Good work man it's coming along good another turbo wag around can't hurt lol

Quote: Originally Posted by SIKVLT [View Post] Good work man it's coming along good another turbo wag around can't hurt lol thanks for that support. im trying to get it done sooner rather then later to get out there cruzing with all you lads around nz! road trips on in the summer time ---------- Post added 14-11-11 at 21:18 ---------- didnt get much done on sat as had a drift trike event on all day. on hangover sunday i wanted to get to the bottom of my inside water leak. so a couple of weekends ago i found the rust under the windscreen on the sides. chipped back all the rust as far as i could. which opened up the hole larger then a bic lighter. found that it was full of rubbish ( twigs leafs etc) on the passongers side i used a copper welding rod down the hole to "unclear" it. this didnt work. decided to cut out some more rust to make the hole a lil bigger to find out what was stuck in it. dug around a lil and found it was quite badly blocked with a combo of things. some out it looked like it was clay and leafs n stuff that my welding rod could not get thru. i soon cleared it all out and found it was all ok. moved on to the drivers side. found my welding rod went thru like a dream. with a sh*t load of rubbish falling out. but got it all cleared up with the help of the air gun and the rod so no cutting done on that side. i didnt get any pics this weekend as camera is MIA at the moment lol will try and get some sorted soon. was trying to finish off wiring this weekend also.. how ever.. my mate got me the wrong rca cables so hopfully can get that sorted this week to be able to finish that off and back to gether thats all for now. Jono Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Have dOne some more work on the beast this evening. Last week some time i got out the rust killer and anti rust coating. Went around the hole body applying 3 coats during the day. Have done the front left wiring loom all finished up. Just need to run air flow meter wiring as I'm just going to use that for a base tune and run in the new motor. Once it's run in will change wiring and use map sensor ( mayb 3 or 5 bar sensor) The plan for this long weekend (Auckland anniversary weekend) is to get ahold of my exhaust piping. Weld the first part of that and the inside under windscreen done. Once that's sorted will paint the inside floor and water proof it. Then assemble the dash. the one biggest problem is to not have any interruptions and distractions... :O So today was sucsessful by applying first coat of primer on to my spear brake booster as I was in the mood from painting my drift trike tomorrow's job after work is to lightly sand back and re do primer and go from there. Wish me luck. Will try to up date tomorrow with how the booster has come along. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

more work done today only had couple hours today after work. have welded a plate under the left hand inside windscreen. just waiting for it to go dark to do a test with a light to make sure its all sealed. have welded up some holes in the engine bay as i want a very clean engine bay. done some more wiring also sorted out the heater wiring. should be able to put dash back together tomorrow. will have to sort out the fuses and relays in or behind the glove box also here are some pics of the holes that i welded up in the engine bay [IMG] [/IMG] will keep uploading as i go. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

had another good day working on the car today. cant say much for sunday.. went down and enjoyed the day at the 4 & rota nat drags. so today did engine bay work after removing top half of the inlet manifold to take it to my engineer ( @advanced creations ltd) to see what we could make up out of it... we're not 100% sure on how well the air flow will be. So more research is required.. what are some of your guys thoughts? so returned back from his place and carrired on cleaning and smoothing the bay with the welder and grinders in hand. with the grinders i had i thought to my self there must be a faster way to do this... here is a pic of the 6inch grinder i was slaving away with until i dug into my old mans shead and found this 10inch grinder... so my tactic for the inner gards is where they are indented is to heat it up with a heat gun and to tap it out ( or get it as smooth as possible) the reason for this is that i dont want the engine bay to be bogged out. also thats the reason for welding up the holes instead of bog. have also sanded the fire wall where the brake booster and clutch were due to the surface rust that was starting. have coated it in my anti rust killer stuff to set over night for possibly a coat of primer. heres some random pics to see what u guys think... plus everyone loves photos enjoy! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

looking good mate we have both done it close to the same way i did. even cooler pips will look very close mate has done half of mine so far out of s/s keep it up

