the ratty salooon turbo one

[darcy]

hi guys, im new on here so ill get this build thread pieced together as quick as i can. right well i bought it about 4 years ago off ebay, 400 quid, standart 1200 s with 12 months mot, 38k miles. had a nasty bottom half respray and wings were bubbling but solid bar this. a pic with the wheels on early on


shorthy after with new wings, and the wheels polished up with 165/50/15 tyres

i ran it like this for a while until the waterpump let go so i pulled the engine out and trial fitted the c20let

[darcy]

it sat in my parents for a while, i then bought a house and started playing with it again. i had rubbed it down for paint as a 'mate' said he could get it done at the bodyshop he works at but it all fell through, so any bare bits i treated with killrust to save it

[darcy]

i didnt have a decent spare turbo so i bought a 200sx manifold and tigged up vauxhall flanges to it


i then got it over to my mate deans house who is a top welder, this is when it really got under way

first off we made up some mounts to clear the turbo as the manta ones fouled







rubbers were from car builder solutions. so thats it mounted. we wanted it as far back as possible so we also cut the head by the dizzy mount to get it back as far as poss

[darcy]

we then looked at the brakes. i wanted to keep a servo but the std one fouled the inlet. i tried extending it out like on mk1/2 escorts but it looked untidy. dean suggested a corsa setup, so...
we cut a hole in the kadett



to get the pedals the same height we lifted the height of the servo rather than cutting and welding the pedal
we also reinforced the panel with thick gauge







the top piece was a sandwich piece from the corsa cut down
and with the servo in place

[darcy]

next was the transmission. we fabbed up a rear g.box mount. no pics sorry. then we shortened the prop

after this it was exhaust time. as i work in a dairy i can get hold of ss tube, so i lent the tig set and got to work with a sapphire cosworth back box and turbo flange..







3" all the way through. not much clerance though

[darcy]

boost pipes next. i got a mitsi evo 4 intercooler off a mate cheap but the connections are 2.25" and i needed 2.5" so my mate fitted 2.5"outlets





i then made an inlet for the throttle body

[darcy]

the engine was built next. omega low comp pistons. steel rods, ported head, xe cams. then off for a base map and mot with 2 days to go before the pv show

wiring was thrown in for mapping as we were cutting it fine to get it finished

[darcy]

first donut ;D



few pics at pv

dean sitting on the beast

[darcy]

after the show season we decided on a transmission upgarde. omega box and 4ha axle off a simitar and power lock diff from a jag

as the axle didnt have a torque tube to locate it we made up ladder bars

[iron]

great build lots of work gone into it keep at!

[jonkadett]

are you going to paint it next year? i love the rat look but, it needs done imo.

[darcy]

yeah its going the original blue i think. My mate popped down to lend a hand clearing it out today. He's an ex merc body shop guy so we have been talkin about paint. Im getting the calipers. Fuel tank and a few bits under the bonnet for him to do orange. Ill get some pics up tomorrow when im back home. Working tonight

[alymac]

nice one, looking forward to it,

[jonkadett]

i was gonna keep mine original blue, untill i saw this


your car would look good in this colour.

[darcy]

yeah i like that. My mate was saying it may be worth me getting the paint soon even if im not painting it yet as they are phasing out the 2k for water based so need to make a decision soon. Alymac, what was the crack with the ppc feature, did will want to do a group one or just mine? Just wondered if iv missed the boat, iv emailed him just waiting for a reply. The other day was the first time iv been on migweb in months so only just seen your message and the link to this forum