have got my a into g and started working on the beast this weekend. have started by removing lower dash covers, glove box and center dash. next when the rain stops will be to remove the seats and carpets and sound deading. after will remove fuse box in engine bay and relocate to drivers inside where factory auto computer is located... it looked to be enough room to fit in there. hopefully this weekend i can remove brake booster to completely run battery wire to the boot, rca's, stereo wiring. and de-loom engine bay by running head lamp wiring under wheel gards or something like the such. ( haven't had real good look as to where to run them yet, but they will be hidden ) will get up to this point and repost with some photos hopefully let the sunshine! Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

got the engine loom sort of hidden this weekend. have nearly finished running the head light/ horn wiring fuse box is now inside just deciding where to to put it etc. turbo and manifold is on to dumby up exhaust piping. this week just trying to plump up intercooler piping have some pics from this weekend... forgot to get some before pics.. sorry. hope they come out find fuse box in side now (http://[IMG]http://i1099.photobucket.com/albums/g395/jsobey1/SANY0075.jpg[/IMG]) where the fuse box used to be... bad battery tray and brake booster.. removed brake booster and and loom... have rewired it all inside. (two blue cables are my temp starter and alternator) right hand side loom inside now and all steering loom rewired nicely on removeing the blower motor to access the computer and wiring alot easier i was to find... nothing but a mini forest in the blower motor.. wondering why fan speed was bit slow hehe more to come... hoping this week and get intercooler piping all done and battery cable run the length of the car.. keep u posted ---------- Post added 17-10-11 at 20:22 ---------- have some photos of the turbo and manifold fitted up for the exhaust Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

looks promising man

yer looks like ittl be a wicked engine bay when finished

just an update on it. done some more work this weekend. have removed carpet and nearly finished left hand side wiring. [IMG] [/IMG] have removed rear seat and roughly run HUGE battery cable from front to rear. [IMG] [/IMG] [IMG] [/IMG] also my work mate let me borrow some vt twin from pot calis that i could use to meassure up fitting. [IMG] [/IMG] the brackets look like they may fit bolt on? [IMG] [/IMG] and last thing done this weekend was puttin intercooler on to meassure up i/c piping p.s please excuse the date on my camera... the screen is broken and i cant find how to turn date settings off lol. enjoy Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

being doing some more work on the car yesterday. manily engine bay stuff. have just being trying to get intercooler piping sorted out. had to start by making hole for piping. then could line up the first pipe off the turbo. to look like this; with the pipes lined up i can now get them welded up to suit here are the three pipes ill be getting welded together; ---------- Post added 30-10-11 at 10:53 ---------- so i thought i would remove the battery tray. my thoughts were that it "shouldnt be too hard just cut here there and it will pop off" ha i was wrong... way wrong to be infact. after a couple of cuts i got this far; and some more cuts; then i stumbled apon some rust; finally got it all out so after two cutting discs, half of a grinding disc and a hundred of pieces i finally had it out; now whats on mind is do cut out that piece and replace it? im thinking that will be the ideal thing to do. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Where r u putting the battery in the boot mate? I'm doing it In my wagon next weekend and I cant decide where to put it

lol dude, drill the spot welds & use a chisel and hammer, 10 min job....

Quote: Originally Posted by VLWAGONIT [View Post] Where r u putting the battery in the boot mate? I'm doing it In my wagon next weekend and I cant decide where to put it i cant decide also. my mates have surgested to put them in the spear tyre well. im thinking of putting them behind the rear wheel arches and making the sides like a sub box kinda thing so i can still carry a spear wheel lol post a thread about urs mate so i can have a look too if u can ---------- Post added 30-10-11 at 21:27 ---------- Quote: Originally Posted by Psi_Wagon [View Post] lol dude, drill the spot welds & use a chisel and hammer, 10 min job.... i couldnt see the spot welds due to all the rust and the rust some how attached it more then the spot welds haha. but thanks for pointing that out... i did have fun cutting and bashing at my old girl hehe Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

lol, they can be a bitch. ive got my battery in the spare wheel well in my white wagon. but the calais wagon is having it behind the wheelarch, ive made boxs that fill both sides of the wagon area with subs, and doors for the battery & amps.

