Tom's Eunos Roadster

[holdawayt]

I'm Tom, and I appear to have bought another project car.

You might remember I used to own this:



Which soon turned into this:



I've had 2 cars since and I can't stop looking at them again. Unfortunately nothing really came up that was affordable so I put off the search. Then this popped up about a mile down the road from me



It's a 1990 V-spec on 90K Miles. No tax, no MOT and requires the sills welding (A job I will do myself). Best of all it's £500.00 delivered to my door.

Plans are to sort the welding, detail the paint, lose the front plate, lose the horrible wheels and lower it. The car already has a 4-2-1 Manifold, decat, twin tailpipe, leather interior, electric windows, power steering, 1.8 brakes and a lsd so it should be a lot of fun.

It's going to live in my garage and work will be done properly and slowly. I'll aim to have it on the road by september, but I'm more than happy to wait til the following summer.

I'll get some photos of my own when it's here. Should be arriving on the 21st.

Ta.

[Pricklep]

Good colour!

how bad are the sills?

[JoeHindle]

So glad you've got another, had a massive soft spot for the camo green one

[holdawayt]

Compared to my last one the sills on this are great, just the passenger side one needs cutting out and replacing. My last one went pretty much up to the wheel arch!

[Baz]

Was waiting for this, get some better pics up!

[holdawayt]

Haha this is all I have until I pick it up. I'll take some more on Friday.

[holdawayt]

[Brettles1986]

I really don't see the appeal in these, I think they are no short of horrid. Having said that I do like the outcome of your previous one bar the colour.

[holdawayt]

Thanks. I think...

Have you driven one before? I was very much against the queer little things before I took one round a track. They just drive so well. It's a bit of a benefit that you can make them look alright too. But I'm mainly in it for the way they drive.

[Brettles1986]

Originally Posted by holdawayt

Thanks. I think...

Have you driven one before? I was very much against the queer little things before I took one round a track. They just drive so well. It's a bit of a benefit that you can make them look alright too. But I'm mainly in it for the way they drive.

Nah never driven one tbh I'm somewhat the MX5 virgin. Maybe driving one will sway my opinion.

Are you getting another set of drifts?

p.s. no need to change your avatar now.

[holdawayt]

Nah won't be going back to drifts. Nice wheels but I want this one to be different. The paint quality was a little disappointing on the Rotas too.

[Simon0014]

Glad you've got another mate! Which coilies you opting for this time?

As cool as rota's look they are in essence a reasonably expensive replica wheel of enkei and volks alloys so I'm pretty glad you're going for something different!

[holdawayt]

Cheers Si, well my last one was on the budget race land coilovers. Although they were nice and cheap, the ride was evil and my back was ruined after a few months.
Hopefully going for HSDs or Gaz Pro Gold.

[ed-bradley]

Originally Posted by holdawayt

Cheers Si, well my last one was on the budget race land coilovers. Although they were nice and cheap, the ride was evil and my back was ruined after a few months.
Hopefully going for HSDs or Gaz Pro Gold.

Dayum, got game son. Got game.

Keep meaning to get my coilovers on, but I need to sort out replacing my roof.
HSD's are what I went for, haven't got mine on yet, but after being in a friends 5 with the same coilovers on. I'd reccomend them!
Not the nicest of rides, but no doubt somewhat nicer than it would be with the Raceland equivilents on etc.

Still quite firm, but more responsive and less 'bouncy' if that makes sense.

[CraigLovelock]

Sold my charged eunos couple of weeks ago. Miss it muchly, think its one of those cars that until you own one, you hate then.

[holdawayt]

Things have been progressing nicely, until today.

I noticed that one of the rear wheels was toeing in excessively which would suggest that the car has been slid into a kerb. Its either a bent bottom wishbone bolt or a bent upper wishbone. Most people who have had to remove this bolt know exactly how difficult it is. Its really stuck in there well.

So ive left it in a few pieces overnight, the joys of owning a project that you dont need to et fixed for the morning!

In other news the car has cleaned up really well, the interior is in great nick and is no longer damp. Engine needs a service then it'll be ready for its welding.
I'll put some pictures up tomorrow.

[holdawayt]

Double post...

[holdawayt]

Pic of the wheel before showing the toe in:



And after the new bolt was put in:


Still needs to have the alignment done but that's one horrible job sorted.


Oh and a random interior shot.



Tomorrow is service day. Then it'll be ready for its MOT.

[holdawayt]

Run out of jobs? Me? Never.

Done the full service today, but I also noticed a new coolant leak. It's coming from the water pump which is both a bit of a pain and a bit of an excuse to change the cambelt. So I'm not too fussed. I'll be sorting all of that when the car is up and running legally though. I'll take it to my house and have use of the power tools at home rather than the council garage.

[holdawayt]

Decided I'm not going to rush this in the slightest. So here's my new and improved To do list:

• Plugs
• Leads
• Oil and filter
• Air filter
• Aux belts
• Gearbox, diff and turret oil
• Have passenger sill welded and painted
• Cut new spare key
• Retro side repeaters
• Remove carbon canister
• Zinc coated bolts in engine bay
• Replace water pump and cam belt
• New headlights with uprated bulbs
• Wire in horn
• New thermostat
• Discs and pads all round
• Braided brake lines
• Alloy Radiator?
• Remove front plate Respray if needed
• Machine polish entire car
• Fit Enkei wheels
• MOT
• Take to A-Line for alignment (after HSDs are fitted)
• Buy new plates
• New driver seat
• New stereo and speakers
• Clean up engine bay
• Wet-vac interior
• HSD Dual Tec coilovers
• Xxr 002 wheels 15 x 8 et0 with 195/45/15 tyres
• New antenna
• Remove spoiler (replace with Vindi ducktail?)
• Momo Team 300mm
• Respray in 2014.
• Replace rear bumper and relocate foglight
• New wing mirrors


So yeah, it's going to be expensive, but at least I'll have something to keep me busy.

Updates as and when,

Tom.