Like the old one, show your car when you got it, then where it is now...

Ready for getting loaded on the 18wheeler to take its trip from Cali to nj.

Right after I got it, blown HG


Then to this...



But now it's this, body work nightmare.

^ I remember seeing your car at E-Town, very well done sir.
My turdbox awaiting paitiently...

engine compartment

before...



After



Transmission

Before... 5 speed(on left), after... 6 speed on right

Before:




After:

What sideskirts are those?

miswuevos wrote:What sideskirts are those?

Mine? They're Toysport side skirts.

EJ86 wrote:

miswuevos wrote:What sideskirts are those?

Mine? They're Toysport side skirts.

kool

Here's a picture from the first day I drove it home(from Minneapolis to Columbus,OH)


Here it is now


Here's a list of what's been done and in the process:

Engine:
4age bluetop
new oem main and rod bearings
new oem piston rings
block honed and cleaned
head ported and rebuilt(found 1 bent exhaust valve)
tomei poncams
tomei cam gears
t3 pulleys
TRD plug wires

Steering:
converter to aw11 manual rack
new inner tie rods
T3 outer tie rods
T3 knuckles

Suspension:
T3 front coilovers with AGX shocks up front
it has camaro coilovers on it now, but they will be upgraded to T3 rear coilovers soon
whiteline tension rod bushings
energy suspension control arm, sway bar bushings, and endlinks

Got it for Christmas in 2008 lookin just like this:


My in-laws said I could have it if I got it running, it had stopped running and got parked like 9 years earlier. So I rebuilt the head, head gasket was blown between cylinders 3-4, wasn't getting spark so all new distributor gubbins, no fuel so I added an electric pump and Weber carb. Started for the first time May 20, 2010, took me almost a year and a half to just get it running. I got laid off twice and my wife was out of work almost that whole time, too.


Painted purple. Used 6 cans of spray paint and 3 tall cans of PBR, results are as expected:


New motor put in March 2012, got it running and crashed it and have since fixed it again.

^^^ *thumbsuppppp. Built it yourself?

Coupe Before-1997:



Coupe During-2007:


Coupe After-2012:



Hatch Before-2001:


Hatch During-2008:


Hatch After-2012:

Zenki85 wrote:^^^ *thumbsuppppp. Built it yourself?

If you meant me, yes I did, and thanks!

Do I spy a K1 exhaust manifold? Baller!

Yup...Y-Version exhaust manifold. I'm only ballin' because I saved for ten years to buy all the parts!

this thread makes me feel like im going backwards with my car lol. Its gotten allot faster but allot more beat up ...

Jesse wrote:

love how those red valve covers look with a red hatch...stealing the look!

Hatch in May 2004 when I bought it:






As it sits currently...(kind of)



Sometimes I wish I had never touched the damn thing...

When i first got her, I'm not a big fan of 2 tone


After some work done,



Then came the Levin R.I.P.





NOW....still lots of work to do..

before


getting there


current state

Before: (shell)


After: (still alot to do)

Before:




After (many iterations):

steve, you have stuck with urs forever, and kept going at it!..

bit props to choh's setup one of the best 16v Dyno's ive seen in a while

Nice car Steve! it was allot of fun to run with you at 86Fest, i was in the grey hatch with the centerlines. Lets see a pic of the Dyno sheet!

Here is before when i first started working on it.


From that to this

To this




To this as of Now


and its still not done.

befor




After

My coupe when I bought it last June:



Then it crashed and was dead for October to November...I don't like talking about that lol.
And then this is it as of now! ;D




Proud of my new Panda Trueno

Before:





After:






After After: To be continued...

Before (2007):




In her prime (2010-2011):




Currently:



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momo your kp is sick.