5 GT Turbo My 91 H 5gtt

[NRG]

Subframe out looking a little worse for wear



soda blasted nice and clean with no more rust £30



acid dipped with a thorough rinse then Zinc plated thickly £30



Then powder coated it black with salt resistant paint. £free



looks like new for a fraction of the price of new .
inspired by this site . I was just going to hammerite it lol.

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

inspired by this site . I was just going to hammerite it lol.

Smashing job you've done there @NRG!

Looks like you got busy with the welder after you stripped it and seam welded it all too! Good man!

 

[DaveL485]

Great, where did you get that done?

 

[rabbitstew]

nice. I just rattle caned mine!

 

[NRG]

http://www.sodablastingltd.co.uk
http://www.birmingham-plating.co.uk

Thank you.
Yes i did have a little welding session as i wasnt happy with a few key areas for strength. mainly where the wishbones bolted on and a few bits here and there. I plan to spray some stone chip paint on the inside with a tube to seal it all nicely so hopefully it will look good for a long time. With a bit of luck i can begin to reassemble soon, just in the process of blasting the wishbones and a few more parts for plating.
I honestly was going to just clean and paint things but the one thing i never liked about the car was the dirty engine bay and seeing some pictures on this site of the before and afters i was like wow.

How it sat for too many years. since 2005

The engine took alot of cleaning by hand and now sits like this



still so much to do lol

 

[gtmatt]

great work keep it up

 

[NRG]

Ty. i am i am lol im on it as i type
doing this in my garage

did half to show before and after blasting using aluminium oxide in my 200L tank.

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

did half to show before and after blasting using aluminium oxide in my 200L tank.

You're own blasting tank.... wow, how decadent! [HASHTAG]#jealous[/HASHTAG]

 

[NRG]

Yes lol . After spending months with a dremel armed with cup brushes cleaning my engine inside and out , I decided i needed something to make life easier restoring old rusty parts. Already having a big air compressor it seemed the obvious choice. This way i could take my time doing bits as and when .
I spend a lot of time fixing other peoples cars and having the blaster really pays off as i can blast bolt threads clean in seconds

 

[NRG]

Blasting is my new hobby lol
before


after

 

[TNT Mr Raider]

Great work fella, engine looks like a brand spanker! looking forward to more updates & pics

 

[NRG]

Dirty old n rusty

need to strip the bearing and hub out to finish

 

[jimmyturbo]

A lot of elbow grease there,good work.As been said keep the updates rolling.

 

[NRG]

Eat , sleep , blast repeat. Eat, sleep , blast repeat.







not much left to blast now. sheesh

 

[DaveL485]

Well, if you ever need some extra stuff to blast I have about 5000 different things....

 

[Big Steve - Raider]

Well, if you ever need some extra stuff to blast I have about 5000 different things....

And me!

 

[NRG]

5000 lol i think ive done 5000 and still got 5000 to go haha
good news is the bits i have done are now at the electro platers, cant wait to see the results. I hope its good.
Then i have to remember where every nut bolt and washer went . should be fun haha.

What you two got to blast ?

 

[NRG]

small update



I strangely like the gold :/


Almost a shame to powder coat it black but nvm.

 

[NRG]

wow didn't realise it had been so long since I'd done anything on the 5. I booked some time off work and got a lil busy. I know there's quite a bit more to do as yet but I'm a bit stuck and need advice on something.
Ok I came to the conclusion that my turbo let's the build down. It's old , oily,rusty and has too much play in the shaft for my liking. Question is what turbo to get ?

 

[andybond]

Some graft going in here !
Turbo question : whats your objective power wise ?