Got the car back today! a whole 2 days after i dropped it off.. really happy with the job done, few marks here and there but hey.. the main goal for this car is going fast! looking good comes second :P












Hanging panels will be delivered to me tomorrow, then its a weekend of assembly!

Nice one mate! Quickest job from a paint shop ever!!!!
Now the fun part of bolting everything back together...
Did it cost a arm and a leg.

cheers Rhys, yeh ill put the lights and chrome on over the weekend, i wont hang the doors till i get my rubbers.
He blocked the car back till he was happy with it and sprayed the colour on, cost me $1500. He is a tafe teacher so is pretty good at what he does.

Nice! He has done a great job by the looks of it. Nice price to altho i know you did alot of the prep yourself.
This thing is going to be a beast!!!
Keep the updates coming mate

yeh true i did do a fair amount myself, but i probably saved myself a few grand doing so! and the fast turnaround made the spend so worthwhile.. ill have more pics over the weekend

spent thisarvo welding my wastegate and turbo flanges on, also test fitted the fuel rail and injectors.. will have the surge tank, braided hose and fittings and the fuel reg next week. also the wiring loom will be back!
spending tonight polishing most of the chrome so its ready to put back on.. also going to start my dash insert this week to mount my guages..

looks tops, should easily put down ~320whp @ 20psi and in a datto thats like a bazillion HP

looking really clean, cant wait to see it all together

It won't even be trying at 320rwhp...!

This looks fantastic btw. I'd love to do a 'ground up' one day but space is a real issue for me :(

cheers.. yeh im lucky to have a fair amount of shed space, im a mechanic and my old man owns his own workshop so we have a fair bit of room lol..

Will be anyones guess as to how much power ill have! with the stock engine ill be happy if i can get 280hp and next year when the new engine is ready i should be pushing 400hp through the manual on around 25psi

wardy

Small update!.. its been a little while between them, have had issues with my back and been in sydney for ops and stuff, not fun!

fair few goodies turned up this week.. most of my engine internals, all my braided hose fittings (all 25 of them!) fuel pump bracket and surge tank, My magnaflow mufflers and exhaust flanges.. Also picked up my rubbers from rare spares, and the rest of my painted panels turned up!

I also made the sheetmetal dash insert for all my guages, turned out great.. ill wait till its trimmed to post up a pic.

Here are a couple of teaser snaps..








And this is the colour the interior is going..