About a week after I got the car back I spent a day or two re installing various bits and pieces such as door seals, wiring looms, engine bay ancilaries etc into the car. Basically all the stuff I took off to get the car painted.
I then decided that I wanted to go 5 stud with the car to get some better rim choices. This took a while as I had some problems with dodgy bearings. The parts I used eventually were:
Front:
- S14 lower control arms
- S14 spindle
- S14 wheel hub
Rear
- R33 hub bolted onto the S13 spindle
- Full drum brake assembly from an R33 - yet to hook up handbrake cables but they will be R33.
Anyway this is all done now and the car rolls on 5.
I have also made the decision that I will NOT be bothering with registering the engine conversion legally. I decided it was too much trouble and I really cant be bothered having a bunch of old men pick away at my hard work saying shit is wrong with it. As a result of this decision im going straight for all the "big parts" so the twin plate, turbo, gate etc are all going on from the start.
When i was pulling the motor down I had two exhaust studs snap off in the head. Through trying to drill them out it ended up making more of a mess so I decided at that point to take the head off and have it checked over/resurfaced and lay a new gasket down just for shits and giggles.
Anyway i have been pretty lazy up untill about a month ago but things have started to pick up now. I re-installed the head a few weeks ago and last few days have been spent cleaning up bits (yes im a clean freak) and making a custom brake line system to suit the R33 BMC + line locker im running.
Theres probably lots more that ive forgotten but thats about the jist of things for now.
Heres some pics as they speak more than words I think :P The last picture is about 5 days old and is how the motor looks at the time of posting. The pic of the 180sx is pretty accurate but it has a windscreen now :)
Might be ready for the big engine drop this weekend.....mayyyybe!
