Ok first of i brought this car back in Dec 2006. it was sitting in a barn for sometime, the owner purchased it back in the first half of the 1990s
it was more of less standard with just a couple of mods, namely a bleed valve, K&N and T.I.M 2 bar boost gauge. Not forgetting the AVO damper kit lowered 60mm & 3 spoke TSWs......Proper old skool!!!
the car needed some work to get it looking tidy again.
It took 5 months to get the car on the road, wasn't gonna rush and bodge the whole job up.
i had new rear inner wings and arches fitted, a new battery tray fitted and several areas needed patching up. the car looked ok when i picked it up and for £790 it seemed a good car to work on as an ongoing project.
after i had it on the road i booked it in for a respray, end of may it was finished, i had it looking like this after the many months:
Then in July we had 'that' flood. most of you will remember this pic:
Yes thats the Honda car park in Swindon.
things didnt look bright after that day..... after many tears and anger moments i had the car back on the road 6 days later. I worked none stop after work to get the car sorted.
Things started the look good again, sadly some of the paint work got ruined, my mistake, shouldnt of gave it a tough polish paint seemed a little soft still, but i didnt let that keep me down, i started on the modding route, Samco hoses & replacement Recaro,the drivers side bolster was beyond repair, but the whole interior after the flood was kept.
over the months i brought new parts and fitted them bit by bit, noticed when i turned my car off i had a bang/pop from the engine.
so off went the car to the tuners, diagnosis was a blown turbo housing. So a replacement was ordered, while i was at it i got my hands on a stage 2 ECU chip and a Forge intercooler.
had a call from the tuners and after a dicussion a Stage 1 turbo was ordered.
I had to wait a week until the car was finished. the RR set up gave me a good output, 190BHP at the wheels.
Kept the car on the road until may 2008. i decided to sort other stuff out. a new front panel was on the list as was a 90 spec exterior.
then i decided to get more parts:
Had Monster (from ROSC) make me up some VIN plates:
after that an Airtec rad and turbo cooler was fitted. found a secondhand grs intercooler on ebay, expensive still. Now regret buying it.
There was no way this was gona work out, my plan are different, i want the spots, no bonnet pins and no cutting of the front bumper.
So today i ordered an Airtec front mount.
while im waiting on that i got some kenlowe fans( i brought the airtec without fans, by phoning Alan at Auto specialists)
Im at the stage of buying finishing the front end off, i got a Bosch fuel filter, brand new header tank and amber indicators.
now im currently at this point:
(minus the GRS now)
the 90 spec bumper and spoiler are the final parts to go on:
should hopefully finish the car off within the next 2 weeks, after that i need a new dizzy and the engine timed. All ready for this summer.