Quote: Originally Posted by mr_nvs [View Post] looking good mate we have both done it close to the same way i did. even cooler pips will look very close mate has done half of mine so far out of s/s keep it up yeah i couldnt decide on weather i should use s/s or alloy. then my mate gave me his kit off a subie so just decided to cut it up and weld it up... looks all right at the moment but mayb go s/s later on if the alloy dont cut the mustard haha.

have done some more work on the car today. have done more wiring and added some security features. got all of my inter cooler piping dumbed up and ready for one more weld heres some pics of the piping on left hand front from turbo will upload some more of the right hand side... computer being slow and silly ---------- Post added 12-02-12 at 18:31 ---------- some pics from the right hand front intercooler piping. since im replacing the metal which was under the battery tray i opened it up like a can of baked beans to roughly run the piping. until next time enjoy! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

have done some more work on the wag this easter weekend. have nearly finished the battery cable to the starter and alternator. have tired to hide the battery cable under the brake booster as best as possible. also have used a factory rubber fire wall mold to run the battery cable safely through the fire wall. heres some pics... until next time enjoy Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

looking good cant wait to see some more progress

Quote: Originally Posted by gold-vlt [View Post] looking good cant wait to see some more progress thanks. got some exhaust piping this weekend. might make up the down pipe next weekend Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Great thread, keep it coming. You should also think about doing some technical articles to show us how you did some of the wiring.

Quote: Originally Posted by Big Lee [View Post] Great thread, keep it coming. You should also think about doing some technical articles to show us how you did some of the wiring. Ah yes that's a great idea! I'll spend some time soon writing and taking pictures for help on easy stuff. Only trouble is to find some spear time to do it lol. Watch this space***

Thank you mate. I would really appreciate it. I have done about 15 mods from the technical articles page. Lollll.............. it is my weekend reading.

Quote: Originally Posted by Big Lee [View Post] Thank you mate. I would really appreciate it. I have done about 15 mods from the technical articles page. Lollll.............. it is my weekend reading. No prob. Awesome what mods have u done? How do u find the rajab premium? I really wana get me one but have to get it sent over. What u recon?

update for today. still sorting out wiring in between rain showers and winter storms. i have got a thermal circuit breaker for alternator circuit wiring. here's a picture of what ive got. just trying to find battery terminals the right size for it. as the ones ive got are too large. take a look: will get some more pics up when installing it with right size terminals and where im going to mount it for easy reset if the fuse happens to over heat. thats all for now. chur! ---------- Post added 11-08-12 at 17:48 ---------- also forgot to mention some more things i have received. have got a VSR (voltage sensing relay)for auxiliary/house battery ( or what ever you wana call it as everyone has different names for it) cant wait to fit it and test it out! heres the kit: so what this does is... Above is the wiring diagram for the VSR. Pictures give a thousand words. If u cant read a circuit diagram it basally: Charges up the main vehicles battery up to 13.2 volts. Then switches over to the auxiliary battery and charges that up until the vehicles main battery drops to 12.7 volts. When the main battery gets to 12.7 volts the VSR switches back over to the vehicles main battery. Easy as pie really. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

I have a saying one tv commercial once taught me long ago. " Good things take time " anyways here's another update. Should have part above (thermo circuit breaker) installed this weekend all going well. Ive had to up set a few mates to decline going down to the snow tomorrow for the weekend but hey i wana drive my girl again just cause i like to take pics. here's some more with the spacers for the battery terminals made up and sorted. just needa crimp the cable and it will be time for installation. up closeish from afar Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Awesome! How is the car looking these days?

its looking ok.... but its sad that i cant work on it every week its sitting out side my garage now in the weather. the front screen will have to come out for a bit of tlc and paint up later on. today in between showers ive being out to size up stuff to get things made up during the week. goal at the moment is to get her running and then worry about paint, intera , sounds etc Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

hey jsobey i like what you did to the wagon it has given me some idea on what to do to my wagon.. when you moved your fuse box to inside the car did you have remove anything for it to fit it in under the dash & another thing where did you place your place your battery in the wagon??