Testament

Well I managed to get all the bits stored tidily enough in the garage and Finally started attacking it, pulled the doors and front guards off again (they were only on the car for transport) and then pulled the struts and crossmember off too for easier access. So now to deal to what rust there is, probably do some seam welding and prep for paint.

Dodgiest part - RH front guard/around A pillar, pretty common for 131's

Not so low 131 haha

most of the other bits

empty inside, thinking about getting rid of the sound deadening but don't know if I can be bothered

it probably depends on the pump a bit. the pump will only really make pressure if it has a restriction to pump against. If the regulator is big enough and you have a good sized return line it should be ok. It's not unheard of, factory lancia volumex (carby supercharged engine) models ran the same bosch pump as the injected models.

matt black like this one?

as you know unoT is popular conversion, also twincam swaps are common and can be done with a mixture of bits from the fiat/lancia parts bin plus a couple of fabricated bits. BUT another pretty good simple conversion is the 1.6L 16v motor out of a mid '90s fiat brava/bravo/marea still uses more or less the same engine mounts and gearbox bolts up.

either that or the old 1.3L motors have a 55mm stroke and can rev to the sun

supercheap is full of rubbish and repco is not any beter really, but if you just want something like oil etc. it doesnt matter (discounts you might get from knowing someone aside). But if its something specific its a waste of time, partsmaster here are pretty good when you actually want something, they actually know that there are different models of the same car

and yes supercheap tools ftlllllllllll my mate bought a tap set that was softer than mild steel!

Plans are to get it goin again as soon as I can, this requies:

finish the work on the front end and get it painted

re-wire front of the car

reassemble the car (as much as required)

finish building the turbo engine I have been working on, except I'll bolt the supercharger on it initially as this will be easier/cheaper/quicker to get sorted

get cert/homologation/authority card sorted

then go do some trackdays/hillclimbs more or less as it was. Once I have it going I can think about other stuff such as putting a huge snail on it, or installing trick suspension etc.

FYI the previous setup was

Lancia Volumex engine

132 diff w/disc brakes

uno turbo front brake calipers and OMP cross drilled discs

lowered heavy duty suspension (dont know what springs and shocks they actually are)

15x7 performance superlites

My new lego technics set!

Pretty much my xmas present from me to me. A friend had to get rid of the car and it's a much more sensible starting point to get ridiculous from than the nice and original 124.

It's a Fiat 131R, certed for a Volumex engine and a bunch of other stuff, ride height (hence the plate), uno turbo calipers and a few other things. Oh yeah and it has a cage

Just some assembly is required......

some bodywork and paint on the front end

rewiring the front

putting an engine together

putting all the other stuff back together

2008 is going to be a busy year in the garage

124 full of 131

Truck full of 131

2. 38mm chokes from memory, but am probably wrong

you are wrong, I don't think you can even get 38mm chokes for 40mm carbs, if you could they wouldn't work too well either as you wouldn't have much of a venturi. But you might have meant 28's and mistyped anyways..

I would think you should probably be looking at 32 or 34 chokes on a worked 1600.

I need a car trailer in Auckland on saturday for about half a day, anyone have one I could borrow? or failing that, know where has good ones to to hire at a reasonable price?

Kinda like galaxy of cars up in auckland, just roll up in something sweet and old and park up somewhere with other cars of the same make. Took my uncles valiant one time = free parking

yeah anywhere in town (staying on lambton) get into town about 7ish

flying down to welly tomorrow night for a work thing on friday, any mean stuff happening on thursday nights?

Oldschool styles from Hrvatska(Croatia)

http://www.quartermile.ws/forum/viewthr ... 295&page=1

Well it lives once again after lying dormant for many months with a blown head gasket, so I washed off the dust and took a few pics. And jeepers I don't remember it feeling quite as fast before either

Also who knows how up to date it is....

So who is passing through/in taupo tomorrow? Keen for something, otherwise go sit around at the racetrack :/

current REGO or WOF is not required, although your vehicle is expected to be of a safe standard

All cars will be scrutinized prior to entering, some of the main things scrutineers will be checking your vehicle for are;

No missing wheel nuts

Seat and steering wheel must be secure

Safety belts working correctly

No excessively loud exhausts

Full travel in brake pedal

your car must have a bonnet

Secure fuel cap

Hmmm, if this is true, then what the hell is a bonnet!?!!

In the boot?

Datsun meet in Taupo.

yeh? where abouts?

Random rover fact: The Queen drove a P5 v8 when they were new

your trans oil might be EP, it is sometimes. but sometimes its just engine oil, depends on the trans.

diff oil? its usually an EP oil of some description. e.g. Castrol EPX 80W-90

One of the benefits of being a dry place _b

What cars are common in senegal? toyotas?

http://homepage.mac.com/frank_de_jong/Pages/cars.html

Pretty awesome site I came across ages ago and some of the posts about ETCC shit reminded me. That links to the cars section, hes got info/pics of some of the cars racing in each year and if you look around the site all the winners etc. at every single race even

Cause the side drafts have the same mounts but i wouldn't have a clue about the down drafts lol

Alfa used Weber and Dellorto downdraft carbs interchangeably on the Alfa 33, so I presume their mountings are the same too.

Yeah DRLA and IDF are interchangeable I think. Not sure if dellorto did a transverse layout downdraft like the DCNF though

For starters its cant be a rat rod, its not a rod at all it's a frikken modern sedan.

if it was just the paint/ride height/red wheels it would be ok, but the white walls/mirrors/stupid gearstick/signwriting are just plain wrong.

Most old fiats have them, 124, 125, 128, 130 (sedan), 131 (earlier models), Strada

Lancias, Beta, delta integrale, Fulvia

Alfa suds, sprints, Alfetta, GTV, Giulia (105 series)

Valiant Chrysler by Chrysler

yeah heaps