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by chicmech
Tue May 19, 2015 12:52 pm
Forum: Conversions, Modifications and Performance Upgrades
Topic: 2.5L turbo and AWD running gear into a Vortex!!
Replies: 14
Views: 4680

If anyone is interested in buying the complete Vortex it's now up for sale!!!
by chicmech
Tue May 19, 2015 12:30 pm
Forum: For Sale
Topic: Cars Seen For Sale
Replies: 325
Views: 162699

Vortex for sale

Hi all, I haven't been in here for a few years, and I'm hoping this is the right place to post..... I'm looking to sell my 1988 Vortex! It's a manual, FWD, non turbo model, white, body is straight, no rust, no accidents. Motor has an occasional miss and the engine light comes on intermittently. It w...
by chicmech
Thu Feb 05, 2009 8:33 am
Forum: Conversions, Modifications and Performance Upgrades
Topic: 2.5L turbo and AWD running gear into a Vortex!!
Replies: 14
Views: 4680

Hey Outback Bloke, that vid shows your vortex on the road......did you get an engineers certificate, and if so, what issues did you have with it. Just wondering if it would pass?? Read up on the modefication laws from VicRoads last night, and it seems doubtful I could ever get mine to pass an engine...
by chicmech
Wed Feb 04, 2009 7:30 am
Forum: Conversions, Modifications and Performance Upgrades
Topic: 2.5L turbo and AWD running gear into a Vortex!!
Replies: 14
Views: 4680

Finding it hard to get a written off rex. Looked through auction site (pickles, flowles etc). Would be hard for me to get to to actually buy one!! I did find a company in WA though, and they could freight me over a front cut, but with the rear diff, brakes and suspension and also the rear loom. Rear...
by chicmech
Mon Feb 02, 2009 10:33 am
Forum: Conversions, Modifications and Performance Upgrades
Topic: 2.5L turbo and AWD running gear into a Vortex!!
Replies: 14
Views: 4680

I had a Vortex 6 years ago - got a custom spray job, new import motor from japan, loved it. It was my 2 year project, and to this day it was my favborite car by a mile. The day before it was due to go over the VicRoads pits, a drunk driver crashed into me, put me in hospital and wrote of the Vortex ...
by chicmech
Sun Feb 01, 2009 11:50 am
Forum: Conversions, Modifications and Performance Upgrades
Topic: 2.5L turbo and AWD running gear into a Vortex!!
Replies: 14
Views: 4680

2.5L turbo and AWD running gear into a Vortex!!

I have an 88 front wheel drive manual non-turbo Vortex. I want to put a 2.5L turbo motor and running gear into it. Any ideas on where to start?? I'm thinking of buying a written off WRX or Legacy, so I can get the wiring harness, computer, gearbox and motor all together, then rebuild the motor befor...

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