New XR2 for me!

[Tommychu]

You guys got 323 gt's though, and it's mechanically the same car as an XR2.

Yes, but the 323GT is pretty rare around here. I've never actually seen one (or a b6t in any car for that matter) in person.

[Damkid]

Yes, but the 323GT is pretty rare around here. I've never actually seen one (or a b6t in any car for that matter) in person.

You could always buy my 323 GT

But your a bit far for that lol

[Advancedynamix]

Yes, but the 323GT is pretty rare around here. I've never actually seen one (or a b6t in any car for that matter) in person.

Fly out to N.C. for Festiva Madness 6. There will be a cornucopia of B6ts there!

Also, with modern conveniences like postal delivery and the internet you never have to go physically near a car to get parts from it. I often find parts cheaper on eBay and salvage yard search websites than I can get them from my neighborhood dismantler. But this is all way off topic here. Sorry Matt, continue on with your build.

[Rocketman]

I haven't updated this at all, lol. Not that I've done much to the car.

Our big Capri meet is coming up & I'm trying to get this ready. Things I've done

-Finished welding in the header panel & spraybombed it for the time being
-Installed a stock intercooler & intake system (stock for now)
-Spraybombed & mounted fenders
-Mounted bumper
-New wheels & brand new tires
-Replaced hardware on DS caliper. Replaced whole passenger caliper. Thoroughly bled brakes. New brake pads

-Gutted the whole interior minus the dash
-Replaced carpet with one from my old parts cars
-Took the seats out of the GTXR2 temporarily until I can locate seats. Have a set of Prelude seats but they won't swap in easily.

The car has some electrical issues I've been battling.
-Horn won't work ( bad connection at the back of the steering wheel, easy fix)
-Turn signals didnt work (ground issue at the sockets, fixed)
-No wipers (bad relay/timer module, replaced.)
-No dash lights (bad connection at the back of guage cluster, cleaned all connections in dash. fixed)
-Crossed wires from previous botched radio install (cut out & fixed)
-Burned out marker lights everywhere, replaced.

Still to do:

Foglights
New radio
New soft top


And right now she won't run, no spark. She ran fine before I started fixing other stuff... go figure.

Slowly getting there.








Bodywork & paint will come eventually.

-Rocket

[Zanzer]

Looks like it's coming together great Matt! I love it when these get rescued, great job man! :thumbup:

[kumalaba]

nice car!

[Advancedynamix]

Those wheels look great on the Capri. Glad to see the car is still coming along nicely. Now you just need to drive it out to Phoenix this winter.

[Rocketman]

Thanks guys! The kind words help keep me going on tough days like today.

Turns out someone rigged an "anti-theft" device of their own creation made out of speaker wire and electrical tape... It intercepted the signal to the ignition coil. Clever, but I disturbed it at some point working under the dash and created a two-day nightmare for me. The offending wire has been removed, burned, shot, buried, exhumed, and spat on, and buried again.

Charlie with as fast as [whisper]winter[/whisper] is coming up right now I may very well end up doing just that... I don't know if I can do another one. lol

[Charlie1717]

Thanks guys! The kind words help keep me going on tough days like today.

Turns out someone rigged an "anti-theft" device of their own creation made out of speaker wire and electrical tape... It intercepted the signal to the ignition coil. Clever, but I disturbed it at some point working under the dash and created a two-day nightmare for me. The offending wire has been removed, burned, shot, buried, exhumed, and spat on, and buried again.

Charlie with as fast as [whisper]winter[/whisper] is coming up right now I may very well end up doing just that... I don't know if I can do another one. lol

You can swing by and grab my xr2 while you are at it!


Nice work! It's looking great!

[Rocketman]

Late night caliper repair. Sound like a good idea for a business? lol. I love having machines, hate to have to use it for stuff like this.



Milled out the snapped off bleeder, along with the snapped off EZ-OUT (ez-headache might be a better name?) like it was butter. Carbide endmills rule!
Drilled it out oversize and tapped for 1/8" NPT, installed a Dorman bleeder repair kit. Works perfect now, I have brakes. Brakes are good.

[greywolf200]

Kool build, love your expertise.

[Rocketman]

Took her out on the road today. The clutch is smoked so I have to take care of that, digging into it tonight.

[greywolf200]

Looking good...:thumbs_up:

[Festevil3]

I like it, looking forward to seeing more

[Rocketman]

Clutch was toast. Pull an all nighter last night to put a new one in. I wanted to stick with a stock clutch but I decided to go for the ACT HD-SS I had brand new, and a Fidanza flywheel I picked up in a trade.

Assume the position!




Same combo I have in the GTXR2






Success! Time to break it in.



Also flushed the coolant. New t-stat. New swaybar endlinks. Have to switch tops over with the GTXR2 then I'll be set, or as set as I'm going to be for now lol