so i started attacking the sound deading today. have done LH and RH front bits from fire wall to under the seats. also found more rust under it all so going to be getting some anit rust and sander out this weeekend i hope heres some shots; RH LH sorry sun was peaking in. and have taken off the stuff under the carpet... unsure if im going to use this carpet or get new one. since i am delooming the engine bay i have changed the route of the gear box loom i have decided to place a hole in the tunnel. by off chance the loom reached and didnt have to extend it as first thought.. thanks holden hehe thats all for now ---------- Post added 30-10-11 at 21:37 ---------- Quote: Originally Posted by Psi_Wagon [View Post] lol, they can be a bitch. ive got my battery in the spare wheel well in my white wagon. but the calais wagon is having it behind the wheelarch, ive made boxs that fill both sides of the wagon area with subs, and doors for the battery & amps. yeah the calais is the way im thinking of going. would u have an pics of that? just wana see how uve done it. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

*edit heres a couple of pics, a bit old but my brother in the pic is now 13 haha with that sound deadener, chuck some dry ice on it and itll break off like glass Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Quote: Originally Posted by Psi_Wagon [View Post] *edit heres a couple of pics, a bit old but my brother in the pic is now 13 haha with that sound deadener, chuck some dry ice on it and itll break off like glass ah very nice i like that... thats basicly what im thinking. im just hoping there is enough room for a battery each side with the sub also.. i think it will be tight haha looks like uve had that wagon for some time. yea about the dry ice... i cant be bothered going out my way to get some so had a good arm work out today haha. on the plus side im trying to save money any way poss to keep the final cost at a min Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

not very productive weekend on the car from working all day sat and unpredictable auckland weather on sunday 6th nov. first off i ran all front door wiring. speakers and electric windows. LH RH then decided to lightly sand down passsongers foot well and to rust kill and antirust it. so let the first coat dry and decided to move onto something else out side the car because the smell of the rust kill was terrible lol so decide to sus out head lamp wiring. found a good place to run the wiring up. it think it will be good because it looks like thats where the plug wants to sit any way. heres some pics... getting a few bits and pieces this week hopfully to finish off all the wiring inside. then might be able to paint inside then dash back together and new carpet in thats it for now i think. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

Love it buddy keep up the good work mate, dont be disheartened by hicups along the way mate, itll be worth it

Quote: Originally Posted by Katsa [View Post] Love it buddy keep up the good work mate, dont be disheartened by hicups along the way mate, itll be worth it thanks for that. hicups are expected and thats apart of it but yeah work hard and it will pay off Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

so i have a lil problem that i wana over come sooner rather then later. i have found rust and holes from the rust just under the windscreen on the insides of the car. it looks like they are from the windscreen drains. i wana no how i can modifie this so it wont happen again.. im thinking of cutting out the rust and removing all the stuff ( rubbish, twigs, leaf's etc) and welding in a new patch of what ever and welding a guase on the out side to prevent things going down there besides water. here are some pics of what i mean from the inside... will get back with some of the inlet to this problem. this is just besides the heater fan above where the rb computer sits. this is just a closer up of the rust its about 10cm in length. any help before i assemble the dash back together. Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

I had the same happen to mine mate, Welded it then made sure all surfaces were painted to try stop the rust from coming back.

you made a mess of that battery tray mate!

Quote: Originally Posted by degeko [View Post] I had the same happen to mine mate, Welded it then made sure all surfaces were painted to try stop the rust from coming back. oh tru i might try the same. ---------- Post added 11-11-11 at 19:45 ---------- Quote: Originally Posted by VLWAGONIT [View Post] you made a mess of that battery tray mate! yeah just a tad. lucky it was all rusty and needed replacement anyway Some original photos have not been recovered yet.