BCX7
23-12-2007, 08:24 PM
Hey all,
It’s been some time since this has happened, and making a thread about it has been a low priority. However i’ve got most things sorted so it’s time to let everyone know what happened, despite the fact thinking about it makes me feel awful. Also, i will be posting this on 1-2 forums... so sorry if this is a repost.
On the 7th of November at around midnight, I wrote off my magna. I rolled it taking a corner. The car landed on the roof with a guard rail entering the windscreen and exiting out the passenger door. The 2 other people and myself walked away from it unharmed – just a few bruises and cuts, and one of us needed stitches.
The car got towed back to my place and I managed to salvage a lot out of it. What i’m most disappointed about is the amount of money, time and effort put into this car for it to end all in about 10 or so seconds.
The car, even though it was automatic, could shred 17 inch tyres, and even snap a few CV joints. Would give most other cars on the road a go. 0-100km/h time was under 9 seconds. I had plans to work the motor more and convert to a manual.
The car was practically brand new and was a beast. Anyone who went for a ride in it, will vouch this would have to have been one of the fastest and nicest gen1’s out there (with the exception of fossel). Though the police and TransportSA had a different opinion about it when it got defected for petty stuff like missing bumper bar clips. They just couldn’t fault the car for anything else as everything was perfect.
Reconditioned transmission, reconditioned engine, extractors & exhaust, falcon Weber, removal of balance shafts, cam, reconditioned brake callipers & master cylinder, new wheel bearings, new rotors, new struts and springs, new suspension bushes & ball joints, climate control, power windows, digital dash, cut and weld over rust, new paint, 17” mags, Bluetooth headunit, couple of amps, subs, power steering, elante kit, replacement doors without rust are just some of the things that I did to the car.
The car went from a $900 maroon leaded TM SE, with rust and faded paint to a black beast that had easy $7000-$8000 worth of money spent on it – that resembled a TN elante without the spoiler.
A big thanks goes out to a few certain people. The car wouldn’t have existed without these people as i couldn’t have done all the work without them.
Adam (Mad Lante) & Tim (Fulysig) – all those late nights staying up taking out my engine or doing other stuff to the car. We always ended up at villis at 4-5am for a meal. Everything that could come apart and/or get replaced – did get replaced thanks to these guys.
Dad – i know you’re not going to read this forum, and i would probably never tell this to you in person – but thanks for running around getting parts for me, helping me whenever you could, and of course buying me the car in the beginning. No matter what happened to that car, you’d make sure it was all good to go.
Grandpa – your skills and help have meant a lot to me. I certainly couldn’t have repainted my whole car without them. One of my motivations to do up this car was to learn as much as I could from you. All the tools you’ve given me have helped so much.
Grant & Mike – small mention, but you help out one time or another with various things.
Tony – I know it’s not a commodore and just a ****ty magna, lol but thanks for helping me get off defect.
Fossel & dan (Astron Boy) – you guys motivated me to wack that weber on my car. Haha.
Josh (neo) – thanks for helping out. I know ya didn’t get to do much or see much of the work get done as I had done most before you came onto the scene, but thanks anyways.
Luke (Lucifer) - Thanks for your help mate... what you did for me was the best thing anyone could have done for me at a time like this.
Anyways, i leave you with photos of the car. i never got any photos of the car dumped on the 17's. but maybe i'll do a chop of it instead. As for new projects – who knows... my new car could sure do with a turbo (imagine a sleeper 4g63t powered Hyundai sonata lol), or if i don’t sell the motor, i might drop it back into a magna. But we’ll see how it all turns out.
RIP Jet Black ‘85 TM SE – the Weber powered beast.
