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Ben Socratous
Goo Roo
SA
I am the fibreglass/kevlar/carbonfibre king!

Posts: 1740
Reg: 07-2005

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Sunday, July 20, 2008 - 07:11 pm, by:  Ben Socratous (Socrates) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

LOL!!! Mind outta the gutter :-)

I finally got the car towed to the workshop last week, the stripping began last night and continued today. Here are some pics of progress thus far...


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Bonnet off, fmic out and fluids drained last night.


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Today took out the radiator, a/c condensor, loom from ecu, throttle cables etc etc, only thing left now is fuel return line and engine/tranny mounts then the real fun can begin :-)
Ben Daniel
Goo Roo
WA
UZZ31 & JZA80 (when I find one!!)

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Reg: 03-2006

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Sunday, July 20, 2008 - 09:51 pm, by:  Ben Daniel (Lexustt) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Whats going on with your car ??
Ben Socratous
Goo Roo
SA
I am the fibreglass/kevlar/carbonfibre king!

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Monday, July 21, 2008 - 02:57 pm, by:  Ben Socratous (Socrates) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

To start with...

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1.5JZ

Also have R154 conversion kit and a cusco 2-way coming from Japan. In the middle of repairing kit to put on it (explosion front bar and skirts, vertex rear bar). When I've finished stripping the engine bay, I'll give it a coat of matte black. Then I'll work on mounting the new seats and think about a 1/2 cage. After that we'll fit the kit, strip the body back then send it round the corner for some new paint.

I'm sure there are a few more things to think about, but they elude me atm, left the house without a coffee this morning so I'm struggling a bit now! lol
Ben Socratous
Goo Roo
SA
I am the fibreglass/kevlar/carbonfibre king!

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Monday, July 21, 2008 - 02:58 pm, by:  Ben Socratous (Socrates) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Ah, I remember now! Need to weld the internal gate of the turbo shut (or sell it and buy external gated version, if only that was available when I bought that one, grrr) and wire up EMU. Should keep me busy for the next few weekends :-)
Jose-Antonio Castillo
Goo Roo
NSW
Soarer VVTi

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Monday, July 21, 2008 - 03:38 pm, by:  Jose-Antonio Castillo (Ahh_soarer) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Woooh build time! Good luck with it all mate.
Scott Gates
DieHard
SA
TT

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Monday, July 21, 2008 - 04:34 pm, by:  Scott Gates (Scotty_001) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

It's taken a while to get this far i see. Will be well worth it when all is finished.
Ben Socratous
Goo Roo
SA
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Monday, July 21, 2008 - 09:45 pm, by:  Ben Socratous (Socrates) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Ok motor now out, w00t!

Timing set up on new block, water pump pulley, fan and water neck all on. Alternator dismantled and sitting in degreaser so it can come up good to paint to match the rest of the block, likewise with powersteering pump :-)

Tomorrow or wednesday night I'll go back down and start stripping the loom off the old block, patch it up and transfer it across.
Callum Finch
Goo Roo
WA
Soarer TT & Corolla

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Reg: 09-2005

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Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 02:30 pm, by:  Callum Finch (Sigeneat) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I gotta say, i was expecting pictures of a new-born.
Joshua Rao
DieHard
WA
JZZ30 vvti GT-L

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Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 04:00 pm, by:  Joshua Rao (Soaren1) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

I must say I was expecting photos of his girlfriend
Ben Socratous
Goo Roo
SA
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 06:50 pm, by:  Ben Socratous (Socrates) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

c'mon guys... we all know that soarers are hot and sexy, and this particular one just happens to be my baby :-) lol
James Johnson
DieHard
Victoria
92 TT , and 93 TT Manual

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Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 09:05 pm, by:  James Johnson (Jamesy) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

are you putting on the bar i sold you?? and the boot spoiler??
Ben Socratous
Goo Roo
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Sunday, July 27, 2008 - 10:27 pm, by:  Ben Socratous (Socrates) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Yeah mate, they are going on. Now I have 3 different boot lids all with different wings :-)

Just a quick status update...


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Motor is out, front bar back on coz we had no where else to stick it! lol



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and the new motor starting to take some more shape
Brian Kelly
TryHard
Colorado USA
SC300 5-speed

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Reg: 04-2007

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Monday, July 28, 2008 - 02:06 pm, by:  Brian Kelly (Whereswaldo583) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Damn looks great! I love the theme of all the red! That things going to be a BEAST when its done. Btw, were you able to take the A/C condenser out without removing the engine? If so. how?
Ben Socratous
Goo Roo
SA
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Monday, July 28, 2008 - 06:23 pm, by:  Ben Socratous (Socrates) Quote hilighted text Edit Post Delete Post Print Post   View Post/Check IP (Moderator/Admin Only) Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

AC condensor came out just to make taking the motor out that bit easier with a little more clearance. Nothing to major, just un-did everything. Then again I haven't had any gas in it for the past 18 months (damn o-rings!!!) so that made it a tad easier :-)

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