cletus

I'd suggest using some plain black hose of some sort. There's probably nothing wrong with using garden hose and it will likely work fine but it might be the sort of thing that draws attention from someone who might be a bit fussy

Not like camber. There are suggested figures in the CCM In general= More positive caster = better On a lot of older cars, the factory caster settings are near zero or even negative in some cases. Which doesn't work with modern tyres, suspension and steering

I don't remember doing one for upper anchorages, lowers should be easy enough if it's not rusty

There are only enablers here High 5 for getting your dream car .

Has anyone done any accurate testing on mileage vs cost on 91 vs 95 vs 98 on an engine that could run happily on any of them? I wonder could the extra cost of 98 or 95 be outweighed by mileage gained by the ability to have more timing, or is the price difference too much to be worthwhile

Relays done and half the wiring to them sorted

Someone needs to send @kpr a set of carbs for comparisons I'd bet that first part of the dyno run where it gets 100% throttle at low rpm would be funny

Perhaps a 265 hemi 6?

Made a start on some wiring stuff. I welded some bolts to the inside of the firewall before it was painted and made an aluminum panel that bolts on. Then I can mount all the electrical stuff , relays etc to the panel Painted the floor, I might put some dynamat or something on it. Not sure yet. Ran a cable for the battery to check length and I'll put a 5 core wire front to back for things like fuel pump , alternator wire and potential other things later And Mrs cletus fixed the hoodlining that autoblast managed to rip. Its not great but it will get a new one someday so will do for now

Slowly progressing , been doing non thread update worthy things. Little fiddly bits

A crisp internet high 5 for your recent progress! Those door handle reinforcing plates are a good idea

that runs 13s and also has very good ecom on pertol

Some BC/ Blitz coilovers disassembled, all the same apart from shock body length

It's likely done that way so the manufacturer can get away with using a common length shock, I'd bet that most cheaper adjustable suspension companies have a few different length inserts and make top and bottom mounts to suit each vehicle, whereas more expensive high end setups will be made specifically for the car The fact it has that damper adjuster setup at the top adds a bit of length, if it was a shock designed for that application then it would probably be more expensive but the adjuster would be at the bottom on the body

Yeah possibly. It probably looks worse than it actually is just because it's different There's 2 potential issues I can think of , one is as previously mentioned, the eye being stressed but like bling says a gusset would fix that The other thing is the loading on the shock shaft will be slightly off center. Which would be similar /less than the loads in a mcpherson strut type suspension So if the internals of the shock were the same spec as a mcpherson strut (they have a bigger shaft and bushings to handle more load) then its probably ok

Eeesh Never seen that before apart from in a "hey look at this dodgy shit" thread Looks like the eye would be under a lot of stress welded on the side like that especially if the bump stop is on the shock Would definitely need some input from LVVTA before certifying that

Basically, yes, just more complicated, because of parts in stock I actually have a spare remanufactured q jet maybe I should try that

So the opposite to those throttle controllers for diesels haha

I have pondered the use of a tiny carb for part throttle cruising (say up to 1/3 throttle) then a bigger 4barrel for going hard 4 what it is My boss has a 428 ford with triple 2 barrels (a 350 in the middle and 2 500s) and it is better on fuel than you would expect I wonder if you could do a similar thing? And would it be of any benefit? a manifold that has 4 small linked pipes to a small throttle body ( like a bigger idle control valve?) for economy purposes . Then open the big bois for max doooort

Looks like the gisbourne top 10? between the people on the beach otp and someone loading a broken camper onto a trailer , then rain, I got very little sleep I got a cabin the next time

Kms and fill up, I checked the odo against a GPS as it's in miles and not accurate due to tyre size change

Chev silverado. 12.6l/100 open road doesn't seem too bad for a big turd? I think my valiant is around 14 ish in similar conditions

GET A HOLL oh, nevermind

False alarm, the gas detected was actually a full strength sharn, Blenheim is not used to such high concentrations of sharn gases

Technically only a certifier is allowed to remove or fit a cert plate You will end up with 4 holes to fill and paint too