing the roll cage dude, love this car

[jezza]

Small update...

The engine is out ready for some TLC.

Parts arrived from camskills on Tuesday.

Manifold and turbo gaskets

Thermostat

Water pump

Crank oil seals

Timing belt kit

Engine mount poly bushes

Drop link poly bushes

Made some progress with the seat rails. The drivers rail is preassembled in situ. Now need to tack weld the rails in position and remove to get fully welded. Then it's just a mirror image for the passenger rail.

Spent a bit of time stripping the rear and painting the floor. Making way for the roll cage!

Decided to relocate the battery so made up a bracket that utilises existing captive nuts. Need to splice into and extend the positive battery cable next. Should hopefully look neat and tidy when finished.

[jezza]

More progress this weekend!

Eventually finished the drivers seat rail and seat fitted

Attacked the engine bay today.

Removed the battery tray to clear some space. Going to make up a plate to bridge the engine mount bracket back to the chassis leg for added support.

Started by removing everything from the front and sides, leaving the fire wall as it was.

Clean, scotch pad, degrease, body schutz then gloss black. Happy with how it turned out!

Good days work

[fulham4eva]

if you enjoyed that jezza you could respray mine would be a laugh lol

[jezza]

Back on the road again and boosting strong.

Still a few niggles to sort out but glad its back up and running.

Few snaps of the bay:

[micky boy]

Looking good jezza i see you have got the new minifold on How's it copeing? also did you have to trim abit of the intercooler pipe on the hot side, the bit that bolts to the turbo just it looks abit close to the manifold?

[jezza]

the mani is coping well. Runner 2 is too low meaning i had to rotate the turbo and mod the hot pipe to fit. Not ideal but will be corrected on any production manifolds.

[micky boy]

Sweet i had the same problem on my zisco mani believe or not, keith made runner 2 abit to low so i had to trim abit of the intercooler pipe to allow it to sit flush on the turbo..

[Socks]

Love It. so much space!

[jezza]

Last pics of the GT before I parted with it last saturday.

Don't worry, I'll be sticking around while JD tuning is still up and running!

[_shaun_]

car looks mint shame u sold but gotta move on at somepoint i supose any plans for a new car?

[BoostJunkie]

you sold it

Whats next mate ?

[fulham4eva]

sad times , who bought it jezza???

[Liam_D]

Bad times mate! Hope its gone to a good home though dude.

[jezza]

Sold to a guy from Fife so not too far away. Might get to see it up at crail in future.

Sticking with the family bus Honda S-MX for the time being until I decide my next move!

Still happy to be a trader on here and my entusiasim for Starlets hasn't died whatsoever!

[fulham4eva]

its nice its still in the country atleast, mite be selling my advance come the end of the year looking at getting a teg and cant keep the gt as well