ferretca18's project page

[ferretca18]

well as everyone else was doing one i thought id give it a go aswell.
heres a pic of her as she was bought (minus the air filter) pretty tidy, only needing a little welding on the sills and the slight bubbling on the suspension turrets:
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c45/ferretca18/kytfdki.jpg

then the intercooler and such were fitted (along with catch tank and strut brace)
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c45/ferretca18/s1310-1.jpg

then my attention was taken to despoilering, although it has been repaired before, it was starting to come through again, a fibreglass one will go on eventually but i thought id give it a go myself (with the aid of mammoths help:))
removed spoiler:
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c45/ferretca18/CopyofP1010140.jpg

holes cut:
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c45/ferretca18/CopyofP1010144.jpg

plates welded in:
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c45/ferretca18/P1010150.jpg

fillered:
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c45/ferretca18/P1010157.jpg

sanded and primed:
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c45/ferretca18/bootr.jpg

this was then sprayed to match the car with halfords, (not a great match but it will do as it was tatty before and you cant tell too much when its dirty lol)

then it was time for brakes and suspension:
old:
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c45/ferretca18/Copyofold.jpg

old vs new:
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c45/ferretca18/Copyofoldvsnew.jpg

suspension and cut dust guard to fit larger disk:
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c45/ferretca18/Copyofdustcut.jpg

new calipers and disks fitted:
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c45/ferretca18/Copyoffitted.jpg

money shot:
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c45/ferretca18/done1-1.jpg

then came the time to sort out the engine bay as it was caked in filth and bits of rust were starting to come through:

old bay :
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c45/ferretca18/P1010661.jpg

left wing, partly stripped:
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c45/ferretca18/P1010663.jpg

[ferretca18]

right wing stripped:
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c45/ferretca18/P1010664.jpg

then the engine bay was cleaned as much as possible and degreased, rust sealer stuff (thankyou hammerite) was put on all the rusty areas once wire brushed as much as possible. the front crossmember was quite bad for this but luckily has been repaired before so no welding was needed to be done. then the engine bay was sprayed matt black, this was done with the enging still in place but masked off as you can see. proved to be a bit of a ball ache but as i dont have the space for an engine crane it had to do:

sprayed bay and wings:
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c45/ferretca18/P1010002.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c45/ferretca18/09-12-06_1424.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c45/ferretca18/10-12-06_1234.jpg

then it was just a case of bolting everything back up and hoping i didnt end up with too many spare parts:
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c45/ferretca18/Picture046.jpg
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c45/ferretca18/Picture043.jpg
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c45/ferretca18/Picture044.jpg

while i was at it i also stone chipped and rust proofed the wings:
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c45/ferretca18/09-12-06_1425.jpg

the wings were also stone chipped as there were rubbing issues with the arch liners so they had to be removed. There are still a few last things to get sorted out like some welding (the turret tops will have the rust cut out and plated welded from behind, then filled, and new turret top reinforcers will be cut and welded in as the old ones were rusted through) ill post pics of my progress as i get on. Note all of this was done in my garage away from my house with no electricity or heat (which was nice and comfortable when it was wet and windy lol) i wanted to do this ever since petrols thread and thought sod it. really satisfying having most of the work done and that i did it myself:) :thumbs:

[twaiter]

lookin good so far

[Kamatayan]

Looking cool.

[Chem200]

Looking good :thumbs: Keep us updated with your progress and lots of pics.

[mammoth]

nice :thumbs:
whats next on the list of things to do?

[ferretca18]

welding on a nice day, at your house lol. if youll let me! then im going to Garys to get the rear sills done properly. fit the lsd. then it needs injectors (im in talks with channie for his) and z32 afm. a map then its pretty much done, there on its money for track days:nod:

[mammoth]

cool. you gonna sort some wider wheels?

[ferretca18]

id love to get some wide 17's but i cant afford that for a while. just about to get some decent tyres for the arsespeeds so thatll do for a while.:) cheers for the comments guys:thumbs:

[Parker]

Impressive :)

[garysx]

mate, looking GOOOOOD. I'm very impressed. :thumbs: :nod:

[Nismo_Freak]

Looking good dude.

[adam0bmx0]

there on its money for track days:nod:

WHAT!

You mean your actually going to drive it............................fast! :wack: :D





















Only kidding, looking good by the way, i take it its all back together ready for the meet this sunday?

[Pablo13]

Looking good so far:thumbs:

I know the last few people have said that but I just cant think of anything else to say:D Its like I read them and it put me in a trance.......

......Lookin good:wack: ......

[ferretca18]

lol cheers. im hoping its gonna be ready for sunday adam, but the brakes are giving me a ball ache trying to bleed them! its all ready appart from that, the wings and bumper need bolting on (hour max!) so its just the brakes stopping me.

[mammoth]

what is it with you guys and brakes.
get the pipe that we used last time and then you'll be sorted. i can give you a hdnd if you want for when you do the abs.

[ferretca18]

ive got a 'one man' bleeder thingy, but there is still air in the system somewhere:) ill get it sorted on Saturday:):nod:

[garysx]

I want to have a look at your car mate, coz what i've seen on here im very impressed by:nod: :thumbs: How bad are your sills?????

[Teggers]

Looking good mate! Making me want to get another one even more (if thats possible!) :thumbs:

[ferretca18]

get a ps13 mate, ill have to hump your leg if you do tho!
Gary, the sills are plated but i want them to be cut out and made to look nice and new again. :nod:
ive decided to leave the cutting out of the rust on the turrets untill i have the weather to weld it up (knowing my luck not for a good year or so lol) as i dont wanna drive with holes everywhere

[ferretca18]

its all back together now and back on the road (although im not driving it much at the moment, the tyres are legal but barely (camber issues)) got tyres on order but thought id post a few pics of it from the meet the other day:
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c45/ferretca18/P1010003.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c45/ferretca18/P1010004.jpg

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c45/ferretca18/P1010005.jpg

all thats left to do is the welding (which ill do when the weather gets a bit better):thumbs:

[mammoth]

:thumbs:

[ferretca18]

ta maaaate. the brakes are sooo much better now, there must have been air in them the first time we did them at your place as they are freaking awesome now, had a few chirps from the tyres when i drove to looe! (man i love that road):notworthy

[mammoth]

it was probably from when we tried to do the abs without knowing what we were doing :wack:

[datsunfreak]

That looks very nice... :thumbs:

I need some of those SXOC decals...


thought id post a few pics of it from the meet the other day:

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c45/ferretca18/P1010005.jpg