The end of winter has been busy in the Fraser Factory, the boys have been head down making good progress on our current projects.
Steve’s had his Factory Five Daytona replica in our shop recently for an EFI upgrade. We removed the Holley Sniper from the small block Ford V8 which was giving issues and installed a new intake manifold with fuel injectors and a 4 barrel throttle body. A new distributor and fuel system also went in and was all controlled by a Link Storm ECU. It was then tuned by our friends at Hitech Motorsport and made a respectable 440 hp at the wheels. Steve picked it up the other day and fingers crossed, should be trouble free motoring!
Matthew’s 1963 Chrysler 300 has been getting a suspension rebuild and rust proofing done prior to compliance. After purchasing the car in the states 18 months ago, we know he’s eager to finally get it on the road and have a chance to actually drive it! It drives amazingly for a 60+ year old car, everything works like it did when it was new and it is like stepping back in time every time you get behind the wheel.
Geoff’s BMW 2002R is making good progress. The chassis fabrication for the rear suspension is 75% done and we have made plans for the front suspension. We had the exciting delivery of the engine this month. It is a brand new Honda K20C1 which is a turbocharged 4 cylinder from the latest type R Civic. It should make 310hp and 300ft/lbs of torque so in a light little car should have plenty of welly!
Peter’s 1971 KE25 Corolla is back in the shop for a big power upgrade, GER have built us a highly tuned 16V 4AGE to replace the already peppy 4AGE we originally fitted. This new motor is bored and stroked out to 1900cc and loaded with good bits like forged crank, rods and pistons, big valves, lots of headwork, big cams and converted to shim under bucket followers. They are cagey about putting a number on how much power it will make but it should be substantially more than we had! Guess time will tell! We nearly have the engine ready to install into the car and then we will be building a tuned length exhaust system to match the motor. Rather than fill the beautiful dash up with gauges to monitor the motor, we have opted for a display screen which will be grafted into the standard dash and can be switched off when not wanted to maintain a clean, discreet installation.
Finally David’s Fraser Clubman S is sitting patiently under a cover awaiting the truck to take it down to the South Island to its new home. Hopefully we will never see it again but we will all miss it, it is a beautiful car!
