My GPvR, 1.3 Turbo, yes you got it right ;)

[brccrx]

Hey, thats nothing special tbh, just brushed on 2 coats of Zinc primer......but first ive wire brush all the loose rust, acid the surface 2 times to eat up whatever wire brush didnt remove or i wasn't able to get to it, then different acid over it to seal it up, two primer coats, 2 finishing coats, job done for years

Now its painted black gloss, Stanley top coat that i found in tractor parts supply place, very durable!

[Superwofy]

Hey, thats nothing special tbh, just brushed on 2 coats of Zinc primer......but first ive wire brush all the loose rust, acid the surface 2 times to eat up whatever wire brush didnt remove or i wasn't able to get to it, then different acid over it to seal it up, two primer coats, 2 finishing coats, job done for years

Now its painted black gloss, Stanley top coat that i found in tractor parts supply place, very durable!

What kind of acid did you use.. phosphoric? Bar for the welding (I can't), it looks like a job doable in the driveway.

Did you make any attempts to tackle the inner chassis rust?

[brccrx]

Phosphoric react with rust and convert it, ive use it the second, other one eats rust to bare metal, i would have to check what is it but just google it if ya like.

This car isnt bad inner chassis rust wise, maybe theres some surface rust somewhere but nothing i would be worry about.....you need cut Your way trough panels and chassis legs to get that sorted if its ever a problem.

Everything has been done with the car supported one side only, enough room to do all that even welding

[Sebastian]

looking back to the first pics , I just realised I test drove this car a good while back when it was for sale ( in Dunshaughlin ) .

[brccrx]

It was 5 speed tip V6 Mivec at the time, now water/alcohol injected 1.3 turbo with manual 1.6 Mivec gearbox conversion

Its a good car in my opinion....

[brccrx]

Under-sealing continues:

Removed most of the suspension, dropped the petrol tank with filler neck, everything what was im my way is either out or will be so i can get the job done proper.





Driver side was just easy with no surprises....







So everything went easy and i got one coat of primer on it no trouble:









Then i went over the passenger side thinking it will be as easy as....



Bitta rust hidden under the factory joint sealant nothing too bad yet:







Then ive found some rot hidden under the paint work







Thanks God it should be easy sorted cutting the bad spots out and welding plates and there no drama inside the door seal too!

[brccrx]

Time to sort the biatch out





Rust cut out:







Patching the holes:









Primed:











More surface rust to sort out





















Then 1st top coat on the sections that already done:





















Then another sections got primed:





















Then painted 1st coat over yeah....







Then this happened.....

















And guess what?.... more section got primed lol





















And obviously top coat lol













Also all the parts that were removed got a new life:

















































TBC soon

[brccrx]

Some other pics from reassembling the whole rear:

















Forgot about these but not a big deal as they were easy done....







All done thanks God!

[Superwofy]

Nice work cleaning rust from the rear section ! Probably looks better than it did new .

I'll be making a thread of my own since a chassis leg recently fractured, so I either address it now or this frame is gonna be toast soon.

[Temeeo]

Great work Seb, also thanks for keeping us posted and for the pictures! Seeing your posts always makes me to go out and do a bit of work on my own car.

[Sebastian]

you must really love what you are doing ! keep it up

[CJ]

This is probably the most thorough FTO undersealing project I've encountered. Ever. Hats off to you for your commitment in prolonging the life of a cat that we see less of on the road as time goes by. I look forward to seeing the finished article.

[brccrx]

Right so, here comes next update

First i would like to thanks all of You for the support lads

Now the most important car has pass the NCT with the 1.3 engine in it and all, not without some lill trouble but its road legal now

Pics from yesterday when attending the NCT centre:







1st attempt:


2nd:


Then it passed at 3rd one:


Behind the bars





Also car got checked by main dealer again for insurance company lol





In the mean time another member of Mitsi family has visit us so i took a few pics of me together





Also finally got to fit my intake air temperature sensor...







And exhaust temperature sensor:



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Also shirts arrived:





Two wheels got re done too:













She looks good with white wheels, i think its better than on black ones

[brccrx]

Nearly time to leave for the NCT again and ive spot this:



Didnt take long to get sorted:





Sticking out from the background



Failed again....



Very close but still....





Retest booked for Saturday.

[Superwofy]

Those bushings you replaced on the upper rear control arm (long dogbone), do you have part numbers for them? The outer on the driver's side makes alot of noise.

Thanks.

[brccrx]

Sory dont have part number, was getting em in bulk from PL, its about 20e piece, quite expensive

Quick update:
Car is nct'd till 11/16 and taxed as 1.3 for 6 months

Also most important mod arrived today!



Actually its the other way round

[brccrx]

Not long after ive received the stickers clutch started to slip, few days later gearbox differential bearings gave up on the way home from work...







So i decided to try gearbox with 4.0 final drive and longer gear ratio from 1.3 Colt as it mean to be better for turbo set up.....its fecking not!
Week or two later ive ripped it out again and replaced with another 1.6 Mivec gearbox





Doing gearbox replacement Crank shaft seal gearbox side got replaced:









Ive put new clutch kit on it:







Normal starter replaced with planetary drive unit...



More stickers arrived to complete the job







Anyone still reading this topic?

[Temeeo]

Yup, still reading this Seb!

[goz_83]

Me too. I stop by every now and again.

[mivecrx]

Nice work on this seb!

Are you using any of Seans engine mounts on V6?, I want to upgrade mine

[brccrx]

Yes, red v6 has these on.

[mivecrx]

Yes, red v6 has these on.

Just using on bottom 2 mounts ?

[brccrx]

Yes....

[mivecrx]

And maybe carbon wrapped roof?

Someone must of been reading your thread or your mind

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/fto-gpx-mivec-manual-200bhp/11994729

[brccrx]

In all fairness that looks class Aidan

If i wouldnt be buying another car end of this week i would have mine done same way....