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Get yourself a E30 325 matey and weld the diff up.#

Next one i'll got to will prob be at the pod.

Ive had a look at insurance recently, and to be honest, id have to go for a Volvo 360 2.0. Insurance would be roughly £400 with the right policy, maybe even less if i shopped around more. Whereas an E30 325 would be in the region of £1200, more then im paying on the RST. Its just not worth it for a second car. Id may aswell buy a cossie then pay for two loads of expensive insurance. With a few choice mods i reckon a 360 is up to the job, especially if i eventually fit a 1.8 16v clio engine.

Plus the car im considering at the moment theyd only want to steal £250 from me

volvo 360 with one of them 1.7 turbo engines out of the ugly FWD cars, forget the name sorry.

The only problem with Cossies is the steering lock - its crap

Not just steering lock that puts people off driftin cossies... they are laggy as hell,unreliable as hell,coilovers are expensive for them,they love petrol pumps, standard diffs are fragile and have crap lock-up, and adjustable suspension is too expensive for them compared to other cars.

try classic insurance for a ovlov or a e30 as they are 0ver 15 years old so are available for classic as long as you are over 21 years old. spinking had a ovlov on classic and was cheap to insure i'm sure he can tell you what the price was

Price was £180 fully comp rac road side assist drive other cars and drive abroad with all mods aswell.

Carol nash

Subframes been sand blasted and painted top job aswell cheers Karl.



Just need to put the solid bushes in and finish cleaning up the diff then i'll get it all back on then sort the elecs out on the frontlights and manifold out and the cars ready to go

Picked the subframe up today fitted the solid bushes had them in the freezer since lastnight went in no problems wasnt looking forward to doing them so thankgod. Bolted it all back toegther its a pain in the arse trying to put it back on the car though also removed the diff cooler and pump looking at it it hasnt worked for a long time and saves some more weight.


before


after


Was going to pant the hubs carriers and drivshafts but couldnt be arsed in the end.

looks fit mate.

Good effort to keep the bushes in the freezer lol

Worked a treat joe lol

Havnt got much to do now

get the subframe sort front light fix wings and bonnet proper and the rear brakes with the wand then its out again YAY

Been awhile so thought i best update.

Managed to get the rearsubframe back on with alittle help of my mate was a pain in the arse to get sitting right but at least its a job i wont need to do again.





Bought the wrong rear disks (read the ebay add wrong) so cant put my rear skyline calipers on and get the hydro hooked up yet.

Mate of mine came down and sorted the elecs out for me to now have all the lights working on the car.



Put 15mm spacers on to see how far out the rear wheels sit for when i get the chargespeed rear fenders just after xmas.

SHOULD JUST ROLL THE ARCHES LOOKS ACE AS IT IS







And fitted the spacer on the tien rods and played with the camber on the front going to need this setting up as the front wheels are all over the place camber looks good though






Hoping to be back down the pod in jan/feb the cars off for paint and a cage prob april/may time.

Been busy again on the car a day off without the wifes ace means i can get stuck into my car without the phone going every two minutes LOL

Put the cups on the rear subframe and the braces that go on the subframe and chassie (no idea what they are for maybe to stop axle tramp) also painted them red byt forgot to take pics.

Got the front camber sitting right and sorted the tracking (only by eye) and also put the other 6mm spacer on the tein rod (better steering lock)


Its the gold ring at the end of the rod blue stuff thread lock.




Also started taking the rest of the carpets and sound deadning out



But found some new holes that are going to need replacing and possible a new sill it is a s13 so shouldnt be shocked really.







Also put my srb stickers on make me go faster i tell you

tony fantastic work so far mate, carnt belive how much its changed sine i saw it in the flesh last time

just one thing tho bud, are your head light brackets bent or somthing?? they just look a bit off??

Looks spot on mate. Cant wait to see this in the flesh. Will be well swish.

Camber for the win!