I dont know what its off came with the car and looked better than the other ones we've got.
Yeah definately, been a while and its sooo close atm
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Posted 02 April 2011 - 06:59 PM
Sorry Rob, ill get it right next time
I dont know what its off came with the car and looked better than the other ones we've got.
Yeah definately, been a while and its sooo close atm
I dont know what its off came with the car and looked better than the other ones we've got.
Yeah definately, been a while and its sooo close atm
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Posted 02 April 2011 - 08:20 PM
gotta luv the LJ 4 door. going to be a sweet ride and have some poke with that engine.
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Posted 14 April 2011 - 08:38 PM
Well took it out tonight for its very spin arond the block...all i have to say WOW!!!
I soughta forgot what it felt like and it was only like 4 months ago it was on the road
Few little things to finish off before it makes it on the road, brakes were a little spongy, but yeah overall bloody stoked
I soughta forgot what it felt like and it was only like 4 months ago it was on the road
Few little things to finish off before it makes it on the road, brakes were a little spongy, but yeah overall bloody stoked
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Posted 14 April 2011 - 11:17 PM
Well took it out tonight for its very spin arond the block...all i have to say WOW!!!
I soughta forgot what it felt like and it was only like 4 months ago it was on the road
Few little things to finish off before it makes it on the road, brakes were a little spongy, but yeah overall bloody stoked
Thats awesome Brianna! Can't wait to have a goosey gander
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Posted 14 April 2011 - 11:37 PM
That's better! Now all we gotta do is learn ya how to spit!but yeah overall bloody stoked
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Posted 18 April 2011 - 09:05 PM
hahah i can turn on the class when neccessary
Well seeing as the weather was soo good yesterday, i took the torrie for its first real spin and clocked up 100km.
Cant wait for some more driving though, although i think i need to toughen my left leg up, clutch is just a little bit heavier than a corollas
Well seeing as the weather was soo good yesterday, i took the torrie for its first real spin and clocked up 100km.
Cant wait for some more driving though, although i think i need to toughen my left leg up, clutch is just a little bit heavier than a corollas
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Posted 19 April 2011 - 08:46 PM
Love it mate! How about you put some photos on here
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Posted 20 April 2011 - 09:17 PM
oh all this finishing is putting me on edge. car looks like its coming along so well yet mine is still on jack stands.
congratulations to you!
congratulations to you!
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Posted 25 April 2011 - 11:08 AM
So ive clocked up about 200km so far, i know not much but have been pretty busy with school and weather has been a bit hit and miss some days. But here is some finished pics of how it its at the moment:)
So for the moment its done
But ill probably just drive it round for a while and see how things go, only thing i want to change now is the exhaust as its a bit too loud( i know what a wimp). But plan is to flange it so i can swap between the two depending on how i feel
So for the moment its done
But ill probably just drive it round for a while and see how things go, only thing i want to change now is the exhaust as its a bit too loud( i know what a wimp). But plan is to flange it so i can swap between the two depending on how i feel
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Posted 26 April 2011 - 09:59 AM
Nah havent actually taken any yet.
Gotta change the power valve today, as id taken it to work yesterday and it was stumbling pretty bad in 2nd gear. So hopefully ill get one of it idling for you
Gotta change the power valve today, as id taken it to work yesterday and it was stumbling pretty bad in 2nd gear. So hopefully ill get one of it idling for you
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Posted 21 July 2011 - 10:56 AM
Hey Guys,
So its been quite a while since i last updated the thread, few things have changed but have mainly been playing with the tuning to hopefully get the most out of the engine.
We have finally settled on a set of 54 thou jets, seems to be the best compromise between power and economy.
When the car was apart dad had welded in an 02 sensor 'bung' in the extractors to hopefully get some sought of idea of how to go tuning wise.
We used one of the jaycar kits and have managed to get some readings although the best it seems to read is high 13s.
Not long after it was back on the road, i had purchased a 6A Msd from the states, as the previous igintion system didnt appear to be supporting the new engine too well.
So after removing the module from the standard dizzy it was all hooked up and seemed to run a lot better than prior to the changes. But dad being dad still wasnt quite happy
so the decision to get another dizzy was made. And although some people arent fans of the brand we purchased a procomp billet unit which looked the part anyway. After fitting it up
it appeared to run better again..win!! Strangely it also changed the exhaust note, which we put down to the fuel being properly burnt.In all the change to the msd system cost just under $400 and has improved the cars driveability
immensely not to mention cold starts.
