Been planning version2.0 of this transformation for the past 6 months pretty intensely, acquiring parts and researching the avenues for improving on my first iteration.
The first step to really getting the project live though was acquiring a car for the transformation.
It's a '90 1.6 auto - but it won't stay that way for long. I have the next 3 weeks to finish out my 19 units of semester work, then I'll be touching the cars.
The basic idea is to have a really good looking hatch with power to match.
The donor car for the underpinnings is a '92 MX-3 GS that I will miss driving, but only briefly until this beast will be on its own legs.
The 323 will be stripped down to the bare shell and then I'll build it back up the way I want it to feel, look & perform.
Pimping the deep dish with polished lip bling:
The motivation (2.5L KLDE):
Cliff Notes:
The first step to really getting the project live though was acquiring a car for the transformation.
It's a '90 1.6 auto - but it won't stay that way for long. I have the next 3 weeks to finish out my 19 units of semester work, then I'll be touching the cars.
The basic idea is to have a really good looking hatch with power to match.
The donor car for the underpinnings is a '92 MX-3 GS that I will miss driving, but only briefly until this beast will be on its own legs.
The 323 will be stripped down to the bare shell and then I'll build it back up the way I want it to feel, look & perform.
Pimping the deep dish with polished lip bling:
The motivation (2.5L KLDE):
Cliff Notes:
- Photos – 323 as purchased
- Engine – Supercharger mock-up
- MX-3 Parts car strip
- 323 Engine Removal
- 323 Interior strip & GT-R rear bumper fitment
- 323& RHD clip inside firewall bracket removal
- 3-hole Corksport front bumper mock-up
- Firewall & wipers RHD conversion begin
- RHD pedals mocked up
- Wipers RHD conversion complete, HVAC fresh air plumbing complete
- More RHD firewall work
- Yet more RHD firewall work, 3rd brake light elimination
- Hole-filling, frame rails
- More hole-filling
- What, more hole-filling?
- First engine in-car mock-up
- Front end mock-up
- Some inside cleanup
- First radiator attempt
- HVAC/RHD Dash work
- Griffin Radiator mock-up (idea abandoned)
- AFCO Radiator mock-up – much better!
- Battery Relocation install
- Remote oil filter installation
- Oil cooler & lines installation
- Radiator installation
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