After 10 years of driving the van it really needed some work, The floor was pretty bad, but the rest of the body was ok, so in late feb last year i stripped the car and gave it to someone to strip it to bare metal and repray it,
I also spoke too a mate of mine who has had some impressive results out of blow through turbo setups on both pintos and windsors,
Anyway im sure the pics will tell the story,
The plan is for a tidy street car, the colour is getz hip hop red and i am planning on fitting all the sundowner stripes, the only modification externally will be the 15" superlights that used to be on the car.
The drivetrain will be the 2litre pinto that used to be in the car, this was in great condition so it has just been rebuilt with new chromo rings, and a decomp plate, the head has also been totaly rebuilt, with unleaded valve seats, bigger valves, and a kent p274 mild turbo spec cam kit. There has been no porting done to this head.
I have also had a custom exhaust manifold made by my mate who is the brains behind the project on top of this is a T04e turbo with a .63 exhaust housing, and it will be blowing into a holley 390 four barrel carbi, and a offenhauser four barrel dual plane manifold. Im still looking into the turbo hat but im swinging toward a procharger system. The plan is to also run this car on e85. the plan is for only mild boost as its designated for a street car.
I also will be running a front mount intercooler as can be seen in the pics.
Ignition is still yet to be purchased, the ignition but i have a mallory electronic dizzy.
I will be using the standard 4 speed gearbox, and a borg warner 28 spline lsd diff with r31 disc brakes at the back and volvo calipers at the front.
Anyway heres some pics, and i just want to mention that both Rhys (2ltscort) and jeff have been a huge help on this. without them and the commonwealth bank it wouldn't be happening
the car being stripped
after sandblasting
after the paint was stripped
dummy fitting the turbo and intercooler
engine bay repairs and holes filled
the turbo manifold engine build and setting up the valve train
the finished engine
The body work
almost a year later, this is where im at, im now chasing windows and rubbers, then ill get the roof lining done.
still alot of work to go.