Vk304

Installed some noise reduction (dont buy this one as its shit and isnt the same as original seal)

And decided to look at the timing again, maybe the dizzy slipped/rotated and the timing went off?

... yea thats exactly what it was and it is running mint now, better than ever... 

So the lesson i guess is... fix other stuff untill you think it over...

Strip the shitty painted wheels !id painted over the original paint previously, using the colour match cans from ripco, and spray can clear... yea dont do that... lesson learned stripped back to bare metal with lots of paint stripper and tedious work, etch primed and fill primed a couple coats each...

So as i was looking for clues on the missfiring i figured the leads were the problem, id never changed them and maybe one had an intermittent break

Found a good set from auz for $160 or so landed from mace engineering, ice brand, also polished the plug insulators because why not... 

Diddnt fix the problem so the next step was obvious  ....

off goes the old shell, used it to store scrap metal and got $50 for it.... hardly worth anything these days but its paid itself off in parts, and more space on the lawn nowfeel kinda sad to see it get destroyed but cant fix them all...

And this car also missing under load... and idle sometimes, hot or cold

Took plugs out and they all spark strong, plugs are new, ignition modules new, coils new, leads all the right ohms, cap and rotor cleaned, all cylinders have 150psi comp, injectors cleaned and all work, bit at a loss as to what it is

Might have to get it to do it again at idle and pull plugs to see if a cylinders cutting out ... 

Do these look lean? Discussion link is on page one...

https://youtu.be/alNlXaad7p0

Been a slow winter but hopefully pick up on this again.. obviously some of the hosing etc will have to be tidied up, ive just had a missfire on boost develop and while all spark plugs were firing, one was f#cked

Some hoses that are oil resistant for oil breather and blow off valve return, from safety blackwoods, and its driving good now, noticed steering wheels on the piss a little and speedos out by 20ks... maybe needs a better radiator cap, other than that it's ready for some extended driving ...

Replaced the worn out spring eye bushes, the shackles look to be replaced already...

Lot tighter now, greased up and installed, should help the rear end a lot...ready for paint today hopefully if it warms up, in hindsight should have removed trim bit, painted this when i painted the front... gives me a chance to do another coat on light surrounds though 

Made some 1 inch blocks instead of the 2 inch, was too low and exhaust was too close to the diff now its all level and clearsolid steel rod for the spring so it doesnt collapse, should be plenty strong and fits nice and tight

Not much to report other than did a lot of small things, old leaky hoses fixed, coolant resiviour mounted in only available space, better radiator brackets, test drives/skids (on indusrtial area roads), and further cert tests, still got some brake and reverse lights to sort, and some bushings but getting close!

Done this today, plates on the top are way over size, but thats to allow for corrugated floor, should have enough contact for cert, just gotta trim the long bit off and some paint maybe tomorrow... lost motivation and funds for a while, hope to button up all the loose ends ... at least get to some progress soon 

Got some colour matched by linkup, sanded the bog crack out of the door and sprayed colour on it, clearcoated quarter and doors, cut and polished the lot and put ss decals on the other side ...its not mint but it looks nice and it got rid of the crack and uneven quarter paint 

Scrapped that idea, found another ally radiator from a fc3s rx7, $100 too tall but thats okchopped itthats as far as ive got, its a bit wide but ill make it fit

Couldnt find anything that would drop in, at least i can weld this one easily to fit 

Radiators in, its polished so it kind of beams light out of the front but thats okay may paint black, still leaked after test drive, bottom hose had split and was generally sh#t, so brought new one from repco, only $30 and some new hose clips, now it doesnt leak..

Drove it to a mates in the country, was a trip ive done a few times with vk, and evertime i come back to town it would start to overheat to 110, 120'c.   . This time it was cool the whole time, and even in stop start traffic..

As an added bonus the temp guage i already had tells me the motor temp (middle gauge), new fan controller i can monitor in my glovebox is connected to radiator, so i can see it come up to operating temp, then when thermostat opens i can see the rad temp suddenly rise- giving me good visual on whats happening at all times..

Also can hear fans kicking in by relays in glove box, so no more guessing if they work or not, pretty stoked, overheating consistently but only just, for years... is pretty annoying, hope to have it sorted now. 

Anyone got a vk holden radio or ss interior parts (logo etc) ? ? Comment on my discussion link on first page... or a rear quarter plastic driver side exterior window trim...

Then got to putting all the stuff from other one onto new one etc etc, this one i welded tabs on so the fans are removable, what a fuckaround for one rivet, anywho i learnded and put tape on my drill piece to prevent exessive penentrating

Pressure tested the whole thing with compressed air in a wheely bin full of water and no leaks ! 

I wanna keep this build thread thing accurate, not taking out all the misfortunes that evidently come with doing this stuff cheapishly ( with me anyways lol) 

Live and learn, or something like that