Hey guys,
About two years ago, i bought a 200B Aspen GL. It is a grey two tone, with all the aspen features like A/C, suede interior etc.. I originally bought it for $500, and had plans to make it a daily, and just cruise around in it. Anyway, one thing led to another, and it is now in the process of a complete rebuild, and will become my drift/hillclimb/touge beast. enough about the background, heres pics/ and the life of it.
Mods So Far:
*= on order/plan to buy
Engine/Driveline
RB30 with Gates racing timing belt, Roll-master Adj cam gear, Custom plenum,XF throttle body, RB25 550cc purple top injectors, Ebay spec high mount manifold, Garret GT2260V turbo.
Stock R31 Gearbox
*OS Ginken Tri-plate clutch
Wolf 3D Version 4.57
Huge FMIC
Oil cooler + filter relocation kit
Bosch 044
2.5L surge tank
Oil catch can
*Alloy Radiator
*Custom Sump
*Custom tailshaft
Series 3 Bluebird diff, locked
Custom side exit VL turbo plenum
Suspension/Brakes
Tein S13 coilovers all around
SR20DET brakes
*AE86 Adj castor rods
S13 rear strut brace
*Extended, rose jointed and adjustable LCA's to suit
Braided lines
*JDI knuckles
*S13 Steering rack
Series 3 bluebird disc rear end
*Hydraulic Handbrake
Chassis:
Extensive firewall/ trans tunnel mods so that the engine could locate on the original Crossmember
Seam welded engine bay
KE70 Front Arches welded on front & back
Dodgy rear lip
*Shortened MX73 front lip
Satin black engine bay
Interior:
Secret Squirrel steering wheel
150mm Dildo gearknob
Omori gauges oil temp/ water temp/ boost/ oil pressure
SX? tacho dash
Random purple bucket seat
Wheels:
2x Hoshino G5 14x7+5
2x Hoshino G5 14x7.5-7
2x 14x9 -20 SSR Mk1
*2x 14x8.5 -13 OR 14x9 -19 RS watanabe
2x 14x6.5 SSR Longchamps
*14x9.5 - 24 SSR Mk1
Im probly missing a whole bunch of stuff but thats all i can remember. onto pics!
Before it went into make-over:
Test fitting the donor engine:
And about 6 months later, heres my current progress.
And a pic of the 200B with my new daily, A 280C.
Will update as i get through it all.
Thanks for reading!
Andrew.