cletus Posted January 5, 2018 Author Posted January 5, 2018 And vinegar for de rusting fiddly bits Quote
cletus Posted January 29, 2018 Author Posted January 29, 2018 Todays job was tidy up manifolds and cut off taper seat off flanges, used the rotary stone mill and a file. Took a while but worked fine Quote
cletus Posted January 29, 2018 Author Posted January 29, 2018 And made some ford explorer spring plates into plymouth ones. I left the explorer shock mounts on, so I can put a crush tube in and a bolt, and that will make a handy tie down point if it ever needs to go on a trailer or something. Also the fuel tank wont fit with my fancy pants diff cover so for that and a few other reasons I'll put a fuel cell in the boot Quote
cletus Posted January 30, 2018 Author Posted January 30, 2018 More progress Picked up trans today after a rebuild, has had quite a bit of work done. Should be able to handle anything I can throw at it. Quote
cletus Posted June 4, 2018 Author Posted June 4, 2018 Made some pipes. Need to get a flex joint this week then I can finish the pipe across, then make the 2 pipes fit the turbo flange, then figure out where the wastegate goes. Quote
cletus Posted June 17, 2018 Author Posted June 17, 2018 Next will be finding somewhere to put the wastegate Quote
cletus Posted January 12, 2019 Author Posted January 12, 2019 Some more progress. One thing I have learned from the job I do, is sometimes it's better to pay for someone to do stuff instead of having a go and making a hash of it myself. Both front floor pans had some rust on the top side which I don't have the skill, gear, or patience to do a nice job of. @RXFORD/ Matt at tin tricks in east tamaki is a friend of mine, he picked it up and fixed the floors, while it was there he deleted the heater motor and hose holes in the firewall and made a new part of the inner guard which gets rid of an ugly bit where the battery box used to live, and made it match the other side. My photos are a bit ham but I'm stoked with how it turned out Quote
cletus Posted February 10, 2019 Author Posted February 10, 2019 Made some subframe connectors out of some 75x40x3 rhs and glued them in Quote
cletus Posted February 15, 2019 Author Posted February 15, 2019 Matt sent me some better pics of when he was doing the floor and stuff Quote
cletus Posted April 14, 2019 Author Posted April 14, 2019 Have decided to use a water air intercooler this time , I'm going to mount it in the passenger side footwell/ up against the firewall where the heater was This means the intercooler pipes can be somewhat hidden. I'll run a pipe from the turbo under the rh guard thru the firewall . Out of the intercooler there will be a pipe thru the hole where the wiper motor was, straight into the carb hat This meant I had to shift the wiper motor to inside the car under the dash which is also a bonus cause it's very ugly. So I mucked around for ages getting the position right and made this thing. Shit update but it's progress at least... Quote
cletus Posted August 4, 2019 Author Posted August 4, 2019 With raglan nats already organized I thought that would be a good target to aim to get this done by. Parked motorbikes at the back of the garage to avoid distractions for now Ordered a few bits for it this week, fingers crossed rockauto solves my brake caliper issue. and fitted a wastegate this weekend. I think the next step is put the engine in the hole and start making exhaust and intercooler piping Quote
cletus Posted August 5, 2019 Author Posted August 5, 2019 Was at a compliance center today and they had a pair of seats they had taken out of a Prius of all things... anyway I asked if they were for sale and now I own them. Head rests are a bit big, but they are very tidy with no rips and the foams in the base are good. I put one in the car and it looks like they are going to be very easy to fit, if I swap a couple of brackets side to side, the inside will bolt in with some doubler plates, and the outer will bolt on to the bench seat mounts. They even have a pump up lumbar thing so I can take old man @sheepers for a ride and his vertebrae will be suitably supported Quote
cletus Posted August 8, 2019 Author Posted August 8, 2019 I love rockauto. Have been fiddling about with brake calipers for the front, I had previously got some 4 pot surf calipers from pick a part but the surf disc is narrower than the valiant ones and slightly smaller diameter so I was going to have to mill the caliper slot bigger and then I wasn't sure if the pads were going to be too fat I went to cardwells to see if there was wilwood caliper that was a bolt on, and there was 1 option, but it would have needed a bigger disc and I don't think they would have worked with the wheels I have I was doing a cert on a surf the other day, and saw it had fatter discs than the one I had got the calipers off, went on rockauto, found a v6 one of the same year had the bigger discs so ordered a pair of reconditioned calipers, $25usd each and here within a week. So now all I need to do is get the disc diameter machined down 3mm or so and it will all bolt up, yuss Quote
cletus Posted September 14, 2019 Author Posted September 14, 2019 Front brakes ready to bolt on VJ spindles, new discs with 3mm off the od thanks to @RXFORD, then @RUNAMUCK kindly supplied some wheel studs to replace a couple that got mangled on the way out, reco surf calipers, new wheel bearings, aussie valiant lower ball joints which have a shorter steering arm for more hektik drifts, and repco had some new dust caps Quote
cletus Posted September 15, 2019 Author Posted September 15, 2019 Mounting the fuel tank was today's job, got it mostly done, little bit of welding left to do. Fuel filter and pump will go in the spare wheel well and I'll make a cover that goes over the top of the well I need to sort a sealed cap and a spill ring, and an extra fitting on top for a return Quote
cletus Posted October 13, 2019 Author Posted October 13, 2019 I hit a bit of a brick wall with progress because at some point I want to paint the engine bay and underside, and was trying to do things in a way which meant I could get that done, get the engine sorted and painted and in for good and then do things like make the exhaust afterwards Then I realised that was stupid and I was wasting time mucking around trying to figure out things with the engine on the stand, and whacked the motor and box back in . I need to get everything done then I'll take it apart for paint last Shifter mounted, i wanted it up high so it's not far from the steering wheel to the shifter, @RXFORD/matt from tin tricks helped me out again with that by folding up a shifter mount and putting some fancy holes in it And put the carb and hat on, the bonnet doesnt shut so I'll have to figure out what I'm going to do with that Quote
cletus Posted November 16, 2019 Author Posted November 16, 2019 With the engine and trans in I started to look at what I was going to do for an exhaust I can choose 2 of the following 3 items Rh torsion bar Oil filter An exhaust that actually flows So I think the best option is to put coil springs in it and get rid of the torsion bars. I knocked up a dummy coilover using parts I had kicking around. I'll go see autolign this week and see if they can make a bilstein shock with a circlip adjustable lower platform and I can use the threaded one at the top. If this plan works I'll need to modify the lower arm inner pivot bush and strengthen the shock mount to cope with the weight Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.