The gradual build of 33 of 1000

[ronnycordova]

Figured I'd post up a thread of my build that I've recently started. Parts are slowly rolling in and I hope to get the engine pulled out this winter to pop the new one in.


Fresh off the truck after purchasing the car


Front struts were shot when I got it so threw a set of K-Sports on shortly after


riding hellafl- yeah no we fixed that


K-Sports installed


Picked up a bare block from a friend already hot tanked, bored and powder coated


Got lucky on an ebay gamble buying these from some guy in Japan for $150 for the set and they turned out to be legit



Arias pistons and Eagle rods


A bounty of ARP hardware


I may or may not have ran the core plugs through my brass tumbler...


Picked up a set of Volks here on the forums


Close-up



Decked head with Kiggly springs and titanium retainers


Currently sitting in my kitchen awaiting parts


Big box of OEM goodies just arrived

Thanks for looking- any questions or input is appreciated

 

[faqinshiet]

Wow..nice I'll be keeping an eye on this build!

 

[matt92vr4]

Awesome! (love the engine/kitchen combo)

 

[DynastyLCD]

nice build! looks like you're in for a hell of a street car setup!

what turbo did you choose?

 

[ronnycordova]

S362 with a billet wheel

 

[ronnycordova]

Got my rims back from powdercoat the other day and figured I'd post up a picture of them. Now I need to pick out a new paint color for it to match them. On the fence between Platinum White Pearl or Glacier Frost Mica...anyone have any thoughts between the two?



Also picked up a twin-disc powertrain clutch

 

[rdomeck]

Not sure if you want to ask this forum what color you should paint something when you post up purple wheels /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

 

[EHmotorsports]

Holy small pics Batman!!!

 

[ronnycordova]

they should be clickable thumbnails?

 

[Vr4junkie]

Are you planning on repainting the rims to one of those 2 colors ?

 

[Gmoney1983]

The way I read he just got the rims painted that color and wants the car one of the colors he mentioned. Although in my opinion the wheels looked way better white.

 

[ronnycordova]

Those Volks were from 1996 so 16 years of use didn't leave the original powder coat in the best of shape. Sorry I worded that a bit weird, I was referring to the paint color of the car- the original paint is still pretty good but I was just tossing the idea around as a friend who owns a body shop offered to do it for me at cost.

 

[GSX_TC]

Did you have Justin from detective coatings Powdercoat those wheels for you? Because I think I saw these In his pictures recently.

 

[ronnycordova]

Yeah he did them, he had them up on his facebook.

 

[ronnycordova]

This build is turning into a parts collection in my kitchen but getting closer to getting it together- manifold is getting finished once my new hotside shows up and from there I can finally start stripping the car down.

PTE 6262 BB

 

[MellowVR4]

I say don't paint the car

 

[ronnycordova]

That kind of got put on the back burner for now. I've too much other work to do on it to worry about what color it is. If I end up doing anything with it I more than likely will do a vinyl wrap.