Project: Bessie

[Remeris]

Couldnt be Tigra, the earlier Tigras never went on sale in Australia.

[Remeris]

Update:
I\'ve now got the Z18XE.....but, its a mess, the loom is just a poo of sensors!, no aircon pump, no power steer pump, no exhaust manifold, no ECU, etc.
So, now it\'s going under the house for another project (& when I can afford an aftermarket MOtech ECU/loom) & i\'m rebuilding the 1.4. I just can\'t afford to pay my mortgage, live & build up bessie with the 1.8 atm.

[markymicro]

Well dont remortgage your house to do!

[Remeris]

she will, I\'m just replacing all the powersteering hoses....but im working 12 hour shifts atm, so it\'s slow going.

[Remeris]

money & the lack of job security.
Anyway, back to the van....Just a few things:
*getting some Greenstuff brakepads tomorrow so I can finally fit the Calibra calipers & discs
*im getting the GSi seats & door cards retrimmed in a few weeks
*got a red LED dash coming through the mail

[sam13]

hi all late again.....was comeing along nice till the set back sorry to here... sell that ecotech junk and rebuild the 1.4 8v far better engine. these things are sent to try use i have set backs all the time just not as big as yours.

[Remeris]

Bessies back on the road, I finally fitted the Calibra brakes (with Brembo Zeros, couldnt find Greenstuff) I\'m just having a few problems with the brake pedal being too solid atm, a bleefing session tomorrow should sort it Im also gonna buy some carpet dye tomorrow to dye the carpet, trim the a-pillars in fake leather & look through the phonebook for some retrimmers in my area to try & get the seats & doortrims done in the week.

[sam13]

good stuff m8 sounds like you are comeing along nice

[Remeris]

Update: I got it back on the road for a few days, before the main powersteering pipe moved onto the headers & burnt the headerwrap I had wrapped around the pipe & then straight through the pipe....so now it\'s back off the road & i\'m getting either the headers rebent or new ones & a radiator mounting panel (which was bent by the last owner & never really fixed) while it\'s been off the road i\'ve been working on the interior, finally fitted the carpet I bought months ago, got the doorcards retrimmed & sprayed up some panels. Oh yeah & the seats would cost $350+ each seat to retrim them so i\'m gonna buy some black Autotechnica recliners instead.
Heres the latest shots.

[sam13]

looking good pal good choice of cd player lol \'\'same as mine\'\'

[Mobi]

Bessie's not really a project now, im just getting her back on the road to be a spare vehicle/run-around.
This is Remeris btw, I had to make another account the new database doesnt like my email so I cant reactivate it.
I do have a few updates though, I bought a new headunit (a USB capable Clarion one), finished off painting the trim, changed the bumper to a pre-97 one & bought myself a different project.....
all will be revealed in my next thread.

[Mobi]

Finally got Bessie back on the road, just a dodgey fix for the time being but i'll eventually get around to making a bracket to hold the powersteering hose back away from the exhaust. This is how it stands now.....

As i've already said though she's now no longer a project so i'll just do enough to keep her running.

[Mobi]

The link for the pic is here http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/3334/00002003nf.jpg If that doesnt work i'll have to upload it somewhere else, dont know why imageshack decided to stuff up all of a sudden.

[Adam-D]

looking good

[Mobi]

Well, she's back on the project list again...i'm currently rebuilding the 1.4 out of the 5 door (along with an SRi multi-point head) for Bessie, it'll just be a stock standard rebuild,im not gunning for high BHP or anything just reliabilty.