I have decided to make a chrome moly roll cage for car.. more on that later

 

Here is a bunch of paint shop pics... i have had so many hurdles on what should be such a straight up task, thats what happens when you have eyes bigger than your wallet

Yes its a shed in a shed, don't want that two pack getting into everything and want to be able to blow out the fumes...


And the paint...

 

The car in the paint area

Color is going to be black with a blue fleck that you can only just see.... everyone who sees it loves it... subtle but its there... still sticks to original cossie color and adds some spice





My car thinks its an F18 fighter its been of the ground for so long

 

Here is the big arse fan I made up... but i am not using it now as the 3 phase costs too much , i just got a standing 32inch single phase fan and seems fine...
I could use this one for wind tunnel effects maybe



This fan pushes a lot and sounds like a small plane

 

bought another sump to make my big wing sump from... thanks to mark who is cleaning out the oil for shipping cause I am a fellow ford fan...
(I was happy to pay him for degreaser etc...)

And yet again thanks to Linc for letting me use his ORIGINAL DJR sump as a guide to make it... that thing is a work of art...

 

I am still looking for a 4WD head and or 2WD head and rear wheel bearings then I am shipping my stuff over to finish the build...
Oh nearly forgot, looking for solid lifters for mechanical cams... i think I am going to have buy off the manufacturer of the cams (Newman) which is gonna be expensive...

Let me know if you can help on those bits

 

Cool project - good luck with it.

 

Yawn!


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Just kidding mate

 

Well glad to see you finally logged back in to the site, thought you must have settled for a kia rio or something

 

Neville got me out of bed today saying, im coming over and lets start painting... so we did it..
Neville reckoned the primer went on very nicely... and the spray booth - she worked superbly....




Thanks Maree for bringing out the lunch and coming along to get the thinners... great to have a wife that gets in and enjoys this stuff

 

Nice work mate

 

looking good so far keep us posted

 

Not too late to change to white!!!!!

Just fucking with you.

 

Lincoln would you happen to have a L8 ecu I could borow for a few days? Or know of one

 

White is a nice girls color... Just mucking with ya

Hey Linc, I stuck the Tig on max and pushed the foot pedal to the floor literally and the ally welded (just, i could not back off )... looks like the 4mm ally is the limit of my little Tig... So your comment was right on

 

Coley your car is looking sweet

 

andy I made my hydraulic clutch reservoir... a few bits to go and I will post a pic of it... looks sweet... thanks

 

cant wait to see this one done, noce to see you doing nearly all of it yourself aswell

 

Nice work, iv been stripping the underside and restoring mine for the last 6 months,

 

Thanks Doctor... its a lot harder that way

Fake --- You have to use that wire brush wheel on the underside hey... it was relatively easy on the rotisserie...
You car looks neat, all painted, how long till youre done do you think.

 

great thread.

i know what you mean about it being easier on spinners. I made mine, and have re-built several sierras since. so much easier to work on.

 

I just love this car, I wish I could build a car like this. Could you come down to Melbourne some time soon and advise me what to do to get a car as sweet as this.
I also reckon you engine approach is spot on, I think I will change to that spec.

 

looking good

 

Bastard - Thanks for logging on as me Gav.

 

was wondering what what was going on

sooo sharing passwords now??

 

Hi Vic
I dont know Lincolns password, he just loves the car
Don't know why on earth you call me a Bastard Linc we can sort this out on the track I guess

PS: Given Linc was sitting next to me when I wrote the message, it was nothing underhanded

 

Ok well here are some parts that I have been waiting for

A Tial wastegate... low spring rate as the boost controller on ecu will manage the threshold

 

Siemens 3105 860cc injectors

 

A huge Earls oil cooler

 

Some more fuel filters and pumps... now have carter surge pump and ryco filter feeding duel bosch fuel filters and pumps

 

As new SATA spray gun with spare tip....
I did not realise the significance of the stars and stripes special edition... you cannot see in the pic but when look closely you see it in the plating nice effect..

 

Here are my pistons... yeah they are special genuine cosworth pistons... high quality, high comp, high cylinder pressure top ring definately not your off the shelf type.

 

And now for the hot tip. Thanks to Lincoln identifying a key feature in certain group A cars.. I have created the hood link... its connects directly to the inner trailing arm mounts. When it gets a roll cage the mounts would be directly to the roll cage. In the meantime this mounts to a brace between the two sides.



You have to panel beat the frame to get the right angle for the plate to fit on... and give enough room to mount to the rear beam.
I have modified some urethane mounts to use so that it is not metal on metal. The pads are welded to the body and to the hand brake mounts... really welding is not critical as it is the wedging onto the bracket that matters

 

The following mount / brace is put inside the car..., later on it will mount to roll cage (assuming i put one in). You can see the panel beating has made the body flat wheras it was rounded

 

Painted the under side and engine bay....
My spray gun works great even on first try...

Color is black with a blue pearl in it which you can only see in direct sunlight.. its very faint to ensure the car does not deviate from standard colors too much. You can just see it in the pic, btw these are not the best pics just ones
I threw onto my iphone



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Gav - some resolution on the pics would be useful.

Cannot tell the colour.

 

 

I am away from home, I have expanded the pic its not that good but you can see the fleck popping... in the direct sun, in real life it looks black still and the blue flecks show through.... as I said in less than direct sun it looks like a good black.
The pearls are used to give the black a better finish...

 

Updates Gav - sure you have all those boxes opened by now!

 

Here is an update for you!