about this time last year i bought this cab shell which my mate was on about scrapping when the engine went tits up, it didnt look too bad so i had it as a cheap project to sort out while i finish my ka's, turned out it was worse than expected





ended up needing 2 wings, front panel, scuttle panel, battery tray, and a patch on the drivers side sill




then the whole thing needed painting as the bodywork was fooked so i did all that and painted it in the garage







started putting it all back together then and turbo'd it










then got a couple of months use out of it and loved it






then it all started to go wrong, it started having various problems so decided to ditch the mfi stuff and go for some different managment, was originaly going to use the efi stuff off 1 of my old ka's but went for gotech in the end and changed a few other bits while i was at it, turbo, hose's etc






got it running and jamsport mapped it in december, wouldnt do as much power as it should have though as the turbo was restricting it top end which pissed me off a bit but left it as it was as it was great on the road, power was all low down and it hardly had any lag at all.





then it went tits up again when the oil pump went on it between christmas and new year so out came the engine



while it was off the road yet again i did a few other bits with it, stud and nut conversion, new turbo, changed the exhaust, new cooler, led bulbs, got hold of a few breand new exterior parts which were a bit tatty on it, and wanted to paint the bonnet and drivers door again as i managed to dent the bonnet and wasnt overly happy with the door









put the door back on it yesterday and the door is a different fukin colour now




really fucked off with it now cus i'v spent the best part of a year on this thing and had about 4 months use out of it if that and nothing ever seems to go right with it.

the new engine for it will be here next week which is a 1600, forged pistons, steel rods, arp bolts throughout the bottom end, lightened and balanced bottom end, studded block, ported polished head, newman cam with solid lifters, then it'll have my stage 2 cossie t3 with new exhaust and downpipe, grs cooler, ap 4 paddle clutch, gotech mini x with 803's. the car itself is solid underneath and has got spax adjustables on it, front and rear strut braces, good 90 spec interior, 2wd cossie 4 pots, its all polybushed etc

had enough of it now, i said i'd never break it because of how long its had spent on it sorting it out but im really tempted now its fucked me off that much.

 

Finish it mate!!
Your story is like most of us on here, it's just the way RST's are these days, you've put a lot into it so finish it and enjoy it........... thats my plan anyway!

 

good work mate..

 

finish it bud, will all be worth it in the end,

 

good work pal!
what would you do tho? reshell into the red rst?

 

i would use quite a few of the bits on the red s2 yes johnny, mainly everything from under the bonnet and the managment. i'v already collected quite a few parts for the s2 though, havent done anything with it yet though because this cab has been nothing but trouble and im trying to get my silver ka finished sometime this year and see what sort it times it will do.

 

Keep at it. It will be worth it. summer is cooming lol

 

like the plenum.

 

Same shit with my car>

 

what pisses me off more is that if i hadnt been arsing around with this and spending money on this i could have had 1 of my ka's finished, but as it is they arent and this crock of shit still isnt right.

 

scrap it

 

shouldnt expect anything better from you i suppose....cunt lol.

 

Finish it mate, I feel the same about my saff at the min, Pissin me right off, leave it for a day or too then go back to it,
Good Luck Mate.

 

Ive been ther bud and iam still ther lol. Its crazy but looks good its a keeper with the amount of work youve done.

 

You have too many projects Looks good tho mate get it finished

 

its a nice looking motor

 

youve been thro alot, but the s2 would be worth more with them bits on if it dont need much work and good condition

 

great project mate finish it off though...summers coming up it'l be soo worth it in the end!!

 

Have you put the KA down yet and regained enough patience to carry on again?

Rob,

 

im going to go back down there in a bit to see what else goes wrong with it, depending on what mood im in its being fucked off outside and the ka's going back in the garage lol.