After having some blown engine troubles with my 82 i decided i wanted to start looking for another shell to swap all my parts on to. I also wanted an 84 or 85 car so that i could do a 5 lug/t2 brake swap more easily. I bought a clean 85 for $500 with only 137k on the clock, even runs on 1 rotor. The car has a clean complete red interior that i will dye/paint black and am going to dye my t2 seats black as well. The exterior is very straight and there seems to be almost no rust on the car. there is alot of paint chips up front though but the po said he thought it might have been towed for some of its life. Heres a few pics of the car as i bought it.













AND WTF power steering?

 

What's up with the 83???

 

i dont have an 83. just 2 white ones 82 and 85. the 84 red in the background is a friends.

 

Glad to see you didn't give up. Good luck with the new build!

 

Maybe i just need a cleaner shell for motivation. haha

Ordered an 87 jetta steering rack last night, going to convert this car to r&p before i put the engine in. also ordered a different wideband (ngk afx) and some new front tokico illumina struts, this time i got the race inserts.

 

Not interested in doing an FC subframe eh?

I'll be interested in seeing what you come up with for the VW steering as I'm going to be doing that (probably) on my one FB (the non turbo one). Seems like mounting it won't be very difficult, more curious what you come up with for a steering column connection.

 

yeah i dont like the fc subframe swap. id go full custom for that much work. well the rack i ordered at rockauto wasnt in stock so i have to find another. so the search will continue.

 

I love my FC setup, to each their own! Anyway, I'll stop cluttering your thread. lol

 

well i guess what i said wasn't true. i do like it, but i wont do it til i can swap the irs rear as well. and please man, clutter away haha

 

Well that didn't take long. Lol. Subscribing...

 

Thanks craaaazy. it didnt take too long. it seems im addicted to spending money on this car and just cant stop

small update.

decided on using an 80 dodge omni steering rack. its 42in end to end so its almost a perfect fit for the fb.

also bought a mazdatrix airdam today, should hopefully look like this but without the light holes (sorry for stealing someones pic)



got a resonator and a flex section for my exhaust and also starting getting dye/paint for my interior color change.

I received my ngk afx wideband today to replace my innovate mtx-l. so thats for sale if anyone wants it.

hopefully gunna pull the engine this weekend and figure out the damage so i can start ordering parts for it.

 

Nice airdam choice, where did you find it? Should help bring more air into the system. These cars are truely addictive!

 

yah thats going to look sick

are you planning on removing the side moldings also?

 

the airdam is from mazdatrix. and yes, this 80's mazda of mine has more money in it than most brand new cars lol

 

Nice! Im interested in the steering project what exactly gave you the idea? or did you read something?

 

idk what gave me the idea, i searched for decent manual steering racks used for swaps via google, took a quick measure on the car and ordered on i thought i can use. i can make it work, theres not much i can fab up.

 

uh oh......i just bought zg wide fender flares 240z/260z/280z/280zx Wide BAMF ZG Flares this should get fun now.

 

Saw Pics on my home screen. Wow, that looks like one clean GSL.

 

Street Drifting time :-)

 

My interior color change has started. $100 bux at the auto paint store and im good to go. first test part. gunna start really tearing into it the next couple days.

 

^ copy cat
jk

ps what the hell is that little joystick used for?

 

was used for the stock stereo balance and fade. im just using it to fill the hole for now. i will prolly put a switch panel in there.

 

You're not wasting any time are you? lol Looking good so far.

 

I get bored far too easily. i did a drivers side door panel last night, came out great. pics later.

 

Yeah I used to get bored too, now I have 6 cars and drive myself crazy trying to work on them all lol.