Rarity - The build from somthing dilapidated to something fast.

[Big Red]

Not really much of a update, but more showing what my engine is like."Radical bottom end knock"

:/ Thankfully I have a good condition SN B6 under the bench in the shed, Plans are starting to form on my turbo setup as well.
Engine swap is coming very soon. I've just got to collect some parts & then its ON!

[George]

sucks about the engine... btw. you set the video to private so we can't play it

[Big Red]

sucks about the engine... btw. you set the video to private so we can't play it

Cheers George, it should work now. *facepalm*

[George]

ouch, it's good you have a spare!

[Big Red]

Not a lot has happened lately
I'll be getting onto the engine swap within the next month or two, I've just been super busy with work & getting the Girlfriends S13 sorted & road legal.... what alot of fun that has been Stupid Ca18de.......

Although I do have a small thing to add. I picked up a HT for the right price off a local race car that's vinyl wrapped for the build & I have another one coming for my daily at the end of the year/early next year.


So keen to get started on the engine swap.

Cheers Gareth.

[Big Red]

A little bit has been happening since I last updated. Stock springs have been put back into the car along with Koni STR's as that its going for inspection in the next 3 weeks or so if time & money plays nicely.

I have removed the leaky old soft top & I'm just going to leave it as a coupe with the hard top. The original engine & gearbox is now on the floor as of yesterday & the replacement setup (my ex-supercharged engine/gearbox) is going in tomorrow & hopefully I should have her running again by the afternoon if all goes well.

& in other news my daily drive has decided to chew up the front main seal :/ Its due for a major service anyways so I'm pretty happy that its done it now rather than after the major.






& just for good measures my Supercharged daily


Thanks for reading.
~Gareth~

[maharaj]

Looks really good and great find....it has come a long way. I especially like the iscrape sticker.

[Demon I Am]

great wheel choice!

[Big Red]

Looks really good and great find....it has come a long way. I especially like the iscrape sticker.

She's seen better days but things will change, I have some big plans in place.
The iScrape sticker was from the previous owner.... I got a bit of a laugh about it too when I first saw it.

great wheel choice!

Cheers, I'm a bit of a sucker for the Mazdaspeed MS03's.... I have two sets of them now in the same specs (that set in the classic red) & another set in the silver. they only came in four color configurations from factory the red, silver, black & there was gold as far as I have seen/known of.


Good news today! The engine is in all I have to do is hook up the tail shaft, cooling system, intake & put the exhaust back in.
Solo effort so far basically done this all on my own except asked my housemates to help lower & guide the engine back into the bay.



& this is Max.... he's my project supervisor

[Big Red]

Ok... a little bit of a update.

It runs.... fired the engine up for the first time in a year & a half, well since its been in the old rust bucket donor car that it came out of.
A little noisy with the lifters on initial fire up but then that's normal for a B6 when its been sitting for that extended period of time.
only real issue is it has a missfire under load @ 3.5k+ RPM. But I have a feeling that the OEM leads are at fault here & I'm sure a new set of plugs could be a good idea.

I have a video I'll post that up on the weekend......



Oh I also pulled the vynil off the hardtop.... The roof was pretty hot as it's summer here atm so I thought "WHY NOT!"
Turns out the top is "NB" supreme blue & It flaked the paint off in a few places DOH!
so yeah she looks a little like a beater.... but i still love it for what it is.

[GripFTW]

Congrats on getting it running again. Great to see another roadster getting a new lease on life.

Looking forward to seeing what's next!

[Big Red]

Nothing too special but I took it for a bit of a drive down to the car wash to wash the engine off after the swap and give the interior & exterior a bit of a neaten up.
after the next few weeks I should be able to get her off to get it inspected and get the license tags sorted out & then let the daily driving commence so I can get the body work all fixed up on the Supercharged car..... So after that I can get this build into full swing!

[Big Red]

Up on the hoist....


To get one of these fitted.....


I'm not happy with the workmanship as far as the the welding on the catalytic converter goes... I could have done way better myself *facepalm* I'm defiantly not going back to that exhaust shop again to get any work done..... one thing that will be replaced down the track is the exhaust anyway :/

Dropped off at the workshop for mechanical inspections for the roadworthy certification for registration.


Bit of news today I heard back from the workshop this morning good news is i only have three things to fix..... & the list is as follows

-Park brake needs adjusting
-Blown stop light globe
-Window washer squirters blocked

I'm pretty happy with the outcome as far as that goes... & now i just have to fix those three things & then she's off for her final inspection to get a set of tags!

[Big Red]

While my car was at getting its final mechanical inspection done a apprentice mechanic backed another customers car into mine...
I'm very disappointed but the workshop owner said that they would cover the repairs for free.. I'm not happy with their repair job, but then the rest of the car looks a little out of whack anyways.
The photo below is the damage that they caused before repair, it looks ok & just a little bit of paint had been removed where it creased but the rear section of the guard is rippled to hell.



I have solved the misfiring under load issue by replacing the plugs & leads shes good as gold now.
< plugz & leadz



In other news I have a set of tags now & my tax is all paid up! Let the daily driving commence.

[Big Red]

Gave the car a bit of a mountain shake down today..... I want coilovers & sways now :/