Beaver Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 yeh fully understand what your getting at man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d.p.n.s Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 looks fucking sweet mate dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mk1Mad Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 Looks mean. I just had 4 x steels blasted and two-pack primed for $120 all up. Paint was about $50. Powercoat will be $200 - $300 range for the set of 4. Nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaver Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 shit thats not bad. i had my old rims blasted and powder coated. cost 30 for each rim blasted, then 30 for each powder coat (had gold and then clear) per rim. will probably get these blasted then just painted. cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mk1Mad Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 Yeah, worth blasting. Painting is a little tricky as its pretty hard to get an even coat over the whole rim in all the curves Will get pick of mine as finished in silver up later this week. If I had more time I would have got them blasted at one place then dropped to the powercoater instead. Time is money tho so that is why I painted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaver Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 yeh i mite just spray bomb them for now, am super short on cash as long as no ones looks toooooooo closely haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlancer Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 Got a compressor and gun? Spray bombing never works well in med-long term, especially for a wheel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaver Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 yeh i do, pretty crappy ones but yeh, ill give it a go. i actually have cream paint for when i paint my car(one day.......haha) so might use some of that to do the wheels. took the leaky rim back to elite, they are guna fix it tomorrow. springs will be done tomoro as well. they have been cut at some stage so are getting them reprofiled to sit in the cups better, and will be a drop of 30mm. so hopefully will have it back together by tomorrow night and got some bullet centrecaps to. look sweet imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raizer Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 I hope you have better luck with the Solex carbs than I did! are they Solex Italy or Solex japan? Linkages are a piece of piss to set up/make. How are you planing on doing yours? Did you carbs come with a balance link between them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaver Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 they are off an alfa, so maybe italian? have looked closely for labels etc. it hcame with a little bit of linkage hardware with it, so will just sit down and have a think about how to make them work. they were originally operated by a vertical bar that linked to the middle of the two. yeh it has what i think is a ballance thing mayjig between them haha. will put up sum better pics tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raizer Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 they are off an alfa, so maybe italian? have looked closely for labels etc.it hcame with a little bit of linkage hardware with it, so will just sit down and have a think about how to make them work. they were originally operated by a vertical bar that linked to the middle of the two. yeh it has what i think is a ballance thing mayjig between them haha. will put up sum better pics tomorrow Sorry to be a buzz kill but get ready for backfiring/fires/over fueling/bitch of an idle etc I can't remember the specifics but there is a slight difference in the OEM Alfa Solex and Dellorto 40's that make them a real bitch to get working on any other engine size/specs, I will have a hunt for my Weber/Dell book tomorrow to give you the specifics but I think its something to do with the size of the holes in the castings are different sizes to the generic aftermarket carbs? I ran Alfa 1800 Solex carbs on my old Escort for a while and they made it an absolute pig to drive even after having the jets soldered and drilled to suit on the dyno by a Dellorto specialist (can't get Solex jets over here) and it still over fueled and wouldn't idle steady, not to mention every morning I had to start the van with the bonnet open with a wet rag on hand to put out the engine bay fires thanks to the fuel they would spit out. They were replaced with Alfa Dellorto's that I had jetted to suit my cam etc, they were a slight improvement over the Solex's but not a lot (at least the fires went away lol) I replaced them with a "generic" pair of Dell's that I fitted all the jets and chokes from the Alfa ones into and never had any problems with them for the 2 weeks I ran them before taking the van off the road. If you can find somewhere that sell fitting kit parts separately its real easy and cheap to set up a linkage on a Kent engine using 5 parts from a kit, 3 brackets from an L300 window winder and 2 spherical bearings lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaver Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 cheers for the heads up, hopefully i dont have any major dramas....haha turns out they are italian. not sure if thats good or bad haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUL8R Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 Hey home boy, why dont you just fit a remote resivour? I've got a spare... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaver Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 fuck your a genious/im a dumbass for not thinking of that. fully keen...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CUL8R Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 Pop round if you want to have a look / take and try, I've seen normal cyl's made to have remote resivours.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaver Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 sweet ill flick you a txt sum tym. probably during the week or sumfin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowlancer Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 Start saving for a decent tune broseph. Good choice on retaining steels. Interested in watching this become badass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaver Posted May 22, 2010 Share Posted May 22, 2010 cheers man. hopefully theres no real dramas getting them going good....have herd a few horror stories but ill see what happens. thats what student loans are for arent they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglia4 Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 fuck i love side draughts! definately roll with the lotus steels they are wicked cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaver Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 they aren't lotus steels mate, 14x8s on the rear and 14x7s on the front. lotus ain't got shit on me haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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