TrisK Posted March 28, 2015 Author Share Posted March 28, 2015 I wrote a big long post, but i accidently closed the window So here is a summary I pretended to be a post van: I polished and remade my glow badge from vinylThanks to my mate will for polishing help and Starbuck for the design Before and after: My mate josh made me some genuine carbon fibre number plates My mate cal took a photo of the car really clean: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TrisK Posted March 28, 2015 Author Share Posted March 28, 2015 i need to add a big thanks for Flint for helping me take my glow pannel off. otherwise it would have ended up in 3 peieces. Toyota dont half put some clips in stupid places. You end up working blind or there isnt enough room to get pliers in to release the clips. But with flints help it came off and went back on with no damage. Cheers bro Quote Link to post Share on other sites
richglanzav Posted March 28, 2015 Share Posted March 28, 2015 gotta be honest thats probably the best looking GT ive ever seen. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MARC MOSS Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 gotta be honest thats probably the best looking GT ive ever seen.No it is the best looking gt you have ever seen mate ..... Such a cool car and so Period correct lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
akyakapotter Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 No it is the best looking gt you have ever seen mate ..... Such a cool car and so Period correct lolStill pining over it marc lol 😁 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MARC MOSS Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 that whole hanging the steering wheel on the mirror thing lol whats that really all about? Bet she feels nice with the wheel that bit closer? thats how i had it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TrisK Posted March 29, 2015 Author Share Posted March 29, 2015 that whole hanging the steering wheel on the mirror thing lol whats that really all about? Bet she feels nice with the wheel that bit closer? thats how i had itJust milking the snap off boss. Was a meet that was mainly porsches and more expsnive cars, so we all rocked up in modded jap stuff and milked it. was fairly amusing. Confused an awful lot of themYeah its nice a bit closer, took a bit of getting used to though, and its a bit annoying that i cant reach the inidicators as easily, but ive got used to itReally impressed with the driftworks boss though, no play at all, and a really nice release and relocation felt a lot of ebay ones in other cars, that you dont feel like the wheel is really attached Quote Link to post Share on other sites
5e colin Posted March 29, 2015 Share Posted March 29, 2015 love your local post vans mate there the balls ha ha Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flintygt Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 God you lucky to have a Jewish friend to help you and put up with the bullshit off messing around on you car!!ha ha Just need to fit all your other parts now 👍😃 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TrisK Posted April 27, 2015 Author Share Posted April 27, 2015 Another speed update I had some pretty beading I tried my WMS templates in my Toms wheels. they dont even slightly fit The car went into my mates Garage and came apart Flint bent over Whilst it was in the garage, with Flints (and Dans) help we did Plugs, oil and adjusted my panhard rod. Now just to hope my new rocker cover gets dipped before japfest and ill be ready Also changed the bumper clips, ordered some new ones from toyota. really helped my saggy issue and was only a few quid Picture for part number, bracket is the old one: Then I lurked around and took some photos of the car: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TrisK Posted May 19, 2015 Author Share Posted May 19, 2015 Successfully managed to do a Japfest On the ferry with my mates that were coming, was a mega cool convoy. There was 9 of us in a variety of cool modified cars (mostly jap)Bye Bye, GuernseyStopping for a fresh tank of V power just after we got off the boatWas on track with Mr Moss in his ingtegra (I wasnt in the GT I was in my mates Colt) But his helmet made me chuckleA few of us back at the hotel the night afterAnother fuel stopAnd a few more photos that I have collected of mine from through the day:and a photo of my mate Dan's EK9 on the drive home down the A-road. Got a lot of love for this photoSo that was my japfest experience. No car issues, execpt for a minor oil leak from the rocker cover which I need to invesigate, but it was literally about two teaspoons worth over 400km. So nothing for me to get concerned about Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rich-k Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Looks great man!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rich-k Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Is your mate with the colt called jordan? Just seeing the corner of it i remember the car i think from when i used to own a colt, i see his pics of it on fb now if its the same guy n it looks sweeet Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TrisK Posted May 24, 2015 Author Share Posted May 24, 2015 Is your mate with the colt called jordan? Just seeing the corner of it i remember the car i think from when i used to own a colt, i see his pics of it on fb now if its the same guy n it looks sweeetYeah mate. Jordan. Here is a photo from when I went on track with him. He does competitive racing over here in that colt. He's racing tomorrow actually Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MARC MOSS Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 I was secretly concerned having you two behind me when we were waiting to go out that car looked serious with all the aero and cage and stuff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rich-k Posted May 25, 2015 Share Posted May 25, 2015 Yeah man that colt looks awesome! