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Post by cul8r on Sept 27, 2009 23:03:17 GMT 12
Take 4 - well this is number 4 chevette - first sedan, and in total my 7th 'T' Car.. Well About time I posted up some photos..  Chevette, drooling oil, well more like raining but anyway...  Plans... Lets wait and see how it pans out.. On the hunt for a pair of Porsche Highback bucket seats - anywhere! |
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Post by cul8r on Sept 27, 2009 23:05:33 GMT 12
@ Bulldog keen as on a fibreglass hsr bonnet mang!
Also any suggestions as to what would be good to use for the fuel system for efi? (In terms of fuel pump, if I need a regulator and surge pump?)
(stock fuel line to be used as return - would like to run new steel line for the efi - any idea on diameter?)
Will be running stock g200w
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Post by cul8r on Nov 29, 2009 14:24:57 GMT 12
  So after lugging around this diff for around 1 & 1/2 months in the back of the wagon (how many of you can put a diff in the back of your car?) After stumbling awake at 3pm (was awake for 23 hours thanks to the girlfriend :lol: ), I decided pull it out and put it in..  Full nolathanes throughout, cheers to Prozac our friendly parts supplier, also for tig'n up the diff hat and giving it a lick of paint! I made new gaskets for it and assembled, also the ZZ/T diff was missing the input shaft, so I bought a complete torque tube and swapped it over..  Whats so special about this diff? well look closer and you see factory discs! Also must mention thanks to the old man, lent him the wagon (with diff in it, whilst I took a car trailer back for him) and he degreased and waterblasted the diff!  After putting the diff in, I had to make some small adjustments, mainly a extention of the brake hose, and redrilling the torque tube mounts around 15mm each side further inward |
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Post by cul8r on Nov 29, 2009 14:25:39 GMT 12
 Put my koni's in along with springs, sat quite nicely, then my friendly neighbourhood bogan (aka Bart) pushed it a bit further up the street, and into his driveway where I replaced the whole front end with nolathane once again, new balljoints, tierod ends etc etc.. Also bolted on the 13x7 Rostyles onto the 230mm piazza front discs.. Dragged it back down the street after having to put the bikkies back on the rear - had 3mm between rear guard and tire with the 13x8's (unlipped) before we bled the brakes, after having some load on the car, it settled onto the tire, so slight change of plans in the rear spring department.. (current rears are just uncaptive, ideally need 1-2 more coil winds to be captive) Anyone with a keen eye may spot a couple of other differences, stainless aerial, and engelmann mirrors (came with the konis from germany) And a front spook I made up from a EP81 starlet   |
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Post by cul8r on Nov 29, 2009 14:28:04 GMT 12
Also I can confirm that a piazza front sway bar does not fit - is around 20mm either side too wide, so at the moment I've just got the chevette one in - may go uprated when time/funds allow
Chevette diff minus torque tube weighed a measly 53kg! half the exhaust broke off too (made the diff swap easier) so I took that with me to the scrap man for a total of 59kg, and profit of $8.70! paid for subway for lunch if nothing else!
Also clearance to the front spook/crossmember is just under the height of a redbull 250ml can
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Post by cuteweegem on Nov 29, 2009 15:31:22 GMT 12
This is gonna look tough when finished. Will be super fun with new diff too  |
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Post by mikuni on Nov 29, 2009 19:31:04 GMT 12
I realy like the front on this. The bug eye adds something a little different and the lip ties in nicely I think. Mirrors look good too. I have some just like that, that I need to fit. I can't decide whether I wan't them under the window or in front of the window, in that little triangle bit. I think yours look sweet though so I should just put them where you have. Just need to make the c-pillar vent and all the trimming/lip etc as black as the mirror so it doesn't look so bling.
Hurry up and do the back!
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Post by cul8r on Nov 30, 2009 20:25:21 GMT 12
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Post by gemininja on Dec 1, 2009 16:37:18 GMT 12
love the ahh "dish" on that front wheel
how gones the engine? id be keen =D
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Post by cul8r on Dec 3, 2009 18:40:53 GMT 12
Haha, no no no, thats mine, along with the g200w!
Believe it or not, that motor actually runs!
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Post by mikuni on Dec 3, 2009 18:58:01 GMT 12
Believe it or not, that motor actually runs! Can you please please please video that thing doing a burnout before you rip the engine out? That would be so sweet/lol. Also, springs are sold sorry. |
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Post by cul8r on Dec 3, 2009 21:26:15 GMT 12
nah motor box loom out, and thats the diff that I've put in (old pics of the zz/t)
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Post by mikuni on Dec 3, 2009 21:36:40 GMT 12
super duper gutted. that would have been sweeet
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Post by cul8r on Apr 11, 2010 16:51:11 GMT 12
 See the extractors here and the modified engine mount Bart & I came up with, and more sweet arc welding from his old man. Bought some crackel paint off Prozac (along with a heap more parts & stuff) , paint stripped it, then repainted the cam cover..  Gearbox cross member , using original gearbox rubber. Just need to have plates for ontop of the floor and then thats done..  Bought these sweet porsche 911 recaros awhile back, degreased, fabric softened at work, in work time :lol: They're leather, recon it'd be worth buying some nugget and cleaning them up that way? trying to have a period highback look - dont want recaro fishnets or anything...  Wouldnt believe it unless you saw it yourself, but the chevette rails bolted straight onto the rear porsche seat mounts, the fronts were about 5mm diagonally out.. Drivers seat however had alot more work involved due to the electric adjusters..  Only really means anything to a chevette owner, but I removed the clock, mounted a amp guage, and decided I didnt like the dowel that was left from the clock, so I vacuum moulded a new lense up..  |
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Post by bulldog on Apr 12, 2010 0:05:17 GMT 12
this looking great! I still have my blue 4 door sedo so I'm watching for ideas  |
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