MIkes 85 EXA - Update!!! New info/pics in main post.

MiKeXa · Post by **MiKeXa** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 9:38 pm

Name: Michael Danne
Location: Melbourne
Year/ Model: 1985 Exa
Colour: Blue
Period of ownership: 6 Years

Performance: N/A

Engine Mods: 20 thou resized bore, engine balance, port and polish(matched ports), exedy heavy duty clutch, rocker cover painted in blueprint with words sanded back to polished metal, 2 1/2" exhaust system with 2 1/2" straight thru muffler, T25g turbo, AFM removed and log welded, 700x225x70 cooler(generic), wolf3d v3 ecu, pod filter, RB30 tb, battery in boot.

Interior Mods: Custom modified 5 colour (LED's) boost guage, Sony CD player with Jaycar Responce 6"'s, custom made wooden boot floor with battery case strapped down through floor.

Exterior Mods: King Springs, Ford Blueprint metallic paint (outside only),

Wheels: Off a CA18 Silvia K's.

Other: It was the model with the lot so its got front vented discs, "turbo" interior, sun roof and CCS body kit.

Future Plans: Various performance testing, new wheels, brake upgrade.

Pics:

Early (ignore spoiler)

Painting (soz bout quality)

Reassembly after paint with sweet lensos (shanec86"s)

New Stuff!!! + clean engine bay(sorta).

Post by **shanec86** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 9:50 pm

Heres a few more photos i took:

Post by **The Renegade** » Mon Feb 26, 2007 11:15 pm

Love your choice of wheels.....

http://www.geocities.com/the_renegade_2000/exapix.html

MiKeXa · Post by **MiKeXa** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 3:05 pm

Actually that was one of very few GOOD things that the previous owner did. Thanks anyway mate.
P.S. To every one, the pics were taken before NISMO sticker!

Callumgw · Post by **Callumgw** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 6:43 pm

Hey like the spoiler, front dam and side skirts, where'd ya get them?

photoglossy · Post by **photoglossy** » Tue Feb 27, 2007 6:48 pm

The wing as an AW11 MR2 wing and the skirts and kit you can buy from a company called 'Canbera car styling'. Its the only kit in production for the exa.

MiKeXa · Post by **MiKeXa** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 3:29 pm

Ye, i just got them with the car when i bought it but the body kit came on the high end models. So most exas with them would also have the "turbo" interior.

Post by **shanec86** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 12:26 pm

mmm i dont think so, the exa never came with the body kit, i thought it was only available from CCS

Callumgw · Post by **Callumgw** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 3:35 pm

Fibremaster also list a body kit for the Exa, but weren't polite enough to answer a query email and send some pcts so I've no idea what it looks like.

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MiKeXa · Post by **MiKeXa** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:27 pm

T25g upgrade complete along with custom water and oil lines.
Dump pipe and afm relo coming soon thanks to a sizable check for a gig i just finished.
For a while after installing the turbo the engine wasn't putting out enough to spool up the turbo so we tried everything...except filling the tank with new petrol and not using the old stuff that had been sitting in there for 6 months.
Still has intermittent probs spooling but eventually "corrects" itself.
(t25g has quite a nice spool up noise to it!)
pics soon as well

MiKeXa · Post by **MiKeXa** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 4:24 pm

PAINTING
This started out as a large crack in the windscreen which i showed a windscreen man and he said get the roof fixed - too much rust. So i took it to a panel beaters and they said they'll have to paint the whole roof. So i sat down and thought a while, checked my bank balance and decided to get the whole car done! (at least the outside anyway)
List of things done:
New windscreen
New rear bumper
All bumpers, skirts and plastics painted matte black
Stickers removed
All visible and noticeable rust and dints removed/fixed
Made hole in bonnet and attached fake bonnet scoop modified to work
And last but most, full (outside) body paintwork done in Ford Blueprint Metallic. See top post for pics...

Post by **The Renegade** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 4:27 pm

Thats -a- nice!

{TUBZ} · Post by **{TUBZ}** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 4:48 pm

very nice mate....rims with the lowness (lol) looks tough....good work mate

djvass · Post by **djvass** » Mon Dec 31, 2007 5:06 pm

so u r in melb so who did your body and paint work.
Very nice work love the blue.

Thanks
Dave

MiKeXa · Post by **MiKeXa** » Tue Jan 01, 2008 11:52 am

Im in frankston and its a place called Bob Odell's Panels, they did an awesome job on the body - only one little tiny blemish you can only see from one angle at 10 metres away - rest of the paint job was perfect. Though they didn't seem to pay much attention to the plastics, but all in all worth it.

Thanks for the comments guys
Mike