Jordk
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I know it's mainly an EK9 forum but thought I'd post up my build thread on my Jordan
For those who have seen it or might have it previously looked like that...
I got it as a px for my Corsa C (bought to lower insurance). I saw it went then thought I'd easily get it looking good with some work.
The spec of it when bought was;
Hideous 18" rota lightweight wheels (removed in 2 days!)
Supposed skimmed head and port/polished inlet (no proof though) and 200bhp Lot of **** if you ask me haha.
4-2-1 manifold of some sort
Full stainless magnaflow system
Disgusting carbon fibre effect rear lights (which didn't function properly had red reverse light ) Again removed in a day replaced with oem ej lights (preface) from scrappie for fiver
Black boot lid (sprayed) Now repsrayed y56 again
Carbon fibre mirrors (now oem)
Carbon fibre spoon rep spoiler (sold for standard)
Carbon fibre bonnet (swapped for standard)
Black roof (sprayed) :|
Lowered 40mm on springs
Vtec controller (removed very quickly as not fond of what I hear about them)
Some form of adjustable FPR (again removed)
I'll now just let pics do the talking to show its transformation. Some pics with 14" corolla wheels and now some sw9's for tegiwa along with some other goodies.
Then this happened at my college coming out the car park (
At the weekend I concentrated on having the air con removed and then stripping out the interior to tidy it up here's the results
The previous owner had a massive sub and speaker set up in the boot and decided to cover the ENTIRE insides with this horrible S**T!
Me and a mate got half of it out yesterday and took hours its horrible. Removing the oem soundproofing was a doddle compared to this!
Then as it stands at the moment
Fitted the rear seats again as it's ridiculously cold now and the noise of my knackered rear shocks makes me cry (
Also have a new recaro fitted as of today (no pics yet and yes just one lol)
Plans so far are,
General clean up of chassis (buff and waxoyl)
Decent dampers and spring set up or coilovers
Front lip (as was missing when I got it)
Full respray and sort rust bubbles on arches.
Several new sets of wheels lol
New strut brace (front and fit a rear/xbrace)
Tidy up engine bay tuck/paint bits etc. (not awfully fond of the purple after I painted it lol)
Sort the rest of suspension components i.e LCA's, front and rear camber adjusters (unsure of what ones :/ )
Have an ek9 front brake set up to overhaul and fit (once I recieve the other caliper from Sid-ek9 )
New gearbox (whines and grinds a bit) one with an LSD
New exhaust system as is too droney for my liking (spoon back box and custom centre)
Replace stem seals (high mileage and a little smokey so could do with a change)
Inspect the rest of the engine for anything I should be aware of
Poly mounts and new torque mounts
Main plan after all cleaned up and running great is either going all motor with a Skunk2 cam and valvetrain set up. Or if I save enough go down to racetech and have it running boost. Still playing with the two ideas in my head as I was totally for running turbo but after reading up think I might enjoy more revs and straight n/a power
That is the ambition anyway
Will keep updated when I start more work!
For those who have seen it or might have it previously looked like that...
I got it as a px for my Corsa C (bought to lower insurance). I saw it went then thought I'd easily get it looking good with some work.
The spec of it when bought was;
Hideous 18" rota lightweight wheels (removed in 2 days!)
Supposed skimmed head and port/polished inlet (no proof though) and 200bhp Lot of **** if you ask me haha.
4-2-1 manifold of some sort
Full stainless magnaflow system
Disgusting carbon fibre effect rear lights (which didn't function properly had red reverse light ) Again removed in a day replaced with oem ej lights (preface) from scrappie for fiver
Black boot lid (sprayed) Now repsrayed y56 again
Carbon fibre mirrors (now oem)
Carbon fibre spoon rep spoiler (sold for standard)
Carbon fibre bonnet (swapped for standard)
Black roof (sprayed) :|
Lowered 40mm on springs
Vtec controller (removed very quickly as not fond of what I hear about them)
Some form of adjustable FPR (again removed)
I'll now just let pics do the talking to show its transformation. Some pics with 14" corolla wheels and now some sw9's for tegiwa along with some other goodies.
Then this happened at my college coming out the car park (
At the weekend I concentrated on having the air con removed and then stripping out the interior to tidy it up here's the results
The previous owner had a massive sub and speaker set up in the boot and decided to cover the ENTIRE insides with this horrible S**T!
Me and a mate got half of it out yesterday and took hours its horrible. Removing the oem soundproofing was a doddle compared to this!
Then as it stands at the moment
Fitted the rear seats again as it's ridiculously cold now and the noise of my knackered rear shocks makes me cry (
Also have a new recaro fitted as of today (no pics yet and yes just one lol)
Plans so far are,
General clean up of chassis (buff and waxoyl)
Decent dampers and spring set up or coilovers
Front lip (as was missing when I got it)
Full respray and sort rust bubbles on arches.
Several new sets of wheels lol
New strut brace (front and fit a rear/xbrace)
Tidy up engine bay tuck/paint bits etc. (not awfully fond of the purple after I painted it lol)
Sort the rest of suspension components i.e LCA's, front and rear camber adjusters (unsure of what ones :/ )
Have an ek9 front brake set up to overhaul and fit (once I recieve the other caliper from Sid-ek9 )
New gearbox (whines and grinds a bit) one with an LSD
New exhaust system as is too droney for my liking (spoon back box and custom centre)
Replace stem seals (high mileage and a little smokey so could do with a change)
Inspect the rest of the engine for anything I should be aware of
Poly mounts and new torque mounts
Main plan after all cleaned up and running great is either going all motor with a Skunk2 cam and valvetrain set up. Or if I save enough go down to racetech and have it running boost. Still playing with the two ideas in my head as I was totally for running turbo but after reading up think I might enjoy more revs and straight n/a power
That is the ambition anyway
Will keep updated when I start more work!