So after further investigation, turns out it isnt the head gasket. It was due to simply the extremely cool temparatures. an intermittent ignition lead and one of my co workers thinking that pouring the reminants of his water bottle into my exhaust would be "funny"

I have been making some progress with getting the v6 prepped. The tuner is doing me an amazing price on a custom loom and ECU, so I dont have to worry about that side of things. Uni has sapped me on time so hopefully over the holidays I will have some more time to focus on that

I managed to get a turbo box, and a friend pulled it apart for me (well I helped a little :P)
The box had some pretty bad water damage, it was nearly completely full of water at some point in time. Never the less, i still salvaged a case, the shifter components and a good factory LSD



My plan with the gearbox is to get a camry box and install the internals into the mr2 box. This will give me long ratios and a LSD
 

Whilst procrastinating an assignment the other day, I made some more progress on my prototype engine tyre rack. This mounts to the strut tower and protrudes out where the side panels would be. A rack then slots in over the top and will eventually have a bolt that goes through the assembly to secure it there.






I will need to make it a bit more basket shaped, as at the moment the wheels dont sit in there too well. I also need to look into the legalities of this. Not sure if it comes under roof racks or what :P

I also got a couple of the original sales brochures. Very cool!

That idea could be easily adapted to make a bike rack too which would be verrrryyy cool.

I knew this would happen at some stage, but didn't think it would be this year

I will just leave this here...

Not my lathe! Bike is stashed at a friend's place haha

You could say that haha....

Eric
Been a short while since an update. Havent driven the car much since I got the bike, maybe once a week if I'm lucky.
Bike life is good, except when you get caught in the most extreme hail storm in 20 years... Hailstones hurt!

Is that an old skool 'TRX 850' V twin by any chance?

Been a while since I updated this thread...

Alot has happened. I went to MTC 2015. had to prep the car so changed the dodgey hubs and driveshafts for the old ones out of dannys car. also put his LSD box in the car. Big thanks to Craig and Danny for all the work!


Somehow squeezed all this in the car....and ALOT more Pretty much took half my workshop with me. and spare shifter cables ;)



Couple pics from the drive down




Having fun at the track





There was plenty of black SW20's at the track!


I had so much fun, best trip I have ever done. met heaps of great people and learnt a lot about driving. Will be back next year for sure. Unfortunately the brakes didnt survive the torture and the fronts were so warped I had barely any brakes on the way back.

15 Hours later, I was back in Brisbane from Goulburn. Never doing that in one day again!

Big Brake upgrade started, but unfortunately the rear brakes are now so big that they didnt clear my R32 GTR wheels. So, I had to buy some 17's. but what to get....

R32 GTR Vspec II's! So rare, only 1300 sets in the world. 



They were in a bad state when I got them, had them refinished in traditional BBS gold centers and machined lips. came up mint!



Wrapped them in some Falken RT615's, nice and sticky :)











Also got a fixed back sparco sprint v to stop me flailing around. pretty darn comfy!



Pretty much up to date now, will update now and then with bits that I've missed. Just gotta get my mod plate next week and I will be all legal!