This project started
as nothing more than a cheap little car I found in a local back yard.
It was buried in the weeds and hadn't been moved in a few years. I
talked to the owner and we made a deal. Within 2 weeks I had all the
problems fixed and was on the road. The dents were removed, the door
was straightened, the tail light was fixed, and the ugly ass hubcaps where
ripped off. I originally thought it would be a good donor car for a
5.0 down the road. I then researched and decided the 2.3 Turbo would
be a far better swap. I inherited a Turbo Coupe from my sister and
started compiling the parts to complete the swap. Over two years
later I started ripping the engine out of the TC...Project 2.3T was now
officially underway...
Here is a video of me cruising around and stuff:
VIDEO
It is a pretty good sound clip of my exhaust as well as my Bailey Evo BOV.
Here is a second video...good sound clip and a small smokeshow:
Smoke Em
Here is all the
information from when I purchased the car to it's current state.
Drivetrain & Sound--Eibach Progressive Rate Springs, 17x8 Polished Aluminum Wheels,
245/45/ZR17's, 5.0 11" Front Disc
Brakes w/SVO Calipers, B&M Shifter, Polyurethane Bushings, 1 5/16" Front and 7/8" Rear Sway Bar
w/ Poly Links, 40 Series Flowmaster w/ Dual Stainless Steel Tips, Custom
Paint.
Pictures In Chronological order. 1st pic as the way I bought it
(minus the crashed fender, dented lower door and broken tail light).
2nd pic is with bra and wheels installed. 3rd and 4th pics are after I
sprayed on the dark gray paint. Next 4 are after I sprayed the red stripe
and finished the paint job as well as bought new tires. The next 3
are after I lowered it 1.5" as well as installed bigger sway bars and
polyurethane bushings. The last 4 are after I installed my new 17"
wheels and stainless steel tail pipes. The next four are at the SCCA
Solo II event in Salina.
(Here it is the way
I bought it. This is after I hammered out the front fender and fixed
the large crash on the lower door. I also added the bra at this
point.)
(Here is Stage I: I
added the wheels and painted the dark grey on the bottom.)
(Here you see the
red stripe added to the paint scheme, note that it's still sitting at
factory height.)
(This is how much
better it looked after I installed the Eibach Progressive Rate Lowering
Springs and Flowmaster Exhaust)
(Things really
started to take shape when I added the 17" aluminum wheels.)
(Competing in my
first Solo II competition was complicated by the light rain that caused
the course to get very slick)
(You can see my
custom tail lights in the first pic above. The other pic is the most
recent I have of the exterior.)
(Above you can see
my custom fan/radiator/condenser/intercooler setup as well as the turbo
engine before and after it was installed.)
(This is the custom
strut tower brace that I created. Notice the smoothed corners and
custom red metallic paint. It is currently for sale.)
