spillige's new ride, its alive!!

[spillige]

heres my new baby 81 TE gemini... love her to death, im the second owner, last owner was 80 something year old widow.

its a shame to modify it because its in such good origianl condition... should really restore it, not many this good going around any more.

plans for it will be BP 13B rotory to start off with, turbo might come later.. not sure what style will go for with the out side might keep it sleeper granny spec...

didnt know it was possible to be in love with a heap of metal and 4 wheels... shes beautiful, here she is

Edited March 14, 2011 by spillige

[eviltwin]

Looks imac mate you'd be better off Brap Brapping something more molested but will be a good fun car either way.

[Speedz]

nice the car looks like it has been garaged for the last 20+ years...!!!

[GTL05T]

phat bro!!! it looks SLICK!!! old skool fo shooo...

[SuperDave]

I agree, almost too good to modify so heavily. But your car to do with as you please, it'll be a rocket with 13B powah!

[Guest]

thats clean as f*ck

If i were you i would go full sleeper spec. Keep it looking identical to how it is now.

[spillige]

thx boys, im almost in 2 minds about puting a 13b in it..... but the transplant is reversable... as ill be useing a custon crossmember that bolts into the original mounting points.

the interior is staying the way it is and will never be touched, as for the out side im loving the idea of a granny spec cruiser more and more each day, but she will need a bare metal respray... apart from the 15 inch chasers for traction for the back i dont think the out side will change much.

[spillige]

little update, few parts ive got for her

13b bridgy

vt front brakes, xu1 master

alloy radiater

engine and gearbox are in, had to convert from cable clutch to hydrolic... what a pain that was.. working on exhaust next, going with 2inch primaries, twin 2inch resonaters 3inch dumper muffler..

pics up soon

[spillige]

bit of an update few parts that had to be made up

custom sump

gearbox crossmember

moded clutch pedal and mount, allso had convert from cable clutch to hydrolic, pictures of master mounting soon.

engine crossmember, pics of motor in car soon.

few goodies.. gilmer drive and stainless overflow

at the moment project is being held up by parts im waiting for, mainly a set of racing beat headers from the states, and my custom slip collecter thats being made by SMB exhaust.

Edited October 6, 2010 by spillige

[JJCRU23R]

any pics of the engine bay before you did any mods to it?

[spillige]

any pics of the engine bay before you did any mods to it?

i assume you want to see the old motor.. not my car but looked exactly like this... very sad... 1584cc 4cyl... 50kws of izuzu power.. 3 speed tri-matic auto..

and heres my new motor in my mates rx3, that i bought off

[httttt]

Definitely one to watch. Good purchase!

I cant wait to see progress.

[ELEGNT]

killer build thread already man!!

*subscribed*

[GTL05T]

machine bro!! loving it!!!

[TroysRollaSX]

Niiiice! There's no skool like old skool cool!

*subs to thread*

[spillige]

update with pics.

engine and gearbox fitted, radiator and oilcoolers in.. clutch is done

tailshaft fits up perfect, thx slimmer :D

still waiting for headers to arrive should be here on tuesday, thats holding up the whole thing, but got my resonaters, slip collecter and muffler.

headers will be a mad pain in the ***** due to the steering rack but will work something out.

cant install gilmer drive as of yet due to the thing missing the water pump spacer so will have to make up a custom one..

cant wait to get it all done and running, so then i can get the diff sorted and get engine and bay detailed, just want to get it all running first lol.

how the 13b is sitting

here you can see the engine cross member and engine mount.

heres the sump and crossmember

from this angle you can see theres enough room for the gilmer drive

heres how the gearbox is sitting note where the old stick came out...

heres the gearbox cross member

heres the clutch pedal setup, allso had to change from auto to manuel

[spillige]

hers the clutch master cylinder position, note new booster xu master

2inch with 4inch body resonaters and muffler

http://i540.photobucket.com/albums/gg359/spillige/09102010064.jpg

[flipsta24]

so when you gonna take me out for a spin?.....im only down the road...lol

[spillige]

long time since update, abit has happened since last update.. should be on the road before xmas.. fingers crossed

things move so slow when you have to run around chasing little parts.. plus nothing wants to fit with out extensive modification

exhaust is half done, had problems with the guy who did the work.. so i told to stop work on it, will have to finish later

started on the fuel system, mounted the fuel pump and cut old fitting off, will weld threaded fitting

got the clutch line done

fitted the brakes

old brakes...... <_< <_<

ordered a few things radiator hoses, fuel fitting etc, keep you'se updated

[spillige]

well got a bit more work done on her, she left yesterday for pac performance to get wired up.

finished the fuel system

made a plate to cover old trans hole

finished the heater hoses

radiator hoses

my new carpet also came

[spillige]

well boys got my gemi back from pac and she lives!! heres a few picks and a vid.

[¥uri]

whatta gem!! how mint is the interior still, fooking McLovin it....

daaam, I could listen to the sound of rotaries all day, everyday

heyy Spillage, this better be at the next cruise/meet

[dutchie101]

Havent herd that sound for a while.. very nice and neat conversion..Well done! B)

[spillige]

cheers boys, yeah mate wouldnt mind coming down to a meet, havnt caught up for a while.

heres a couple of pics, finished off the interior today, mounted gearboot, added gemini 5 speed gearknob and gemi pedals.

also added these venetions

[TroysRollaSX]

Freaking AWESOME! Great work mate, the video shows how much it would turn heads while running, very well done!