I thought I had better start a build thread/info about my stanza.
here it is how I got it minus the engine
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I bought it in December 2012 as a rolling shell with the intention of building a club registered autocross car. The shell was pretty tidy and has minimal rust and had a lot of the things I was going to do already done, When I bought it it had already been used for autocross and had the following specs:
Interior:
Stripped interior, 6 point roll cage, after market bucket seats, added tacho.
Suspension:
King springs full height heavy duty F & R springs
KYB rear and Munroe front struts (both almost new)
all suspension bushed replaced with poly bushes
Diff:
Welded H190 - unknown ratio yet
Wheels/Tyres
TRX rims + Kumho rally tyres
Other Mechanical:
Mitsubishi radiator with twin thermos, aluminum front bash plate
The car was in great condition and was a perfect base for me to start with. In the process of the build so far I have gotten a little carried away and have decided to go a bit further than I originally planned. Since the car arrived in December I have made the following changes.
L18 with A87 head 11:1 compression rev limit 7500 rpm
Bored and decked block
flat top L28 ITM oversize pistons
ACL bearings
ARP bolts
full timing/gasket kit
Head ported, reshaped bowls and ports, replaced all seals
Wade 733A cam
4-2-1 extractors
Yamaha/Mikuni R1 bike carbs with Yoshimura jets/needles
custom manifold
bluebird elec dizzy
4.2kg flywheel + HD organic HD clutch
The engine is built and running in the car and has a stock 4 speed behind it. there is quite a bit of tuning work to be done, the whole process took a few months of waiting for parts and weekend build time. I am really happy with how the engine turned out and it should make good power.
some pics of the build
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Also need to fabricate a strut tower brace, tailshaft loop and scatter shield for the flywheel.
The next step is the get the car ready for rego. currently there are a few things that need doing, electrics, horn, lights. All pretty minor things but still a couple of weekends work I dont want to take any shortcuts! Once the car is on the road I will put some K's on it, tune it and do a bit of a shakedown by competing in a few events.
Later on in the year the plan is to replace the dented front guards, replace the late model front and rear lights and late model bumpers with early model gear, strip the car and paint it.
paint wise I am going to do something along the lines of this:
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I know... Its not a 1600 and BRE never built rally stanzas but I just love the scheme and I think it will suit the stanza well.
should be pretty fast when your done
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