Post 635501 by M-R-P on 2013-08-14 23:19:24
Looks familiar... ;)
Lovely car mate :)
Post 635512 by AndysR on 2013-08-14 23:29:30
Love it! remember seeing this for sale, looks to be in great condition. I'd be tempted to leave the exterior entirely as is in favor of originality.
Post 635516 by dreadnought on 2013-08-14 23:38:38
[QUOTE=AndysR;635512]Love it! remember seeing this for sale, looks to be in great condition. I'd be tempted to leave the exterior entirely as is in favor of originality.[/QUOTE]
im a big fan of clean and simple so nothing external will be changed apart from poss debadge, and wheels. also might make up my own rear spoiler. but nothing that cant be put back to original.
interior is just the nicest place to be so that's all staying as is. its also my family car so its still got to be useable,
engine mods are where its at. if it turns out ive got the thinner rods then I`ll get a late model engine and rebuild it for power.
Post 635547 by smithy on 2013-08-15 00:21:17
[QUOTE=dreadnought;635516]im a big fan of clean and simple so nothing external will be changed apart from poss debadge, and wheels. also might make up my own rear spoiler. but nothing that cant be put back to original.
interior is just the nicest place to be so that's all staying as is. its also my family car so its still got to be useable,
engine mods are where its at. if it turns out ive got the thinner rods then I`ll get a late model engine and rebuild it for power.[/QUOTE]
Nice motor mate and your engine is an ft so you have the 13mm rods .the 9mm rods came in the later et engines .
Post 635549 by AndysR on 2013-08-15 00:23:14
[QUOTE=dreadnought;635516]im a big fan of clean and simple so nothing external will be changed apart from poss debadge, and wheels. also might make up my own rear spoiler. but nothing that cant be put back to original.
interior is just the nicest place to be so that's all staying as is. its also my family car so its still got to be useable,
engine mods are where its at. if it turns out ive got the thinner rods then I`ll get a late model engine and rebuild it for power.[/QUOTE]
Sounds like the car has found itself a good owner in my books in that case :)
Post 635587 by dionbullock on 2013-08-15 09:37:26
Very nice mate! What sort of bhp will that be running with 10 psi??
Post 635672 by Shan4steve on 2013-08-15 16:46:44
Best car I ever had, the old 1990 740 turbo, sold mine In 2001
With 220,000 miles on clock.
Came past me on motorway at Cardiff ten years later, god knows
What the mileage is now lol.
Post 635674 by oblark on 2013-08-15 16:53:14
I had a G reg 740 turbo, dam good car wish I never sold it.
It now in Belgium.
Post 641162 by dreadnought on 2013-09-03 20:25:52
have been after some "alternative" wheels for my bus since I got it. but due to the crap pcd the choice isn't great.
bar a couple of exceptions im not a fan of any factory wheel. and im afraid I might be on my own in saying that galaxies don't do it for me.
started to get the right hump with what was available so started looking at what was possible with adapters.
being an ex jdm fanatic I knew the wheel that I always wanted on my skylines but just couldn't get at the time.
so after seeing these on ebay and them being very local. they didn't sell so I got hold of the seller and arranged to see them, bid low and got them for an absolute steal.
I have literally just offered them up in these pics, have adapters on the way from the states, and I will have to jiggle tyres abit but I think they are ding dong.
"super advans tri spoke splits" 9 1/2 rears and 8 1/2 fronts.
I will take them apart and mirror polish the lips and get the centres painted. just don't know what colour to go for yet. poss body colour,poss nice bronze.
go on give me your worst.
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Post 641210 by smithy on 2013-09-03 21:22:39
Nice when they are properly fitted what pcd are they .im not really into 3 spokes but as long as you like them that what counts .
Post 660873 by Sweep on 2013-11-15 19:29:32
I joined just because of how cool that looks on the 3 spokes!
lot of work put into this. but it did confirm that I frickin love big rear drive cars.
then a tractor did this........
chuffing gutted.
meanwhile I had bought a 940 hpt for the engine to go into the laurel, but as this never came about I had to use the 940 as an everyday hack for a while until the organised crime syndicate called "insurance" tried to stiff me on pay out.
now the 940 was fine but had done galactic miles and was still a bit to modern for me.
so once the pay out was in my bank I set out to find a big turbo rear drive piece of Sweden`s finest.
940`s were out due to the age. so I came across this 740 on autotrader.
pics.........
plenty of room for little monster,
the all important FT engine code.
love this interior.
and yes that milage is original
am very pleased with it. have had it for a while now(six months) and its excellent.
I`ve recently lowered it by taking two coils out of the springs.
then got an MBC and gauge and its currently running 10psi. has trouble getting traction now.
plans are further engine mods when I find out what rods I`ve got. also decent wheels as the ones on there nowi really dislike.
thanks for looking.
opinions please
