4k GT86 Gets a Rocket Bunny Kit & LS3 V8 Swap!
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Jonesy1972 said:
I salute you for doing a thorough job on this. Been watching since you first posted and I am looking forward to seeing the finished article. All your hard work will be worth it! Keep the updates coming!
Jonesy
Thanks for the kind words Jonesy
I'm looking forward to it being in one piece just as much as you are and will try and get along to a few PH SS's or other car shows/meets with it.Got a great bargain on a brand new exhaust for it which should be arriving tomorrow so another mod to add to the list and another weekend I need to find to fit it
Enjoying this thread - I bought a (fully intact) GT86 at about the same time you bought this and am really enjoying ownership, including remembering what steering feedback feels like....
I much prefer the GT86 to the Golf R it replaced, I just didn't gel with the Golf at all, I really couldn't see what all the fuss was about - a technical marvel but you just don't feel involved in driving the thing - the GT86 isa lot of fun even at legal speeds.
I occasionally scan Copart for a damaged one to turn into a track/race car but in reality I know it'll be a while yet, hats off to you for getting your hands dirty and getting on with it.
I much prefer the GT86 to the Golf R it replaced, I just didn't gel with the Golf at all, I really couldn't see what all the fuss was about - a technical marvel but you just don't feel involved in driving the thing - the GT86 isa lot of fun even at legal speeds.
I occasionally scan Copart for a damaged one to turn into a track/race car but in reality I know it'll be a while yet, hats off to you for getting your hands dirty and getting on with it.
Mark Benson said:
Enjoying this thread - I bought a (fully intact) GT86 at about the same time you bought this and am really enjoying ownership, including remembering what steering feedback feels like....
I much prefer the GT86 to the Golf R it replaced, I just didn't gel with the Golf at all, I really couldn't see what all the fuss was about - a technical marvel but you just don't feel involved in driving the thing - the GT86 isa lot of fun even at legal speeds.
I occasionally scan Copart for a damaged one to turn into a track/race car but in reality I know it'll be a while yet, hats off to you for getting your hands dirty and getting on with it.
That's pretty cool to hear, i'm glad its got your seal of approval coming from the Golf R as I was a bit worried that being such a new car it might have gained a level of numbness that seems to be attributed to alot of post-2010 cars.I much prefer the GT86 to the Golf R it replaced, I just didn't gel with the Golf at all, I really couldn't see what all the fuss was about - a technical marvel but you just don't feel involved in driving the thing - the GT86 isa lot of fun even at legal speeds.
I occasionally scan Copart for a damaged one to turn into a track/race car but in reality I know it'll be a while yet, hats off to you for getting your hands dirty and getting on with it.
I think if you were getting one as a track-only car you could easily save 2.5k without having to worry about new airbags, AC, Headlights, etc.
Got a small update from the bank holiday, started off alright what was meant to be a nice easy bit of work soon turned in to a massive pain in the ass as our weather down here had been on off humid sunny and impending thunderstorms so an hour in to the work it began raining like mad.
Started off by changing the Oil as it hadn't been done yet and I think the car was quite low on Oil. Not sure if there's an oil leak around the back of the engine which can be quite common on these but i'll have to check as it seems less than 5 Litres of oil came out.
Refilled it with 5 although I do have a spare litre as the FA20 is meant to take 5.6L, the dipstick feels like its a terrible design as even after just 5L of oil it's reading full, so i'm not sure if the sump just retains loads of oil or whether the dip stick is inaccurate but i'll keep an eye on it. I did fit a magnetic sump plug though which is just habit on all my cars. No pictures to go along with this i'm afraid.
Got the rubber stops for the bonnet out, i did manage to salvage them. and once fitted the bonnet aligns correctly height wise, not sure about horizontally but i'll be able to tell that once i'm able to get a passenger's side wing.
There's a few other rubber seals, and plastic covers that came off the old bonnet, not sure if I need to add these to the carbon one as theres no holes for the push clips to go in to, so who knows! that can wait until snagging after the car's back on the road.
After this I sorted out the garnish/side marker indicators. Its not pretty as I didn't want to completely cut off the old connectors just in case but I was also trying to keep it as safe as possible considering the location of these plugs but the indicator works now so that's cool!
Working on car electrics is definitely one of my less confident areas so if anyone has any better suggestions on how best to keep these connections safe and properly isolated i'm open to learn new ways!
Started off by changing the Oil as it hadn't been done yet and I think the car was quite low on Oil. Not sure if there's an oil leak around the back of the engine which can be quite common on these but i'll have to check as it seems less than 5 Litres of oil came out.
