More GTO look, EFI, AMG supercharger, Supertrapps and Magnaflows.

**bert308** · #1 08-06-2008, 03:01 PM

Now that I have your attention...
There are several older threads I started about my car, 1980 GTSI US converted to GTO look. Conversion took 3 years and I drove for 2 years with pleasure in snow and sun, until one morning at 4:15 on the way to my job on an empty new highway (speed adjusted accordingly) along the woods at the german border, a fox crossed my way.

**bert308** · #2 08-06-2008, 03:04 PM

The insurance adjuster agreed to pay me the price for a replica GTO spoiler and grille from Italian Design (Butch Hooper?) and a few hundred for mounting and painting. Ok. Instead I put an order for this money at Superformance and order new suspension bushes, their uprated springs, the quick steering rack and some small stuff.

**bert308** · #3 08-06-2008, 03:06 PM

I wasn't satisfied with the color my 308 had, Porsche Indisch Rot that I found to bright, so I decided for a full respray and some more work. I started to make a GTO style rear lid.

**bert308** · #4 08-06-2008, 03:10 PM

Since I was at it, and I had the new suspension bushes, why not go all the way? These things in the pictures are paperweights...shaped like 308 rear suspension arms but if you would actually mount them on a car, the rear wheels would sit 60 mm to far out and 60 mm to far to the back of the car...

**bert308** · #5 08-06-2008, 03:12 PM

I decided to fit these paperweights to my car anyway, of course then the fenders would be in the way.

**bert308** · #6 08-06-2008, 03:14 PM

Started making new fenders, second pic: That's more like it!

**bert308** · #7 08-06-2008, 03:19 PM

Bought new bushing for the A-arms. Also made new front fenders, I made extensions for the front wheels suspension just for size, will have to make new a-arms. ALso bought a damged 328 front hood grille

**bert308** · #8 08-06-2008, 03:24 PM

Work continues on the rear lid.
The construction of the hinges took a lot of trying and retrying, it won't open if just hinged from the front or rear, the GTO has a ridge around the lid making the actual lid smaller, 2 movies:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hymdc9yKZrA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mo90ke51ck8

**bert308** · #9 08-06-2008, 03:28 PM

Also made a new front grille. Looked at many GTO pics and my models and somehow never noticed a GTO has 4 horizontal bars and not 3...not gonna change it though, the 4th bar would sit invisible under the bumper unless one kneels down before the car.
Also I always thought the GTS spoiler lip above the front screen ugly, removed.

**Pizzaman Chris** · #10 08-06-2008, 03:30 PM

Bert, this is way to cool.

Keep up the great work!

climb · #11 08-06-2008, 03:31 PM

Not a fan of the procedure but your work is very impressive. Nice job.

Now use your skills to clean up that dirty engine bay.

**bert308** · #12 08-06-2008, 03:32 PM

An order from Summit USA came in. Supertrapps (I got the idea from "PAD") and magnaflows. PAD has only the Supertrapps but that seemed a little loud. I now have a full dual system that passes the "pingpongball test", the ball could go through the exhaust. I thought about hooking up the ignition and fuelsystem to test but everything was dirty including timingbelts so I better didn't. Am curious though!

**bert308** · #13 08-06-2008, 03:35 PM

Fitting the 328 grille. Not as easy as I thought because the spacing is different from the grilles behind the headlights (that a 328 doesn't have) so I had to make new sides.

**flyingboa** · #14 08-06-2008, 03:35 PM

Roermond,

You are really something. I love your job. Thanks for sharing the pictures.
Ciao
Eugenio

**bert308** · #15 08-06-2008, 03:37 PM

more work, fitted the original rear lid locks, new trunk floor. Now what is that piece of paper?

**bert308** · #16 08-06-2008, 03:39 PM

All my work this spring/summer was being watched by this "red-chest" little bird, who had it's nest right above my car. It raised 2 youngs between all my noise making.

**bert308** · #17 08-06-2008, 03:45 PM

Time for thinking. While looking at my dirty engine, and all the removed dirty old ignition and Bosch Kjet stuff, I thought, am I going to put that back in, all these wires and plumbing hanging loose. I decided to go EFI and after researching ordered a Mega Squirt II. This will be combined with Ford EDIS 8 distributerless ignition, it needs a trigger wheel installed. EDIS 8 module and wheel sourced from the USA (we don't have V8 Fords on the wrecking yards) the ignition modules and spark plug cable plugs I scored locally from 4 cylinder Fords. The sensor is mounted on the front valve belt cover with room for adjustment.

**bert308** · #18 08-06-2008, 03:47 PM

Installing the "missing tooth" Ford trigger wheel. It seems I cannot complete a single job without loss of blood.

**bert308** · #19 08-06-2008, 03:52 PM

I was thinking, with the Bosch fuel distributer out of the way, I can plan in a supercharger there for the future. A used Eaton M90 (like MarkE had on his first setup) cost only a few hundred. Then I looked further and inquired to the Lysholm company for dealers or importers, they didn't had any and didn't want to sell me one directly. Then I saw an ebay ad for a new unused Mercedes SL55 AMG supercharger for a price a bit less then the Lysholm, Opcon or other screwtype superchargers. After 1 day considering I bought it...

p.roma · #20 08-06-2008, 03:55 PM

This is so awesome. MORE MORE MORE