A few months prior to pulling the car off the road we also purchased a set of globe style rims, 13 x 6, as despite having rolled the rear guards the lowered springs in the rear have ment that
major scrubbing was occuring over bumps etc. So we stripped down the old wheels and gave them a lick of paint and polished up the outer rim. Intially the colour didnt seem to match the car, but has since began to grow on me
however I may consider repainting them a darker colour in the future. As it sits currently the rear has a 205/65 and front 175/60 which is soon to be changed to a 185/65 for better fitment!
This is what they looked like when we got them..
Paint stripping them..were painted white on the inside??
Fresh and clean after a quick sandblast
And how it sits on the car currently
There isnt too much more i want to do the the car, before it gets a paint job which is still a few years away (have to finish other project first) other than eventually converting it to the good ol bbq fuel.
But for the moment i just wanna cruise the pants off the car, and fingers crossed the weather starts improving in melbourne too!
Went with my mate up to the dandenongs also last week which was a good opportunity for it to stretch its legs again, here they are posing!
And just a few more pics!!
Ill try to keep up to date if anything changes this time!!
So its been quite a while since i last updated the thread, few things have changed but have mainly been playing with the tuning to hopefully get the most out of the engine.
We have finally settled on a set of 54 thou jets, seems to be the best compromise between power and economy.
When the car was apart dad had welded in an 02 sensor 'bung' in the extractors to hopefully get some sought of idea of how to go tuning wise.
We used one of the jaycar kits and have managed to get some readings although the best it seems to read is high 13s.
Not long after it was back on the road, i had purchased a 6A Msd from the states, as the previous igintion system didnt appear to be supporting the new engine too well.
So after removing the module from the standard dizzy it was all hooked up and seemed to run a lot better than prior to the changes. But dad being dad still wasnt quite happy
so the decision to get another dizzy was made. And although some people arent fans of the brand we purchased a procomp billet unit which looked the part anyway. After fitting it up
it appeared to run better again..win!! Strangely it also changed the exhaust note, which we put down to the fuel being properly burnt.In all the change to the msd system cost just under $400 and has improved the cars driveability
immensely not to mention cold starts.
A few months prior to pulling the car off the road we also purchased a set of globe style rims, 13 x 6, as despite having rolled the rear guards the lowered springs in the rear have ment that
major scrubbing was occuring over bumps etc. So we stripped down the old wheels and gave them a lick of paint and polished up the outer rim. Intially the colour didnt seem to match the car, but has since began to grow on me
however I may consider repainting them a darker colour in the future. As it sits currently the rear has a 205/65 and front 175/60 which is soon to be changed to a 185/65 for better fitment!
This is what they looked like when we got them..
Paint stripping them..were painted white on the inside??
Fresh and clean after a quick sandblast
And how it sits on the car currently
There isnt too much more i want to do the the car, before it gets a paint job which is still a few years away (have to finish other project first) other than eventually converting it to the good ol bbq fuel.
But for the moment i just wanna cruise the pants off the car, and fingers crossed the weather starts improving in melbourne too!
Went with my mate up to the dandenongs also last week which was a good opportunity for it to stretch its legs again, here they are posing!
And just a few more pics!!
Ill try to keep up to date if anything changes this time!!
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Posted 21 July 2011 - 12:22 PM
i havent had any luck with the procomp dizzy running though a mallory digital 6, you would get halfway down the strip and everything would shut down for a few sec's and then come back to life. they work OK with they're own module though.
i use modify 265 hemi dizzy's to fit. magnetic pickup and you can buy all the replacement parts from MSD or Mallory, same style.
cheers
i use modify 265 hemi dizzy's to fit. magnetic pickup and you can buy all the replacement parts from MSD or Mallory, same style.
cheers
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Posted 21 July 2011 - 03:32 PM
Spotto DeLorean yesterday. Nunawading coming out of Macca's. About 3.30pm. Historic plates H3443 or something?
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Posted 21 July 2011 - 06:41 PM
Ha ha good stuff. The cars looking good Brianna. I guess just see how the Pro comp dizzy goes. It might be fine. I've got a no brand cheapy chi distributor on my Torana. Its done about 30,000kms now with no drama. Touch wood.
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Posted 21 July 2011 - 11:20 PM
Spotto DeLorean yesterday. Nunawading coming out of Macca's. About 3.30pm. Historic plates H3443 or something?
Lol yep i was in the car, we went on a quick lunch run lol..some how it really doesnt work well with the whole drive through seen, and to make things interesting we had a cop car follow us the whole way down whitehorse road until we got to work!
Cool i shall keep that in mind about the dizzy we got it at a goodish price, so thought we'd see how it went anyway, really wont see much high performance stuff but hopefully it holds, was gonna put the spare standard in the boot just in case
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