Gotta get this going....

[psychoS12]

Hi all,

Another new member who was too busy/lazy to say hi straight away! Truth is, I'm still not sure how to post pics on here so delayed saying hi till I sorted it - but that's not happened so I could be waiting years!!

My Uncle heard I was looking for a rear wheel drive car for the DWYB days at Santa Pod - having been dragging Fiat Pandas for a bit I thought it might be fun! What I wasn't expecting was for him to say "have my Silvia...."

Now my Uncle is in his 70s, and parked the car up around 7 years ago as it was becoming unreliable - the main reason being that he's got it tuned to around the 360 BHP mark!

There are quite a few mods on it that he can remember (and it would appear a few that he can't!). It's got forged pistons, a DTA ECU, bigger turbo, 16V head (I think!), lowered, big brake conversion etc.

As I said, it hasn't moved for a number of years, so will need a fair bit of work getting it back on the road. Unsurprisingly the battery has died, so I'll need to replace that before even thinking about firing it up (after an oil change!). It's got a bit of rot under the rear spoiler, so that'll have to go, and we've also stripped the interior out checking for any rust problems - but to be honest, it's looking VERY sound.

Anyway, I hope to get some pics on here when I can, and I apologise for any stupid questions that I may have to ask. I have found this site useful already - downloading the manual was a god send just to get the trim ot of the interior!

Cheers

Austen

[s13eater]

hi there matey, who's your uncle ?, perhaps we know of him.

[psychoS12]

My Uncle is Ted Gunn

If you've ever driven from Chelmsford to Writtle in the last five years then you would have seen the car - red Silvia, on the left hand side just before the traffic lights.

If you've ever met Ted you'd remember him - one hell of a driver! Knows the Snetterton circuit like the back of his hand!

Cheers

Austen

[PukkaSilvia]

get some pictures up of the car. sounds like it could be a bit of a beast

[londonsilvia]

yep i know the one! it went past me once when i owned an old colt turbo back in 99 and i was flat out, cut past me like a dream.

the nob who i bought my silvia from has been buttering that geezer up on the off chance he will sell that red silvia. this news has given me alot of satisfaction, as i reckon my mate is a bit of a selfish prick. i dislike human emotions!

i always meant to pop by and say hello in my silvia but never got the chance.

send the pics! use this to upload the pics: http://imageshack.us/

[psychoS12]

Just checking to see if I can get this right!



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[PukkaSilvia]

i spot a silvia engineering boost guage kit................ quite gd actually. Put an engine bay pic up...

[psychoS12]

One of the car once it's been cleaned! Funny how a bit of water makes it look sooooo much better!



Picture of the engine bay - not too good I'm afraid, too many shadows. I'll try to take some better ones another day.



Next, the front brake conversion - huge calipers (and unlike the back two, these aren't seized!)



And finally a shot of what the inside now looks like after a weekends work...



Most of the internal trim was in quite good nick (other than the drivers seat) but I doubt I'll be using any of it again.

Problems fixed to date - rear brakes no longer seized, clutch no longer jammed, and the engine turns over (doesn't fire up, just turns over!). We've had the ECU checked out today as there was no spark getting to the plugs, but apparently the ecu is alive and kicking so we have got some electrical issues. Oh, and the headlights don't go up any more, so we've cranked them up and pulled the headlight motor power supply plug out.

The aim is for this car to be MOT'd and running at Santa Pod in nine weeks time - think I may be cutting it a bit close!

Oh - and cheers londonsilvia for the photo upload link!

[CamInHead]

Not bad at all.

[londonsilvia]

the whale tail has been taken off...