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Thanks guys!

Here is the evo3 radiator I purchased, the welds weren’t great and the dimensions are all wrong. Luckily the core was the right size, here we go again cutting things up, haha.

Here are the 1.6mm wall end tanks I made, fit up is spot on

Welded the filler neck from the inside for a cleaner look, had to apply a heat sink to manage the heat as the filler neck is much thicker than the sheet.

Here we have the Idle control, the water side of things is rubbish and has to go. These are assembled with Pa66 parts on the inside which are supposed to be adjustable. Being 20+ years old the plastic is mostly seized on the internal thread and brittle. Here is my solution.

Machined out the treads and all the broken plastic which was fused to it.

3 of these 6 slugs are to block off the remaining holes, more on this later.

Here are some shots I took while making adjustments to the suspension. What I’ve done here is install the front coilovers without the springs then fit the wheels to the car. Using a jack, I carefully lift each wheel to consume all suspension travel (~4” at front) and make adjustments to the lower clevis as needed. The purpose of this is to set the position of the wheel relative to the body (in the bottomed out position) and prevent the tyres from making contact with the body. Ride height is altered via adjustments to the lower spring perch, as a result of this, the lower the car goes the less suspension travel it will have.

I got myself a small 12x36 Taiwanese lathe for home, It’s such a baby compared to the 1971 20x40 Takisawa I’ve got locked away waiting for me to open up a shop. Initially planned to get her going with an RPC, yea……not my brightest moment.

Anyway, here she is turning 304 SS at 400mm between centres down to 1.25mm wall. 0.05mm over 400mm is accurate enough for home in my books.

Also got myself a bead roller capable of rolling 1.6mm SS, no more welding beads!

Some work in progress shots.

Big update,

My old man had this fuel sender in storage for 20+ years, I cleaned her up and fitted a genuine filter I sourced on Amayama.

Fuel setup complete using -10 suction and -6 feed lines. I have plans for a much more serious fuel setup but this will do for now, I just want to drive her at this time. 

Coil packs complete, this mount is to position them under the intake manifold and out of the way. Manifold support bracket has been removed.

Brakes and clutch are finally complete!

Custom hand brake lines, to correct the length.

Brake master resealed and installed.

Braided lines throughout, all custom made.

Calipers sandblasted and rebuilt,

After searching a dozen or so 2005-2006 outlanders for these magical unicorn brake brackets, I finally settled on the febest variant on ebay. Upon Initial inspection they looked well cast (and they are) however, when you dig deeper the cost cutting starts to show (the casting sand had not been cleaned out of the slide pin bores). Sand blasting, sanding with a homemade flap wheel and brake cleaning is what it tool to get the bore clean, not the way to sell brand new products IMO. Anyhow, here they are fitted.

Onto the intercooler, I was never really happy with it so I cut off the endtanks and made my own.

Milling right down to the core,

Here are the frozen boost air side tanks, 3.5” flanges cut off, milled flat then finished with a brushed look, ready for welding.

Here we have some 6061 which I turned into the new 2.75” end tanks, a much more appropriate size for this build. 

looking good J, great to see some updates.

Nice updates man, looks like you're having fun!

Yea I’ll be at the next meet, not the first time I’ve said this though, haha.

Coils are IGN-1A marine coils, the highest output non CDI setup I could come up with that didn’t cost a fortune. They do not self-discharge like the LQ9 coils when pushed to the limit and offer a much stronger spark.

Downsides are they occupy a lot of space (heavy too) and as a result I am unsure where to mount them, been thinking under the intake manifold.  

Thanks everyone for the kind words,

It has been far too long, no more stuffing around, time to get her done.

I'll come by to hang out

I got a chance to take the Daytona for a run in April, managed a best of 11.09 @ 130 MPH with a 2.0 60ft 

I tried to get the cordia ready, I really did. It's been 10hr days at work, 4-5 hrs on the car and 5hrs sleep every night for 2 or so weeks strait. I got heaps done, but with no steering, its just not worth getting it there.

Thanks for pushing me Baz, It helped get the ball rolling!

Looks nice, nothing more satisfying than cleaning, refurbishing, painting and refitting gear - I love it.

 

What turbo are you running? Is that the 20g with the 3" compressor cover? Also notice you're running an internal gate, have you come up with a solution to the actuator bracket that comes with the Kinugawa turbo's?

Turbo is a td06sl2-25g. As for the waste gate bracket, i will probably use the cnc mill at work to make one out of carbon steel.