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In a nutshell: I bought this car in June of 2000. 5 days after buying it, rain water got in to the engine and killed the carbs. I tinkered with it until March, when I decided to put in a Mazda rotary engine, and bought one from a guy who then went out of business and took my money and left me engineless. I spent a summer trying to track down my motor or my cash, all to no avail. In February of 2002, I sold my Lotus, thus freeing up the capital I needed to begin Sterling work again.
I have decided to rebuild the VW motor and get it back on the road by mid-April.
The work will be broken down in to segments and linked, but a general update can be found on this page.
So here is my plan of attack (Updated Feb 23rd).
- Phase 1 - Get the car running (mid March completion)
- Fan shroud (Ram Air) - New $50
- Alternator (55amp - internal regulator) - $85
- Carb kit ($30)
- Set of rings - $10
- New valves for one side - $12
- Exhaust (not needed, but would be good) - New $50.
- Phase 2 - Get the car inspected (mid April completion)
- New reverse light switch.
- Troubleshoot blinkers.
- New shocks
- Check brakes, replace if needed
- May need new tires (dry-rot from sitting), if so, time for new rims.
- Phase 3 - Get the car painted (by mid May)
- Install new taillights
- Slightly re-work front grille with fiberglass
- Install new mirrors
- Install new MR2 trunklid.
- Install sunroof
- Install alarm so that door switch can be removed.
- Paint at discount paint center.
- Phase 4 - Interior (no finish date)
- Upholstery
- Seats
- Stereo/MP3
- Carbon fiber dash
- New carpeting
- Phase 5 - Upgrade motor (no planned start or finish date)
- Sometime after I am happy with the interior, I will try installing a 4bbl carb on here, or if finances permit, I would
like to try installing a watercooled motor, either a V8 or Mazda Rotary Turbo.
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