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spiderman
25th February 2011, 01:48 AM
'78 Chrysler Scorp, 2.0 5spd, 3.9:1 open diff, smaller brakes than any of the subsequent models (even the 1600cc GH-onward Sigma's had bigger brakes :roll:) and mcstuffall rust. Needs paint (you come away from the car looking like you gave Jack Skellington a wristie), should come good with a wash and polish though.

Going to put the front end from the blue POS in this one, 20mm bigger brakes and 15mm/side wider track. Probably doesn't need it, but more stopping power never hurts.
Got a 94k km 2.0 here, I'll be dropping that in with a new head gasket, no balance shafts and the 1200km-old timing chain/sprockets/tensioner/guides from the blue car. It'll get a pair of 40mm Solex sidedrafts, a cam and a bit of porting once I get around to it.
I've got lowered springs for the rear in the blue car, I also have springs here that I'm pretty sure are out of an XD Fal#### that I'll chop up for the front. Wheels from the blue car will also find their way onto this.
Pics:
As of Dec. 15, 2007, the day I bought it:
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/2/6/1/2/41020.jpg
Slightly newer, I think 2009 vintage:
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/2/6/1/2/41021.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/2/6/1/2/63757.jpg
The only piece of rust I have to deal with:
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/2/6/1/2/63758.jpg
Drivers seat is a bit ratty:
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/2/6/1/2/63759.jpg

And that's all for now. I have more photo's on my camera, but that's in the glovebox of Dad's Rodeo.

Jdm-Mcc
25th February 2011, 09:25 AM
Dont just talk about this one do it!

spiderman
25th February 2011, 10:40 AM
That's the plan ;)
You know you're a bigmouth shitcunt when you're getting sick of reading yourself talking up big plans and never doing any of it :P

Jdm-Mcc
25th February 2011, 11:07 AM
Hahaha good stuff man id love to see some mitsi's doin proper skids!

spiderman
25th February 2011, 11:27 AM
Dude, Sally did better skids than this ever will :P
Factory diff is made of cheese, or may as well be when you start leaning on it. Plus, axles and centres are hard to find when you break one. Ratios are good though. GH diffs are late T-series strong, and I have spare axles, but have gayblade highway-spec ratios unless you can find a 3.9:1 Starion diff to steal diff gears from.

Jdm-Mcc
25th February 2011, 11:31 AM
Is it a borgy or jap diff? I loved my sally, i literally honestly miss her everyday

spiderman
25th February 2011, 11:36 AM
Sally was awesome. She needed a cranky 2.6 to do her skidability justice though :)

8-bolt Jap diff. They're ok, as long as you don't try and run a spastic (like 180hp+) 2L or any modded 2.6 through it. They hate the torque. Spindly little axles that like to shear at the splines.

spiderman
22nd March 2011, 12:45 AM
So, I washed this yesterday. It came up good, apart from the epic crows feet on the doors and the top edge of the front guards.

Jdm-Mcc
22nd March 2011, 09:25 AM
DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE do you want me to build you some coilovers so you can make this shit happen instead of just washing the fucker? I should build everything but the car then you drive to my house and we install everything and you hand over a big cheque!

spiderman
22nd March 2011, 08:41 PM
Hey, it needed washing :P
Engine goes in on the weekend, after I get the 2.6 back in the blue car.

spiderman
28th March 2011, 08:15 AM
So the 6500rpm 2.0 screamer ( :P ) I have for this got a new head gasket and bolts yesterday. It will be going in either tomorrow or Thursday, as I'm playing with shed trusses and phosphoric acid today.
Springs shall be chopped on the weekend, and I have a set of 13x6 +12ish steelies I might chuck on for lolz

spiderman
4th April 2011, 09:37 PM
Going ahead with this one now, the other one shall be parts. I'm dead serious this time.
First thing will be to get my wheels onto this (I have this thing where I can't see a car as being priority one unless I have my wheels on it, weird but meh) and get it somewhere I can work on it. Engine bay's full of dust, so I need to hose it out asap.

To do list for rego:
-put my wheels on
-clean up flywheel
-change throwout and spigot bearings
-bolt 2L in
-clean up the interior (wirings trashed and it's dirty as hell)

Starting next weekend. Tafe all week this week.

spiderman
11th April 2011, 04:43 AM
I hate my iPod. Safari keeps slowing right up and crashing right after I'm finished typing out this post, losing everything. Fail.

Anyway, started this w/end as promised. Was hell busy with other, more important things though, so didn't get anything major done.
My interior looks like an interior again, I put it all back together this afternoon. The dash is megafucked though, warped to the shithouse with more crack than a party at Charlie Sheen's house. Hacked the upwardly mobile warped bits off and covered it over with a dashmat. Also had to hack a piece off it where the glovebox screws to the dash frame, as the dashpad had warped over the screwholes.
Anyway, it's pretty much done inside. Needs a fixed back, harness, a blanking plate for the radio/8-track holes in the console and my sportpack wheel and it'll be finished.
Anyway, a pictorial diary of what I got done in the hour I've had free over the last couple days:
Because we all know pics are rad :)
Inside after dashmat and reassembly. Needs a really, really good clean :P
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/2/6/1/2/67225.jpg

Current pics of the car itself:
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/2/6/1/2/67226.jpg
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/2/6/1/2/67227.jpg

This is pretty busted:
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/2/6/1/2/67228.jpg

Good thing I have this :P
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/2/6/1/2/67229.jpg

Original grille, note the dicky Supercrap foglight:
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/2/6/1/2/67230.jpg

Replaced that with a GH grille, minus the grille part as I'm not currently sure where it is:
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/2/6/1/2/67231.jpg

Dinged rear bar, minor panel damage as well:
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/2/6/1/2/67232.jpg

Rad fender badge, much cooler than the "2.6" on the later cars :P :
http://www.ae86drivingclub.com.au/dcimages/2/6/1/2/67233.jpg

I have yet to start on cleaning the engine bay out, it's filthy. 3 years worth of dust, will be fun getting it all :(

spiderman
7th July 2011, 12:35 PM
So it's exactly the same as it was last time I posted in here. Haven't been out to work on the blue car, and until the blue car's reliable/low/loud/wide/sliding this is on the backburner.
But anyway.
Plans are:
-Fix rust, respray (most likely VN Arctic White because it's cheap as piss)
-Worked 2L (Dual 32/36's on factory 2000GSR manifold, stage 3 cam, porting, balanced bottom end, no balance shafts, shave the head 0.5mm to bump it up to ~10:1 comp, extractors, 2.25" under diff exhaust)
-14x7 +0, 185/60's (f), 14x8 -10, 195/60's (r)
-9kg coilovers w/ST165 inserts, KE70 camber tops (f), 7kg springs with Magna wagon shocks (r), <100mm ground clearance
-Overhaul the stock brakes, slotted rotors, decent pads
-Rebuild the factory diff, maybe with a factory 4.46:1 LSD if I can find one that isn't going to cost both legs, both arms and my left nut :P
-Delete bumper overriders, restore the factory grille, front lip, MAYBE a hako-style rear wing
-grey interior (from the parts car), fixed-back drivers seat, Starion passenger seat, sportpack tiller,
-Original AM/FM radio w/8-track player, CD player in glovebox, decent 6" speakers under factory covers in factory locations, decent 4" dash speaker
etc etc.

spiderman
16th February 2012, 10:33 PM
This is proper ratshit now, sadly. It's donated it's front guards/guard blinkers, gearbox and engine to the blue car, will likely donate a few other bits as well then be stripped and sold off for parts.