Ok so been a little busy since buying the car at the end of last year...finally had some time to start one of these
having previously owned a Del Sol VTI which i used daily I kinda felt I never got to really do everything I wanted to it cause I could never have it off the road for very long, so when the offer to buy a cheap low mileage SIR came up I jumped at the chance. Shes a little rough around the edges but im in no rush to get her on the road so all these rough edges will be smoothed out sooner or later
Plans are to rebuild it and turbo it, the aim being 300bhp at around 15psi (havent decided on what turbo yet so these figures will change no doubt)
Strip out as much as possible (roof has already been fully converted to a manual which saves me a lot of work)
The car when its done will eventually be used for track days, drag racing, occasional weekends and i'll maybe give hillclimbs a bash
Done a few bits so far:
Removed all the A/C
Removed Power steering and looped the lines
Removed all interior plastic, heater matrix and fan
Stripped all the front suspension out for cleaning and painting
Rebuilt front Coilovers (TA Technix coilovers that were on the car)
Bought a few bits and pieces too:
GSR cams
F1 racing stage 2 clutch
ITR flywheel
D2 shortshifter
poly shifter bushes
Buddy club front camber adjusters
Im still researching turbo set ups and the best build for my power goal, currently thinking of running GSR pistons on standard rods to lower the CR to 9:1, GSR cams and adjustable gears. The whole engine will be rebuilt with new gaskets, stem seals etc. What or if i will uprate anything when rebuilding the head i have not decided yet, possibly dual valve springs...any advice appreciated.
I pulled the driveshafts the other weekend to find the dreaded bar between the shaft...i.e. no LSD
Ill be looking to pick up a box from a 1.8VTI civic with the LSD, Ive read the longer gear ratios are also benifical for turbo'd motors
Ill try and keep this updated as best I can with progress...it may be slow but it will be progress
Cheers!