Drew's 1991 Galant VR4 801/2000

[Drew84]

I did a couple more things before I put it on the road. I put all the badges back on.



IMG_1108 by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr


IMG_1109 by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr


IMG_1110 by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr


IMG_1111 by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr


IMG_1112 by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr

Brand new center section for the T-case. The other case had the center bearing seize and spin inside the race and wear the aluminum away.


IMG_1124 by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr

New Lock nut

IMG_1125 by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr


IMG_1126 by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr

Difficult to tell from the picture but the gears are not 1:1, when you line them up at the marks and spin them. 1 revolution does not bring it back to the same spot. I think it took three spins, I should have counted but I didn't.

IMG_1127 by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr


IMG_1128 by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr

The input gears had a nice mesh pattern,

IMG_1129 by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr

All assembled back up. New seals on both ends. Spins nice and smooth.


IMG_1130 by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr


Untitled by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr

IMG_1131[1] by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr

[DoWork]

Comin along nicely man! So jealous. Someday mine will be that pretty again

BTW, thanks again for the fuel vent help! I got it all figured out thanks to you!

[Drew84]

Having some fun with Instagram


Untitled by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr


Untitled by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr


Untitled by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr

[Drew84]

This car is so much fun to drive.


Masstuning-9904 by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr


Masstuning-9916 by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr


GVR4 by andrewjsan, on Flickr

[Drew84]

I have these wheel for the car. I'm going to refinish them white, I think. With red oz decals. However I do like the gray. Nissan uses the same bolt pattern, which explains the Nissan Decal.

[Rex_Saugerty]

4x114.3 is kinda hard to get when you look for used

[Drew84]

Yes, I had to import these from Poland.

[Drew84]

Grooved timing belt anybody ?

oh snap by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr

I pulled the plastic cover off for pure vanity reasons. It got scratched by the hood insulator and I wanted to repaint it. I found one of the rubber seals had turned to hard plastic from all the years of heat cycles. It fell and jammed against the belt and wore a groove in it. Crazy

I was working on these wheels this weekend. I had them sent from Poland. Yes they say Nissan. But, the wheels are 4x114.3, the hub bore is 66.1 a Nissan hub bore, so I bought an extra Galant hub to send to the machine shop. So these can be opened up to 67.1. Specs on the wheels are 4x114.3, 15x7, et38, 20lbs each. A nice sturdy rally wheel.


Untitled by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr


Untitled by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr

Getting them prepped and read for paint.

Untitled by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr

When these are finished they will look like this


Just imagine them clean

24 Aug 10 006 by Koopa.kodakgold, on Flickr

[Drew84]

I had the wheels bored out to match the hubs.


Untitled by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr

Added some filler primer over the putty to even it out.


Untitled by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr


Untitled by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr


Untitled by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr

Feathered in the primer and finished sanding the wheels

Untitled by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr


Untitled by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr

I found the decals on Ebay

Untitled by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr

Two coats of primer

Untitled by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr

The gun started to get goop up so I stopped at two coats. I think three will do the trick.

Untitled by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr

Believe it or not, I used Duplicolor paint shop paints, the stuff works pretty good. Pre-thinned and ready to spray out of the gun.

[Drew84]

Some more wheel restoration pictures
Before

IMG_1149 by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr


IMG_1151 by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr

Filler putty

IMG_1152 by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr


IMG_1160 by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr


IMG_1161 by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr

Finished product

IMG_2257 by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr


IMG_2258 by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr

[ruffmill]

Those wheels look mint!

[Drew84]

I still can't get over this car. I'm so happy with how it's turned out so far.


galant-2286 by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr


galant-2287 by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr


galant-2289 by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr


galant-2291 by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr


galant-2294 by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr

[Drew84]

I had Thompson Racing Fabrication make me a Skid plat from 3/16 aluminum. More on this later


TRF custom Skid plate by Drew84(PASCARPHOTO), on Flickr

[Lebe Frei]

Originally Posted by Guero

Very nice choice! The Evo 0! My friend almost got one of these.

He did now! Not the same one but still!


OP: How do these do for rally? Do you still have the 4 wheel steering hooked up?

[Tommy Gun Rally]

anyone who rallies these disconnects the 4WS first.