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1987 Be-1 restore project
- Thread starter Balloo2u
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£15, but as they only cost £60 not a bad percentage.
Question for the next purchase, can someone with a talented eye tell me if this is the same exhaust as the normal K10??
Ok, so very very glad I didnt go with more that 30mm, although my mechanic swears these are more like 50mm.
How the car arrived:
The originals came off and once again showed the car to be in really good nick.
As you can see nice and clean
Dropped the front first and although it was done in slow mo, we both held our breath, jeez these springs are low.
So I'm now stuck with the car Loooooooooow, so low infact that its making some lovely "ill eat your arch liners" scrapping sounds whenever the car leans on the drivers side. This pic is without weight in the front, drops another inch + with me in it.
Will look to see if arches can be squared away or I might have to ditch the springs:down:.
Before
After
How the car arrived:
The originals came off and once again showed the car to be in really good nick.
As you can see nice and clean
Dropped the front first and although it was done in slow mo, we both held our breath, jeez these springs are low
. 
So I'm now stuck with the car Loooooooooow
, so low infact that its making some lovely "ill eat your arch liners" scrapping sounds whenever the car leans on the drivers side. This pic is without weight in the front, drops another inch + with me in it. 
Will look to see if arches can be squared away or I might have to ditch the springs:down:.
Before
After
Personally I wouldnt go any lower than 45's as then they look like rubber bands, rather than tyres. If I was you I would put the standard wheels back on till I could find some of these at the right price/size/offset
Old school japanese wheels would suit so much better. (Y)
Bloody car.
Took it to Incarnation at the Ace Cafe last night. Loads of attention, even more than the skylines parked either side.
Go to leave and it wont start. Same as before, choke seems to be the problem. Its well behaved for ages and chooses this moment to play up!!
Anyway, manage to get it running thanks to a few of the lads. Get home ok with 1 hour drive.
Up nice and early this morning to pick up new alloys at 6:30. Bloody thing will not start. Had to call it a day as the gf was not impressed with me waking up the neighbors at 5:30.
Bloody K10 engines. . . hope the SR20 comes sooner rather than later!
Took it to Incarnation at the Ace Cafe last night. Loads of attention, even more than the skylines parked either side.
Go to leave and it wont start. Same as before, choke seems to be the problem. Its well behaved for ages and chooses this moment to play up!!
Anyway, manage to get it running thanks to a few of the lads. Get home ok with 1 hour drive.
Up nice and early this morning to pick up new alloys at 6:30. Bloody thing will not start. Had to call it a day as the gf was not impressed with me waking up the neighbors at 5:30.
Bloody K10 engines. . . hope the SR20 comes sooner rather than later!
Quick update, I've posted on other threads but forgot about this one.
After doing radiator flush to get brown gunk out, and trying a few other suggested options, I had a mate come round and do a compression test. Seems that its all over the place and head gasket is prime candidate with possible other complications. At the moment she is sat on my drive under cover. The Skyline is sucking money up at the moment but hope to have her fixed before the end of the summer so I can bring it to one of the car shows.
Here's hoping.
After doing radiator flush to get brown gunk out, and trying a few other suggested options, I had a mate come round and do a compression test. Seems that its all over the place and head gasket is prime candidate with possible other complications. At the moment she is sat on my drive under cover. The Skyline is sucking money up at the moment but hope to have her fixed before the end of the summer so I can bring it to one of the car shows.
Here's hoping.
Right as above, blown head gasket put her undercover for a few months, not determined to get her up and running for summer (£1.30 a litre for the Skyline)
So with the help of the might my mate HESH we set to work on it, stripping the engine and taking count of what state the car was in
Some bit's start popping up that are not shown on the Haynes manual so reseach begining:
Sod to remove head as most bits need to come off, but not bad for mornings work:
For a 23 year old car, she's in semi good nick:
But.........she has some bad bits, not too bad, but needs work;
Major issues so far have just been the odd seized bold, but 90% of it has been pretty #### up free
for the Skyline)So with the help of the might my mate HESH we set to work on it, stripping the engine and taking count of what state the car was in
Some bit's start popping up that are not shown on the Haynes manual so reseach begining:
Sod to remove head as most bits need to come off, but not bad for mornings work:
For a 23 year old car, she's in semi good nick:
But.........she has some bad bits, not too bad, but needs work;
Major issues so far have just been the odd seized bold, but 90% of it has been pretty #### up free
imp124
Buy & Sell Member
haha same here! would look good in my opinion with the ST bonnet scoop and possibly engine
Few pics of Be-1's with scoops on the Island and not too keen.
Here is what I've scavanged on top of all the the original gumf pulled from the cars engine bay.
('Er in doors is now fed up with Skyline AND Micra bits strewn across the place)
Arranged to collect engine and gearbox (in the back of the gf's fiesta fwn) this Wed so now just waiting to find out from Ed when he can collect the car
Here is what I've scavanged on top of all the the original gumf pulled from the cars engine bay.
('Er in doors is now fed up with Skyline AND Micra bits strewn across the place)
Arranged to collect engine and gearbox (in the back of the gf's fiesta fwn) this Wed so now just waiting to find out from Ed when he can collect the car
PJG, Thanks to that man, moving into a whole different direction with the car now
Awesome look.
Met with Ed from Fusion on Friday, top bloke and more than happy to chuck the car his way now.
Few more updates;
These are off getting overlayed in carbon fibre which I hope will look pretty snazy with the yellow :laugh:
And on top of everything else now have these two sat in the girlfriends way :wasntme:
Awesome look.
Met with Ed from Fusion on Friday, top bloke and more than happy to chuck the car his way now.
Few more updates;
These are off getting overlayed in carbon fibre which I hope will look pretty snazy with the yellow :laugh:
And on top of everything else now have these two sat in the girlfriends way :wasntme:
Yes bud, they went early this year, got my money back so nothing losses, and they did look good just the front arches rubbed like hell. Have to make sure I get the right offset size etc.
Car is now on the back of Ed's trailor enroute to Fusion Motorsports.
Ed will have that lump out, stripped down and back in before you know it. When I dropped my K11 off at his place for him to map the Omex he called me up within hours and was already driving it en-route to the garage for fuel. He doesn't hang about that's for sure hahaha!
Popped down to see the car today, :grinning: , should be getting it taxed this week so it will be on the road by the weekend.
Little concerned about just how stiff the short shift is, reminds me of the old army Land rovers and then some. Might have to remove if I can't get used to it.
Also lost out on an awesome set of gold 12" deep dish 4 spokes on Ebay which went for £156!!, I hate Vodafone
Little concerned about just how stiff the short shift is, reminds me of the old army Land rovers and then some. Might have to remove if I can't get used to it.
Also lost out on an awesome set of gold 12" deep dish 4 spokes on Ebay which went for £156!!, I hate Vodafone
