I give you the start of part two.
After two years of the car being tuned and tracked without any major issues, second gear decided it needed a permanent vacation, and shat itself at a drift day. That didnt stop Toli finishing the day smashing from first to third.
And so part two was decided. Toli to this day had thought "it would have been as simple as pulling the box out and swapping it" but alas as many of us know, decisions and cars are never a simple combination. One thing leads to another, and things blow out of proportion.
As of yesterday, we loaded it up, and brought it to my house.
The bonnet latch had been removed, so Toli secured it.
And this is where its going to live for the next couple of months.
Toli and Tom have already stripped the shell bare, and the motor and box are just sitting in there on the mounts ready to come out. We're waiting for a bunch of parts to come over from japan, along with some other little bits and pieces. Basically, we're re-doing all the body with origin overfenders on the rear, no bonnet scoop as it had previously, the B-Wave wing has been removed and will be replaced with something else etc etc.
Another new addition will be the front wheels. Whilst I was in America last year, Toli joined me for a week in SoCal and we basically did hoodrat car shit. While over we dropped by to visit our good friends at APT.9 and as I did the previous year, we fell in love with some of their stock. In 2011 whilst visiting and meeting the guys, I saw in person and later purchased the Mugen M7's youve seen on my Legend. Last year when we went, we saw yet another set of M&'s they had. Unfortunately two were destroyed in an accident, but the other pair's centers were unscaved. We purchased them immediately. They were originally 16" NSX M7's, so we knew they'd fit. Recently Toli dropped them off at Whitehorse industies where out friend Craig started making the new lips and barrels. The final specs will be roughly 16x10 +5. Craig recently sent toli this teaser, so Im not teasing you guys, since we're being teased just as much.
The car was recently fitted with a racing approved roll cage thanks to Brett Shears from dropdead customs. It needs paind, but that comes in due time.
And recently picked up an s15 dash which we will be fitting.
But for now, I have my work cut out. To give a brief insight, with Toli's assistance, I will be making a new transmission tunnel, tubbing the front guards, making a removable radiator support out of tube, shaving the bay, painting the bay and prepping the car for paint. it will be a long couple of months ahead.
Also, I thought about removing the rear window and mounting a seat to make a dicky seat. Thoughts?
But in all seriousness, We have a lot to do. Did I mention when the motor comes out its getting a full forged rebuild? Aim is to make 350kw(470hp for the yanks) at the rears on pump fuel. Considering it made 300kw on 12lbs boost on the standard motor, I dont see that being an issue.
For now, a couple more pics, untill we get some progress happening.
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