Refilled it with 5 although I do have a spare litre as the FA20 is meant to take 5.6L, the dipstick feels like its a terrible design as even after just 5L of oil it's reading full, so i'm not sure if the sump just retains loads of oil or whether the dip stick is inaccurate but i'll keep an eye on it. I did fit a magnetic sump plug though which is just habit on all my cars. No pictures to go along with this i'm afraid.
Got the rubber stops for the bonnet out, i did manage to salvage them. and once fitted the bonnet aligns correctly height wise, not sure about horizontally but i'll be able to tell that once i'm able to get a passenger's side wing.
There's a few other rubber seals, and plastic covers that came off the old bonnet, not sure if I need to add these to the carbon one as theres no holes for the push clips to go in to, so who knows!
that can wait until snagging after the car's back on the road.After this I sorted out the garnish/side marker indicators. Its not pretty as I didn't want to completely cut off the old connectors just in case but I was also trying to keep it as safe as possible considering the location of these plugs but the indicator works now so that's cool!
Working on car electrics is definitely one of my less confident areas so if anyone has any better suggestions on how best to keep these connections safe and properly isolated i'm open to learn new ways!
Edited by Samjeev on Tuesday 16th February 00:21
Another small update from this weekend.
The 86 clubs had another meet this Saturday at Goodwood so I shot over there in the Vx to be the odd one out once again but it was good fun!
It was awesome to see some more 86's in one piece which is a nice inspiration to continue to get mine sorted.
Only thing to add today is another new shiny arrival - a New HKS single exit exhaust which i'm going to fit next week.
This will allow me to get the new fog light fitted in to the rear bumper and fitting a bolt on exhaust is ironically something i've never done before so it should be good fun and it will hopefully make the 86 sound as special as it is to drive once I get it back on the road.
Haven't heard one in the flesh but I'm looking forward to it. I was originally looking to get one of the mystery ebay "Malian" exhausts due to their price but I was able to pick up a bargain with this. I Much prefer the single exit too as I have to admit I love how they look compared to symmetrical twin tail pipes, next weekend is going to be another fun one
The 86 clubs had another meet this Saturday at Goodwood so I shot over there in the Vx to be the odd one out once again but it was good fun!
It was awesome to see some more 86's in one piece which is a nice inspiration to continue to get mine sorted.Only thing to add today is another new shiny arrival - a New HKS single exit exhaust which i'm going to fit next week.
This will allow me to get the new fog light fitted in to the rear bumper and fitting a bolt on exhaust is ironically something i've never done before so it should be good fun and it will hopefully make the 86 sound as special as it is to drive once I get it back on the road.
Haven't heard one in the flesh but I'm looking forward to it. I was originally looking to get one of the mystery ebay "Malian" exhausts due to their price but I was able to pick up a bargain with this. I Much prefer the single exit too as I have to admit I love how they look compared to symmetrical twin tail pipes, next weekend is going to be another fun one
Edited by Samjeev on Tuesday 16th February 00:22
Got the exhaust fitted today, it's a great bit of kit!
Didn't get too many pictures im afraid as it wasn't high on my priority list while I was shuffling around my back getting rust and dirt in my eyes!
As soon as I got the old exhaust off I was able to get the new valenti bumper light in finally too, looks great.
Exhaust might be a little close to the subframe, might put a bit of exhaust wrap around it to stop any rubbing or vibrations. Fitted it with some new polyurathene hangers and gaskets, easy job all in all just a pain with only ramps and jack stands.
Theres a small before/after video for those that are curious, its quite loud but I bet it will sound amazing at high revs.
https://youtu.be/bLu0D5syOBk
Didn't get too many pictures im afraid as it wasn't high on my priority list while I was shuffling around my back getting rust and dirt in my eyes!
As soon as I got the old exhaust off I was able to get the new valenti bumper light in finally too, looks great.
Exhaust might be a little close to the subframe, might put a bit of exhaust wrap around it to stop any rubbing or vibrations. Fitted it with some new polyurathene hangers and gaskets, easy job all in all just a pain with only ramps and jack stands.
Theres a small before/after video for those that are curious, its quite loud but I bet it will sound amazing at high revs.
https://youtu.be/bLu0D5syOBk
Edited by Samjeev on Monday 11th June 09:55
Edited by Samjeev on Tuesday 16th February 00:23
Samjeev said:
Theres a small before/after video for those that are curious, its quite loud but I bet it will sound amazing at high revs.
https://youtu.be/bLu0D5syOBk
Bland to phwoooar in one easy step https://youtu.be/bLu0D5syOBk
Another weekend and another BIG step forward toward getting the car back on the road.
