88 MKII project with pos ca

Just Got a 88 MKII ca20e speed  with ac/power everything and not to mention clean as hell for eastern car no rot/rust. I got it from the original owner (a lady)  i have all paper work from recipts to inspections window sticker and a notepad with all the dates when she put gas in lol, its not running but well see they said it just quit on them so brought home and put in garage for 5 yrs,Now i got it Smiley

Plans are : try to get running if not Try and find ka24de but that tough as nails to find around here.
             : audio nothing big good speakers and unit :paint? idk what color yet lol
             : suspension idk going to search some ideas 1st for my best set up as dd and roads kinda rough
             : and what ever else comes to mind lol ideas welcomed

Pics of it

looks like a hatch version of sams notch minues the hoshinos Grin

lol....kind of...i mean, i have an se kit and clear corners and foglights also...but the paint looks to be in pretty close shape to mine if i havent waxed it in awhile....80s red paint needs to be waxed almost weekly if it is in any kind of sun light. The toyota ae86 red like came without clearcoat....my brother waxes his rolla almost constantly when its running. Its kind of a curse.

yea damn paint im just going to buff it/wax it few times plan on painting anyways just coming up with a color 1st lol

i used like 3 or 4 coats of this polish called tr3. I used an orbital buffer some...but at a certain point it was leaving to much crap behind so i did a lot by hand. One day I washed my car with this stuff that I thought was car wash....turned out it was degreaser.....I spent like 30 minutes waxing/polishing the hood to get it back where it was and i ended up using like the last bit of polish i had getting the car back to where it was....it sucked. Polish is amazing stuff though....there is just a right way to use it that you have to kind of figure out just by using it.

Well started messing with car found a car cover for it in trunk along with 2mud flaps(new) rear pice a 200sx bra cover for it.


Ok so i ran into probs..Big probs lol i put diff battery in took out the wiring for the fog lights got in car tuned key on and turned it over and it moved on me,what im thinking is it sat 5 years in the garage so the clutch is sticking to the flywheel,but no biggy ill brake it loose and if i have to put a clutch in i will well turned it over and over no fire  but hear the fuel pump turn on so ecu must be working. I pulled the cap cleaned connectors inside it but when i had friend turn over the distributor wasnt turning  thinking  then came the bad part i pulled the top timing belt cover  cantlook thinking it was broke well its isnt but was loose i had friend turn it over again and lower end spins but belt dont. I think the tensior is messed up and the belt is slipping around the crank pully so pulled everything apart and had to stop cause i need to find a way to get crank pully off bolts out but it must be stuck,gunna try and find a puller.heres some pics F*&%ing rodents[img width=1024 height=768]

what a find new mud gaurds and front bra sell me the seats or head rests..... sell me the bra!!!

yea brand new the stuff is in perfect shape and yeah lol i might sell the bra intime tho idk yet and yea i like the sun roof the a/c good to but might do away with it

If you ever part with the bra shoot it my way!!

someone said this was a hatch version of sams notch...this is a notch.... lol

Also, was the t-belt off like that? or did you take it off.

Xano if you look at his sig that red hatch was what he had posted here first then he found the notch.

OHHHH didnt see that lol.

Xano on 07:18:20 PM / 14-Nov-10someone said this was a hatch version of sams notch...this is a notch.... lol

Also, was the t-belt off like that? or did you take it off.

is it weird i dont like mk2 notches?

ishh this is an interference engine... if you spinned the bottom while the cam was not spinning... you'll have to change a couple of valves for sure... just hope you'll have only two of them.... get a compression gauge and test every cylinder after you have changed the timming belt and retimed it right... My bet is you're gonna have 2 cylinder with zero pressure... but that will give you an good slap in the ass to work on the engine... or swap it up Wink

yea im gunna look for a leak down testor today and do all cylinders that will tell me and i bled the clutch still stuck it sat 5yrs in garage with out being moved,and my dad had an old chevy nova that did same thing i have to wait get front back together and put it in 4th with clutch in and pull it try an pop it loose i knew 2 people who had same prob

well got plugs out(tight as hell)  got new timing belt on and then a compression check.......well  rip  1st cyl=165psi 2nd cyl=45psi and  cyl's 3&4=125psi so either got bend valves or a piston sucked  a valve,going to pull head asap and check things out and see whats going on  if just valves then ill swap over my 84 ca20e head but if more damage then i gess a swap is goingto happen

Wow the trunk was just an undiscovered gold mine haha. And the previous owner was a lady that has owned it since it was brand new? So weird.

Redneck on 06:55:16 AM / 17-Nov-10Wow the trunk was just an undiscovered gold mine haha. And the previous owner was a lady that has owned it since it was brand new? So weird.