KP's 1989 AE92 GTi-16 - Printable Version

KP's 1989 AE92 GTi-16 - Printable Version

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KP's 1989 AE92 GTi-16 - KPARRIS-JONES - 24-05-2019

Hi all,

Two things are coming your way, and epic wall of text and a truck load of pictures Wink

First things first, the story and thus - epic W.O.T.

I purchased my GTi way back in 2008 when I was 14, she set my back a lovely £495 and another £5.01 in fuel to get her home, which meant I was already over the £500 budget. Great. :laugh:

The night I got her home I stripped her straight down inside, and then out, only to reveal my "little pre driving project" had become a mountainous and pretty epic list of faults, niggles, glitches and wallet draining tasks.

Here is the extent of the damage:

These pictures were taken at a later date from the original strip down so the car is at different stages -

The Sills were... what sills?

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Rear Suspension Turrets were revealing daylight:

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The Sunroof was ridiculous:

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All four arches had rotten out:

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My N/S B-Pillar had gone too:

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Rear Corners had bitten it:

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So at this point I was 14, had no money, no tools and a single garage. I had two choices 1. Tank on with the rolla or 2. Scrap her for £50, buy loads of Monster energy and play COD for the rest of my youth.

I chose 1. and I am yet to decided if that was the right choice....

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Anyway, work began and the first job was to replace the Gasket, Clutch and generally learn the basics of an engine:

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It looked ok for a 20 year old motor:

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Not before too long she was stripped down further to be patched and painted:

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I started to make the engine look pretty:

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And then put it back together:

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At this point I was going to have the engine bay and car resprayed and reassembled at a garage, so the engine had to rest in there and then be taken back out for the respray.

We got her there and soon enough she was clad with fresh Lexus 040-1 Super White in the Bay:

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Sadly the garage closed down during the respray so we had to find another way of getting her done...

During the search time and saving period for the respray, I decided to get her engine working properly. I had countless issues this being my first build and all but eventually I got her there and she sounded great. However I only truly got her engine operating perfectly and the car driving post respray. There are a lot of cross over periods with this, and even times when I had to take a break. This Project can take so much from me which you will later see :glare:

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Now for the fun bit, the welding, reassembly and respray Big Grin

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She then arrived at my new location with all the bodywork patched and sprayed and even a new blue tint screen to freshen it up Big Grin

I had a couple of months to then get her to her first show - Japfest 2011

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The Interior goes back in for the first time in over 2 and 1/2 years:

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She is now close to completion.... but BAM, the water pump packed in, now I won't name names, but it turns out that the bloke who put the pump in did so with 1 out of 5 bolts. His initials are KPJ... but I wont reveal him. :laugh:

Still, I carried on:

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Skirts now fitted up:

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I had a Carbon sunroof on order from the US which was 3 months late to arrive, but then turned out not to fit. So a week before the show I had to bodge an old spare for a temporary fix..

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Eventually she was ready for her MOT!

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But as she arrived at the centre, we found her pouring oil out al over the place... off the road she went again:

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It then turned out that she needed a new Handbrake, Rear Calliper and rocker gaskets along with a few other bits and pieces. Not cool, as this was another £300!

But after all that she passed! And it was time for the sunroof to be wrapped and the final pre-show prep:

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The day before the show me and a group of friends all went balls out and finished her off:

*Painted Callipers
*Painted Splash Guards
*Fit Boot Slam Panel Bungs
*Clean Interior
*Clean Engine Bay
*Fit New Clean Plates
*Polish and wax the whole car

Our efforts paid off and she made it to the show, albeit a little steamed due to a loose water pipe:

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I even treated her to some Badges:

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I had finally built my dream machine and I couldn't be happier, she had made it to her first show with the Club I had started to keep these rare Jap Hatches alive Smile

BUT as always there was a kick in the face....

On the way to view and R32 GTST Skyline she developed a knocking noise, and I took it upon myself to strip the engine back down and sort any problems myself...

This is why you tighten water junctions...

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She's out;

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Home and separated from the 'Box;

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Sump off;

Annoyingly, having checked each Big-End carefully the whole Bottom End appears to be absolutely spot on with no issues!! So next stop is removing the Caps and checking the Bearings themselves. I found two very small metal shavings in there but I couldn't be sure of what they were from.

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Scored Horribly:

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Metallic Paste:

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Bearing 2 was utterly Mullered!:

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Here's the Video:

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So after all this I thought I'd bring the engine and bay up to scratch, I was never happy with it and it needed redoing:

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They're whiter than they all look!

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Silver Pump:

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The Tensioner Pulley Assembly is in one piece now and looking ace IMO. Here are a few more pictures:

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