Ae71 wagon + beams, track car project.

[INVSBL]

Rebeccas Rolla "Vanellope"



This is My misses project car an AE71 Wagon.

when we got it, it looked like this




now it looks like this






Specs
1984 AE71 5 door wagon
4ac of fury
5speed slush box
welded diff
suzuki sierra shocks and reset leaves
JDI Half cage
S13 front coilovers/brakes/lcas ect



future mods
R31 rear axel (twin caliper, hydro handbrake)
4 link rear end

motor swap

so yeah that's her car, it'll be her project to work on and her car to learn to drift in.

and a pic of her doing a skid for good measure.





next post has what we are doing with it now.

[Jacobxxx]

Looked good in the first photos, the latter ones not so much. Beams sounds cool though

[INVSBL]

so now we have the decision of what motor to swap into it.

i had purchased for my self a S13 SR20de that we were going to pull the motor from for this. but my misses had other ideas.

she purchased this




so now we are pulling the two cars apart in prep to swap the motor.



we are going to just put the motor in with the factory loom/cluster ect to get it running

then worry bout custom ecu ect later.

atm I'm trying to figure out what to do for the fuel system ect. but fun times are ahead.

car currently is completely stripped inside with a layer of primer laid down, Bec is currently picking a colour for the inside and the outside as the car is getting a pretty full on make over.

also a friend knocked this up which we will chuck on eventually.

[jay70]

looked better in the before pics imo but whatever, should be fun with the beams though

[INVSBL]

Update on progress with the wagon

firstly, purchased some black top 20V itbs



then the car was sent off for for the BEAMS install, so modified cross member, gearbox bracket, modified radiator, R31 diff, 4 link and coil springs.

Beams in place






Trans tunnel and on the driver seat is the new drive shaft.


R31 Diff with the 4link ignore the wooden blocks, haven't had time to get the springs in.







thats bout it for now, I have the springs ready to be chopped, and 4 commodore callipers ready to be cleaned and installed. so will be doing that next on the weekend

[INVSBL]

Another update of progress


Got the Dual callipers in



Got the springs in, cut au falcon rears, 200mm free height, down to 150 compressed



Sits the car like this, with no fuel system in the rear. (Yay blurry phone pics)




Car will be getting front fenders chopped and welded onto the rear. The wheels tyres are a 15*9 0 with a 195/50

Got the beast tail shaft in


And here is a picture of the gearbox X member for good measure.

[Futo_gt86]

I like it in the now pictures!

[drift kid]

This car is jawesome, I love the diff/panhard mounts

[haveaparty]

More photos of dual rear caliper setup please. Mainly the brackets. Cheers

[INVSBL]

not much to it, JDI just welded on a plate that mimicks/copies the mounting bracket, onto the opposite side of the diff.