My 81 Base, My first car...

lokirx706 · \r\n \r\n \r\n 10-21-2014, 02:51 PM\r\n \r\n \r\n

I bought this for my first car when I was fifteen or sixteen. It was behind a used car dealer near where I lived. The dealer didnt know anything about rotaries and couldnt get it to start half the time. It reminded me of my dads '83 944 and I had to have it. If it makes any difference said dealer had a 1985 Celica-Supra, and a late 80's turbo 300ZX. This drove better and felt quicker than the other cars. And as the dealer wanted it gone, it was much cheaper... $1300 cheap...

It had been sitting out back for a few years and had weeds grown up nearly to the tops of the fenders and the paint had faded some. A buff and polish and the car was amazing, a carb rebuild later and she started without the choke. I couldnt bring myself to park it at the highschool so I bought a $400 1990 Civic hatch for a daily driver. However my 7 and I got into some wild antics that ended in me having my license suspended until I was eighteen... Who would have thought the officer would have a problem with drifting the circle in town? Well nobody said it was a smart move!

Here are the earliest pictures I have of the car,

Unbeknownst to me I had stumbled onto a car that had a cult following, a car that many enthusiasts dream of finding. It had riken mesh wheels on it, rotary engineering upper strut bar, header, and intake manifold. A Mikuni 44pph side draft carburator with a K&N filter and element. Newer Racing Beat plug wires, and a full Racing Beat exhaust. Within no time I had it in a garage, and eventually I traded my Civic for an '85 Rx7 and daily drove that for a few months.

The car needed very little when I got it, however after three years of abuse the ring and pinion had a fist fight which left me limping home with some horrible noises coming out of the back. I quickly sourced a GSL big bearing rear axle and swapped it in. Shortly after that a friend of mine was parting out a GSL-SE and I got the entire suspension off of him for free. I never got around to swapping everything in, and sold it to recoup some christmas money. Besides, I had sweet meshies, I wanted to use them!!

The reason I bought the GSL-SE swap was because I badly wanted 15 inch wheels, Ive always thought they fit the car perfectly. And one day I hit pay dirt. An epic set of Weds Autobahns that a redneck was selling for $75! He had used them on his quad, and just wanted them gone...

I ended up helping a friend out (which I shouldnt have done in hindsight) and sold him the wheels for cheap so he could get a 7. This led me to search aimlessly for another set of dirt cheap 15's. I ended up with a cheap set of 14 inch enkeis ($75) and went ahead and tried them out. They were actually Mustang 4 lug wheels which are 4x108. However I have learned that due to manufacturing variances, many 4x110 wheels fit on 4x108 and vice versa, they do not fit snugly, they just fit.... That said Ive put alot of miles on 4x108 wheels and they fit as perfectly as my 4x110 Rikens. Now I dont want to say every set should fit, but I have had alot of luck so far! The only picture I have, yes they are gold, I didnt like the look, so I sold them on!

Shortly after I added the legendary Gilmer drive :twisted:

I also added 2GCDFIS, a custom 2.5 inch exhaust, a camera mount, and an electric fan...

I also found a set of generic (ARE I think) 15x7 meshies for $100

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