deaf_rattle

Nice, If you have the time and space i would really recommend a full strip down and get the body well sorted. I regret not doing that to my Ma61, but really looking back i had the time and space to do it, i was just put off by the idea at the time. Its really not that daunting and its the best way to make sure your time and money spent will be worth it in the long run.

had a very successful day yesterday thanks to alot of the usual suspects. installed rear sway bar, got head lights to work properly(although not popping up yet) reverse light problem figured out boost controller wired in, rsm wired up and alot of the wiring mess tidied up. filled radiator up with toyota coolant and water wetter and installed the cooling panel. Another big day like that and it might be ready for cert.

i pulled the car out of hibernation a week ago to get back into it. tested the lsd on several occassions now. Wheel bearing decided to spit the dummy and now auto trans is wired up. cause of sticky throttle sorted too..

some more wiring, final interior fit out, fix oil leaks (optional) ha the sump holds like 9 litres! then dyno time, then cert then burnout ok

well, just been for a bonnetless drive. pretty tempted to leave it off lol, the engine sounds so much cooler without it. Seems that the bonnet was causing the problem as i thought. so notching or massaging the bonnet later on.

yeah, or gently massage it. will see how i go. i think thats going to be the easiest solution. And yeah, it caught me out a few times

the bonnet is what keeps the turbo from sucking up small children. It seems the throttle body wheel has been catching on the bonnet. resulted in a massive burnout on friday that left rubber on the car parked behind me.

going to go for a bonnetless drive soon.. pretty confident thats the problem

cheers guys. For now the threats of violence are keeping it here. But for how long i dont know. Hopefully i get it all sorted and i can convince myself that keeping it is still a good idea.

picked up the replacement tank tonight. Stripped it back, cleaned it up and painted it up. Pretty sure ive increased the capacity in the process at least it will look clean for anyone that i run over. what a difference!

dropped the tank today and found it was messier than a drunken trip to hamilton in the middle of winter. Looking for a replacement tank, or getting this tank cleaned properly. What do people recommend? part of me is thinking i should man up and get a proper drop tank made up, but i would rather spend that money on tyres. 1 week old mobil 98... wasnt that colour when it went in

well not much to report, except the battery is probably dead. So im on the look out for a replacement orbital exide battery, or optima if it will mount up the same. Big thanks to my right hand man (and occassionally left hand) Malcolm, we tested the fuel pressure last night with a 14psi gauge! doh! Put the trusty oil pressure gauge on there and it seems there is a problem. The walbro (was sold it as genuine) seems to be really loud and we are going to test it out of the car, bypassing the factory fuel lines. Not sure what to do if the pump proves to be ok, i guess ill have to redo all the factory lines. If the pump is knackered ill probably opt for a bosch unit. Im so over it, i should just put a rotor in it. Also, thanks to Kevin for the power steering reservior of non floppyness. much better. and because updates are gay without pics.

lsd will have lsd oil sticker on one of the fins (this is very hard to come off, so it will be there) f series diffs are fairly strong, but id imagine putting any decent power through one will result in mess. Depending on what you want to do with the car, id go with the true trac lsd centre, tried and proven. while you have everything out, id also replace the bushes and modify rear subframe for rear camber adjustment.. But yeah things start to get expensive very quickly...

alternator has been dropped off at the good folk at western auto electrical for rebuild. Not yet skid vid equipt, but getting there. seems to be hitting some sort of cut at about 4000rpm, so ill need to look into that. man youtube made the vid quality crap.. ill look into that later

Wicked, looks like a real car now. trying to work out where to mount the rsm and safc Here are my current ideas with rsm to be mounted in ash tray straight, so not as gay. all tucked up in the a/c grill and 7mgtes.. gettng pussy since 5 mins ago