well after 2 full on weeks of working on the thing it is finally done!!
its off the Rx engineering on saturday to get a tune and rego.
Here are the pics including more engine bay pics!!








Dale

 

Dale

 

hey awesome! LOVE THE DASH AND GAUGE SETUP!!!!!!

-zac

 

wow hoyl crap looks awsome i remember the first pics i saw of it after it first got painted, i never thogu hit coulda looked this nice but wow good job. bu i got a qurestion im sorta n00b ill admit it i was wondring what that thign si in the 4th pictures down between the headlight and the strut tower with the blue hose comin out of it.. that a vacuum hose? wats it for? also is there another one on the other side on the top right?

 

Thanks Guys!!

X,

thats the blow off valves for the turbo, they release the pressure in the pipes when i back off the throttle, with out the the turbo would last half the time.

Dale

 

Well i'm a n00b also but it looks like a wastegate or something to divert all the excess boost the engine surely produces.

Anyways, mad props. That is one savage car!

 

ohh yea, cool i know what a blowoff valve is guess i just dunno what they look liek wwell now i do heh thnx :]

 

1984 special,

the wastegate is inbewteen the air filter and the water pump pulley,

Dale

 

very nice!!! have you dyno tuned it yet?

 

i love the b45's man. mmmm simmons

 

no not yet, going to rxeng in 2 days time to get done,

street trim looking for 360rwhp on a dyno dynamics, and race trim 500+ on a dd which is around 570-600 on a dyno jet,

 

they are performance challengers, pretty similer to B45's but at 1/4 the cost!!

 

Totally awesome! That is one of the finest I have seen. Love the gauges, hell love everything!

 

I must give you props for the exellent work you have done. I, as well as most other people here, will probably be asking you some questions in the very near future about your project. Thanks for your efforts.

 

How much did that motor setup cost (ballpark)? Just curious because that is one mean looking car. I absolutely love it. LAter

 

I see you removed the rubber side molding. I can't tell, but did you also remove the seam too? It looks really slick in the pic's, but the lighting is hard to tell for sure.

Anyway, I always feel real sorry for you Aussi's because of the steering linkages you have to work around for the turbo/exhaust. Glad we have so much more useful space in our Rx's here in the western hemphere were everyone drives on the correct side of the car(leftside of car on the right side of road). I suppose the underlying problem is Great Britan's fault for sending there "right hand" drive trait over with the prisioners back in the early days. LOL

 

Looks like the seam is there...

Wastegate, blowoff valve. Same difference! Thanks for righting my wrongs. =P

<--- n00b!!!

 

Whoa. That's the nicest first gen I think Ive ever seen. That looks absolutely awesome. What porting are you running? Can you post some detailed specs? Man, awesome job. Love every part of it.

~brian

 

not at all.

a wastegate keeps the motor from overboosting by only letting say, 15psi pressurize the manifold... the rest is vented to the atmosphere.

a blowoff valve releases the built up pressure when you let off the throttle, to keep the turbine from kicking back and hurting itself.

the wastegate is the increasing in volume hiss when the cars accelerate, and the blowoff is the loud woosh when they shift.... basically.

 

Its a s4/5 motor out of my old carm the block owes me about $3000au, injectors $1400au, turbo $2400au (including mods i did), wastegate $800, manafold $50 (we made it our selves), computer $1750, flywheel, clutch, pressure plate $750, fuel pumps $600

so it all adds up!!

the motor is a street port, balanced, clearenced, dowelled, 2mm seals etc,

wacky rotary,
the strips were removed, they just glue on, the seam that you see there is always there even with the strips on it.
the steering box isnt that hard to get everything to fit around, if it wasnt there it would have been easier as i could have put the wastegate under the turbo where the steering box is,

thanks for the kind words guys, makes everything seem worth it when fellow rotor nuts love it as well!!

Dale

 

Awesome! Tequila Sunrise comes to mind when I look at that color! But... didn't you put the steering wheel on the wrong bloody side?

 

looks good, kewl colour. looks setup for drag. i like the rear wheel studs, the pizza cutters (wheels) up front.
not to mention that,,what 6, 8, point roll cage ? is it an automatic trans ? it would look awesome with some small tubs and some big fat slicks all tucked in and under
the car. whats next,, 4 link rear ?? ladder bars ??

 

the cage is 6 point for the street and 8 for the strip when the side bars are bolted in,
its a stock TII tranny at the moment will fit a tremac TKO when i have popped a few of them,
i can get 26x8's under there easy now, with some guard pumping i will get some 26x10's

ill probably make the factory 4 link adjustable, with the 9in in there things are a pretty tight fit!! LOL

 

woops :p

 

Brilliant job there!I can see that ALOT of effort was put into it!
Great job!

So when can we expect to see some 1/4 mile times ?