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Merlin's 1993 BA8 Si - Because Race Car
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Post by JEBB4 » Tue Nov 14, 2023 7:33 pm
Congratulations on the new car looks like a good base to start with 

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Post by Merlin » Wed Nov 15, 2023 8:34 am
Yes! So far the only crazy Japanese stuff in the car.

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Post by wurlycorner » Wed Nov 15, 2023 9:21 am
All dead, I hope!
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Post by Drax » Wed Nov 15, 2023 9:36 am
jesus
BURN IT!! 


2.2 JDM DOHC SI-VTEC LSD TCS 4WS ABS BB1 MANUAL 1992

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Post by Merlin » Mon Nov 20, 2023 9:15 am
Took some time at the weekend to get the car ready for it's MOT this week. Vanzep and 3rdGenSteve were round to give a hand. The car needed three things:
New wiper blades as the old ones were perished. I took the opportunity to remove the rear wiper complete and change the front wiper arms to nice ones off the BB4. Since the arms were off, I also swapped the nice black scuttle panel cowl while we were there.



The steering wheel is a likely MOT fail, the outer rubber has become unattached to the metal inner wheel. Vanzep says he has a spare one. So far I have half fitted a rear fog light, but I'll finish that for the MOT.
Just in case I took all the brake calipers off to cleck for any sticking sliders, but all was good and moving very freely, something that surprised me since the car has been sitting for so long. It was 3.5 months on the boat from Japan alone. But since I had the wheels off, I got a chance to look at inside the wheel wells. All looking very clean.

Once the car has its MOT and the paperwork is off to the DVLA the teardown can begin, although I think we are going to attack the BB4 first.
New wiper blades as the old ones were perished. I took the opportunity to remove the rear wiper complete and change the front wiper arms to nice ones off the BB4. Since the arms were off, I also swapped the nice black scuttle panel cowl while we were there.



The steering wheel is a likely MOT fail, the outer rubber has become unattached to the metal inner wheel. Vanzep says he has a spare one. So far I have half fitted a rear fog light, but I'll finish that for the MOT.
Just in case I took all the brake calipers off to cleck for any sticking sliders, but all was good and moving very freely, something that surprised me since the car has been sitting for so long. It was 3.5 months on the boat from Japan alone. But since I had the wheels off, I got a chance to look at inside the wheel wells. All looking very clean.

Once the car has its MOT and the paperwork is off to the DVLA the teardown can begin, although I think we are going to attack the BB4 first.
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Post by wurlycorner » Mon Nov 20, 2023 12:49 pm
I can't believe how mint that rear suspension is!
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Post by Andyjess666 » Mon Nov 20, 2023 1:19 pm
I love the way all you guys muck in an help one another out shame I don't live up there it'll save me a good chunk of money on garages down here
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Post by Merlin » Fri Nov 24, 2023 9:15 am
Yeah it is good to have some Prelude mates, I have lost count of the number of times Vanzep and I have raided each others parts pile.Andyjess666 wrote: ↑Mon Nov 20, 2023 1:19 pmI love the way all you guys muck in an help one another
The car passed its MOT.... just. The only advisory was that the rear brakes only just passed, TBH I kind of expected this as they did look crap, but I'm removing the lot anyway and didn't want to have to change brakes now. I wired up a very janky fog light switch that was left flapping around in the passenger footwell, but again, I am fitting a motorsport rain light so that will replace the rear fog light in time. The kicker was that on the way to the MOT station, the car's CAT temp warning light and battery light came on, the alternator must be failing, but the MOT dude didn't care about it.
I have found a wee spot of rust under the boot seal, nothing bad. But talking about rust, you can see why I had to replace the BB4, this is just the part of the sills that can be seen. The sills, arches and boot floor are swiss cheese.


A couple of bonus pics of our JDM Toyota Hiace. It was imported in 2019 and is the 2.4 diesel from the Hilux. It is silver but has a matt black wrap.


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Post by Merlin » Fri Dec 01, 2023 9:37 am
While earthing my janky fog light in the passenger footwell, I noticed this bronze box, what is it? I assume it's something to do with the automatic gearbox



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