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Re: Improvedae86's SR20det AE86	Thu, 17 February 2005 11:25

Ok To answer a pm i got first . Yeah 99% of the conversion was done by myself , the 1% was the exhaust system , which since coming off at the a drift night once i have since redone myself after three attempts by the exhaust shop to get it right . It also took lots of calling autoelec's before the conversion started which all bailed as soon as the engine in the vehicle question was answered and all i wanted was a bloody solid battery wire to the boot . Thank god a retired autoelec walked into work one day , i asked looked at him and by change asked him what he did and bang , he said i could use all his equipment and he would just charge for the materials . Since then we say in-contact helping each other along the way , he mostly does US left hand to right hand drive conversions so if he gets stuck on anything new he normally calls for some info off the net etc . Since i had not done that really hardcore wiring since school . Big A3 size printed wiring diagrams help lots Yes as per most things you need to do it yourself if you want a good job . Since the car was originally purchased for a visiting relative from oversea's to use to get him around i used that time . The most timely process was the planing and using/programming the suspension program to work out the front end . This took about three months working now and then to sort to a level which for the cost i am happy with . Planing and getting all the information sorted didn't take that long since there was no information to start with . Basically started with a clean sheet planned in in stages , crossing them off as i went . As for time it took three weeks while on holidays to get it to the driving stage , since then lots of small changes have taken place the most time consuming are the subframe in the motor position changes taking half a day to change at a time . As far as the engine why did i not do a 3S-GTE , well its a long story . But mostly centers around that there was already one in this area , that car spend more time off the road with problems than being driven . The costs of that car /conversion and the n/a 3s-ge which where getting around at the time vs there performance and parts availability really didn't stand out as a worth while . If you cannot find a part for a sr then you haven't looked . Since then those other cars have moved on after lots of engine and the other using a east/west engine north/south problems if you drive hard , not one was every within the kw's of the sr output when it was stock . Just also the fact that there was not another one in the state was also appealing , its just different . Price vs Performance of the car which it had to replace on the track was another issue , luckily the old track car was sold back to its original owner for a good price . The car has since cost less than the old car by a few thousand , but i have never had to do the ten suspension changes / and constant maintenance that the other cars needed . Its all good but it might be time for another project over winter , the next one i might take components from a few more manufactures to start with . I am thinking very much about this car atm http://robx-.nopistons.com/userimages/c/c4977d75b1 e8.jpg i don't know there something appealing about it . [Report message to a moderator]

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