stealthstylz
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Had this a while but not done a build thread until now. Since I opened The Ironworks i'd been running round in various uninteresting chod and decided that I needed to build something silly again as a bit of a demo car. It's a Mk3 Granada with the 2.5 VM Turbo Diesel and manual box. Bought it off Ryan (rytilkubi) off here at stock ride height but with the banded steels fitted. Within a week I chopped 3 coils off front and rear which left it sitting like this Better than stock but not great. I then took it for an MOT and got 5 pages of fail, so decided to see how low it will go. First job was to make myself some adjustable coilovers. Took a bit of trial and error with parts from Mitsubishi, Ford, MG and Citroen been thrown into the mix, but ended up with this (compared to a stock shock absorber) Trial Fit Wound them as high as they would go and took it for a MOT, which it passed on the 2nd attempt. Ride height was looking like this. Since then i've chopped another half coil off the rear springs. I've got another pair of coilovers to fit at the rear but work is busy so I haven't had time. The car is still as high as it will go in the shots below and the ride quality is on par with stock apart from over really large potholes as the car bottoms out. Everybody who's ridden in it seems impressed, and it's easy to forget how low it is. It's great at doing these However this is only phase 1. Phase 2 involves adding a few extra inches to the wheel diameter, and couple less inches to the wheel width and a number of inches less from the ride height. I've tried it with some skinny front wheels on for steering, and it drives with roughly 1/2" ground clearance under the front bumper. The overall tyre size was the same as what i'll use on 18s, so it should be interesting to say the least. It's also having a bit more boost and fuel shoved through it, maybe the odd trackday, and finally it will be going into paint soon.
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Very cool indeed chap
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THE_Liam
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Saw this at the Cottingley meet, loved the stance
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Now that looks flippin' superb!!! This has the makings of something very, VERY intersting indeed...
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***GARAGE CURRENTLY EMPTY***
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stealthstylz
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The interesting stuff hasn't happened as fast as i'd like, the car seems to be fighting me every step of the way with a never ending list of annoying breakages. Parts are hard to find so most stuff has been repaired by adapting different parts. Anyway the main story is that it got stolen and crashed just before the Fueled Society show. The promised facelift repair parts I collected were infact pre facelift and didn't really fit. However it was enough to get it looking semi-legit. At 7pm Saturday the car had no front end/radiator/intercooler on. I drove it out of the garage at 6.30am Sunday morning, having made a new radiator crossmember to fit a Prelude radiator (thanks to Mk14dr Dave), made new coolant hoses, repositioned the intercooler, straightened the inner wings out and fitting the new lights and bumper. I also fixed the cracked sump, and changed the rear pads. Works well, looks curse word. Oh well it's all sortable. Oh and I chucked some silly wheels on and lowered it a bit more. And after I raised the engine and lowered it a bit more. Just need to make a sump guard and lower it a bit more.
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evil looking . god I'm, feeling very old lol had plenty of these too and your right about difficult parts to get
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Fiiiiixaaaaaa *n
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Top grammar tips! Bought = purchased. Brought = relocated Lose = misplace/opposite of win. Loose = your mum
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Jul 21, 2014 10:54:12 GMT
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Looking awesome! s for wheels, id say less inches on the diameter and more on the width
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Rich
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Jul 21, 2014 12:16:49 GMT
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Looking awesome! s for wheels, id say less inches on the diameter and more on the width That won't allow matt to steer with the amount of lowering he still has to do. It's not also in style with what he's doing..
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Jul 21, 2014 12:35:21 GMT
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Still looks wicked! I'm just a low n wide man. Although the cars quite wide anyway I guess!
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EmDee
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Jul 21, 2014 13:38:47 GMT
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I'm just a low n wide man. Well this has to be quote of the day! Looks great Matt, always had a crush on this when Ryan was driving it but now it's been stealthstyled given a brazilian it's even better.
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qwerty
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Jul 21, 2014 14:09:21 GMT
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Glad you got it back. Looks cool, know someone who's breaking a couple but think they're pre facelift.
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Jul 21, 2014 14:27:38 GMT
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Well this has to be quote of the day! ;D real men have curves!!!! Ha
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Last Edit: Jul 23, 2014 9:03:41 GMT by code109
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stealthstylz
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Jul 22, 2014 20:42:47 GMT
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I could have stuck some 195/50s on the steels and sat it on the deck but I always think thats a cop out. As Rich said I'm limited on width for the front with big diameter wheels. Once I get the sump guard on it'll be tucking 2" of rim on the front.
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tigran
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Jul 22, 2014 22:55:33 GMT
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*thumbs up*
Cant wait to see it progress a bit more in terms of lowz
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Jul 22, 2014 23:09:16 GMT
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I like it , I need one of these engines in my td sierra lol,.
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stealthstylz
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It does go better than i though, needs a bit more tinkering but with the boost and fuel raised its quicker than my mates 2.9 V6 one by a fair bit.
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Jul 23, 2014 10:03:12 GMT
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Do rather like the dedication to the style... wish you hadn't been so lazy with the overspray on the wheels though ... Enjoying its gradual transformation in your hands, very pleased you managed to recover from it being stolen :/
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Jul 23, 2014 12:35:23 GMT
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I think this looked best on the black steels... kind of gave it a yank cop car / fbi look! Nice to see one of these on the floor though either way
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stealthstylz
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Jul 23, 2014 15:05:15 GMT
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Wheels will be getting done again fairly soon. They were brush painted black and I ran out of time so just painted over it. They look far rougher in person.
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