So a very long time has past since my last post in this thread.

I had purchased alot of bits to make the ca18 work, and made a fair bit of progress, This included:
Microtech lt10s, standard ca18 radiator, custom made exhaust manifold to fit the gt2860rs, a 550x190x62.5 cooler, shortened r31 diff with kazz center etc. It looked a bit like this :).









With grill ziptied on so you can see what it looks like behind it.



Diff

I have been busy again making it into my new daily.

A while ago I bought an extra a12 that was freshly rebuilt. Also got some new front seats to replace the horrid ones.



So I have been busy welding up the gearbox tunnel, pretty average job but my welder is not very good on this steel. Tig welded parts of floorpan from the donor car, as well as some of its boot for other bits :D.





Also painted some bits from the other car to go in.





So I plan to put the motor/box in this next week after a bit of preparation, Need to swap the manifolds and put on the new clutch etc. Hopefully I have all the remaining bits now to complete the car and get it roadworthy.

P.S. Do I win the worst looking garage award?



Not alot of progress yet, been buying some things, U-bolts for the diff took half a week to get in, so I sat her down on the springs for the first time in a year, alot neater with the painted/cleaned up parts. Started cleaning up the garage so I can work on getting the motor prepared

One thing that came off the parts car were some 15x7 +18 Works ewing III's, they fill out the rear alot better (pretty much perfect offset), no chance of fitting on a lowered front tho.

I don't really feel like running different wheels front and rear. So I will need to find a set of decent rims that are made with close enough offsets to match the car. Something like 15x6.5 +16 for the front and 15x7 +18 for the rears :). Most places I look at usually either have the wrong offsets or don't make 6.5's :(



/less boostcrusing offset fail :D



So I emailed works wheels australia after looking around at online wheel catalogs all night, got a reasonable quote on a full set of Equip 03's.

They look like this.


http://www.workwheelsusa.com/media/wh ... /87/Equip_03_SPEC09A4.pdf

About the only old school looking rim that would fit, offsets would be: Front 15x6.5 +14 A Disk
Rear 15x7 +20 O Disk

I figure I could sell the watanabes and ewing III's for about as much as I'd be spending.

I ended up deciding to go with the black polish.

So a little bit of progress and changes, The front brakes came back mint, I've put them on the car and bolted up the flywheel and clutch, Repainted the sump and have changed all the motor's gaskets.

So I went to chuck the motor in the car and after about 5 engine mount combinations got it right, later model utes came with different brackets and crossmembers, and the stocko ones I had were modified to fit the wrong rubber sets, so I got a good set of stock mounts and have put them on.

In came the next hassle, The parts car motor I had came with a m30 later model head which has a different stud pattern for the inlet manifold, which meant without further head modification or getting the other head rebuilt that it would not fit :(, So I bit the bullet and ordered a new manifold and 32/36 DGV weber off ebay, came in the mail this arvo, wet my pants a little :).




So hopefully given good weather and no garage floods this week I can get the gearbox and interior into the car and ready to go, which does not leave alot left to get the car running. Only problem is I lost my license (typical right before I get the putter on the road).

Had a little bit of a #OOPS# around with the manifolds on the motor, seems something still seems iffy about the motor positioning, It seems to be too far forward in the bay, the shifter doesnt fit the standard location, but that can be fixed, the extractors seem to hit the firewall before the gearbox looks to be in the right spot, so that might need a bit welding to fix.

Once again the engine bay needs alot of cleaning :).



Sorry if this post is a bit choppy, its a cut and paste :).

So just got notification my wheels have just left NZ on a plane and should be here before friday, I'm pretty pumped.

In other news, I got my hands on a cheap late model ute crossmember, and put it together with the ute engine mounts I had and finally the motor fits properly, extractors are sitting in the right place and so is the gearbox, now that that headache is out of the way I had a little stuff around and put in the interior, I am trying now to get my hands on some rear seats in stitched black vinyl to match the front ones.

Anyways after this there is not alot left to get it running, just got to put together the fuel lines, bolt in new brake lines and bleed, fix up some radiator hoses and put the alternator and tailshaft in, then I am pretty sure its ready to roll for daily driving.

Engine sits in place properly now :D.



Interior is mostly back in, I like the front seats a billion times better.

Are they SCAT front seats? Did you buy them new or off ebay (I saw a set of NOS once on there a few months back).
I haven't found anyone selling them in Aus and a bit to expensive to ship from the States.

Love your car it's coming along nice.

seats were from a local nissan/datsun wreckers, out of a ute.

So why is the A12 back in when in previous post's you were doing the CA18 conversion??

(i couldn't see the reason why for the a12 back in??)

Seems the reason was lost in the cut and paste job.

Me and my girlfriend decided to buy a house, I needed around $7,000-$10,000 to finish the car and have it on the road, but we needed to save for a house deposit, I originally went to sell the whole project but decided to just sell off the diff/motor/turbo etc, probably made a good $5000 from parts and am now just making my daily. It was a bit of a shame but I am happy enough just to keep it and get my own place.

When I get enough money after purchase of a house I will be putting an L20B or similar in it with a good twin weber setup to make it a bit more fun.

Biggest shame is I had an a15/5 speed I let go for $250 before I even started the conversion, wish I had known what they were worth ;).

Hey mate!

Interesed in the webber upgrade,Iwant to put one on my a15 but having trouble buying one so i would liike to make one,do you have a close pic of the plate that you have on it??

Cheers.

hey darren if your interested in a webber upgrade have a chat with recarb..
http://www.recarb.com.au/advanced_sea ... .php?keywords=A15&x=0&y=0

You can pick up a twin Webber set and also manifold from them.. or single carb

I got my twin 45mm Webbers and redline manifold for my A15 from them..

Otherwise i have the same manifold and carby at home on my bench at home that townie has put in.. The manifold is in great shape but the carb needs a little work as it has not been used for some time but if you want it is up forsale..

shame to see the CA18 conversion die for you :(

but i guess other priorities and a house are certainly more important..

At least you still have the car which is the bonus :)