My 89' 323 GT

[Damkid]

My 89' 323 GT

Progress!! As you see the B6T is out and front end off, tomorrow night I'm hauling it to my work to repair the rotted out lower rad support

[Prafeston]

There might be some people on here wanting that B6T!

[Damkid]

My 89' 323 GT

The B6T is toast, smokes like you wouldn't believe

[Prafeston]

Bumtastic! Have fun with another KL swap!

[Festevil3]

How is the turbo on the b6T?

[Damkid]

My 89' 323 GT

^^its toast too lol

If the B6T was salvageable at all, I would have much rather stuck with it and kept the car more original BUT I also can't watch a good chassis and a good KL sit and go waste lol

[Damkid]

My 89' 323 GT

Ready for transport to my work for some patch work on the lower rad support

[Damkid]

My 89' 323 GT

Old rad support cut out



Boxed in the frame side



New support welded in




And the old rotted section

[defprun]

Nice work Chris!!!

[Damkid]

My 89' 323 GT

Thanks Dave, I found out today though you can order new rad supports though so I could fixed it up and look cleaner, maybe in the future lol

[Festevil3]

Nice work, looks like it will be alot stiffer also

[defprun]

Thanks Dave, I found out today though you can order new rad supports though so I could fixed it up and look cleaner, maybe in the future lol

Where's that? And do they have rocker panels for Festivas?

[Nerd Racing]

Looks good man!

[Damkid]

So after I got a new piece welded in for the lower rad support, I wanted to test fit the engine to see what room I had to work with for rad clearance



So then I grabbed the VW rad I had kickin around and it fit nicely, so I made up some mounting points



Then the engine bay got a coat of black paint



Knowing the issues I had with clutch cable adapters on my festiva I decided to convert the GT to hydro clutch, so I got my hands on a GTX clutch pedal and master cylinder



Here's a comparison pic of the GT vs GTX pedal, GTX is the top one



And all parts bolted up almost like stock, the master took a slight but of modifying and the pushrod needed to be shortened




I had to put the tranny in for any fab work needed to get the shift linkage bolted up




Then I put the face back on it



Before I could put the engine back in, i needed to make up the int shaft mounting plate (remember I swapped in a 26 spline diff so I can re-use the stock axles)



Then the engine went back in



Lots of header clearance



That's how far I got until I got distracted with buying this AWD protege (drive shaft was pulled prior to towing) build thread to come shortly

[Damkid]

THIS CAR WILL BE FOR SALE WHEN FINISHED

Price to still be determined, I'll figure that out after I go for the first test drive lol