New Gto, my first one

Hi all my names Stef and ive gone and got myself a mk1 gto tt :slight_smile:

Been into my jap cars for a while (mr2/prelude/civicrx8/fd rx7/s13 200sx) but with my last project s13 deciding to blow up after making it my main car :frowning: I had to get a car quick, had a rx8 for a bit but didn’t like it so started searching for a 300zx or gto. Had a decent budget at first but life and bills got in the way and that soon went down but a stroke of luck led me to the one I got for a bargain price,it’s not perfect but it’s more than I thought I’d be able to get. :smile:
Got some big plans for It once I can save some money up! Lol anyway here’s some pics

Plus a couple of my last project,bit extreme for some but it was my second car.


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Welcome to the mad house matey

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Welcome along dude. I come from the S-Body family too. Were you on SXOC? I was Pippin on there if you ever saw me floating about. Looks like a nice car you have there. How much work is needed on it?

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Cheers guys :slight_smile: yeah I’m still on Sxoc, was steff777 on there, tried to put the same on here but did it wrong. My project was on there as well ā€œpick n mix s13ā€ but just didn’t have the cash to fix it, still got it but it’s being broken so just need to shift it now! Lol

As for the Gto, it’s just a few things like speedo not working ( thinking sensor?) transfer box leaking,think a driveshaft or bearings gone on the front somewhere as I’m getting a vibration and noise at speed and lastly a splutter/hesitation at low rpm (thinking plugs/leads etc) it’s not perfect but I got it cheap so a nice running project to get my teeth into when funds allow. That said a m8 of mines got one so he’s going to help me out with stuff.

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Welcome to GTOUK, great looking cars :slight_smile:

Neil

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Yeah I think I remember your build.
There is a guy on here @Julian who is breaking his car at the moment so get in touch with him and see if he has the parts you need. Looks like a good car so will be nice to see it returned to its former glory.

Yeah my m8 brought his coilovers and front bumper​:+1: and he’s got a few spares so once I get a bit of spare time I’ll get looking into things :slight_smile:

And good choice of colour NAS, going purple with this as ive still got the paint that I was going to spray my s13 :slight_smile: got some blue pearl to put on as well.

When my be for a while yet tho! Lol

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Thanks, yeah work on getting in running nice first. :smile:

Neil.

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Welcome mate nice carsšŸ˜„
Missfire splutter at low revs good luck still looking for mine but I’m ā– ā– ā– ā– ā– ā–  going to find it!

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Welcome along, some nice cars there, personally I love the body kit :slight_smile:
You should encourage your mate along here too we are a great family here!! :slight_smile:
Hope you get to the bottom of the issues :slight_smile:
Need help… Ask away :wink:

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Lol I hope I find the missfire as its driving me mad already! :joy: and my m8 is on here already :+1::+1: he told me about it.

Welcome to the club,
Nice choice of car, now you got loads of mates with GTO’s, these cars are great fun and probably twice as good as a lot of people think, they look damn good after over twenty years and really stand out amongst the crowd. :smile:

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Yeah there very underrated to be fair,loads of power and even though ive read they don’t handle it a load of crap! Mine handles like a little go cart and its standard suspension wise​:+1: (for now :wink:) can tell there’s a great car once I sort out the problems.

Only thing I’m not keen on is the driving position,going to get a deep dish steering wheel (got a flat bottom one at the mo) which should sort it out,I want my seat back but then I can’t reach the steering wheel comfortably. Plus it needs a short shifter fitting as its to long, my s13 was just the same! Lol

I have a japspeed short shifter that i’m not going to use if you’re interested?

Sounds interesting, how much would you want? Might have to wait s bit though as I’m skint at the moment. ( bills all at once!) lol

Hi everyone, Just thought I’d update you on how my Gto has changed, it’s been a slow process as money and time has been at a premium but ive made some forward steps to getting it how I want it,need to get the bodywork sorted now which should be easier now the nights are getting lighter but here how she sits at the moment :slight_smile:

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Always good to have photos like this , shows where you have come from and the journey made to the final goal :sunglasses:

Craig :grinning:

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Jesus that’s changed the end result will be worth it :+1:

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That looks amazing, I hope you get to finish it soon :grinning:

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Thanks guys :slight_smile: she’s a work in progress but I’m happy on where it’s going…can’t seam to get my pics to show all of the car? Will have to play around with them. Lol still got a few things to add tweak etc

Going with this colour with blue pearl in the laquer :slight_smile:

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