I did a couple more things before I put it on the road. I put all the badges back on.



IMG_1108 by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr


IMG_1109 by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr


IMG_1110 by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr


IMG_1111 by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr


IMG_1112 by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr

Brand new center section for the T-case. The other case had the center bearing seize and spin inside the race and wear the aluminum away.


IMG_1124 by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr

New Lock nut

IMG_1125 by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr


IMG_1126 by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr

Difficult to tell from the picture but the gears are not 1:1, when you line them up at the marks and spin them. 1 revolution does not bring it back to the same spot. I think it took three spins, I should have counted but I didn't.

IMG_1127 by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr


IMG_1128 by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr

The input gears had a nice mesh pattern,

IMG_1129 by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr

All assembled back up. New seals on both ends. Spins nice and smooth.


IMG_1130 by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr


Untitled by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr


IMG_1131[1] by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr

At a local meet over the weekend. This car is so much fun to drive.


Masstuning-9904 by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr


Masstuning-9916 by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr


GVR4 by andrewjsan, on Flickr

Grooved timing belt anybody ?

oh snap by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr

I pulled the plastic cover off for pure vanity reasons. It got scratched by the hood insulator and I wanted to repaint it. I found one of the rubber seals had turned to hard plastic from all the years of heat cycles. It fell and jammed against the belt and wore a groove in it. Crazy

I was working on these wheels this weekend. I had them sent from Poland. Yes they say Nissan. But, the wheels are 4x114.3, the hub bore is 66.1 a Nissan hub bore, so I bought an extra Galant hub to send to the machine shop. So these can be opened up to 67.1. Specs on the wheels are 4x114.3, 15x7, et38, 20lbs each. A nice sturdy rally wheel.


Untitled by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr


Untitled by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr

Getting them prepped and read for paint.

Untitled by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr

When these are finished they will look like this


Just imagine them clean

24 Aug 10 006 by Koopa.kodakgold, on Flickr

I'm going to go gray with white decals on the wheels.

Nice build

OT - I know Andrew San well - he took some pics of your car. He lived in Iowa before.

I would be checking the sump bolts where they bolt to the oil pump to make sure they are the correct length - I bet one of them is too long and was the cause of the timing belt groove.

More finish sanding, some filler primer over the putty.

Untitled by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr


Untitled by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr


Untitled by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr

Feathered down the filler primer

Untitled by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr


Untitled by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr

I found the decals on ebay

Untitled by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr


Untitled by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr

The gun started to goop up so I stopped at two coats for now. I think three will do.


Untitled by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr

Believe it or not I'm using Duplicolor Paint shop paints. The stuff works really nice, it's all pre thinned and ready to shoot.

Those look awesome! Good job. Now lets see them mounted

Seriously dude, stop teasing!!

Crappy cell phone teaser pic for now,


Untitled by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr

galant-2286 by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr

JDM RS intercooler installed, Hallman MBC and a conservative 15psi. This car is a blast.

Went out for a cruise with some Friends. '88 Conquest TSI, '83 Plymouth Sapporo


Old Mitsubishi's at the beach by braddesantis, on Flickr