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TrisK Posted July 24, 2015 Author Share Posted July 24, 2015 So my front bumper was pretty tatty round the edges it also had a pretty big hole in it from a front exit that had been fitted at one point.. So a friend who works in body shop did some work on it for me and now its all repaired and painted Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Socks Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Looks much nicer. Get rid of that core tho. Get one that fits the bumper and have the whole thing polished or black. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MARC MOSS Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 That core cost me a bomb from wepr lol, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TrisK Posted June 27, 2016 Author Share Posted June 27, 2016 So this is still going and is picking up a bit of momentum again After getting the bumper done, i got very paranoid about driving it daily and damaging it again. I also had a track day at les mans coming up and was slightly worried about spending more time under it than in it. So i was in the market for a dailyI ended up with this I then got a bit carried away with the daily side of it:at frst it was essentials for the track day, semi slicks, brake upgrade, camber arms, fast road aligmentthen slowly it became white wheels, carbon bonnet and bride seat but atleast i finally have a daily that i love driving, and its touch wood, nice and reliable But nobody cars about Hondas, so back to the Starlet Started filling in my spare dash and prepping it ready for flocking Im not mega happy with the outcome of the flocking, so dont have too many photos of it. it will be coming off and being done again. I also found another mk1 loom, which i have entirely depinned and repinned for my megasquirt standalone. Have also made a adapter so the interior loom will just plug in, meaning that the interior and engine looms can still be split: So now is the fun part of stripping the loom out and removing everything i dont need, and getting it ready for a bit of a semi tuck in the bay Quote Link to post Share on other sites
akyakapotter Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 state of that loom heard you love the civic more than this lol Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wickedep Posted June 27, 2016 Share Posted June 27, 2016 that core is our old street spec unit. made to fit the stock bumper without any cutting. you could go with something a little larger now since you have a tom's bumper Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MARC MOSS Posted June 28, 2016 Share Posted June 28, 2016 that core is our old street spec unit. made to fit the stock bumper without any cutting. you could go with something a little larger now since you have a tom's bumper It was me that bought it, it fitted under the mk1 bumper fine Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TrisK Posted October 16, 2016 Author Share Posted October 16, 2016 So, some people know that the serious work has started. The ramp got put into the workshop, so combine that with heading to JAE, and flint nagging me i finally got round to starting the GT projectSome of you might have seen my rear camber thread, so the first thing we did we did was the work to rear axle, more detail can be found in the Chasis section, but it involved machining some stub axles, and chopping up an axleSo first up we got the car up on the ramp and started stripping it downthen ripped the bay apartand the interiorfound some roughness along the way. things from being an old car. so its good to find these things and know that they can be rectified along the wayAlso an interesting repair job on the exhaustBut these will all get rectified along the way, especially as i share the workshop with one of my best mates kieran who happens to be a welder/fabricator, so an flexi and front section just got added to his list of things to do for me (Thanks mate ;)The first thing i started doing was to sack off the power steering, it just looks ugly in the bay, so that will be converted to a saxo pump and hidden in the wheel archKieran made me a plate and welded it all up for me to mount the pump in the archThen the new turbo kit went onThe rear bumper then came off to relocate the battery to bootThere is still a big box of bits to go on!!I have also swapped the new loom in the car is running on the standalone with it correctly hardwired into the loom.THe new loom did cause some problems with it having to go in and out twice for things to be soldered and extra wires to be added. It also caused some serious thinking as when the ecu first went in it wouldnt read an RPM signal as the distributer decieded to die when we put the loom in, so that cause a few head scraching moments as i thought it was my wiring causing the issue. Eventually flint just swapped the dizzy (after telling me it was that multiple times and be not beleiving him and double checking and triple checking my wiring). Never seen an actual dizzy die before on a starlet but now its replaced we have a RPM signal to the ECU and everything is reading correctlyI have put in the wideband sensors and have done some really basic start up stuff so it runs and starts, not particually well, but that will be adjusted once the fuel system is on and everything is back together, at the moment it is still running with no intercooler so i am not suprised that it is running rough!THis post also goes up with a big thanks to Kieran and Flint, they have been with me every step of the way through this project and without them it just wouldnt get done! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimmymac101 Posted October 17, 2016 Share Posted October 17, 2016 About bloody time my freind! Certainly sounds like your doing this GT justice 👌Keeo up the good workJames Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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