Carlisle 2015 (NOW 2017) Build or Bust - My 87 XR build

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Re: Carlisle 2015 (NOW 2017) Build or Bust - My 87 XR build

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I am. The car will not be painted but mechanically, it will be done. I have my route planned and reservations made. I want that fleece jacket :) I'll post some more from the build tonight.

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Re: Carlisle 2015 (NOW 2017) Build or Bust - My 87 XR build

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lowered86 wrote:I am. The car will not be painted but mechanically, it will be done. I have my route planned and reservations made. I want that fleece jacket :) I'll post some more from the build tonight.
Excellent! :headbang

Sounds like when I drove the Brat to Carlisle in 2008 in much of a "work in progress" stage. It wasn't until 4 years later I think that I was able to drive it as a (somewhat) completed vehicle with one color of paint on it.
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Re: Carlisle 2015 (NOW 2017) Build or Bust - My 87 XR build

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OK, let's see, what was next on my build?

It wasn't too long after I bought the car I pulled off the cladding and started prepping for my Cosworth arches.
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Time to go
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Drilling the rivets out
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pulling the cladding off
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20+ Years of dirt
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Once I got the cladding off I started fitting the arches.Image

I had a few small fitment issues to deal with.
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This how they fit in the bumper.
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But, overall I'm happy with how they fit.
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Re: Carlisle 2015 (NOW 2017) Build or Bust - My 87 XR build

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looks fantastic. really makes me want to get those arches ASAP
88 Mono-white XR: Side exhaust, Walbro, MC2 Front Adjustable Coilovers, Rear Bilsteins, Full Poly bushings, MC2 Diff Mount, Rapido intercooler, Some sort of mild cam(?), Rear Disc conversion, 225s on 17x8 wheels.
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