[Socket]

Originally Posted by Aus335iguy

Brule has an LSD for sale btw ... see the Aus classifieds for more info... wrong ratio for DCT though otherwise it'd be on its way here by now.

Yeh I saw that Aus... good price too

[Socket]

ST build continued

So SPCGRY is finally back home but not the way i thought it would be when we drove it up to Newcastle

Very happy to have it back...

Car was transported by Jims door to door transport. $1500 pick up and delivered. They did a great job, really looked after the car and even helped push it into the driveway for me.... I can thoroughly recommend these guys if you need car transport

Car was full of parts, under tray, radiator fan, down pipes, engine cover, charge pipe and BOV, various hoses, heat shields, nuts bolts and stuff.
DrJ did a great job packing it all in (thanks mate)

Missing boost box, solenoids and some hoses which I hope wont be a hassle to get back.

Basically mechanic left everything as it was, hoses and wires all over the place, oil and coolant leaking everywhere. Engine bay is looking pretty sad tbh. Hopefully there wont be too many parts missing and we can get it put back together ok....

Meanwhile pics of SPCGRY arriving from Sydney and shots of the engine bay that needs some serious DIY time

[Coupes33]

They certainly ripped it apart on you. I cannot understand why the radiator and CP were removed. I would have thought that the only parts on the passenger side of the engine that required removal would have been the air intake and intakes hoses to the turbos. You won't be short of something to do for a while. But it must be a good feeling to have it back on home turf again.

[Socket]

Originally Posted by Coupes33

They certainly ripped it apart on you. I cannot understand why the radiator and CP were removed. I would have thought that the only parts on the passenger side of the engine that required removal would have been the air intake and intakes hoses to the turbos. You won't be short of something to do for a while. But it must be a good feeling to have it back on home turf again.

Yeh plenty of bits to put back on mate. Yep much happier it's home rather have it sitting here, then sitting in a workshop in Newcastle lol

[Boganian Rubes]

Aw man that sucks at least it still looks good on the outside lol

[Socket]

Originally Posted by Boganian Rubes

Aw man that sucks at least it still looks good on the outside lol

Hahaha thanks Rubes

[Socket]

Bits for manual conversion have started to arrive

[Boganian Rubes]

Originally Posted by Socket

Bits for manual conversion have started to arrive

What's that

[Socket]

Originally Posted by Boganian Rubes

What's that

MK2 laser turret

[AUSf22]

Good luck Socket and VTL!!

Hopefully reassembling what somebody else took apart won't be too much of a nightmare, will be following for updates

[tawfeeqh]

Glad to see car back in Melb sock. Did the workshop give you any explanation as to why they hadn't work on the car for 8 weeks? I mean if they said too busy, thats simply not a good enough excuse given they stripped most of the parts off, then charged labour not to mention the road transport costs you incurred. I feel pissed for you

well at least its in good hands now with Vince

[vtl]

Terrible outcome from that place, the fabricator is a greedy scumbag who took the opportunity to scab as much money as possible, when HE was the one who did absolutely nothing. The itemized bill is a joke and you can tell every item on that list is just padded so he didnt have to refund you anything.

I'm confident we can get the car going again, will be a big job sorting out the mess that idiot left you, but hopefully we can put this whole ordeal behind us and it'll be a single turbo with manual transmission, all dialed in with no shortcuts.

The manual transmission will be a joy to drive, I always found the high km ZF 6ATs to drive pretty poorly, will feel so much more responsive with the manual

[Socket]

Originally Posted by AUSf22

Good luck Socket and VTL!!

Hopefully reassembling what somebody else took apart won't be too much of a nightmare, will be following for updates

Yep will try to document as much as we can, prob not a complete DIY but should add some interesting reading to the build thread

[Socket]

Originally Posted by tawfeeqh

Glad to see car back in Melb sock. Did the workshop give you any explanation as to why they hadn't work on the car for 8 weeks? I mean if they said too busy, thats simply not a good enough excuse given they stripped most of the parts off, then charged labour not to mention the road transport costs you incurred. I feel pissed for you

well at least its in good hands now with Vince

Thanks mate. But all good now, just glad to move on and focus on the task ahead. Gonna be fun

[Socket]

Originally Posted by vtl

Terrible outcome from that place, the fabricator is a greedy scumbag who took the opportunity to scab as much money as possible, when HE was the one who did absolutely nothing. The itemized bill is a joke and you can tell every item on that list is just padded so he didnt have to refund you anything.

I'm confident we can get the car going again, will be a big job sorting out the mess that idiot left you, but hopefully we can put this whole ordeal behind us and it'll be a single turbo with manual transmission, all dialed in with no shortcuts.

The manual transmission will be a joy to drive, I always found the high km ZF 6ATs to drive pretty poorly, will feel so much more responsive with the manual

Better buy you a big box of disposable gloves and put the fish n chip shop on my speed dial mate lol.

Is going to be an adventure that's for sure

[kookie]

Better start a new thread to track this.

SPCGRY - The rebirth

[Socket]

Originally Posted by kookie

Better start a new thread to track this.

SPCGRY - The rebirth

Lol Kook

[Socket]

Originally Posted by kookie

Better start a new thread to track this.

SPCGRY - The rebirth

Maybe SPCGRY II the sequel

[Aus335iguy]

Originally Posted by Socket

Maybe SPCGRY II the sequel

Great ! 126 more pages full of stuff that I'd like to do to my car but can't afford. Better make some popcorn.

[Socket]

Originally Posted by Aus335iguy

Great ! 126 more pages full of stuff that I'd like to do to my car but can't afford. Better make some popcorn.

I can't afford it either Aus but i'm hoping someone will buy the movie rights so I can recoup some of the investment lol

[Testercles]

Originally Posted by Socket

I can't afford it either Aus but i'm hoping someone will buy the movie rights so I can recoup some of the investment lol

HAHAHAHAHA

[Trev88]

Hehe socks think your mod list is going to take up the whole first page soon!