The day i got it:
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj28/foxbcx/1.jpg
TN bumpers were so much better than the TM ones:
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj28/foxbcx/2.jpg
Paint V1.0: Black on silver - just finished webrubbing the peel out
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj28/foxbcx/3.jpg
It’s been some time since this has happened, and making a thread about it has been a low priority. However i’ve got most things sorted so it’s time to let everyone know what happened, despite the fact thinking about it makes me feel awful. Also, i will be posting this on 1-2 forums... so sorry if this is a repost.
On the 7th of November at around midnight, I wrote off my magna. I rolled it taking a corner. The car landed on the roof with a guard rail entering the windscreen and exiting out the passenger door. The 2 other people and myself walked away from it unharmed – just a few bruises and cuts, and one of us needed stitches.
The car got towed back to my place and I managed to salvage a lot out of it. What i’m most disappointed about is the amount of money, time and effort put into this car for it to end all in about 10 or so seconds.
The car, even though it was automatic, could shred 17 inch tyres, and even snap a few CV joints. Would give most other cars on the road a go. 0-100km/h time was under 9 seconds. I had plans to work the motor more and convert to a manual.
The car was practically brand new and was a beast. Anyone who went for a ride in it, will vouch this would have to have been one of the fastest and nicest gen1’s out there (with the exception of fossel). Though the police and TransportSA had a different opinion about it when it got defected for petty stuff like missing bumper bar clips. They just couldn’t fault the car for anything else as everything was perfect.
Reconditioned transmission, reconditioned engine, extractors & exhaust, falcon Weber, removal of balance shafts, cam, reconditioned brake callipers & master cylinder, new wheel bearings, new rotors, new struts and springs, new suspension bushes & ball joints, climate control, power windows, digital dash, cut and weld over rust, new paint, 17” mags, Bluetooth headunit, couple of amps, subs, power steering, elante kit, replacement doors without rust are just some of the things that I did to the car.
The car went from a $900 maroon leaded TM SE, with rust and faded paint to a black beast that had easy $7000-$8000 worth of money spent on it – that resembled a TN elante without the spoiler.
A big thanks goes out to a few certain people. The car wouldn’t have existed without these people as i couldn’t have done all the work without them.
Adam (Mad Lante) & Tim (Fulysig) – all those late nights staying up taking out my engine or doing other stuff to the car. We always ended up at villis at 4-5am for a meal. Everything that could come apart and/or get replaced – did get replaced thanks to these guys.
Dad – i know you’re not going to read this forum, and i would probably never tell this to you in person – but thanks for running around getting parts for me, helping me whenever you could, and of course buying me the car in the beginning. No matter what happened to that car, you’d make sure it was all good to go.
Grandpa – your skills and help have meant a lot to me. I certainly couldn’t have repainted my whole car without them. One of my motivations to do up this car was to learn as much as I could from you. All the tools you’ve given me have helped so much.
Grant & Mike – small mention, but you help out one time or another with various things.
Tony – I know it’s not a commodore and just a ****ty magna, lol but thanks for helping me get off defect.
Fossel & dan (Astron Boy) – you guys motivated me to wack that weber on my car. Haha.
Josh (neo) – thanks for helping out. I know ya didn’t get to do much or see much of the work get done as I had done most before you came onto the scene, but thanks anyways.
Luke (Lucifer) - Thanks for your help mate... what you did for me was the best thing anyone could have done for me at a time like this.
Anyways, i leave you with photos of the car. i never got any photos of the car dumped on the 17's. but maybe i'll do a chop of it instead. As for new projects – who knows... my new car could sure do with a turbo (imagine a sleeper 4g63t powered Hyundai sonata lol), or if i don’t sell the motor, i might drop it back into a magna. But we’ll see how it all turns out.
RIP Jet Black ‘85 TM SE – the Weber powered beast.
The day i got it:
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj28/foxbcx/1.jpg
TN bumpers were so much better than the TM ones:
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj28/foxbcx/2.jpg
Paint V1.0: Black on silver - just finished webrubbing the peel out
http://i268.photobucket.com/albums/jj28/foxbcx/3.jpg