thought i would post up my progress so far on my 1990 convertible turbo swap. i got the car with a blown coolant seal for 900 bucks. i am keeping mostly everything stock. maybe a exhaust and fcd.


the day i got it....










i wont be picking the motor up for about another week or so but i have been working on cleaning up the interior and engine bay ect.











engine bay before and after...











i will post up more pics of anymore progress i make on the car and when i get the motor and start putting it in.

 

$900? DANG! That is clean for the price. Good find. Makes me want to build the turbo vert I have dreamed about for the past 10 years.

 

hope to see you slam that baby on coilovers and rims later down the road. Do ittt!! =p

 

i have some springs and shocks for it that im going to put on for now until i get some coilovers. and i have not decided if i want to keep the bbs wheels on or go for a different wheel. i really like the stock bbs wheels.

 

So what did you use to clean the engine bay?

 

Nice . That engine bay cleaned up real good.

 

simple green and a toothbrush

 

made a little more progress on the car in the last couple days. got the motor and some parts. more pics













also putting in some lowering springs and new shocks later tonight. i will have some pics of those up soon. just waiting on some more parts in the mail but now that i have most everything i will be making some good progress this week. i will update as much as i can.

 

what is the color code for the paint you used on the manifolds?? looks good!!

 

rustolium high heat silver

 

nice vert, good cleaning effort youve done as well, looks like your going to have to get the toothbrush and green stuff into the engine block as well, it just doesnt look right putting that dirty ole block in that clean engine bay

 

thats first on the agenda for the morning

 

A wire brush works well when cleaning all the buildup off of the block. It will go much faster than a toothbrush too.

 

yeah, i use a toothbrush for the engine bay and for the engine i have a drill with a wire wheel on it

 

haha i used the same toothbrush method when cleaning my engine bay the first time! thn I said forget it and painted the whole thng again! lol

 

got the motor almost ready to go in and got some more parts in the mail. also put on some new suspension.















i should have the car all together in about a week or so

 

thats a pretty clean build you have coming along... very jealous on how much you picked up the car for! haha

 

any link to that steering wheel quick release, ive looked at a few but have been worried about how much closer they make them come to your seating position

 

If I'm not mistaken, you still need a hub for that, don't you? So it will be even closer. Looks nice.
If I had an engine hoist I'd take my engine out to clean it better. Buuuut I don't. lol
I'm loving how clean everything is.

 

We've got a seat waiting for you in the Turbo Cabriolet Club.

 

you got a seat waiting?

 

he means welcome the the club lol

dam man you waste no time getting this thing together haha. What do you do now? i recall you used to go to UTI right?

 

Ohh nice goodies!

 

Keep it warm for me, I will be there shortly

 

I'm still going to school, but only 5 more days left