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Here is a montage of photos taken during the rebuild for anyone that is interested.
Steel body was blasted back to bare metal and primed, modifications to the fuel cell were made as there were no baffles in the tank, front subframe was blasted and repainted
Front rebuild (Small).JPG (48.37 KiB) Viewed 10259 times
Modifications to suspension included on car adjustable bottom arms and caster bars, new pickup points for the coilovers, complete refurbishment of the brakes
Front upright.JPG (52.21 KiB) Viewed 10257 times
Replacement of std radiator (allegro) to new style rad, new header tanks and accessories, modification to the braking system to allow for dual circuit brakes
Front end.JPG (53.32 KiB) Viewed 10247 times
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Full rebuild of rear suspension and braking system, drums replaced with discs, fabricated hubs,caliper mounts and handbrake system, fully adjustable suspension on car
Rear suspension 1 (Small).JPG (47.83 KiB) Viewed 10235 times
Custom made dash, will be fibreglassed or flocked once finished, haven't decided yet
New Dash 2 (Small).JPG (50.24 KiB) Viewed 10230 times
Fitment of seats, custom sliders made to reduce overall height
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Engine apart for examination and rebuild, a few surprises found once opened, but all in all a good start point
Eng stripdown (Small).JPG (48.98 KiB) Viewed 10209 times
1430 MED Full race unit, A+ block machined,decked,etc,etc, omega pistons on Cooper S blanced/shotpened rods, ARP bolts, nitrided,balanced,wedged,crossdrilled crank, heavy modified head with offset Rimflow valves 37mm inlet 32 exhaust, ported, polished. Billet steel lightened flywheel (NZ made) bilet steel backing plate, MS sintered clutch/grey + diaphram, MS SCCR gearbox, SC drop gears,crosspin diff, hardy spicer outputs
Block and box (Small).JPG (28.89 KiB) Viewed 10210 times
Dummy fitment of engine so that exhaust manifolds and exhaust system could be fabricated
Engine in car 2 (Small).JPG (36.11 KiB) Viewed 10204 times
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Basically only the tub is steel, the rear is a spaceframe setup, the front is just a mini subframe. The rest of the car is fibreglass. Its so light that when the engine is not in the car 2 people can pick it up and move it.
Great photos, best of luck with it.
There used to be one driving around the Dun Laoghaire / Dalkey area in the early 90's, although I haven't seen it for years.
Hi there
Good to see another GTM project in action.
You seem to be on top of things at the moment, more than i can say for mine.
I'm trying to put a Yamaha R1 engine into mine and as you know there is very little room
in the engine bay.
If you want to cast your eye over it go to the General section and on page 6
you will see a thread called FRESH MEAT.
Hope we can share some info in the future.
Why the change of top shock mounts ?
Nice car, and a nice little garage too.
The original ones are only there to support shocks not coilovers, I found that they were bending with the upward movement, I also didn't like the way they were made as there were made from 2 pieces welded together at the weakest point. The new ones are a one piece design. Its all trial and error with these cars, I'm still playing round with the coilover settings so it my not be the last modification.
excellent write up andrew, sorry i couldnt make it up i was stuck in a bloody classroom all week, give me a shout if you want me to drop up any evenings next week...
miniireland wrote:excellent write up andrew, sorry i couldnt make it up i was stuck in a bloody classroom all week, give me a shout if you want me to drop up any evenings next week...
Si...
Thats no probs Si, it was really just a sugestion to get you out of the house and into a garage so you can get your hands dirty, I'm working on it most evenings after works (or when the wife lets me) so give me a buzz and come over.
