Halfcut strippage.....is that white panels on the 180??

In the post about the wing we put onto Nathans Champagne car I mentioned Whole Sale Car Parts and all the cool shit we tend to get from there well we were in need of a second engine and gearbox so we could finish off the CA to SR conversion on the Gray 180 so we could move it on well that was the whole intention of going down to see dave was to get a normal dirty looking halfcut but whilst down there we were eying off some white goodies that we had seen before and had considered getting for my type X.

That of which consisted of a Origin front and rear bar, Type X skirts and front quarter panels (as the shell had green hideous fiber glass ones) well they found them self in the back of the falcon so they could soon Cristen the type X

Well we had no room in the shed out the back to strip this half cut so Nathans Dad ended up taking it down to the shed which just happens to have my 180 sitting in it so what were we to do? not put the guards and bars on?

First things first

We started to strip this halfcut and found quite a few little.... oddities to say the least.. such as the ERG system being retained.. or so we thought!!! some crafty little ways of getting past sharken in Japan (Japanese roadworthy)

 Before the strippage

Engine Harness and oil line for gauge relaxing on the top of the motor

 Detachable.... Ummmm pipes and what not..

 Be free SR20 Be Free!!!

Up up and UP

 Hmmm rebuilt S15 T28BB

 Gearbox seperated - Had a Domestic Japanese Exedy

(Just a quick note for those playing at home, Exedy dont paint the pressure plate pink in japan like they do for the Australian market)

Before finalizing on this specific halfcut we had the guys at WCP start it up and it sounded lumpy!!! we tried to convince ourselfs that it was because it had vacuum leaks and nothing but a dump and front on it.. well when we got it back to the shed we had a better look first of which was via the oil filler and hey look!!! rocker arm stoppers hmmmm promising so off came the rocker cover and hello Tomei Poncams!!

Hmmmm 256 poncams and rocker stoppers!!!

Well that was Majority of the halfcut stripped and we had a enough of that for the moment so we thought we would have a fiddle with the 180sx

It started off that morning looking all gloomy and green like so

Someone had writen "I wish my wife was this dirty" on the back window

But low and behold we had some goodies for my filthy girl

White 1/4 panels, uprights, clutch master cylinder, Nismo clutch pedal

New body bits and pieces

Not long after we had bolted all the front on and aligned it

Front quarter panels on

Uprights ready to go on

 Uprights on with horns removed

Front bar on

 Standard bar removed.

 New rear bar on.

We also installed the Nismo clutch pedal and the master cylinder with the lines.

after that we realized that it was getting to dark to do anymore work and we all had enough of breathing in dust and being covered in it so we headed off back to Nathans parents place on a mission!!!

I mentioned before that we originally got the halfcut for the gray car which is in the shed at Nathans parents place... we sorta stood there looking at the car.. then at the motor near the half cut then finally looked at each other and went... whats the point in lugging the motor back to the other shed then lugging the motor slated for the 180 back to the warehouse.... it was just silly.

So Project Origin X got a big clutch kick and jammed into the next gear!!!

But thats another blog post 

Till then as always stay safe!!

Bev!!!