McBoost's ST185. side skirts on, fender rollin"

[Dan McBoost]

Picked this up last fall and it has sat in my garage waiting for spring to finally show up(bought a new house around the same time so things were pretty crazy). I am the second owner and plan on cleaning it up, fixing a few issues (no boost, fogs dont work, radio in SEC mode) and having some fun driving it.

She will go on the road this week so I can get her to our new house and up on jack stands. Then exhaust, suspension and wheels.

How she was when I brought her home:


More soon! Glad to be here!

[Redswan]

WOW good looking car!

[st182er]

give her a good clay bar, polish and wax.

and also a group A bumper

whats wrong with the boost problem?

[Dan McBoost]

Thanks guys. I do have many plans for it, but I also have many cars with many plans, so... we will see.

The car does not boost. I figured I would start with replacing and upgrading the complete exhaust. I did verify the actuator is free and the waste gate is not stuck open. When I swap the exhaust I should at least have a better idea of where the problem lies (unless the cat(s) is plugged and swapping exhaust fixes it!).

Other than a general wash of the exterior, this is the only thing I have done so far:


Most of what I have for the car:
Exhaust:


DP:


Tails:


Coilovers:



I do have an aussie mid pipe, clear parking lights and a set of wheels and tires. Should be a fun summer (I may be working on the truck first tho...). When I do the suspension I will look over the brakes to see what else I am diving into.

[celicast184]

Those are coupe tailights.. Are we gonna see a rear coupe conversion on a hatchback?

[Dan McBoost]

Those are coupe tailights.. Are we gonna see a rear coupe conversion on a hatchback?

Well F me. The seller listed them incorrectly and I did not verify... thanks for the heads up. Major newbie mistake and far from my normal buying traditions.

Grr..

[Dan McBoost]

Well that went smooth. He refunded me the money already. I can keep them and sell them to offset the loss on the original shipping costs.

[Dan McBoost]

Yeah, the truck is not done yet. Had pneumonia and was MIA in the garage for weeks.

Had these for a bit:

[CSAlltrac]

I spy a Hilux. Can I have it?

[Dan McBoost]

Haha, sorry, no.

From New Mexico to NY! Barn find and all.

Its what I am been wrenching on. Looking forward to getting more done on it tomorrow.

[underscore]

Beautiful car! Any luck with the no boost issue?

[Dan McBoost]

Thanks.

No, she is still in my storage garage (first photo in the topic) until I get the truck back together (brakes, lowering, carb rebuilt). Then she will be next.

[Dan McBoost]

She going on the road today and will come back to my "shop"

[Awesome-Trac]

Damn if you still have those coupe tail lights with vented corners those are EXTREMELY RARE in the states btw what type of suspension did u pick up?

[Dan McBoost]

Damn if you still have those coupe tail lights with vented corners those are EXTREMELY RARE in the states btw what type of suspension did u pick up?

I know they are. They have recently sold to a guy with a coupe and an alltrac (from NJ).

The coilovers are from http://www.cxracing.com/