Today me and a friend tackled getting the dash out and can I just start by saying that this is definitely up there as one of the most annoying jobs i've ever had to do on a car!
Once again im afraid there is a drought of pictures but I have a few.
First I went about getting the driver's seat out as there was a load of dirt under there from the crash, whatever the previous owner hit was kept in all the little nooks and crannies of the car. The driver's seat was gladly far easier to remove than the passenger's seat.
So I'm not sure how to describe the person that previously owned this car, other than being a bit of a plonker for crashing it and a few other things such as the debacle with the seat bolts, I've since found another lovely little "Mod" of theirs. They had clearly decided that as well as wrapping most of the interior trim pieces in a rather horrible carbon wrap they they would also give the same treatment to the accelerator pedal and foot rest which not only looked pretty shocking but can't be too safe in terms of keeping the accelerator nice and grippy under a wet shoe sole.
Anyway, after removing the offending wrap we went about hoovering most of the mess up and cracking on with the dash removal.
Now going back to my earlier point of it being an annoying job, there are so many panels and components that make up the dash, not to mention the A pillars and whole Centre console has to come out to get to some of the screws, the interior was 100 times more messy once we finished than before we started, and theres ALWAYS 1 last clip, screw or bolt that is holding something on.
But eventually we got there...
And that's only half the mess
It wasn't an easy or very romantic job to do but it had to be done and im glad we were able to in just around 2 hours. It should hopefully make putting the new dash back in just a liiiiittle bit easier.
There's a few small housekeeping things I want to do behind the dash before fitting the new one such as tidying up some of the cabling and fitting some foam to hopefully stop any rattles, etc.
Unfortunately I broke one of the tweeters in the dash, as we popped the speaker cover off the module on the back of the tweeter appeared to be pretty weak and gave way, I'll look in to re-soldering the part that broke or my new used dash may still have the tweeters in if i'm lucky.
Next couple of weekends are going to be busy so don't expect another update on getting the new dash back in until then, hopefully by then I should have also bought the new headlights so i'll be extremely close to getting this car back on the road in July!
Today me and a friend tackled getting the dash out and can I just start by saying that this is definitely up there as one of the most annoying jobs i've ever had to do on a car!
Once again im afraid there is a drought of pictures but I have a few.
First I went about getting the driver's seat out as there was a load of dirt under there from the crash, whatever the previous owner hit was kept in all the little nooks and crannies of the car. The driver's seat was gladly far easier to remove than the passenger's seat.
So I'm not sure how to describe the person that previously owned this car, other than being a bit of a plonker for crashing it and a few other things such as the debacle with the seat bolts, I've since found another lovely little "Mod" of theirs. They had clearly decided that as well as wrapping most of the interior trim pieces in a rather horrible carbon wrap they they would also give the same treatment to the accelerator pedal and foot rest which not only looked pretty shocking but can't be too safe in terms of keeping the accelerator nice and grippy under a wet shoe sole.
Anyway, after removing the offending wrap we went about hoovering most of the mess up and cracking on with the dash removal.
Now going back to my earlier point of it being an annoying job, there are so many panels and components that make up the dash, not to mention the A pillars and whole Centre console has to come out to get to some of the screws, the interior was 100 times more messy once we finished than before we started, and theres ALWAYS 1 last clip, screw or bolt that is holding something on.
But eventually we got there...
And that's only half the mess
It wasn't an easy or very romantic job to do but it had to be done and im glad we were able to in just around 2 hours. It should hopefully make putting the new dash back in just a liiiiittle bit easier.
There's a few small housekeeping things I want to do behind the dash before fitting the new one such as tidying up some of the cabling and fitting some foam to hopefully stop any rattles, etc.
Unfortunately I broke one of the tweeters in the dash, as we popped the speaker cover off the module on the back of the tweeter appeared to be pretty weak and gave way, I'll look in to re-soldering the part that broke or my new used dash may still have the tweeters in if i'm lucky.
Next couple of weekends are going to be busy so don't expect another update on getting the new dash back in until then, hopefully by then I should have also bought the new headlights so i'll be extremely close to getting this car back on the road in July!
Edited by Samjeev on Tuesday 16th February 00:27
The Nur said:
I wouldn't be at all surprised if the wrapped pedals contributed to the crash.
Yeah I thought this as well, it wouldn't be too surprising, I just wish they didn't make such a mess of the car when they crashed! Just remembered this morning I need to replace the seatbelts next too. In the event of the crash the locking mechanism in them locks in such away that its stuck permanently. You can bodge them to work again but then they won't lock at all so I purchased some new used ones as part of my new dash/airbag kit and will need to fit those next.
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