JB's Rebuild

Sat Sep 13, 2008 8:58 pm

Yep another rebuild thread. Most of you probably don't know my car, but I have a G10 powered MB (It's in the gallery under James). I've had it for about 12 years and along with the engine swap, I've done the usual; lowered, mags, race seats, steering wheel, and I've also made a fibreglass bonnet. Like a lot of cars this age, it's really due for a decent resto. So here I am! So far, I've striped her down to just a bare shell, and had her soda blasted. Tiny bit of rust in the usual spots, all cut out now, and I've plated the car with 3mm steel in areas where I plan to attach a roll hoop and side intrusion bars. I've also plated the engine subframe at the engine mounts. Decided to weld up most of the superfluous holes in the engine bay just because. I plan on posting some pics when I can work out how to do it!

Sun Sep 14, 2008 11:13 am

add them to the gallery then, then copy the link and highlight it and press the IMG tag

Sun Sep 14, 2008 1:40 pm

thought id post them up cause it looks like its gonna be awsome lol

see bellow

Sun Sep 14, 2008 7:09 pm

hows this:

just needed to take off the .html at the end of each one.

also that suzuki logo looks so awesome!!!

Sun Sep 14, 2008 7:12 pm

dumbass... haha

Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:38 am

LOOkING HOT mate..... put some more pictures of of the biuld

whats below the MDF cover(around edges of the tray)????body filler?

Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:43 am

Thanks for the photo help. The tray top is just a pattern, when it's done I will take a mould off it and make a fibreglass part, hence the MDF and bog at the moment. You can see I have removed the tailgate hinges because I will incorporate the tray into the top and the whole thing will hinge up from the rear bulkhead. I plan on putting two small barrel locks into the lower outer edges of the tailgate so the whole thing is lockable.

Mon Sep 15, 2008 9:34 pm

Thought I would put up a couple of shots of the engine bay. I have seam welded the chassis rails, welded up most of the holes that do nothing, and replaced the firewall engine mount. Damn it! I must be retarded or something, because I can not get the pics up here.

Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:57 pm

http://www.tamon.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2654

That might help you with posting images.

Tue Sep 16, 2008 8:10 pm

Ok, so here is a shot of the engine bay. The engine firewall mount seemed fine, until I took the dash out and looked underneath. So I cut it out and replaced it. Also took off the battery/carbon canister/washer bottle mounts and all the 'twistie' loom ties. Most mounts had rust developing under as they are spot welded in place, and I hate those twistie tags, I will use plastic loom ties and P clips in the future.

Tue Sep 16, 2008 8:17 pm

Some shots of the repaired firewall engine mount.

Wed Sep 17, 2008 2:56 pm

Thats looking sweet mate.
Dont suppose your sydney based? im looking how im going to fit a G10 in mine.
Goodluck with the rebuild im halfway through mine to.

Wed Sep 17, 2008 6:16 pm

Nah, Melbourne based. Let me know how far through the conversion you are, maybe I can give you some info. The main changes are; Top engine mount (fabricate), one lower engine mount (fabricate), subframe mods to clear exhaust/oil filter, and new engine mount positions, gearbox selector linkage mods, alterator mount mods. Thats the main stuff off the top of my head anyway.

Wed Sep 17, 2008 7:42 pm

Hey James, its looking good mate

The cover looks fantastic. What colour are you going to go?

Wed Sep 17, 2008 8:21 pm

Ha! Thanks, I have high hopes for the cover! So far so good too, only spent a weekend on it and it's coming together pretty quickly. Got my colour picked out already; might be a bit boring, but I am going with the same factory red (which is a nice 'red' red) but with a gold metal. I've had a sample done and it looks really good.