Started on June 26 by DaewooOfDeath

1998 Daewoo Nubira

Watch as a below average mechanic teams with several shockingly inexperienced middle school students to change a Daewoo Nubira into a racing dominator!

Latest updates
Sept. 20
Big Wheels

I couldn’t find 225 max performance street tires in 15 inch sizes so I moved …

Sept. 05
Functional Motorswap

Pulled the trashed engine out and put in a better one. Much, much faster. It …

Jan. 09
Engine Swapped! TS20D Holden.

The good news: It will burn the tires from a roll all the way through …

Dec. 17
Racing Vids

Here are all the racing movies. http://www.youtube.com/user/efcodpalama/videos

Nov. 26
Winter Break

This winter I’m swapping in a 2.2Liter E-tech Suzuki/GM/Daewoo engine. The real fun part is …

Nov. 26
Suspension/Racing

Dropped in some coilovers, got rid of all the swaybars, did some homebrew slotted rotors …

Aug. 08
The Wheels

200 buck for all four, with tires.

Aug. 08
Bling!

Made stuff look good, or at least better. New wheels (licenced BBS knockoffs) with nearly …

Aug. 08
Weight Loss You Can't See, or That Looks Good

Pulled all the sound deadening out from under the carpet, gutted the trunk, de-fripperized the …

July 14
In the beginning ...

Here she is. I have done absolutely nothing at this point except remove the PO’s …

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Comments
gunner
July 17, 2010, 12:41 a.m.

so in other words, slave labor? LOL j/k bud

MrBenjamonkey
July 18, 2010, 7:40 p.m.

Basically. After we finish the car, I'm going to start a new project called "make a cotton plantation." ;)

Luke
June 30, 2011, 2:22 a.m.

Saw your track videos on youtube. Very impressive stuff! (especially considering the starting point.) It even sounds like a racecar ;)

MrBenjamonkey
Nov. 9, 2011, 5:27 a.m.

Thanks!

MrBenjamonkey
Jan. 24, 2012, 1:25 p.m.

I get the car back today!

MrBenjamonkey
Dec. 3, 2015, 6:57 a.m.

Alas, she is no more. Farewell Daewoo.

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