93 VR parking lot find....
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The best place to start this thread would be at the beginning. Roughly five years ago i was working a service call in a complex my company maintains. Happen to stumbled across a 93 vr that was parked outside a tenets office covered with a blue tarp. I asked the tenet about the car his reply was that it was his sons car. After many years of asking (and the car sitting unmoved) his son finally decided to let the car go.
The car was overheated some years back and the motor was pulled for a rebuild. P.O. never got around to doing anything with. From there the car sat approximately ten years in this back complex where it was vandalized and left in a total state of distress. Most people would of taken a vehicle in this condition straight to the junk yard or parted it out. Fortunately for this old girl i'm a hard headed person. The day i brought her home. Attachment 683687 Attachment 683688 Attachment 683689 |
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I started out with just trying to assess the damage and where to start first. I begun with the just a general cleaning. 10 years of weather took its tole on her.
The engine bay as it started, Attachment 683684 Attachment 683685 Attachment 683686 |
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I figured the best place to start would be on the undercarriage so i pulled everything out from underneath, and by everything i do mean everything.
Attachment 683675 Attachment 683676 Attachment 683677 Attachment 683678 Started tagging everything and boxing up parts so nothing would get lost when i needed it later in the build. I cleaned the fuel tank out. You would not believe the trash that came out of it. Polished the 20 year old paint just for the hell of it. Kinda got tired of looking at all the oxidation from years of weather. Attachment 683679 Attachment 683680 Few interior shots after i cleaned it up a bit. The interior is surprisingly clean and intact for all the years it sat with a broken drivers side window. Attachment 683681 Attachment 683682 Attachment 683683 |
Wow! Nice find and persistency... How much did you buy it for?
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Still pulling stuff off....
Attachment 683669 Attachment 683670 After many, many night of scrubbing off all the grime and dirt i started to paint the undercarriage Attachment 683671 Blasted, braced, repainted, and rebuilt the complete IRS with powerflex bushing, new oem helm joints. I also went with Rotary Extreme trailing arms and toe links. On a side note dealing with rotary extreme was awesome along with the quality of the components are top notch. :icon_tup: Attachment 683672 Attachment 683673 Attachment 683674 |
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I started to reassemble the undercarriage, Rebuild the entire braking system, new bearing and hubs front and rear, rebuild the axles with new boots ect, replaced every fuel line and brake line. Went with the areomotive 340 stealth pump.
Basically i replaced, repaired, and repainted everything underneath the car..... Attachment 683664 Attachment 683665 Attachment 683666 Attachment 683667 Attachment 683668 |
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I picked up a set of used dual oil coolers from a r1 model along with a koyo radiator
Attachment 683657 I have also decided to go with a full wire tuck as time permits. Finished putting my engine back together last week. When photo bucket stops acting up i will upload some pictures of that progress as well. :icon_tup: |
beautiful work so far
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Originally Posted by 7Starr'sSin
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Wow! Nice find and persistency... How much did you buy it for?
Originally Posted by wutangben
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beautiful work so far
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The P.O. pulled the engine due to overheating it and believe me when i tell you he wasn't a mechanic of any sort. In my spare time i got the pieces i needed for the rebuild.. i went with the oem seal kit, new rotor housings, all new bearing, als apex seals, the whole deal. I even ported my irons and housings while i was in there. Here is a few pictures of my parts gathering and assembly.
Rebuild rotors Attachment 683645 Machined my rotor housings to accept alternate spark plugs. Attachment 683646 marked out my porting templates Attachment 683647 Attachment 683648 Attachment 683649 Attachment 683650 Completly polished my Uim, throttle body (which i completely disassembled) , and ported both uim and lim.. NEVER again will i do this... for those of you that have you know exactly what i'm talking about. Attachment 683651 Attachment 683652 The way my tool bench look before i started stacking... Attachment 683653 |
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After i got everything up to spec i spent a weekend on and off assembling the short block:nod:
Attachment 683639 Attachment 683640 Attachment 683641 Attachment 683642 Attachment 683643 Attachment 683644 That's about it to date, after i decide on a turbo setup and finalize a few other thing on the direction of the build i'll up date the thread. A random side note... my car must of been one of the first touring models in the states according to the born on date of 01/92. Kinda neat and I am very glad i was able to get to her before it was to late..... |
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great work so far!!
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Wow, great find and excellent work. I wish I could find a diamond in the rough.
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Nice what did you paint underneath the car with? Did you do anything to the rack and pinion?
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Originally Posted by druggist
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Nice what did you paint underneath the car with? Did you do anything to the rack and pinion?
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POR 15 is the way to go, excellent work so far, you definitely saved that car.
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Wow amazing work, very organized!!! Please keep us posted.
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Originally Posted by Killacamster
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Wow amazing work, very organized!!! Please keep us posted.
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Originally Posted by b16eg
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great work so far!!
Originally Posted by dabigesii
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Wow, great find and excellent work. I wish I could find a diamond in the rough.
Originally Posted by ZE Power MX6
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POR 15 is the way to go, excellent work so far, you definitely saved that car.
Originally Posted by gmonsen
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Really nice. A real restoration.
Gordon
Originally Posted by Killacamster
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Wow amazing work, very organized!!! Please keep us posted.
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Wow! Thats amazing work!
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Good find
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For whatever reason every build thread that saves a car like this makes me :) Great work!
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